SIIA Ed Tech Industry Summit 2009 - May 18-20 - Palace Hotel - San Francisco
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ATTENDEES

Below is a list of delegates confirmed for the SIIA Ed Tech Industry Summit in 2008:

Ed Tech Industry Summit 2008 Attendees:
  • Jill Abbott, Learning Strategist, Schools Interoperability Framework Association (SIFA)
  • Mick Adkisson, Manager, Education Advocacy, SMART Technologies ULC
  • G. Thomas Ahern, Chief Executive Officer, Coughlan Companies
  • Dave Anderson, President & CEO, Headsprout, Inc.
  • Warren Anderson, Vice President, eTraining Solutions, Voyager Expanded Learning
  • Allen Angell, President and CEO, HAIKU Learning Systems, Inc.
  • Barbara Atkinson, , HotChalk, Inc.
  • Jeremy Auger, Chief Operating Officer, Desire2Learn Inc.
  • Vikas Aurora, Vice President - EPO, Manya Education Pvt. Ltd
  • Dana Bakos, Manager, Business Development, TATA Interactive Systems
  • Shane Balkovetz, Product Manager, MatchMaker K12, Educational Systemics, Inc.
  • G. William "Bill" Bavin, Managing Director, FOCUS
  • Mike Berlin, Business Development, Macmillan
  • Rhoda Bernstein, Market Director, PLATO Learning Inc.
  • Mohit Bhargava, President, LearningMate Solutions
  • Ellen R. Bialo, President, Interactive Educational Systems Design, Inc. (IESD)
  • Michael Bijaoui, Managing Director, MESA
  • Randy Black, Vice President, Technology Development, Voyager Expanded Learning
  • Charlene Blohm, President & CEO, C. Blohm & Associates, Inc.
  • John Blong, High School Math Teacher, Brainerd High School, Minnesota
  • Damian Bolton, Product Manager, Commercial Alliances, SMART Technologies ULC
  • Frank Bonsal, III, Partner, New Markets Venture Partners
  • Lani Boyer, Director, Operations & Planning, SpringBoard, SpringBoard
  • Kathy Brant, Director, Product Management, Learning.com
  • Todd Brekhus, Vice President, Product & Market Management, PLATO Learning Inc.
  • Lewis Brentano, Vice President, Education Alliances, Ripple Effects, Inc.
  • Sarah Bright, Product Manager, Digital Products, World Book, Inc.
  • Anthony Brito, Manager, Licensing & Strategic Partnerships, Education, AP Digital
  • Lewis Bronze, CEO Espresso Education, Education Clip Library
  • Christopher Brown, Senior Vice President, Pearson
  • David S. Byer, Senior Manager, Education Leadership & Policy, Apple Education
  • Ben Cahoon, Vice President, LanSchool Technologies, LLC
  • Lori Callister, Senior Marketing Communications Specialist, Learning.com
  • Joshua Callman, Director, Strategic Learning Consulting, SRI International
  • Christopher Campbell, Principal, Presidio STX
  • Michael Campbell, Principal, Educational Marketing Consulting
  • Richard Carey, Product Development Consultant, Digital Media Solutions
  • Curtis R. Carlson, President & CEO, SRI International - Center for Technology in Learning
  • Sophie Carr, Vice President, Marketing, TrueNorthLogic
  • Lyman Carter, President & CEO, BlueNose Edutainment
  • Joe Caruso, Business Consultant, Caruso Leadership Institute
  • Richard Casabonne, Chief Executive Officer, Casabonne Associates, Inc.
  • Michael Casserly, Executive Director, Council of Great City Schools
  • Frank Catalano, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Pearson
  • Karen Cator, Director, Education Leadership, Apple Education
  • Lori Chaney, Manager, Promethean Learning, Promethean Inc. (USA)
  • Milton Chen, Executive Director, George Lucas Educational Foundation
  • George Cigale, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Tutor.com
  • Philip Coady, Vice President, Sales, Regent Education, Inc.
  • Karen Coe, President/COO, Key Curriculum Press
  • LeAnn Coe, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, ConnectEdu
  • Sue Collins, Principal, CollinsConsults
  • Carey Cook, Creator, Pulbisher, Vocabulary.com
  • Catherine Cook, Vice President, Marketing, Regent Education, Inc.
