Ismail Eleburuike

Ismail Eleburuike is the founder and CEO of SchoolTry, an EdTech platform that connects parents, students, teachers, and other stakeholders in real time. He has extensive experience in management and leadership within the technology and telecoms sectors. Prior to founding SchoolTry in October 2020, Ismail served as a manager at Facebook from March 2021 to October 2024, where he led a multimillion-euro data center upgrade project at Facebook Global Data Center Connectivity, overseeing a team of 50 resources. His experience also includes managing large customer projects at GTT and Interoute, focusing on cloud services and networking solutions, and managing cloud infrastructure migration projects at Ericsson. Ismail holds two master’s degrees: an MSc in Project Management and Operational Development from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and an MSc in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis on Telecommunications from Blekinge Institute of Technology.