1EDTECH CONSORTIUM - Key Persons
Alan is a Java developer with more than 6 years of experience developing REST-based web applications. He has a penchant for rapid prototyping and iteration, making him an asset to projects that might change and grow unexpectedly.
Before 1EdTech, Alan spent many years working in Healthcare Information Technology. He utilized his skill set to help deliver products and services designed to assist patients in better understanding and navigating the often confusing industry.
Alan resides with his wife Erynn in Durham, North Carolina. He is a lover of cats, motorcycles, music, and enjoys making regular visits to thrift stores on the weekends searching for old and long-forgotten video games.
I've been a backend engineer for about 8 years in a wide range of industries including healthcare, fintech and customer engagement. The majority of my experience has been with building java REST APIs, but I've also been involved in different disciplines like security and data science. In my free time, I like to make music and explore the outdoors. I also love traveling and spending time with friends and family.
Annie Chechitelli has spent the past two decades innovating with educators to expand access to education, meet the quickly changing needs of learners, and empower students to do their best, original work. As the Chief Product Officer at Turnitin, Annie oversees the Turnitin suite of applications which include academic integrity, grading and feedback, and assessment capabilities.
Prior to joining Turnitin, Annie spent over five years at Amazon where she led Kindle Content for School, Work, and Government and launched the AWS EdTech Growth Advisory team, advising education technology companies on how to grow their product and go-to-market strategies with AWS.
Annie began her career in EdTech at Wimba, where she launched a live collaboration platform for education which Blackboard ultimately acquired in 2010. At Blackboard, she led platform management, focused on transitioning Blackboard Learn to the cloud.
Annie holds a B.S. from Columbia University and an M.B.A. and M.S. from Claremont Graduate University. She lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband and three children and is an avid tennis player.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Product Management
Beatriz started her career as an art professor. She became interested in technology as an opportunity to deliver blended and online courses for non-art majors. Subsequent positions included higher education administration (assistant chair, director.) Beatriz switched to adult education when she was Head of Education Production and Outreach at the University of Houston's College of Technology (COT). She developed and managed the COT online and graduate course design team, industry certifications and continuing education programs. After U. of Houston, Beatriz was a Global Sr. Instructional Designer in the oil and gas industry. She returned to education as Director of IT, EdTech for the Houston Independent School District (HISD). After Houston, Beatriz worked in the private sector as the Sr. Global Education Advisor of Itslearning, Inc., and Sr. Instructional Designer in AWS Training and Certification before joining 1EdTech. Beatriz has delivered keynotes and consulted with education leaders in the US, Germany, Norway, South Africa, and China. Before joining 1EdTech as Director of Digital Curriculum Innovation in Oct. 2021, Beatriz designed Architecting and Adv. Architecting on AWS courses in the AWS Training and Certification Org (global AWS training.) Education: Beatriz double-majored in Education and Art at the Catholic University of Peru, and has a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Kentucky.
Accomplished education technology product director with career expertise creating innovative products, services, and content that reach new markets, bring solid ROI, and add tangible value. Combine a BA in Information Systems and an MA in Instructional Design to conceptualize enterprise technology solutions and drive successful development teams. Contribute technology and educational industry knowledge and collaborate with cross-functional teams to synthesize solutions and deliver emerging technologies.
Job Titles:
- Marketing Communications Director
- Marketing Communications Director for 1EdTech
Cara Jenkins serves as the marketing communications director for 1EdTech, leveraging more than 20 years of experience in higher education technology marketing. In her role, Cara works closely with 1EdTech staff and members to effectively communicate 1EdTech activities and progress to increase member engagement, recognize member contributions and leadership, and increase awareness of the 1EdTech value proposition to increase market adoption of an open, innovative, and trusted digital education ecosystem.
Before joining 1EdTech, Cara led various marketing programs and initiatives at Ellucian, focusing on defining and tracking program success metrics. As a go-to-market director, she had responsibility for solution messaging, new product launches, awareness, and lead generation campaigns for 15 solutions that spanned three product lines and included several SaaS models and cloud applications. Before her role as go-to-market director, she was the director of events and association programs, tasked with driving the strategic direction of an event portfolio, which at its peak contained over 30 national conferences and had the potential to reach over 25,000 customers and prospects. In addition, she directed all aspects of content development, programming, speaker engagement, and audience acquisition for an 8,000-person global customer conference.
Cara is actively involved as a member of the planning committee for The Women in Tech Summit (Philadelphia), whose mission is to support the community of women currently working in technology and to help pave the way for women and young women who want to enter the industry.
Cara holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from The Catholic University of America.
Job Titles:
- Learning Software Analyst
Chris Houston joins 1EdTech as a Learning Software Analyst. He brings his experience and knowledge in technology and higher education after working for Capella University (Strategic Education Inc) as a Sr. IT Business Analyst and for eLumen, Inc. as a Sr. Technical Product Owner. Before Capella University, Chris was an analyst with Fortune 500 C.H. Robinson Worldwide and their subsidiary T-Chek Systems where he worked on various complex technical projects in the transportation/logistics and payment card processing industries.
Chris has been a long-time contributor to IMS Global, working on the Competency and Academic Standards Exchange (CASE) specification and the Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR) specification, and is a former Co-Chair of the IMS CLR technical workgroup. While at Capella University, Chris worked on projects personalizing the online course room experience for learners and faculty, including the pioneering, self-paced FlexPath program delivery format. He has a passion for learning technology and a penchant for curiosity.
He received his B.A. degree cum laude in Music Composition from St. John's University.
Colin has a degree in Applied Physics (1979) and was awarded a PhD for his work on spread spectrum local area networks (1985); both degrees were from the University of Durham, UK. During the past 40 years he has worked in both the academic and the industrial world. He was a lecturer at the Universities of Durham and Surrey, worked for several years at Logica Ltd., was the founder and managing director of the systems consultancy Hyperion Systems Ltd and is currently a Director and Principal Consultant at Dunelm Services Limited. From 1992-1999 he was a member of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Sheffield, UK where he was Head of Department and Chair of Computer Science. Since October 1999 Colin has been consulting for 1EdTech (formerly IMS Global Learning Consortium). He is currently the 1EdTech Chief Architect and as such he is responsible for the managing the development and maintenance of the full suite of 1EdTech specifications. During the last twenty years he has worked on a number of public and private sector e-learning projects. In 1999 he was made a Fellow of the British Computer Society and became a Chartered Engineer.
