What Do We Do?
We are a company dedicated to creating software for education. We started Cognition Media keeping in mind that schools need software that will make them more productive, more efficient, and save them time. That’s why our products are accessible and user-friendly; we focus on what’s best for you so you can focus on what’s best for your students.
Based in Scranton, PA, our small team is constantly thinking of ways to improve educational software; we want to help schools communicate better with students, parents, and the public. Our mission is to bring high schools and other educational institutions up to speed with technology and onto the web in this Internet-oriented world.
Who Are We?
Joseph Casabona, President of Technology
Joe Casabona, co-founder of Cognition Media and founder of Manifest Development, has been an independent contractor in web development since 2002 and has worked on numerous websites and software systems, managing them, developing them, and working closely with his clients. He has his BS in Media and Information Technology with a minor in Computer Science and his MS in Software Engineering, both of which he received from the University of Scranton. He specializes in created user friendly web applications, usually based on the popular blogging and content management platform, WordPress. On the personal side, he loves his Xbox 360, and playing Texas Hold Em. Secretly, he enjoys doing the accounting stuff for the business.
Kristen Said, CEO
Kristen Said, co-founder of Cognition Media, caught the entrepreneurial bug early on and has been crafting innovative business plans since the tender age of 16. Aside from starting her own businesses, she most recently worked in upper management for a rapidly growing NY-based company of nearly 80 employees with diverse backgrounds and talents. Today she heads up the sales team and marketing division of Cognition Media. Working with customers and constructing creative advertising campaigns are amongst her specialties. She has a BS in History and Art History with a minor in English from the University of Scranton. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, reading, and writing. Secretly, she loves that Joe enjoys doing the accounting stuff for the business because she, certainly, does not.