Shane Emmons

Chief Technology Officer

Shane Emmons is a founder and technology executive with over 20 years in the industry. As chief technology officer of Aktivate, Shane supports his team in building, maintaining, and supporting Aktivate's comprehensive suite of products.

Before Aktivate, Shane led the engineering team at TeamSnap for nine years which he helped grow from 100,000 users to over 25 million users. He founded the RubyMoney open-source financial toolset and Ruby Mendicant, and first-mover in the online code school industry.

When not helping families and schools strengthen their connection with one another, Shane teaches at the University of Michigan, advises early startups, and coaches up-and-coming technology executives.

Shane splits his time between his home in Saginaw, MI, and traveling as a digital nomad across North America with his wife and two young children.