Job Titles:
- Director, Instructional Technology / Katy Independent School
Darlene Rankin has been an educator for the past 31 years and has pursued her love for technology-integrated education by obtaining her master's degree in Education Technology in 2002. Darlene began her years teaching elementary and middle school students and then continued her career at the high school level, teaching in the computer science field. Darlene is a director with Katy Independent School District (ISD), which serves 92,000 plus students in the west Houston area.
Major initiatives that Darlene has accomplished include deploying a Learning Management System, integrating online resources using 1EdTech standards, developing Katy ISD's own virtual high school, deploying a single-sign-on environment for all stakeholders, including parents, endorsing professional learning through digital credentialing, leading the development of asynchronous and synchronous courses and the deployment of devices during COVID. Darlene continues leading the technology strategic design plan for Katy ISD, overseeing the supplier relationship and the multi-million dollar software budget for the Katy ISD technology department. Driving innovation, Darlene keeps abreast of new technologies and associated standards to ensure the digital teaching and learning ecosystem is robust and responsive for students and teachers.
Darlene was named by NSBA's "Top 20 to Watch Educators" in 2011 and has served on the HMH Technical Advisory board and continues to serve on the 1EdTech K-12 Board. Most recently, she has served on SMART's Advisory Council and CoSN's Advisory Committee for Digital Standards. Under her leadership, Katy ISD has continued to receive numerous awards for digital content from organizations: the Center for Digital Education, Consortium of School Networking, The Learning Counsel, the National School Boards Association, and TXDLA.
Job Titles:
- Director of Member Engagement
As the Director of Member Engagement, David Robb is responsible for enhancing engagement opportunities and implementing strategies to increase member value and satisfaction.
Before joining 1EdTech, David worked as an Educational Technology Specialist for the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), a federally-operated public school system serving over 66,000 military-connected children worldwide. In this role, he led and supported education technology programs and practices for DoDEA.
Earlier in his career, David served as the Supervisor of Blended Learning for Baltimore County Public Schools, where he led a team in designing and implementing professional learning opportunities to support blended learning best practices and improve instructional practice and student achievement. David began his teaching career as an elementary classroom teacher in the Howard County Public School System. He has also worked as an adjunct instructor at Loyola University Maryland, teaching graduate-level educational technology courses.
David holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Muhlenberg College and a master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a Technology Focus from Loyola University Maryland.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director - Data Governance
Debbie Durrence, Ed.D. currently serves in the Department of Data Governance for Gwinnett County Public Schools. The school district is in metro Atlanta and serves a very diverse population of over 180,000 students. She oversees the teams in student data management, data integration, data governance, state and federal reporting, data privacy, as well as SIS reporting. Prior to that role she served as the school district's Executive Director of Accountability and Assessment in which she led the team that developed and administered a district assessment program, provided staff development regarding assessment literacy, and supervised the administration of all standardized assessments. In addition to previously serving as a member of the board of directors for the National Council on Measurement in Education, she has served on several advisory panels for the state of Georgia Department of Education and various other organizations.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Academic Services and Quality / University of Maryland
- Vice President of Academic Services and Quality at the University of Maryland Global Campus
Dr. Chris Davis serves as Vice President of Academic Services and Quality at the University of Maryland Global Campus. In over two decades in higher education, he has served in a variety of leadership and faculty roles at multiple universities in both the non-profit and for-profit sectors. Dr. Davis did his undergraduate work in sociology and Ph.D. in urban, technological, and environmental planning at the University of Michigan. He has also earned a Master's of Science in Higher Education Leadership from Capella University, a Master's of Science in Psychology from Walden University, and a Master's of Business Administration in IT Management and Accounting from Western International University. He and his wife Tena have ten children ages 6 - 21.
Dr. Gill Ferrell supports the 1EdTech Europe member community. In a career spanning over 30 years, she has managed the implementation of administrative IT systems in higher education and led research and edtech projects in areas such as assessment, learning design, course management, learner records, and learning analytics. She directed a UK-wide support service for Jisc, providing advice, guidance, and training in ICT for further and higher education providers in the UK. As an independent consultant, she has been involved in projects of national significance. For almost 20 years, she has volunteered with EUNIS fostering knowledge exchange and developing communities of practice across European higher education.
Gill holds British and French nationalities and lives in south-west France.
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer and Deputy Superintendent for Technology Services at the Georgia Department of Education
- Deputy Superintendent for Technology Services / Chief Information Officer / Georgia Department of Education
Dr. Keith Osburn is the Chief Information Officer and Deputy Superintendent for Technology Services at the Georgia Department of Education. Spending the early days of his career as a Chemistry and Physics teacher, Dr. Osburn was introduced to the world of technology and soon found his passion in its value to improve education. With over three decades of service in education, he advocates for technology's potential to revolutionize education. Now, as the CIO, Dr. Osburn has outlined an aggressive five-year comprehensive plan to modernize the agency's technology infrastructure and data collection processes to help usher in 21st-century practices that will ensure the availability of modernized equipment to support teachers' and students' classroom and learning needs.
Under Dr. Osburn's leadership, the agency has embraced technology standardization, especially 1EdTech's interoperability standards, and has been the industry leader in leveraging CASE. These efforts earned the Georgia Department of Education the coveted Platinum Learning Impact award in 2018 for this work and the Silver Learning Impact award again in 2022.
He is a strong advocate for all of Georgia's K-12 technology workforce, helping them grow to understand and embrace their critical and importance role as technology leaders. Setting this vision has helped Dr. Osburn usher in several new and innovative programs to support their growth, including a new Emerging Technology Leader mentor program, training over 200 digital literacy ambassadors, providing cybersecurity training to every public school district in Georgia, and creating the first-of-its-kind state-wide professional learning environment and online community to enable schools and district leaders a platform to collaborate and share ideas regardless of their location in Georgia.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Chief Executive Officer of 1EdTech
Dr. Rob Abel is the Chief Executive Officer of 1EdTech, a nonprofit collaboration of the world's leading universities, school districts, government organizations, content providers, and technology suppliers, cooperating to accelerate learning technology interoperability, adoption, and impact. Rob has been the CEO of 1EdTech (formerly IMS Global Learning Consortium, since February of 2006.
Rob is a recognized expert on the use of information and communication technology (ICT) for learning with over 40 years high tech and education market development experience. During Rob's tenure, 1EdTech has experienced dramatic growth in terms of members, revenues, and achieved significant adoption of 1EdTech work by leading regional education communities worldwide. 1EdTech has grown over 17x since Rob became CEO and has risen to become one of the world's best resourced and dynamic standards-setting consortia.
