Built by software engineers and school educators.

Our founder

Campus Match started with a problem James experienced firsthand.

As a computer science professor and software engineer, James has spent more than 20 years building software and working with emerging technology. He also has teenage children of his own, and saw how difficult it can be to help students plan their high school years, explore possible careers, think about college majors, and connect those decisions to what they may want to do after graduation.

What stood out was how often career-planning tools still depended on forms, surveys, dropdowns, and long lists of occupations. Those tools can be useful, but they often assume students already know enough about themselves and the world of work to answer the right questions. Many teenagers aren't there yet. They may not know what careers exist, what they would enjoy, or even what they should be asking.

James saw an opportunity to use conversational AI to make that process more natural. Instead of asking students to begin with the answers, Campus Match starts with a conversation, learns about their interests and preferences over time, introduces possibilities, and helps connect those possibilities to careers, majors, colleges, training, and other pathways.

The goal is simple: help students leave the process with clearer direction while giving school counselors better information to support them.