Case Study: Exploratorium achieves a more connected staff, faster onboarding and $50K in savings with Pingboard

Exploratorium - Customer Case Study

The Exploratorium, a hands‑on public learning laboratory in San Francisco, faced a people‑problem as it grew: longtime IT Director Chris Axley and other staff could no longer easily put names to faces, and the museum needed a fast way to onboard a new executive director while preserving its close‑knit culture.

They implemented Pingboard — an easily searchable org chart with rich employee profiles, Google Apps integration, quick data import and a mobile app (plus a popular “Who’s Who” game). The system was fully populated before the director’s first day, helped staff learn names and roles faster, saved roughly $50,000 by avoiding a hire, reclaimed about five minutes per employee per day, and strengthened connections across the organization.

Exploratorium

Chris Axley

Director of IT