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About CulturaGo

Power skills are the currency of employability.

As artificial intelligence reshapes work, human capability increasingly determines opportunity.

Resilience. Curiosity. Leadership. Communication.

These power skills are developed through lived experience, yet they remain difficult to measure, verify, and communicate with credibility.

CulturaGo exists to make human capability visible and trusted.

Our story

From Experience to Evidence

For decades, education has developed human capability in powerful ways. Students grow through challenge, uncertainty, collaboration, and responsibility. These moments shape how people lead, adapt, and contribute.

Beyond belief in this growth, we need credible validation that travels beyond the institution.

CulturaGo began in global and intercultural education, one of the best environments to accelerate power skill development. Students must adapt quickly, communicate across difference, and navigate unfamiliar systems. The growth is significant. But often, it remains invisible.

As we partnered with institutions, we saw a consistent pattern. Universities were investing deeply in experiences that build career-critical skills. Students struggled to articulate that growth. Employers lacked trusted signals. Leadership lacked measurable insight.

This was not a global education problem. It was a systemic one.

CulturaGo evolved to provide reliable evidence of human capability at scale. Evidence that can be trusted, leveraged and showcased by students and leadership alike.

Our Mission

We exist to ensure that every student and professional has trusted, universally recognized validation of their power skills.

Our Vision

A world where proof of human capability is as credible and portable as a degree.

Over the next decade, we aim to verify power skill development for more than 10 million learners across education and work.

Our Values

I

Belief in human potential

Everyone has unrealized power skills. Our work is grounded in helping individuals and institutions surface that potential.

II

Praxis first

Power skills are developed through application in real contexts. Evidence must reflect lived experience, not abstract proxies.

III

Proof over opinion

Trusted decisions require credible evidence. Structured, rubric-aligned assessment creates clearer, fairer signals.

IV

Intercultural intelligence

The ability to engage across differences is foundational to power skills and essential in an interconnected world.

V

AI as an amplifier

We use technology to strengthen and reveal human capability, not replace it.

Our People

Leadership

CulturaGo is led by a team with experience across higher education, experiential learning, workforce development, assessment design, and educational technology.

  • Liam Kelly
    Liam Kelly
    Founder & CEO
  • Callen Byrnes
    Callen Byrnes
    Director of Operations
  • Marcello Francioni
    Marcello Francioni
    Head of Education
  • Andries Bester
    Andries Bester
    Chief Product Officer
  • Vivien Newrzella
    Vivien Newrzella
    Director of Career Readiness
  • Courage Sengwe
    Courage Sengwe
    Community Manager
  • Anel Hugo
    Anel Hugo
    Video Producer
  • Richard Human
    Richard Human
    Chief Technology Officer

Inaugural Advisory Board

Academic Year 2025–2026

Our inaugural Advisory Board brought together academic leaders and practitioners who helped strengthen the rigor, relevance, and direction of CulturaGo during a formative period of growth. We are grateful for their time, insight, and contribution.

CulturaGo’s 2027 Advisory Board is currently being formed.

  • Miranda Roberts
    Miranda Roberts
    Director, International Programs in Engineering
    University of Michigan
  • Dr. Darla Deardorff
    Dr. Darla Deardorff
    UNESCO Chair on Intercultural Competence
  • Dr. Elizabeth Erbeznik
    Dr. Elizabeth Erbeznik
    Senior Associate Vice President of Curriculum and Academics
    WorldStrides
  • Dr. John Davenport
    Dr. John Davenport
    Dean of Students
    Ohio State University–Newark and Central Ohio Technical College
  • Dr. Lavern Samuels
    Dr. Lavern Samuels
    Director of International Education
    Durban University of Technology
  • Dr. Holly Hudson
    Dr. Holly Hudson
    Associate Vice President of Global Engagement
    Texas A&M
  • Dr. Krishna Chaitanya
    Dr. Krishna Chaitanya
    Director at MTDA and Senior Researcher
    OSU’s Translational Data Analytics Institute
  • Phil Simon
    Phil Simon
    Chief Business Development & Government Relations Officer
    Cenet
  • Dr. Maureen Manning
    Dr. Maureen Manning
    Founder & Principal Consultant
    Global Nexus Collective
  • Sherif Barsoum
    Sherif Barsoum
    Senior Associate Vice President Global Services
    NYU
  • Dr. Christina Thompson
    Dr. Christina Thompson
    Founder
    Compear Global Education
  • Emily Merson
    Emily Merson
    Study Abroad Executive
    & Founder
  • Dr. W. Patrick Bingham
    Dr. W. Patrick Bingham
    Director, RAISE Center
    Wake Forest University
  • Rishab Malhotra
    Rishab Malhotra
    Founder
    AIDO
  • Cynthia Engel
    Cynthia Engel
    Director of Career Design Center
    Oregon State University-Cascades

Our Track Record

CulturaGo's approach was proven in global and experiential learning environments where power skills are tested in real conditions.

We have partnered with more than 50 institutions and program providers, supporting thousands of learners and generating large scale evidence of career skill development.

That experience shaped a model designed for rigor, scalability, and institutional trust.

What outcomes do you need to show?

Let's talk about how CulturaGo can help make them visible.