Adam Braus

About

I build stuff, write stuff, and research stuff. I started as a tech entrepreneur and engineer — cofounding startups, pushing NPS northward of 75, raising money, building platforms, and selling stock and companies. After selling a company I turned my sights on education. As the founding dean of Make School's CS department, I designed a project-based curriculum from scratch that hit an NPS of ~75 and powered a $10M+ Series B. I lead industry-defining partnerships with Shopify's DevDegree program and Majour League Hacking. When Make School merged with Dominican University, I led the transition of a $15M program — zero faculty turnover through the entire pandemic. My academic research sits at the intersection of ethics, AI governance, and bioethics, with peer-reviewed work in journals including AI & Ethics, the Canadian Journal of Bioethics, and the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. I've written four books, translated two more, taught everything from Plato to Python, and remain a perpetual student.

Experience

Education