ManyTek Academy

Overview

ManyTek Academy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Fredericksburg, Virginia, that delivers verified cybersecurity and IT workforce pathways for learners, career changers, veterans and underserved communities across the United States, Ghana and beyond. They needed a public site that explains their programmes clearly, plus a school management system so admissions, learners and staff can run day-to-day academy operations online.

What we built

A public academy website and an integrated school management system on one PHP and PostgreSQL stack.

• Public site with pathways, bootcamps, admissions, scholarships, news and events, and enquiry and apply flows
• Programme pages covering Workforce Pathways™, SOC Analyst Accelerator™, Cyber Range™ practice environments and Career Success support
• School management system for applications, learner records, programme enrolment and staff administration
• Learner-facing portal access alongside staff tools for running cohorts
• Responsive HTML front end that works on phones and desktops
• Clear contact paths for learners, employers, universities and sponsors

Our process

• Discovery: mapped the academy's nonprofit mission, pathway catalogue and the admin work admissions and staff need to do every week.
• Product design: separated the public marketing site from the school management workflows, while keeping apply and enquiry paths simple for new learners.
• Engineering: built the site and school management system with PHP and PostgreSQL, with an HTML front end for public pages and authenticated academy tools.
• Launch: went live at manytek.org, ready for new cohorts, articles and programme updates.

The result

ManyTek Academy is live at https://manytek.org. Prospective learners can explore pathways and apply, and the academy team can manage school operations in the same platform rather than juggling separate tools.

Stack: PHP, PostgreSQL, HTML