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Our mission

Give special educators the time to focus on students.

Special education teachers and support staff carry an extraordinary load — IEPs, compliance, data collection, and the complex daily work of individualized instruction. Lessi handles the creation and documentation work so they can focus on students.

Our vision

Individualization should not depend on teacher overtime.

Every student should receive support that reflects who they are. The people serving them should have a sustainable way to plan, adapt, and document that support.

Lessi connects goals, instruction, supports, and progress evidence in one workflow so educators spend less time rebuilding the same work and more time responding to students.

How we work

Protect teacher judgment

Lessi drafts and organizes the work. Educators review, adapt, and decide what reaches students.

Design for the whole workflow

Goals, instruction, supports, and progress evidence should stay connected—not live in separate tools.

Make responsible use practical

Privacy and accessibility are part of the product architecture, not claims added after launch.

The founders

Education experience, built into the company.

Lessi brings together product leadership, classroom experience, and the technical depth required for secure education systems.

Co-founder, product

Patrick Marcotte

Patrick started his career as a paraprofessional and has spent 15 years designing and implementing education technology. Before Lessi, he served in leadership roles across Cambium Learning Group, including president of Learning A-Z, Voyager Sopris Learning, and Kurzweil Education. He also served as COO of Really Great Reading and advises the Global Schools Foundation.

MA, Behavior Analysis, The Chicago School · Psychology, Hofstra University

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Co-founder, technology

Greg Brewer

Greg has more than 20 years of experience building secure, scalable systems. Before Lessi, he led software teams that helped Learning A-Z serve more than 10 million students in 175 countries. His work also includes complex technical integrations in medical diagnostics, research, and treatment.

BS, Computer Science, University of Michigan

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