  • Lindsey Cook, Chief Executive Officer, Curriculum Advantage
  • Andrew Coulson, President, Education Division, MIND Research Institute
  • Alan Court, Business Development Manager, Intel Corporation
  • Donna Craighead, Senior Analyst, RedRock Reports
  • Gary Crary, VP Of Business Development And Marketing, Words & Numbers
  • Valerie Crawford, Senior Research Scientist, SRI International - Center for Technology in Learning
  • Robert Creutz, iThenticate General Manager, iParadigms
  • Christopher Cross, Chairman, Cross & Joftus, LLC
  • Christopher Curran, Managing Director, Berkery, Noyes & Co.
  • Kevin Custer, Founding Partner, Arc Capital Development
  • James Daly, Editor in Chief, Edutopia, George Lucas Educational Foundation
  • Nancy Daniels, , CompassKids
  • Eric D'Astolfo, Chief Academic Officer, LearningExpress, LLC
  • Meghan Desai, ClassmatePC Ecosystem Enabling, Intel Corporation
  • Tammy Detrich, Senior Marketing Manager, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
  • Bijaya Devkota, Chief Information Officer, Charles County Public Schools
  • David Dockterman, Chief Academic Officer, Tom Snyder Productions
  • Dana Doggett, President, LanSchool Technologies, LLC
  • Matt Doherty, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Academic Benchmarks
  • Scott Dooley, Director, Software Development, Pearson Education
  • Carol Dowling, Director, Sales (USA), Futurekids Inc.
  • Steven A. Dowling, President & CEO, Pearson
  • Gregg Downey, Editor & Publisher, eSchool News
  • Richard Dreizen, Director, Business Development, Assessment, Texas Instruments, Inc. - Education & Productivity Solutions Business
  • Kenni Driver, Chief Executive Officer, Driver Public Relations
  • Mike Eason, Executive Director, T.H.E. Journal
  • Ken Eastwood, Superintendent Of Schools, Middletown Schools
  • Don Engen, High School Math Teacher, Brainerd High School, Minnesota
  • Julie Evans, Chief Executive Officer, Project Tomorrow
  • Bryan Falcon, Vice President of Operations, HAIKU Learning Systems, Inc.
  • Robert Fiance, Chief Executive Officer, Edu2000 America, Inc.
  • Edward Fields, President And CEO, HotChalk
  • Ron Fitzgerald, President, MathResources, Inc
  • Sandra K. Fivecoat, Chief Executive Officer And Founder, WeAreTeachers
  • Sari Follansbee, President, EdTech Design Associates
  • Rob Foshay, Ph.D., Director, Research, Texas Instruments, Inc. - Education & Productivity Solutions Business
  • Bridget Foster, Manager, Technology Products, Key Curriculum Press
  • Yitzchak Francus, Executive Director, Outreach, University of Pittsburgh
  • Jane A. Freeman, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Scientific Learning
  • Adam Frey, Founder, Wikispaces
  • Larry Fruth, Executive Director, Schools Interoperability Framework Association (SIFA)
  • Jeffery Galinovsky, Regional Manager - Mature Markets, Intel Corporation
  • Paul Gazzolo, President, World Book, Inc.
  • Larry Geller, Senior Manager, Education Business Development, Adobe System, Inc.
  • Carrie Gibson, Editorial Director, Gibbs Smith, Publisher
  • Katie Gilligan, Vice President, Educational Publishing, Texthelp Systems, Inc.
  • Patti Ginnis, CMO and Vice President, Product Development, World Book, Inc.
  • Giselle Goncalves, Product Line Manager, SMART Technologies ULC
  • Dina Goren, Senior Vice President, Publishing Operations, Triumph Learning
  • Brett Graessle, Director, Business Development, Intel Corporation
  • Sari Granat, Vice President, New Media, Kaplan, Inc.
  • Chuck Grant, President, Hotmath, Inc.
  • Thomas W. Greaves, Chairman, The Greaves Group LLC
  • Karen Greenwood Henke, Managing Director, Nimble Press
  • Mark Hammer, Vice President, Marketing, CompassLearning
  • Tim Hardy, Chief Technology Officer, World Book, Inc.
  • Kim Hart, Program Director, Saywire
  • Ted Hasselbring, , Vanderbilt University
  • Valerie Hatch, Sales & Marketing Director, Gibbs Smith, Publisher
  • Matt Hausmann, Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, Apangea Learning, Inc.
