JP Beaudry is CTO of Pearl, which runs an AI-powered marketplace where 20,000 independent professionals help millions of consumers, after serving as CTO of edX/2U.
Worth knowing
He has run engineering through the hardest transitions a technology organization faces: an acquisition that made him CTO of a public company, an agility overhaul of a large consumer business, and a marketplace serving more than 16 million people. He works hands-on with generative AI and LLMs inside enterprise software, including where code review meets CI/CD.
Story
JP studied electrical engineering at Université de Sherbrooke in Quebec, then headed engineering organizations at Cisco Systems and later at Cimpress, where he led the business agility transformation of the Vistaprint line of business. He joined edX as VP of Engineering in September 2019 and became its CTO; when 2U acquired edX in 2021 he took over as CTO of the public company. He moved to Pearl in 2022, running technology and expert operations for its two-sided marketplace.
Canadian story
BSc in electrical engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec; built his career out of Boston.
Highlights
- CTO, Pearl, 2022
- CTO, 2U, Inc. (NASDAQ) following its 2021 acquisition of edX
- Senior engineering leader, Cimpress
- Engineering organizations at Cisco Systems
- MBA, Babson College; MSc telecommunications, Boston University
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