# Adrian Graham

> Adrian Graham is an American technology entrepreneur and co-founder of Seesaw Learning, where he was CEO at the October 2021 Providence Equity Partners investment. Previously a product manager at Google and Facebook and a co-founder of Nextstop and Shadow Puppet, he helped develop Seesaw after teachers adopted the team’s photo-storytelling technology. He is listed as a Seesaw co-founder and board member; the company’s current CEO is Matt Given.

- **Role:** Co-founder and board member at Seesaw Learning
- **Organizations:** Seesaw Learning, Shadow Puppet, Nextstop, Google, Facebook
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Seesaw, whose October 2021 investment announcement reported over 10 million teachers, students and family members in more than 130 countries., Co-founded Nextstop, acquired by Facebook in 2010., Helped build Shadow Puppet and develop the subsequent classroom learning journal Seesaw.

## Career timeline

- **2006** — As Google product manager, authored the June 13 introduction of Picasa Web Albums.
- **2008–2010** — Co-founded Nextstop with Carl Sjogreen and Charles Lin; the team joined Facebook following its 2010 acquisition.
- **2010** — Authored a Google Developers guest post explaining Nextstop’s HTML5 mobile app.
- **2013** — Graham and Sjogreen launched Shadow Puppet, an iOS app for narrated photo stories.
- **2015** — Seesaw launched publicly in January after development with pilot teachers.
- **2020** — Seesaw received an Inc. Best in Business honor in education.
- **2021** — Identified as Seesaw CEO in the October 22 Providence Equity Partners investment announcement.
- **2022** — Identified as co-founder and CEO in a September community update republished by Andrew Community School District.
- **2023** — Appointed a director of Seesaw Learning UK on October 4.
- **2025** — Listed as a Seesaw Learning director in the February 19 annual report details reproduced by Bizprofile.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Seesaw, whose October 2021 investment announcement reported over 10 million teachers, students and family members in more than 130 countries.
- Co-founded Nextstop, acquired by Facebook in 2010.
- Helped build Shadow Puppet and develop the subsequent classroom learning journal Seesaw.
- Led Seesaw as CEO at its 2021 strategic investment.
- Seesaw received a 2020 Inc. Best in Business education honor.

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Seesaw’s February 19, 2025 annual report details list Graham as a director.
- **2023-10** — Appointed director of Seesaw Learning UK on October 4, 2023.
- **2022-09** — A school district republished a Seesaw community update identifying him as co-founder and CEO.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-graham-he-him-8b79841

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Last updated: 2026-10-25