Prior to 1EdTech, Rob was Senior Vice President at Collegis (now Ellucian Managed Services), the leading provider of ICT services to U.S. higher education, where he was responsible for online and academic services provided to over 60 U.S. institutions. Rob is also a seasoned high technology software development, business development, market development and venture investment veteran. As Senior Director at Oracle Education he was a leader and innovator in the development of online learning architectures and related standards. Rob also held executive positions at National Semiconductor, TRW and Hughes Aircraft.
Rob holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Change from Fielding Graduate University, a Masters degree in Management from Stanford, a Masters degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California, and a Baccalaureate degree in Computational Physics from Carnegie Mellon University. Rob was honored with the TRW Chairman's Award for Innovation in the early 1990's for leading advancements in real-time networking and distributed software.
Job Titles:
- Chief of Staff / Clark County School
- Clark County School District As the Chief of Staff
Dr. Shana Rafalski has served in a variety of leadership roles over her 28-year career in public education and the business sector. She has built a reputation for maintaining high expectations while working collaboratively to solve problems, meet goals and engage in systems building. She is an action-oriented leader who believes in the immense potential of each student as a leader and learner. Her adaptability and resolve have derived partly from being part of a military family, experiencing educational systems around the country, and adapting to new cultures and environments. These experiences have contributed to her commitment to creating equitable learning opportunities for all students.
In June of 2022, Dr. Rafalski joined the Clark County School District as the Chief of Staff. CCSD is the 5th largest school district in the nation and serves over 300,000 students.
Prior to her new role, Shana served as the Executive Director/Assistant Superintendent for the Educational Choices and Innovation Department in the School District of Osceola County, Florida. She has also served as the Vice President for Digital Instruction Strategies for an educational technology company, Executive Director for Elementary Education for Pinellas County Schools, and Director of Curriculum and Instruction for Orange County Public Schools.
Dr. Rafalski welcomes the opportunity and challenges that will present themselves in the role of Chief of Staff for the Clark County School District after a lifetime of serving as a teacher, trainer, coach, curriculum specialist, school principal, and district leader in diverse public school settings. She is committed to keeping her service and solution orientation at the heart of the work in support of students, staff and instructional leaders.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of K12 Programs at 1EdTech
- Vice President, K - 12 Programs
As the Vice President of K12 Programs at 1EdTech, Dr. Tim Clark assists schools and districts in the adoption of 1EdTech standards and practices to enable interoperable and secure digital learning ecosystems. He also provides strategic leadership for K12 in 1EdTech in collaboration with K-12 institutional and state department of education members of the consortium.
Formerly, Tim served as the Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Digital Learning for Chicago Public Schools where he provided leadership and guidance for teaching and learning through the design and implementation of an equitable districtwide digital curriculum. Tim also served as the Coordinator of Instructional Technology for Forsyth County Schools in Georgia. He has been an educator for 25 years and has taught all grade levels, ESL, and gifted learners. He is the author of the BYOTNetwork blog and has been featured regarding Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) in NBC News, EdTech Magazine, eSchool News, Scholastic Administrator, THE Journal and many other news outlets.
Tim holds a Doctor of Education in Leadership for Learning with a concentration in Instructional Technology, and his research and dissertation focused on designing online learning communities for elementary students. Throughout his career, he has been a vocal advocate for the implementation of instructional technology, digital content, and curriculum in order to increase achievement and motivation, to encourage collaboration, to facilitate critical thinking, and to construct engaging learning environments.
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer / University of California
- Chief Information Officer for the University of California
Dr. Vince Kellen currently serves as the chief information officer for the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), as well as a member of the Chancellor's Cabinet, and vice chancellor and chief financial officer's senior management team. UCSD is recognized as a top 15 university world-wide and 7th best public university in the world, with over $1 billion in annual research funding, 34,000 students, 16 Nobel laureates who have taught on its campus and 161 faculty with national Academy memberships.
Dr. Kellen brings a rare combination of academic, business and IT strategy experience to his role, with a focus on transformational leadership within IT, applying leading edge approaches to current business challenges. His twenty-five years of executive-level information technology experience offers a proven track record of successfully integrating innovative applications of information technology into all aspects of teaching, learning, and student success. These innovations have resulted in markedly improved efficiencies and enhanced learning environments, as well as fruitful, collaborative relationships with researchers, faculty, staff, and students across all levels of higher education and the world.
Dr. Kellen formerly served as the senior vice provost of Analytics and Technologies for the University of Kentucky, one of the top public research institutions and academic medical centers in the US., where his areas of responsibility included institutional research and analytics, enterprise software, research computing, academic technology, IT infrastructure and cloud services, and supporting the university's 17 colleges, 30,000 students, and 14,000 faculty and staff. Prior to that role, he held the position of chief information officer for three years.
Job Titles:
- Technical Program Associate
Dylan is a technical program associate assisting the technical operations team with website management, technical integrations, research, member-support processes, and the development and support of open interoperability standards.
With over six years working in business management and technical customer support, he also holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of South Florida in Sociology with a focus on public health education and community outreach programs. He currently resides in the Tampa Bay Area.
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer / California State University
Ed Clark, Ed.D., is a technology leader with decades of experience in higher education practices and has overseen institutional digital transformation initiatives ranging from online learning and course delivery to academic research computing, student recruitment, and retention.
Ed is currently the CIO for the California State University (CSU), the largest university system in the United States, comprising 23 campuses, over 50,000 staff, and more than 470,000 students. Ed's role is to serve as a strategic partner for the Chancellor's Executive Team and collaborate with university campus presidents and their chief information officers to catalyze strategic and innovative administrative and academic technology initiatives to advance the mission of the CSU.
In 2019, Ed was selected as Minnesota's non-profit CIO of the year. He was appointed by Governor Walz to serve on the State of Minnesota's Blue Ribbon/Technology Advisory Council, and currently serves on numerous boards, committees, and interest groups to advance the cause of higher education while promoting better student outcomes for all.
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer
- Chief Information Officer for Fulton County Schools
Emily Ramsey is the Chief Information Officer for Fulton County Schools in Georgia. She is a 20+ year educator who seeks to understand, plan, and develop innovative technology strategies for optimal productivity within the district. Emily holds degrees in English Education from Florida State University and Instructional Technology and Education Leadership from Valdosta State University, which provide the foundation for authentic work experiences in classrooms, online learning environments, and business operations.
