Jared Harless

As CPO of BookNook, Jared Harless is excited to bring his decades of experience in the edtech sector to continue to transform the way content and personalized learning experiences are delivered to educators and learners. A skilled team builder focused on product strategy, new product development, product launches, and implementation, he is especially interested in expanding access to BookNook’s learning materials and tutoring solutions to ensure equitable access to education.

Before joining BookNook, Jared served as Vice President of Product Strategy at Encoura. In this role, he built a product management organization and launched a direct-to-learner product that helps high school students explore and navigate post-secondary planning and a B2B2C experience for educators supporting those learners. Jared also spent 17 years at McGraw-Hill Education in various senior product and platform development roles, most recently in its Custom Courseware Group, where he served as Vice President. During his tenure, he led a team that transformed the delivery of higher education courseware and learning products from analog to digital, giving educational partners the opportunity to identify, create and implement tailor-made courseware solutions. In other leadership roles, he led teams dedicated to improving student retention in college courses, developing industry standard integration technologies, and services to enable cost reductions for college course materials.

Jared earned a BS in economics and management from Albion College. He also holds a certificate in Product Strategy from Northwestern | Kellogg Executive Education. He lives in Michigan with his wife and two young children and enjoys traveling and fly fishing.