About EPIK Learning
Revolutionizing the world of digital education by empowering parents & inspiring kids.
Who We Are
EPIK Learning is an educational technology company with a single vision: to become the premier educational resource for parents, teachers and kids. We bring to market innovative, effective learning tools for the Pre-K through 12 market designed to help develop fundamental learning skills and provide every child with the opportunity to achieve his or her greatest potential.
What We Do
Education is in our DNA. We believe in the critical importance of parent-teacher involvement in a child’s educational development. We develop mobile devices, PCs and fun, engaging learning programs designed to teach fundamental learning skills in core subject matter. All of our programs developed in-house are authored by Dr. J. Ronald Nelson, an expert in the field of instructional design and one of the preeminent early-learning research professors in the world.
Our Promise
We believe every child has a right to a good education and access to technologies that improve the learning experience regardless of geographic location or socioeconomic status. Our promise to our customers is to consistently bring to market innovative learning devices and programs designed to enhance educational development and improve quality of life. At EPIK Learning, education always comes first.
Who We Are
EPIK Learning is an educational technology company with a single vision: to become the premier educational resource for parents, teachers and kids. We bring to market innovative, effective learning tools for the Pre-K through 12 market designed to help develop fundamental learning skills and provide every child with the opportunity to achieve his or her greatest potential.
What We Do
Education is in our DNA. We believe in the critical importance of parent-teacher involvement in a child’s educational development. We develop mobile devices, PCs and fun, engaging learning programs designed to teach fundamental learning skills in core subject matter. All of our programs developed in-house are authored by Dr. J. Ronald Nelson, an expert in the field of instructional design and one of the preeminent early-learning research professors in the world.
Our Promise
We believe every child has a right to a good education and access to technologies that improve the learning experience regardless of geographic location or socioeconomic status. Our promise to our customers is to consistently bring to market innovative learning devices and programs designed to enhance educational development and improve quality of life. At EPIK Learning, education always comes first.
Our Management Team
Armie Carabet
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Fourteen years ago Armie Carabet began exploring different options for fostering literacy for children. In 2003 the vision finally materialized in the establishment of ClickN KIDS, an educational publishing company with the goal of enabling all young children to master basic subjects. As Armie saw it, there was only one viable option for reaching the masses with an affordable solution: develop tutorial teaching software that is fun for kids and deliver it over the internet.
Under Armie’s leadership, ClickN KIDS has gone from an idea to a multi-award winning, cloud-based, proprietary tutorial platform that has benefited hundreds of thousands of children in over 100 countries. With a highly scalable business model entering its high growth phase, Armie turned his attention to new products. From concept to retail distribution at Wal-Mart in less than 120 days, a new record may have been set in flawless execution of the ClickN KIDS Family Tablet featuring the company’s Looney Tunes Phonics product. In 2012 Armie actualized his inspiration to spread literacy to the less fortunate by forming the One World Literacy Foundation which has garnered support from professional athletes and sympathetic organizations such as the Magic Johnson Foundation.
Armie’s history is that of a creative and versatile business builder. His experience partnering in successful ventures includes owning the Southern California Cold Stone Creamery, Norman International, as well as an international import-export company and a national direct mail marketing franchise. His contributions include ideation, marketing, negotiations, training and operations.
When Armie’s not consumed with his passion for helping children, he might be sailing the waters of Southern California with his wife of 13 years, their children plus their two dogs (Bruce and Lucy) or chasing his kids from ballet to art, piano, karate and Indian Guides.
Rodney Rad
Co-Founder & President
Rodney has spent the last 12 years as Senior Vice President of ESI, one of the country’s leading consumer electronics distributors. He oversees licensing and distribution with international brands such as Monster, Pioneer, Looney Tunes and more. Rodney is responsible for creating the companies fast growing multi-million dollar eTablet division. Additionally, he founded ESI’s tablet division by launching the first Google certified tablet below $100 in partnership with the billion dollar HKC brand, having secured deep distribution with leading retailers including Walmart, Toys R US, Target, Curacao Stores, Hudson News and more.
Prior to this success, Rodney co-founded iSymphony, bringing to market the first micro music systems with a built-in iPod dock. iSymphony secured distribution and shelf space in major retailers across America, selling over 250,000 units.
Rodney co-founded Cellboost which was the first and leading disposable battery cellphone charger provider on the market. He helped lead a team that secured distribution in over 100,000 store fronts in the U.S. and multiple international countries leading to a very successful exit.
As co-founder, EPIK Learning is the brainchild of Rodney. The idea was to build a leading educational technology company that is uniquely positioned to take advantage of both the institutional and consumer market sectors. EPIK leverages the vast resources of ESI along with the pedagogical and software development expertise as well as the intellectual property of CNK Digital to create a hybrid company that controls the entire supply chain. From manufacturing, to financing, to logistics, retail sales, intellectual property and the end user, EPIK retains control where most cannot yet can operate very lean while possessing the resources of a much larger company.