Bio, via LinkedIn:

Stanley has a passion for education. He first became involved in education while leading mergers and acquisitions for McGraw-Hill and then as one of the founding trustees of Equality Charter School, starting with an idea in the heads of three educators and taking the school through start-up phase to now being ranked in the top 3% of all NYC middle schools in math. When technology adoption by schools began to accelerate, he founded the EdTech Fund, investing in and advising Seed stage education technology companies in both K-12 and Higher Ed. Stanley has also advised businesses of all sizes in planning and executing growth strategies. His services include strategy development, buy/build/partner analysis, and all stages of deal execution—deal sourcing, due diligence, contract negotiations, and integration planning. His specific deal experience ranges from minority equity investments and licensing agreements to partnerships and joint ventures, bolt-on acquisitions, divestitures, and multi-billion dollar transformational acquisitions. He has a depth of knowledge in private and public company tax and accounting issues and is a skilled negotiator. His industry expertise includes K-12 and Higher Education, Defense, and Information, Media and Technology. Stanley has led corporate development departments and activities for large companies such as McGraw-Hill, L-3 Communications and Pitney Bowes. He has also helped smaller established businesses as well as start-ups execute their growth strategies. Prior to a career in business, Stanley was an Airborne Ranger Army officer serving in peacekeeping missions in Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia. He is a West Point graduate with a BS in computer science engineering and a double major in German and French, and he holds an MBA in finance from Columbia Business School.