Job Titles:
- Director of Professional Development
- Director of Professional Development and Certification
Gwendolyn Smith is the Director of Professional Development and Certification at 1EdTech.
Gwen began her career as a high school history teacher and curriculum coordinator. She has over ten years of teaching experience in traditional and asynchronous classrooms. Since 2013, Gwen has served as a training and professional development leader in the ed tech industry. In her work with SAFARI Montage and Identity Automation, she collaborated with districts and state education organizations across the country to drive interoperability and foster seamless, secure digital ecosystems focused on learning outcomes. Building on this foundation at 1EdTech, Gwen works with members taking 1EdTech courses to earn interoperability certification through the TrustEd Apps Certified Leader (TACL) program.
Gwen holds a Masters in Education with a focus in curriculum design and the authentic integration of educational technology into the learning process. She lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia, where she enjoys cooking, hosts an ad-free food blog, and roots for the Eagles!
Job Titles:
- Senior Front - End Software Engineer
Jackson began his career in web development working with small businesses throughout his hometown. He continued his work and education while attending college through the University of Houston. Through his 6+ years of experience as a software engineer he has spearheaded the development of projects ranging from simple front-end SPA's to fully integrated monolithic web applications.
Job Titles:
- Technical Program Manager
Jacques serves as a technical program manager for 1EdTech Consortium, where he leverages his extensive knowledge of education technology, interoperability, and his ability to deftly articulate complex ideas and technologies to all levels of understanding. Jacques has over 12 years of experience in the education technology industry, where he helped lead the charge for interoperability and seamless integrations.
Jacques began his career in K-12 education, managing district integrations with edtech vendors and identity services. He then moved into the edtech sector, leveraging his experience to help other districts integrate with digital teaching and learning technologies best.
Jacques received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Florida Atlantic University.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Operations and Member Relations
As the Vice President of Operations and Member Relations for 1EdTech, Jeanne Imbriale's focus is on creating operational efficiencies, fostering member engagement, and building strong external partnerships.
Previously as the Director of the Office of Enterprise Applications in the Department of Information Technology for the 25th largest school district in the country, her goal was to optimize the use of technology to improve learning for its 115,000 students. Mrs. Imbriale has been recognized nationally for advancing the field of educational technology through numerous invitations to present to expert professional associations. Her work on the creation and execution of data privacy practices and the establishment of data governance structures has served as a model throughout the country. The strategic plan she chartered to ensure her school system's compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level AA is highly regarded.
Prior to this, Mrs. Imbriale was the Supervisor and then Coordinator and Professional Growth and Partnerships in the Department of Organizational Development for Baltimore County Public Schools. She was also the Program Manager of the Research and Development team at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Technology in Education. Mrs. Imbriale has taught graduate-level courses in instructional technology and educational leadership at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education. She credits all her work to her strong beginnings in the elementary classroom.
Collectively, for the past 27 years, Mrs. Imbriale has worked to improve teaching and learning, with emphasis on the value of technology. Her lifelong goal is to champion the benefits of technology and assist other leaders in their implementation in school systems across the country.
Job Titles:
- Associate Superintendent for Academics
- Associate Superintendent of Academics for Greenville County Schools
Jeff McCoy currently serves as the Associate Superintendent of Academics for Greenville County Schools. Greenville County Schools is the largest district in South Carolina and the 44th largest in the nation, with over 77,000 students in attendance. Jeff oversees the Offices of Academic Support, Academic Innovation and Technology, Virtual Learning, Accountability and Quality Assurance, Career and Technical Education, Special Education, Special Programs, and Early Childhood Education. Before assuming the Associate Superintendent role, Jeff held various district leadership positions and is proud to be starting his 21st year with Greenville County Schools. Over the last five years, Greenville County Schools has increased student achievement and closed achievement gaps, moving them into the top 15 out of 81 school districts when ranking student achievement scores and accountability metrics. Jeff is proud to lead the Academic Division in a district known for innovation in technology and curriculum initiatives and continuously transforming learning practices to improve student outcomes.
Jeff holds a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and a Master's Degree in Education Technology with a focus on leadership. He is active both state and nationally on multiple advisory boards, including the National School Transformation Conference Advisory Board and the National Chief Academic Officers Working Group. He serves as Board Chair for The Children's Museum of the Upstate Board of Directors. He has also served on the South Carolina Ed Tech Conference Board and the Education Research and Development Institute Advisory Board. Jeff has taught at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in the areas of technology integration and technology leadership. He and three national colleagues recently published a series, "Blueprints on Personalized Learning, Cybersecurity, The Marriage of Information Technology and Academics and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion." He is a regular contributor to books, webinars, and national publications.
Job Titles:
- Education Solutions / Google LLC
Jeff manages Google Cloud's education services, which focus on educationally focused AI, the interoperability of learning data across systems, and student success tools. He has been in the edtech space for over 25 years, working mostly in startups before joining Google.
Job Titles:
- Chief Technology Officer
- EVP
- Group Chief Technology Officer ( CTO
Jim Chilton currently serves as Cengage Group Chief Technology Officer (CTO). As of May 2022, Jim also assumed the role of acting General Manager for Infosec, part of the Cengage Work business.
Jim is a seasoned technology and business executive with an extensive background and deep expertise in technology optimization from technical product engineering to business systems management, process management, cybersecurity, and customer support. Prior to joining Cengage Group, Jim held executive leadership positions at a broad range of companies in the enterprise software, high-tech, and education industries, including Dassault Systèmes and SolidWorks.
Jim enthusiastically embraces the importance of ‘giving back' and leverages his experience and network to influence the industry and community. Jim is an active Advisor and Board Member to numerous Boston area efforts and startup companies, including Apprenti, MassHire, and Evanta, among others.
Jim holds an MBA from New Hampshire College (now part of Southern New Hampshire University) and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Franklin Pierce University. Jim received the 2020 Inspire CIO of the Year/Boston ORBIE award and was a finalist for the prestigious National InspireCIO of the Year ORBIE Award for 2021. Jim is based in Boston, Massachusetts, and lives in Hollis, New Hampshire.
Joe is a web developer with almost ten years experience on all types of web applications. He's worked for a variety of institutions including Universities, non-profit organizations and in the corporate world. Joe is passionate about education and enjoys supporting 1EdTech's continued evolution. He currently resides in California and holds a bachelor's degree from the UW-Madison.
