Summary
Marc Stober is a multidisciplinary educator and software engineer with 15 years of experience blending technology, pedagogy, and Jewish liturgical leadership. Currently directing a religious school in Melrose while lecturing graduate-level JavaScript at Northeastern and teaching coding at URJ Sci-Tech, he builds bridges between classroom practice and modern web development. He’s the ordained cantor behind parsh.io, a project he’s rebuilding as a Next.js app to make Torah reading more accessible—an example of shipping product-focused code informed by deep domain knowledge. His earlier career includes senior engineering roles at Vistaprint and Glytec and full-stack work for healthcare systems, giving him strong UX and backend chops. Comfortable translating complex requirements into usable tools, he frequently teaches makerspace engineering to K–8 students, showing a rare ability to teach across generations. Based in Newton, MA, he combines formal cantorial and Jewish education credentials with an MS in Business Computer Information Systems, bringing both technical rigor and cultural fluency to every initiative.
15 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Newington High School
Cantorial Ordination, Cantorial Ordination at Hebrew College
M.S., Business Computer Information Systems, M.S., Business Computer Information Systems at Baruch College
Overseas Student Program, Overseas Student Program at Tel Aviv University
A.B., Jewish and Near Eastern Studies, A.B., Jewish and Near Eastern Studies at Washington University in St. Louis