  • Jeanne Hayes, Research Partner, The Greaves Group LLC
  • Timothy Hayes, Vice President, Product Delivery & Technology, Quarasan
  • Debbie Haynes, Director, Professional Development, Promethean Inc. (USA)
  • Sara Haynes, Product Marketing Manager, CompassLearning
  • Din Heiman, Chief Operating Officer, BrainPOP
  • Nelson B. Heller, President, The Heller Reports (QED Company)
  • Theresa Herbst, Senior Marketing Manager, WileyPLUS & Online Initiatives, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • June Herold, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Saywire
  • Cheryl Hewett, Education Marketing Mgr, Hewlett Packard
  • Phyllis Hillwig, Chief Operating Officer, Words & Numbers
  • Andrew Hoffman, Project Director CPB /Initiatives Manager, WGBH Educational Foundation
  • Kevin Hogan, Editorial Director, Technology and Learning Magazine
  • Dzana Homan,
  • Jennifer R. House, Ph.D., President, RedRock Reports
  • Melissa Houston, Managing Editor, Technology and Learning Magazine
  • Kathryn Hughes, Vice President, Marketing, Tegrity, Inc.
  • Kathy Hurley, Senior VP, Strategic Partnerships, Pearson School & Pearson Foundation
  • Danny Iny, Founder/CEO, MaestroReading Inc.
  • Robert Iskander, CEO & Founder, VIP Tone, Inc.
  • Alia Jackson, Consultant
  • Sharnelle Jackson, Chief Officer of eLearning, Chicago Public Schools
  • Mary Beth Janes, Senior Partnership Manager, Apple Inc.
  • Michael Jay, President, Educational Systemics
  • Michelle Jeffers, Communications Manager, CTB/McGraw-Hill
  • Jay Johnson, Director of Business Development, North America, PLANETii/SmartMathPractice.com
  • Vivek C. Kamath, Director, Berkery, Noyes & Co.
  • Phyllis Kaplan, Director, Sales, 360 Kid
  • Shah Karim, Chief Executive Officer, Saferock USA, LLC
  • Lillian Kellogg, Vice President, Education Networks of America (ENA)
  • Kate Kemker, Chief, Bureau of Instruction and Innovation, Florida Department of Education
  • John V. Kenny, Chief Operating Officer, e-Luminate Group, Inc
  • Michael Kessler, Vice President, Gaggle.Net, Inc.
  • Steve Kindel, Director, Business Development, VIP Tone, Inc.
  • Michael King, Vice President, Global Education Industry, IBM Corporation
  • Daniel E. Kinnaman, President & Publisher, District Administration Magazine
  • Scott Kirkpatrick, President, Houghton Mifflin Learning Technology, Houghton Mifflin Learning Technology
  • Allison Knapp, Western Region Account Manager, Technology & Learning Network-CMP Media
  • Martin Knott, Chief Executive Officer, Moodlerooms
  • David Kraus, Vice President, Sales, Timecruiser Computing Corporation
  • Ron Kresha, President, Atomic Learning
  • Paige Kuni, Global Manager, K-12 Education, Intel Corporate Affairs, Intel Corporation
  • D. Midian Kurland, VP, Technology & Development, Scholastic Education
  • Kostas Kyros, Director, New Business Ventures, Educational Testing Service
  • Paul Labay, Vice President, ELearning & Field Technology, Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions
  • Wendy LaDuke, Publisher, Campus Technology & T.H.E. Journal, 1105 media Inc.
  • Todd Lamb, President, Lamb Government Solutions
  • Peggy Lanier, Marketing Consultant, Lanierthinking, Inc.
  • Cindy H. Lawrence, Senior Manager, Worldwide Developer Relations, Apple Education
  • Eileen Lento, SLED Strategist, Intel Corporation
  • Robert Levine, MD, President & Chief Medical Officer, ArchieMD, Inc.
  • Eliot Levinson, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, BLEgroup
  • Karina Linch, Senior Vice President, BrainPOP
  • Jessica Lindl, Vice President, Marketing, Scientific Learning
  • Barry Lippman, President & CEO, LearningExpress, LLC
  • Michael Liu, Chief Technology Officer, Edu2000 America Inc.
  • Jane Lockett, Consultant, ConnectEdu
  • Nancy Lockwood, Associate Publisher, Technology, National Geographic School Publishing
  • Bob Longo, Executive Vice President, Etech Group, North America
  • William Lorie, Director, International Research & Development, CTB/McGraw-Hill
  • Tim Lum, Director, Business Development & Sales, NEA Member Benefits
  • Timothy Magner, Director, Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education
  • Sharon Makowka, Associate Publisher, EPE
  • Mark Malaspina, President, The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill
  • Joshua Marks, Chief Technology Officer, Curriki: The Global Education and Learning Community
  • Krista Marks, Chief Executive Officer, Kerpoof
  • Jim Marshall, Chairman and CEO, Spectrum K12 School Solutions Inc.