Job Titles:
- Senior Technical Program Manager
Joshua McGhee serves as Senior Technical Program Manager for 1EdTech Consortium, leveraging more than 15 years of experience in technology-related fields. Joshua serves as the TPM for OneRoster, LTI, Edu-API, Caliper, and OpenVideo. In that role, he oversees the development, promotion, and support of various integral EdTech interoperability standards.
Job Titles:
- Director of K - 12 Member Activities
Karen Daughtery serves as the Director of K-12 Member Activities at 1EdTech Consortium, where she facilitates program meetings and activities for all K-12 institutional members. Karen works closely with individual members to accelerate the uptake of 1EdTech open standards and practices to enable next-generation digital learning.
Karen began her career in the K-12 setting. While in her position as an Instructional Technology Specialist in Forsyth County (GA), she held various leadership positions at the school and district levels before transitioning into a corporate educational technology role.
Job Titles:
- Director, Teaching and Learning Program
With more than 20 years of experience in higher education across areas such as academic advising, student success, curriculum design and competency-based education, Dr. Kathe Pelletier is currently the Director of the Teaching and Learning Program at EDUCAUSE. She brings an expertise for combining traditional higher education evidence-based practice with innovative delivery models. She has been recognized by the International Center for Supplemental Instruction for starting and scaling the first online Supplemental Instruction program, and she has also been recognized for a hybrid program and course framework that creates a structure for creativity for faculty yet ensures consistency and quality. During her career, Kathe has accomplished such things as building an online student success center from scratch, establishing a competency-based curriculum model that became an anchor for a self-paced CBE program, developing an assessment and outreach system that delivered personalized resource recommendations to incoming students, and guiding faculty communities of practice
Job Titles:
- Director of K - 12 Engagement
Katherine joins 1EdTech as the Director of K-12 Engagement. Katherine graduated from the West Chester University of PA College of Education and Social Work. With over ten years of experience serving the public sector and education community, she will collaborate with K-12 members to promote the value of interoperability, data privacy, analytics, and accessibility in the modern digital ecosystem.
Throughout her career, Katherine has worked with organizations across the US and internationally on ways to secure information and facilitate digital instruction and learning. As the Senior Director of Inside Sales at SAFARI Montage, Katherine supported districts and partners from implementation through the adoption of the 1EdTech-certified Learning Object Repository. She continued to promote technical standards through her work with Identity Automation, a OneRoster-certified organization with a primary mission to empower education institutions with a secure and connected learning ecosystem, starting with digital identity.
In her spare time, Katherine enjoys skiing the east.
Job Titles:
- Director for Higher Education at 1EdTech
- Director, Higher Education Programs
Kelly Hoyland serves as the director for higher education at 1EdTech where she works with members to meet the challenges they face in the rapidly growing and evolving digital teaching and learning landscape. This includes working across K-12, higher education, and corporate education to make life achievements more accessible, personalized, and equitable from the start for every learner.
Kelly began her career in K-12 education where she served in roles as teacher, virtual school coordinator, and technology director. She then transitioned to higher education as the Director of Learning & Client Technology Services at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where her department was responsible for supporting academic technology and end user support. Her focus has been to find ways to use technology to support teaching and learning.
Kevin is a Marine Corps combat veteran who has served proudly in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom & Operation Enduring Freedom. Kevin made his decision to join the Marine Corps after the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Towers. Kevin served for 8 years and was honorably discharged as a Sergeant. After the military, Kevin worked in all areas of security and access control systems.
Kevin started his career in education as an IT customer service representative where he was responsible for the break fix process at two high schools. He also held "Tech Tuesday" training where he was able to coordinate with principals and faculty to train them on all district resources. Kevin then moved on to work as an Education Technology Specialist and headed the district's student data privacy, Internet safety and security initiative. In the two years of heading this initiative, Kevin was able to raise awareness about student data privacy and influence education technology products to improve upon their privacy practices.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director / Wichita State University
- Executive Director of Workforce
Kimberly Moore, JD, is the Executive Director of Workforce, Professional and Community Education at Wichita State University. She is an innovative and entrepreneurial leader, focused on establishing collaborative business and industry partnerships, which lead to the development of skill-based learning and training initiatives, support employers and job seekers, and stimulate the state and local economy. Kimberly has more than 35 years of experience in developing and leading workforce and professional development initiatives in government, higher education, business, and industry. She was tasked nine years ago with developing and launching the first digital badge program in the state of Kansas. Since then, Kimberly has led the development of 100+ online, for-credit badges. Kimberly is a founding member of the 1EdTech TrustEd Microcredential Coalition. She is invested in employer/higher education partnerships and skill-based collaborations.
LaTanya D. McDade currently serves as the Superintendent for Prince William County. Previously, she was the Chief Education Officer of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). LaTanya oversaw all academic offices within the CPS Central Office and supported all principals and Network Chiefs in their leadership roles. In this capacity, Mrs. McDade was responsible for improving and supporting all aspects of teaching and learning district-wide. Her commitment to over 340,000+ students across 638 schools (district and charter) is to ensure equity in access to high-quality educational opportunities. This was a natural transition from her previous role as Chief Officer of the Office of Teaching and Learning (T & L), where she managed all core academic departments and oversaw the design, implementation, and evaluation of instructional programs and services for CPS teachers and administrators.
Mrs. McDade worked to streamline and reduce waste by aligning the Office of Teaching and Learning programs to district priorities and advocating for the consistent, formal evaluation/ROI assessment of services and supports provided by central office departments. As a veteran educator, she challenged the efficacy of traditional education models and initiated the PK-12 Curriculum System Project to modernize instructional practices across the district.
A proud graduate of CPS, LaTanya was a student in Chicago from Kindergarten through 12th grade and dedicated her entire career to the children of Chicago. In her various roles, including teacher, assistant principal, principal, and Network Chief, she has prioritized instructional equity and excellence for every child.
A passionate believer in lifelong learning, she holds a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and an M.A. in Educational Leadership and Administration. Mrs. McDade was a member of the main advisory group for advancing teaching and learning through the Charlotte Danielson Teaching in Excellence Framework Pilot. She completed the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association Cohort "Leadership Initiative for Transformation (LIFT)." She is currently a member of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), Illinois Principals Association (IPA), and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. LaTanya was named Future Chief in the 2019 Cohort of Chiefs for Change.
