George Cigale (SW)
George Cigale has served as Tutor.com’s Chairman and CEO since founding the Company in 1998. During his tenure, Mr. Cigale has raised over $30 million in venture capital and secured strategic partnerships with top education and media companies. He has assembled an accomplished management team and Board of Directors. Under Mr. Cigale’s leadership, Tutor.com has created the leading on demand homework help and online tutoring services, making professional tutors available to all students the minute they need academic help. Mr. Cigale brings over 15 years of experience in education, software, and Internet industries, in executive positions at The Share Group, Adizes Institute, and The Princeton Review. Mr. Cigale served on the Board of the Education Industry Association from 2001-2006. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Americans for Libraries Council, is a guest lecturer on venture capital law at NYU Law School, and has been published in the Library Journal. Mr. Cigale received a BA in Political Science from the State University of New York at Binghamton, and currently lives in Pleasantville, New York, with his wife and three children. His blog can be found at ceotutor.blogspot.com.