  • Paula Maylahn, Consultant, Paula Maylahn
  • Nancy Mazur, Director of Business Development, Second Avenue Software
  • Kevin McAliley, President, Triumph Learning
  • Glen McCandless, President, Focus Marketing
  • David McCool, President, Muzzy Lane, Inc.
  • Jo-Ann McDevitt, Publisher, Technology & Learning, NewBay Media, LLC
  • Joseph McDonough, Director, Advertising Sales, HotChalk, Inc.
  • Lauren McDonough, Director, Marketing & Product Technology, Houghton Mifflin Company
  • Martin McKay, Chief Technology Officer, Texthelp Systems, Inc.
  • Lisa McLaughlin, National Sales Manager - Business & Technology, Peter Li Education Group
  • Susan McLester, Editor in Chief, HotChalk Network
  • Karen Meaney, Analyst/Editor, Education Group, Simba Information
  • Terry Meehan, Vice President, Marketing, eChalk, Inc.
  • Dan Meyer, Chief Executive Officer, Atomic Learning
  • Jari Mielonen, President & CEO, Sanako Corporation
  • Richard A. Milewski, Chief Technology Officer, The Greaves Group LLC
  • Maya Mirt, Senior Operations Manager, Oracle Education Foundation
  • Andres Moreno, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Open English
  • Toni Morgan, Director, Market Research, MIND Research Institute
  • Theresa Moynahan, Event Manager, Pearson
  • Jeremy Munns, Graphics Designer, Gibbs Smith, Publisher
  • Pamela Nelson, Vice President, SpringBoard, The College Board / SpringBoard
  • Mark Nieker, President, Pearson Foundation
  • Steve Nordmark, Vice President, Product Development, Thinkronize, Inc.
  • Fiona O'Carroll, Senior VP, Digital Products Research & Development, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Vince O'Connell, Editoral Content Manager, Texas Instruments Incorporated
  • Allan Olson, President, Assessment International
  • Chuck Olson, Partner, LTGO
  • Mark Oronzio, Senior Vice President, Sales, Inspiration Software, Inc.
  • Christine Osborne, Production Director, Key Curriculum Press
  • Debbie Parigian, Chief Financial Officer, The Laurel Project
  • Carmi Paris, VP, Corporate Development, Spectrum K12 School Solutions Inc.
  • Andrew Pass, Managing Member, Andrew Pass Educational Services, LLC.
  • Jeff Patterson, President, Gaggle.Net, Inc.
  • Michael Patterson, Vice President, Assessment International
  • Kelly Peet, President & Chief Executive Officer, Academic Benchmarks
  • Willa Perlman, Managing Partner, Ligature Partners
  • Jim Pickell, COO & Founder, Open English
  • Jamie Piotti, Chief Executive Officer, Evans Newton Incorporated (eni)
  • Kristen Plemon, Account Executive, C. Blohm & Associates, Inc.
  • Deb Postlewait, Vice President, Jack Farrell & Associates
  • Katherine Povejsil, Vice President, Marketing, iParadigms, Inc.
  • Craig Powell, President & CEO, ConnectEdu
  • Ralph Protsik, Principal, BSG Team Ventures
  • Erik Qualman, Global VP, Online Marketing, EF Education First
  • Jane D. Radenhausen, Publishing Director, Peter Li Education Group
  • Diane Rapley, Principal, Educational Technology Marketing
  • Ron Raup, Co-CEO, MakeMusic!, Inc.
  • Adam Ray, Management Consultant, Pearson Foundation
  • Alice Ray, President & CEO, Ripple Effects, Inc.
  • Terri Reden, Vice President, Marketing Communications, PLATO Learning Inc.
  • Perry Reeves, President & CEO, IETA (International Education Technology Associates)
  • Bob Regan, Director, K-12 Education, Adobe Systems, Inc.
  • John Richards, Ph.D., President, Consulting Services for Education
  • Steven Riddle, Associate Director, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers
  • Torrance Robinson, Co-Founder & President, eChalk, Inc.
  • Jeremy Roschelle, Director, SRI International
  • Michael Ross, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
  • Jim Rosso, Director, External Relations, Project Tomorrow
  • Ileana Q. Rowe, Business Development Director, Atomic Learning
  • Sean Ryan, General Manager & SVP, K-12, Scantron Corporation Testing & Assessment Division
  • Wayne Sabbak, Director, Product Development, Madcap Logic LLC
  • George Saroyan, West Coast Manager, District Administration Magazine
  • Mary Schneider, Chief Marketing Officer, MakeMusic! Inc.
