Peter Niu

Work

Learning products I've shipped

15 years building tools that help people learn.

  1. 2023–now

    Coaching and reporting platform for school leaders

    Upbeat

    Built a unified platform for coaching, notetaking, survey admin, and data reporting; used across 130 districts in 30 states. Now shipping autonomous psychometric evaluation agents, AI-powered formative impact measurements, and semantic search tools.

  2. 2025–2026

    API platform and developer ecosystem

    Ottimate

    First public API surface and docs.ottimate.com for an AI accounting automation product. Rewired internal services for native AI consumption.

  3. 2022–now

    Program evaluation data pipeline

    Harvard Graduate School of Education

    R-based ETL pipeline and Shiny dashboards for 800+ professional development programs. Standardized evaluation framework for 10,000+ educators annually.

  4. 2020–2022

    Early childhood literacy and numeracy app

    MarcoPolo Learning

    End-to-end learning analytics for an Emmy-nominated app. Built a localized version for language learning in Asia-Pacific markets.

  5. 2016–2020

    Out-of-school time learning program

    Talent Academy / WorldStrides

    Designed, built, and operated a summer program with 5 sites in 4 cities, attended by 10,000+ students. Built a hybrid English language learning platform with proprietary curriculum. Business acquired by WorldStrides Global.

  6. 2010–2015

    STEM curriculum for Greater China

    Twig Education / Imagine Learning

    Adapted a content repository into a learning center curriculum for greater China. Localized 3,000 short films on science, math, and English for middle school.

Education

  • Harvard Graduate School of Education — M.Ed. Learning Design (2023)
  • London School of Economics — BSc Economics (2009)