Farnaz Ronaghi
Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer
Farnaz designed and built the first version of the NovoEd platform in 2012 at Stanford's Social Algorithms Lab. The project was part of her PhD thesis on collaborative learning at scale, and her research focused on incentives and motivators in online learning environments.
She is passionate about building the next generation of effective, engaging online learning experiences at scale.
Farnaz holds a B.S. in computer science from Sharif University of Technology and an M.S. and Ph.D in management science and engineering; information science and technology from Stanford University.
Recent articles and content from Farnaz Ronaghi
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December 5, 2024
Brandon Hall Group Announces 2024 Excellence in Technology Award Winners
NovoEd has won 13 new Gold Awards in the Brandon Hall Group™ 2024 Excellence in Technology Awards, recognizing organizations that have successfully deployed programs, strategies, modalities, processes, systems, and tools that have achieved measurable results.
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April 19, 2024
Revitalize Formal Learning By Embedding Mentoring
In this article by Claude Werder, principal analyst at the Brandon Hall Group, he examines how collaborative learning technologies like NovoEd are transforming mentoring and extending the value of formal cohort-based learning initiatives.
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April 18, 2024
How Marriott Is Driving Consistency In Global Frontline Leadership Development
Brandon Hall Group shares in this article how Marriott and NovoEd partnered to create two frontline leader programs and how they addressed the unique challenges of launching a global program in a global extended enterprise environment.
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April 9, 2024
7 Ways to Close the AI Trust Gap with Your Employees
In this article in SHRM's Executive Network publication, Farnaz Ronaghi of NovoEd and other leaders give advice on how to use corporate training to help ease AI anxiety among staff and executives alike.
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December 11, 2023
Blended Learning for Maximum Impact with NovoEd — The Future-Focused Podcast with Christopher Lind
In this podcast episode of Future-Focused with Christopher Lind, Christopher interviews Todd Moran and Juan Morán of NovoEd explore the possibilities and impact of collaborative online learning, and bust the myth of that digital is somehow a second-class experience.
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October 23, 2023
Farnaz Ronaghi Of NovoEd — 60 Female CTOs to Watch in 2023
Technical women leaders have demonstrated different pathways to moving up. Sometimes they move up over years, and some are hired to the top. Others — like Farnaz Ronaghi, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at NovoEd — are entrepreneurial and and build their own company. In this article by Girl Geek, Farnaz is listed as no. 36 on the list of "60 Female CTOs to Watch in 2023."
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May 17, 2021
How Virtual Onboarding Beats Traditional Onboarding
The global shift to remote work dramatically shifted the way new employees were onboarded, but companies learned an important lesson: Virtual onboarding can be even more successful than traditional onboarding.
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February 23, 2021
The Biggest Problems with Remote Onboarding and How to Prevent Them
Effective employee onboarding helps new team members feel like a critical part of your organization and increases their engagement and retention. However, recently it has taken a bit of a twist given the current remote work environment.
