Vice President, BigFuture, The College Board

Tarlin Ray is the Vice President, BigFuture at the College Board. In this role Tarlin has oversight over the student facing products under Big Future, and the HE Enrollment services products. The focus of the BigFuture team is to drive high value interactions between students and Higher Ed, ultimately helping students find the “right fit” next step in their path post high school. Prior to joining the College Board, Tarlin held several roles for Kaplan. Tarlin served as a Senior Vice President at Kaplan Test Prep (“KTP”) and co-founder of KTP’s innovation lab, helping EIRs and product owners launch new initiatives beyond Test Prep. Tarlin acted as the President of Dev Bootcamp (“DBC”), owned by Kaplan Inc. In this capacity Tarlin oversaw the P&L, Strategy, Product, Operations and Sales & Marketing for DBC, a pioneer in the technology vocational training space, with six campuses around the country. Tarlin also was a part of the founding team at Metis, a Data Science Bootcamp, overseeing Admissions, Marketing, Strategic Partnerships and Corporate Training.

For over 20 years, Tarlin has held leadership positions in several early stage companies such as T.w.I.S.M (Shaquille O’Neal’s clothing company), The Groove Alliance (proprietary 3D technology) and Virgin Charter (Richard Branson backed technology start up) with a goal of building innovative product and services. Tarlin has spent the majority of his career in the education and talent field where he has the opportunity marry his passion for lifelong learning and his drive to impact the lives of young adults and career switchers.

Tarlin currently serves on the board of the Warren Christopher Scholarship, the Advisory Board of Hack.Diversity and the board of Personalyze, AI driven analytics company. Tarlin also co-hosts a podcast called Running it Back, looking at lessons learned from past sports events.

Tarlin has his AB in economics, cum laude, from Harvard College and his MBA from Harvard Business School.