Founder · Pristone Academy
Edward Mabonga
Edward Mabonga is an MIT-trained senior software engineer and educator, and the founder of Pristone Academy. He has earned 250+ five-star reviews across 1,000+ tutoring hours, teaching AI, computer science, system design, and technical interviews to students and working professionals. Every engagement is premium, one-on-one work — built around how each person learns best, never a group class or a templated package.
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MIT EECS
An Electrical Engineering & Computer Science background — the foundation behind every program.
Senior Software Engineer
Production experience in AI/ML systems and system design, not classroom theory.
Founder-operator
Builds and delivers programs personally; founder of Pristone Academy and the Pristone family.
AI practitioner
Hands-on with modern AI tooling and how it reshapes engineering and learning.
Why Pristone Academy exists
Most AI and coding education is built for scale, not for people. Templated courses assume everyone starts in the same place, learns the same way, and wants the same outcome. Experienced engineers returning to work, ambitious high schoolers, and curious beginners all get the same generic syllabus — and most of them stall.
Pristone Academy is the opposite. Every engagement is one-on-one and built around your actual starting point, with personalized, accessibility-considered materials adapted to how you learn. The goal isn't to publish more content — it's to produce real, measurable outcomes: interview-readiness, college-ready projects, and genuine AI fluency.
Pristone Academy is the education, coaching, and mentorship side of the Pristone family. The engineering, AI, and consulting work lives separately at pristonetech.com. That separation keeps each side focused: deep engineering on one, deep teaching on the other.