# Martina Tam

> Martina Tam is the CEO of Paper, the Montreal-based edtech company that runs one of North America's largest virtual tutoring services for K-12 districts. A Stanford and Wharton alum, she stepped in at the start of 2025 after operator stints at Brightwheel, MasterClass, and Eventbrite, and is now steering Paper's pivot toward its high-impact tutoring program, GROW.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Paper
- **Organizations:** Paper, Brightwheel, MasterClass, Eventbrite, NakedPoppy, Reforge
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A., Economics, Stanford University, M.A., Sociology, Stanford University, M.B.A., The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Growth Series certification, Reforge
- **Known for:** Named CEO of Paper in January 2025, the first non-founder to lead the company, Led the launch and scale-up of Eventbrite Music as Senior Director, Served as VP of Marketing at MasterClass during its hyper-growth phase

## Career timeline

- **2013-2017** — Senior Director at Eventbrite; built and launched Eventbrite Music, leading a 30-person cross-functional team after the Queue acquisition
- **2017-2018** — Vice President of Marketing at MasterClass
- **2018-2020** — Operating roles including NakedPoppy
- **2020-2024** — Chief Operating Officer and interim Chief Growth Officer at Brightwheel
- **2025-01** — Appointed CEO of Paper, succeeding co-founder Philip Cutler and interim chair Rich Yang

## Achievements

- Named CEO of Paper in January 2025, the first non-founder to lead the company
- Led the launch and scale-up of Eventbrite Music as Senior Director
- Served as VP of Marketing at MasterClass during its hyper-growth phase
- As COO of Brightwheel, helped scale the leading early-education software platform
- Under her early tenure, Paper's GROW high-impact tutoring program earned Stanford NSSA program-design certification

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Announced as CEO of Paper, succeeding co-founder Philip Cutler
- **2025** — Paper's GROW program awarded Stanford NSSA Tutoring Program Design certification

## Links

- Website: https://paper.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinawang/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/paperlearning

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Last updated: 2026-05-30