With more than 20 years of experience in Chicago Public Schools, Mrs. McDade deeply understands school communities and knows how to support their academic growth. She is dedicated to the field of education and passionate about improving the quality of life for all children through a lens of equity. Her mantra is, Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. - John Dewey
Lauren has been highly member, client, and community-facing throughout her career. With years of experience working in both the nonprofit and association worlds, she loves to solve problems, leave a great first impression, and ensure our members get the most out of their membership. Lauren attended Indiana University and received her Bachelors in Nonprofit Management. She is originally from Wisconsin and now resides in Chicago.
Leslie has extensive experience developing, enhancing, integrating and supporting database applications. Most of that experience has been in the educational arena, in both the Higher Education and K-12 environments.
Leslie holds a Bachelor of Arts from Bryn Mawr College and Master of Science in Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Architecture at D2L
- VP, Architecture / D2L Corporation
Linda Feng is currently Vice President of Architecture at D2L (Desire2Learn), a leading learning platform company at the heart of the largest transformation to modernize education and the Future of Work. At D2L, Linda serves in a senior leadership role, reporting directly to the chief technology officer and being accountable for strategic planning for technology alignment, innovation leadership, strategic partnerships, data strategy, scalability, and more.
Ms. Feng comes to D2L from Unicon, where she focused on providing strategic consulting to leading institutions, major publishers, and edtech companies related to integrations and learning analytics. She has helped design infrastructure and data processes for large-scale learning analytics implementation and provided subject matter expertise for major publishers and edtech companies related to implementations involving 1EdTech (formerly IMS Global) standards, such as Learning Information Services, OneRoster, LTI, and Caliper. Most recently, she has helped several educational institutions to design and build an analytics pipeline using AWS as well as Google Cloud Platform with Canvas Data and Canvas Live Events.
While at Unicon, she also served as Chief Privacy Officer, where she was instrumental in establishing privacy policies, overseeing privacy audits and assessments, and developing a privacy strategic plan aligned with the company's mission, vision, and long-term goals.
Ms. Feng has authored articles as well as spoken at numerous education technology conferences, such as EDUCAUSE, ELI (Educause Learning Institution), 1EdTech's Learning Impact, and OpenApereo, on topics ranging from student data integration and data privacy initiatives to data pipelines and key innovations in learning analytics infrastructure.
Ms. Feng was formerly a senior product manager with Instructure, focusing on platform strategy and standards. Prior to Instructure, Ms. Feng had over 20 years of experience in database server and applications product development at Oracle, most recently serving as Software Architect in Oracle's Student Products Division. During that time, she served as co-chair of the IMS Global Learning Initiative Learning Information Services Working Group, helping to bring a new Enterprise interoperability standard to market. Ms. Feng has also guided numerous application development projects ranging from Oracle Public Sector Financials to Oracle Student Systems. Early in her career at Oracle, she successfully managed the development of Oracle's Spatial Data Option technology, integrating it into the Oracle 7 server architecture. Her work with this project earned her a patent for multidimensional indexing techniques present in Oracle's Spatial Cartridge today.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Technical Operations and Special Projects
Having served in various executive roles at 1EdTech, Lisa is currently the Vice President of Technical Operations. Lisa has over thirty years experience in managing, developing, and implementing successful online services, leading cross functional projects and teams, and spearheading business and technical operations for both for-profit and non-profit organizations. Lisa graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in History and a Masters of Library and Information Science. Lisa also has a Masters in Media and Communications Psychology from Touro University Worldwide.
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- Vice President of Platform Product Management / Savvas Learning Company
- Vice President of Platform Product Management for Savvas Learning Company
Marc Nelson is the Vice President of Platform Product Management for Savvas Learning Company. At Savvas, Marc leads a talented team committed to delivering innovative solutions for K-12 teachers, students, and administrators. Marc's 25+ year career has been devoted to the thoughtful application of technology to inspire, engage, and personalize learning at scale. Savvas's flagship learning management system, Savvas Realize, provides over 1100 standards-aligned core curriculum programs and powerful features built to improve teaching and learning. Savvas Realize reaches millions of teachers and students each day by offering plug-and-play interoperability with top classroom tools and industry-leading integrations.
Job Titles:
- Manager
- Manager of Quality Assurance
Maria Girard works as the Manager of Quality Assurance on the software development team at 1EdTech. Her experience before 1EdTech includes product management for an online curriculum program and QA engineering for a startup educational streaming platform.
Maria lives in Denver, Colorado.
Job Titles:
- Product Marketing Director
Mark Christensen has worked in K-12 and higher education in various roles throughout his career from teacher to administrator to marketing communications for both established and startup edtech companies. With over 20 years of experience, Mark helps institutions and software companies navigate today's dynamic and changing educational landscape. He holds his MBA from Rivier University and his Ed.D. from Plymouth State University/Argosy.
Job Titles:
- Consulting Vice President
- Technology Leader
Mark Leuba is a technology leader in education with particular expertise in online and competency-based education. Mark's role in 1EdTech is to guide its product management strategy and team, building on the substantial success of the 1EdTech founding team. Prior to 1EdTech Mark provided advisory and strategy services for leading institutions, foundations and proprietary education organizations. Before his consultancy Mark served as Chief Technology Officer for Moodlerooms, a leading provider of open source learning management solutions and as Chief Information Officer for American Public University System where from 2005-2009 Mark led a five year technology plan supporting the online university's unparalleled growth. Before entering education, Mark held IT leadership roles in publishing, financial services and transportation industries. Mark received his B.A. in Business Administration/Finance from the University of Baltimore.
Mark is a senior member of the development team, supporting 1EdTech's long-term, member-driven technology and education goals. He has spent almost 20 years working in edtech as a software developer at The University of Texas and as a project manager and consultant for edtech companies implementing Ed-Fi technologies, as well as for IMS Global as a technical program manager over the OneRoster working group and the development of the 1EdTech program.
Mark graduated from The University of Texas and lives in Austin with his wife and two daughters.
As the Chief Academic Officer at Instructure, Melissa Loble will build out the global academic strategy function to ensure the educator experience remains core to everything the company does. At Instructure, she has held executive leadership positions for over nine years in roles overseeing support, client success, services, community, partnerships and platform. She's a champion for crucial customer-focused topics like data usage and privacy-her mission is to drive innovation in our customer experience and enable customers to leverage our solutions in engaging and effective learning environments. Melissa has spent 20 years in educational technology working for a number of technology suppliers and educational institutions, as well as teaching leadership courses on managing technology for educational change. She has a master's degree in educational policy from Teachers College, Columbia University, and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Job Titles:
- Technical Support Analyst
Michael Peppe is a dedicated Technical Support Analyst with a passion for photography and a love for both travel and animals. His career in the Education Technology fields is built on a foundation of solving technical challenges in the K-12 SIS space, having supported both eSchoolData and Infinite Campus Student Information Systems as their in-house OneRoster API Subject Matter Expert. He is committed to lifelong learning and positive contribution to both the tech world and education at large. He's always happy to chat about his motorcycle or his cat.
