Richard West

Founder of CogniZenKids (cognizenkids.com), a STEAM education platform teaching kids 6-12 the skills schools often skip — emotional intelligence, critical thinking, AI literacy, focus and attention, and financial literacy. 20+ years in IT and identity & access management, now building bootstrapped EdTech as a solo founder. I write and speak about: how to teach kids the meta-skills that will matter in the AI era, the difference between technology use and technology literacy in children, balancing screen time with intentional digital education, and the practical realities of building a consumer EdTech product as a solo founder. Happy to provide quotes, source commentary, or in-depth interviews on parenting, education technology, child development, critical thinking education, and em...