  • Kathy Schroeder, Marketing Director, Atomic Learning
  • Farimah Schuerman, Managing Partner, Academic Business Advisors, LLC
  • Jeff Schultz, Vice President, McGraw-Hill Higher Education
  • Marilyn Schutz, President, Marketing Projects, Inc.
  • Isaac Segal, President & CEO, Tegrity, Inc.
  • Carley Shuler, Cooney Fellow, The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop
  • Steve Siegel, Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Follett Corporation - Technology Solutions & International Group
  • Melissa Sinunu, Chief Operating Officer, Curriculum Advantage
  • Jennifer Slackman, Direction, Marketing, Scholastic
  • Burck Smith, CEO & Founder, SMARTHINKING
  • Jessica Smith, Director, Online Marketing, EF Education Tours
  • Merna Smith, Market Research Manager, CTB/McGraw-Hill
  • Larry Snowhite, Vice President, Public and Government Affairs, McGraw-Hill Education
  • Irene K. Spero, Chief Operating Officer, Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)
  • Adelma Stanford, Product Management, Promethean Inc. (USA)
  • Roger Stark, Chief Executive Officer, Learning Enhancement Corporation
  • Douglas Stein, Principal, MemeSpark LLC
  • Jeffrey A. Stern, , Somatic Digital, LLC
  • David Stevenson, VP, Business Development & Government Affairs, Wireless Generation
  • Megan Stewart, Director, Worldwide Higher Education, Adobe Sytems, Inc.
  • John Stuppy, President, TutorVista.com
  • Seija Surr, Vice President, Publisher, National Geographic School Publishing
  • Andrea Sutherland, Director of Education Development and Content, Inspiration Software, Inc.
  • Karen Talbert, National Field Sales Manager, Learning.com
  • James S. Teicher, Executive Director & CEO, The CyberSmart! Education Company
  • Michael Thelander, Senior Product Manager, Inspiration Software, Inc.
  • Rick Thomas, Managing Director, FOCUS
  • Shalon Thomas, Director, eMarketing, National Geographic School Publishing
  • Bernie Trilling, Global Director, Oracle Education Foundation
  • Trudy Tuffy, Sr. Director, Internet Products, Scholastic Education
  • Paul Turchetta, Western Senior Account Executive, eSchool News
  • Trace A. Urdan, Managing Director, Signal Hill
  • Lizbeth Uzcategui, E-Blocks Specialist, E-Blocks
  • Michael Valente, President, Miller & Moore
  • Victoria Van Voorhis, Chief Executive Officer, Second Avenue Software
  • Patrick Vaughan, Business Development Manager, Education Clip Library - ITN Source
  • Ellen Wagner, Senior Director, Global Education Solutions, Adobe Systems, Inc
  • Pat Walkington, President, Pat Walkington Education Sales & Marketing
  • Dan Wallek, Director, Electronic Content, Lerner Publishing Group
  • Ben E. Wallerstein, Senior Vice President & Counsel, Dutko Worldwide
  • Allen Wang, CEO and President, Co-founder, Timecruiser Computing Corporation
  • Rosevita Warda, President & Founder, eSpindle Learning
  • Ann Watson, Director of Sales, BLEgroup
  • Cris Weber, High School Senior, Brainerd High School, Minnesota
  • Mitchell Weisburgh, Managing Partner & CEO, Academic Business Advisors, LLC
  • Corinne Weiss, Director, Business Development, BlueNose Edutainment
  • Mona Westhaver, President & Co-Founder, Inspiration Software, Inc.
  • Christine Whelan, Partner, The Greaves Group LLC
  • Joyce Whitby, NYC Metro Director, Strategic Initiatives, Headsprout, Inc.
  • Sarah White, President & Founder, Six Red Marbles
  • Bruce Wilcox, K12 Strategy, SMARTHINKING
  • Lee Wilson, Principal, Headway Strategies
  • Eric C. Wong, Chief Executive Officer, PLANETii/SmartMathPractice.com
  • Brady Wood, VP, Business Development, Shmoop
  • Michele Wornow, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, ArchieMD, Inc.
  • Christine Wyatt, Senior Account Manager, ANGEL Learning, Inc.
  • William Zaggle, Chief Executive Officer, Excelsior Software, Inc.
  • Dean Zellman, President, E-Blocks USA
  • Terri Zezula, Director, School Market Development, Scientific Learning


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