Michelle Lee is an accounting assistant on the 1EdTech team. She has years of experience as a staff accountant and a senior accountant working in private companies.
Michelle graduated from The University of Central Florida and lives in Orlando with her family.
Job Titles:
- Principal Group Program Manager, Microsoft Education / Microsoft
Within Microsoft Education product development, Mike is responsible for growth through EdTech product integrations and partnerships. As a passionate advocate for EdTech interoperability, Mike has helped Microsoft Education expand its compatibility with third-party technologies and strengthen its commitment to 1EdTech standards.
Mike has three decades of experience in product development and has spent more than half of his career focused on education technology. Before he came to Microsoft, Mike served in various leadership positions at Blackboard, impacting a range of products that reached over 100 million educators and learners. He also worked in engineering, product management, and product strategy roles at Oracle, focused on ERP and CRM platform technology. Mike has a BS in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.
Job Titles:
- Senior Director of Learning Innovation
Monica serves as a Senior Director of Learning Innovation, providing a voice for K-12 institutions and bringing together technology providers to achieve digital equity and interoperability at scale. Before starting at 1EdTech, Monica had several education roles, including teaching Spanish in High School in Florida and conducting Information Literacy courses as an Academic Librarian in the Engineering and Textiles Library at NCSU. After earning her Masters in Library and Information Science, Monica went to work for the North Carolina State University Library in their Fellows Program. Monica then went to work as VP of Sales for an EdTech supplier. Monica is passionate about helping school districts integrate technology successfully. She graduated from Florida State University and received a Master's in Library and Information Science from the University of South Florida.
Monica currently calls Coastal North Carolina home. She faces the constant, character-building struggle of being a diehard Florida State University sports fan living behind enemy lines. When not advocating for interoperability in K-12, enjoys all the coastal Carolina ethos offers with boating, fishing, and diving.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Higher Education Development at Oracle
- Vice President, Higher Education Development / Oracle Corporation
Nicole Engelbert is vice president of higher education development at Oracle. She is responsible for engaging the industry ecosystem to develop thought leadership and best practice with cloud technology and to use those insights to guide the development of Oracle's higher education solutions including its Student Cloud product suite.
Prior to Oracle, Nicole served as the Director of Research & Analysis at Ovum where she spent the last decade advising institutions globally on critical areas such as cloud migration, legacy modernization, emerging technologies, and student experience.
A sought after presenter on the higher education technology conference circuit, Nicole is also regularly quoted in publications such as the NY Times, University Business, Campus Technology, and the Wall Street Journal. Nicole holds a BA in classics from Union College and an MEd in educational administration & policy analysis from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Nora Murray focuses on public relations and content creation for 1EdTech, working to increase awareness of the brand across all sectors. Nora began her career as an award-winning television news producer before transitioning to public and media relations. Over the past ten years, she worked in communication departments for both higher education and K-12 institutions.
Nora holds a Journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder and Vice President of Solutions Engineering and Accessibility
Rick Johnson, one of the founders of VitalSource Technologies, directs their product strategy, accessibility and standards work, VitalSource is the maker of Bookshelf®, the most widely used platform for delivery of electronic learning materials in the world.
Rick's career has been focused on bringing together his three passions: technology, publishing, and education. He is a frequent speaker on electronic textbooks, their integration into an institutional environment, and how the accessibility needs of individual students can best be accommodated in their delivery. He has served on multiple committees addressing the needs around delivering accessible content to students, was a member of the working groups responsible for version 2 and version 3 of the EPUB standard, and is the co-inventor of 3 domestic and international patents dealing with electronic books and their distribution.
Prior to VitalSource, Rick spent more than 12 years with Apple Computer, Inc. As a Senior National Consulting Engineer for them he was instrumental in the implementation of complex solutions for many higher education and corporate customers, and received numerous national and international awards.
A graduate of the communication and business departments of Biola University in 1984, Rick has lived in the Phoenix area with his family since they moved from Southern California in 1991. Married to his wife Susie for more than 35 years, together they have raised two children, have two grandchildren, and are very active in their church and community. Rick also serves on the board of directors for several non-profit ministries.
Rimun is the DevOps Engineer at 1EdTech Consortium, and his primary responsibility is to ensure the smooth running of the organization's systems in Digital Ocean (DO). Prior to joining 1EdTech Consortium, Rimun worked as a Linux System Administrator and a DevOps Engineer for Data Service Group, a consulting company based in Delaware. He is passionate about social enterprise, micro-lending concepts, social policy, and politics. Rimun enjoys playing soccer, squash, and basketball. He loves travelling and has extensively travelled across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia and has embarked on a mission to visit as many American cities and states as possible.
Job Titles:
- Technical Program Manager
As 1EdTech's program manager for digital credentials, Rob Coyle is committed to expanding the success of digital credentials with Open Badges and the Comprehensive Learner Record Standard to support learning and acknowledge the skills and competencies mastered through formal and informal education and life experiences. Rob recognizes the limitless opportunities that arise from meaningful discussions between education institutions, edtech suppliers, and learning providers to understand the needs of all stakeholders.
Rob brings his experience working with a wide variety of educators and edtech suppliers from K-12, higher education, and corporate training and development. Rob's career as a teacher and collaborator with other educators allowed him to help learners acquire knowledge and develop new skills through meaningful learning experiences in various disciplines. Rob is an avid supporter of meeting learners where they are and recognizing that not all learning occurs in a classroom with a textbook. These experiences made Rob an avid supporter of the open community, including open-source technologies and open education resources.
Rob graduated from Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, with a Master of Education degree focused on education administration and edtech administration.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Marketing and Higher Education Programs
I have over 30 years of leadership, strategy, marketing, and event management experience in the corporate and education technology sectors, and I love what I do and the industry relationships that I've developed over the years. In my role as Vice President of Marketing and Higher Education Programs at 1EdTech, I am responsible for leading a talented team of marketing specialists to position 1EdTech as a vibrant member community that is committed to building an open, trusted, and innovative education technology and digital credentials ecosystem to power learner potential. I also have responsibility for managing all aspects of hosting 1EdTech's annual Learning Impact Conference and Digital Credentials Summit. I also have responsibility for providing strategic leadership to assist our higher education members in the adoption and application of 1EdTech's standards to address the most pressing education challenges today and into the future. Prior to joining 1EdTech in 2012, I served as General Manager of Association and Client programs at Ellucian, where I had overall responsibility for providing strategic direction and management for the company's participation at industry and user events with a focus on developing productive relationships with the leading higher education associations. Specialties: Developing industry relationships, branding and identity, marketing strategy, event management, and member engagement.
