Kristen Kane
Co-Founder & Former CEO
Sparkler

Sparkler operates at the intersection of health and education to reach children during the years that matter most. Through personalized content and virtual coaching, Sparkler empowers parents as first teachers. Through mobile delivery of developmental screens and an enterprise orientation, Sparkler helps bridge the education and health systems for the benefit of children ages Birth through 8.

Prior to co-founding Sparkler, Kane was the founding COO of Amplify, an education-tech company that developed learning experiences for students in K-12 grades. Prior to that, she was COO of the New York City Department of Education under former Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s administration. She also worked at the FCC, where she led the development of strategies for applying broadband technologies in education, healthcare, and energy sectors.