Glen Tripp is the founder of Galileo Learning. Galileo is a leading provider of summer and school year programs which develop students into innovators who envision and create a better world. Galileo uses project-based art, engineering, and science experiences to build kids? abilities to come up with original ideas and follow them through to reality. Over 600,000 children and 10,000 staff have participated in Galileo programs since the organization?s inception in 2001.. Galileo has been named a ?Best Place to Work? for ten straight years, and has been named to the Forbes ?Small Giants? list. Previously, Glen was the vice president of operations at SCORE! Educational Centers, an operator of after school enrichment centers that grew to 165 locations throughout the United States. Glen graduated from Stanford University in 1992 with degrees in economics and international relations.