Sarah Barth is a program associate with seven years of instructional expertise who excels at creating programs for learners K- 20. Sarah believes that having specific goals, clear action steps, and meaningful feedback helps bring the learning ecosystem to life. Integrating technology while prioritizing safety and trust is at the heart of program planning to support innovation and a vast community of learners. When not creating programs, Sarah can be found gardening or camping with her husband and four energetic boys.
Job Titles:
- Vice Provost / Western Governors University
Sarah DeMark serves as vice provost of Workforce Intelligence & Credential Integrity at Western Governors University, where she has worked since 2014. She is a strong advocate for creating skills-based credentials that benefit and align both individuals and employers to improve workforce development. She helps keep WGU at the forefront of competency-based education by leading the university's credential integrity strategy and ensuring all program offerings align with in-demand and workforce-relevant skills. While at WGU, Sarah has also served as the vice president of program development and the vice president of General Education innovation.
Sarah also currently serves as the interim Executive Director of the Open Skills Network, a 1700-member coalition dedicated to advancing an open skills-based education and hiring ecosystem. Additionally, she sits on UPCEA's Council for Credential Innovation and the Credentials Future Coalition.
Prior to WGU, DeMark spent more than 15 years at leading IT companies, serving in various leadership roles where she oversaw the strategy and execution of the design, development, and deployment of innovative, large-scale curriculum and assessment portfolios. As part of this work, she also developed the strategy for leveraging skills-based assessments for internal employee professional development, retention, and workforce management. Previously, she was an independent consultant working with state and local school districts and worked with The College Board on SAT and AP program evaluation. DeMark also served on the American National Standards Institute's Personnel Certification Accreditation Committee, which serves to validate whether certification programs adhere to standards.
Sarah earned a Ph.D. and an M.S. in Educational Psychology (Measurement, Statistics, & Methodological Studies) from Arizona State University. Sarah earned B.S. degrees in both Elementary Education and Psychology from Vanderbilt University. Sarah has been published in numerous journals and books and is a sought-after speaker.
Stella combines her experience in customer support with technical expertise in quality assurance. She is excited to make a difference in education using skills gained from working in fields such as finance and healthcare.
Job Titles:
- Technical Program Manager for Digital Curriculum at 1EdTech
Susan is the Technical Program Manager for Digital Curriculum at 1EdTech. Her passion involves education technology leadership strategies that make a positive impact on teaching and learning, supporting students and teachers to achieve their goals. She has 18 years of academic and technical professional experience working in K12 and higher education, with a focus in education technology leadership, instructional design, IT project management, professional learning, and classroom teaching.
Susan's unique 360 perspective features diverse professional experience in education technology, including classroom instruction (K12), student support services (Higher Ed), and technology and operations (K12 and Higher Ed). Susan managed the first interoperability program at Houston ISD, managed enterprise IT implementations, and led implementation and operations of a new campus for a Virtual Academy.
She holds an M.Ed. in Education Technology Leadership and a BS in Interdisciplinary Studies.
Job Titles:
- Marketing & Events Coordinator
- Marketing and Events Coordinator for 1EdTech
Talia Brandenburg is the Marketing and Events Coordinator for 1EdTech. She is a South Carolina native with a BA in Communication and an MA in Strategic Communication. Talia has 4+ years of successful member retention across various businesses and companies. She is passionate about communication, social media management and believes in accessible education for all.
Job Titles:
- Vice Provost for Digital Learning / University of Central Florida
Thomas Cavanagh, Ph.D. is Vice Provost for Digital Learning at the University of Central Florida. In this role, he oversees the distance learning strategy, policies, and practices of one of the nation's largest universities. In his career, Tom has administered e-learning development for both academic (public and private) and industrial (Fortune 500, government/military) audiences. He has been recognized with numerous awards from organizations such as the Online Learning Consortium, the United States Distance Learning Association, the IMS Global Learning Consortium, and the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technology. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and often consults with other institutions regarding academic innovation. He is active in the higher education community and serves on a number of national advisory boards. Tom's research interests include e-learning, technical communication, and the societal influence of technology on education, training, culture, and commerce and he has published extensively in both peer-reviewed and popular outlets. He is also an award-winning author of several mystery novels.
Job Titles:
- Technical Standards Architect
Job Titles:
- Senior Director of Finance and HR
Tracy graduated from Northeastern University in Boston, MA in 1994 with a BSBA in Accounting. While attending Northeastern University at night, Tracy worked full-time as an Accounts Receivable Manager at a Newton, MA Thermometry Manufacturing Company. In 1995, Tracy became the Accounting Manager at a Newton, MA Insurance Agent as well as a part-time Accountant for a local car dealership and two gas stations. In 1998, Tracy started consulting for several local and international companies which include: a Boston based Real Estate Company, two Israeli Internet companies, a Concord, MA Antique Dealer, a Boston based Marketing Agency and a Toronto, Canada based Manufacturing company with employees in the US, Canada, Taiwan, Mexico and the UK. In 1999, Tracy started consulting at IMS doing all the Accounting functions. Tracy left 1EdTech for eight months and returned Full-time in January 2001 as the Finance & Administrative Manager. Some of Tracy's functions at IMS include: Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Revenue Recognition, Produce monthly & quarterly Financial Statements, Maintain all Payroll and HR functions, Work with CPA's for the Annual Financial Audit and Tax returns, Reconcile bank and investment accounts, and Maintain all Member records and website access.
Tyler is a senior software engineer supporting 1EdTech's TrustEd Apps Management Suite, Certification Suites, Reference Implementations, and related technologies. Previously employed by Cengage Group as a software engineer, he worked on platforms that implemented standards such as LTI. This experience has made him well-informed about the needs of institutions and learners.
Tyler lives in the New York Capital Region with his family. Some of his interests include hiking, running, and board games.
Job Titles:
- Technical Standards Architect
Xavier (Xavi) Aracil is a technical standards architect focused on Open Badges and Comprehensive Learner Record.