Coursera Appoints Mustafa Furniturewala as new Head of Engineering

By Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO Coursera

The pandemic, automation, and globalization have redefined the way forward for training and work. These forces have positioned an excellent better emphasis on the necessity for know-how to handle the unprecedented measurement and ever-evolving nature of the worldwide abilities hole.

At Coursera, the information, know-how, and ongoing product innovation that powers our unified platform has enabled us to develop and help over 100 million learners, 250 college and trade companions, and seven,000 establishments.

Because the world continues to bear fast transformation and tackle new challenges, I’m excited to announce that, after an intensive outdoors search, we’ve promoted Mustafa Furniturewala to Head of Engineering and he shall be becoming a member of Coursera’s administration workforce. For the final seven years, Richard Wong has made a outstanding impression at Coursera as our SVP of Engineering. Richard has made the admirable resolution to shift gears in order that he can spend extra time together with his household, however I’m grateful that he’ll proceed to contribute to Coursera in an advisory function, specializing in our long-term technique. I want to thank Richard for creating the muse that we are going to proceed to construct upon.

A lifelong learner himself, Mustafa joined Coursera in 2014 as a Software program Engineer. Over the previous eight years, he has led quite a few efforts to advance our platform with options, companies and experiences that meet the evolving wants of our international group. As a trusted chief and a talented engineer, he has demonstrated a deep understanding of our enterprise, merchandise, and know-how. I’m assured he’s the appropriate chief to assist us scale our infrastructure and place Coursera for the long run. 

We’re extremely happy with Mustafa, a workforce member who’s been so essential to Coursera’s development, as he steps into this well-deserved function. I’m trying ahead to working alongside him to proceed to ship an modern platform and product expertise that allows our learners to remodel their lives by way of studying.