Speakers
Our theme is Navigating "Next," and we seek presenters who can share successful strategies and tactics on what's coming next in the teaching and learning process in a post-PC world - including what ed tech companies can do to help build the infrastructure, products, and services to support the changes that schools want or need. The application is now closed. Any applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted. We will be in contact with applicants by March 8 once final decisions have been made.
For those that have applied from 'inside the industry', priority placement will be given to:
- those who haven't spoken before at the Summit, particularly in recent years
- SIIA members who can share key industry information, including success stories and advice based on experience
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President, Editure Digital School Solutions Victor Aluise holds a doctorate from Columbia University's Teachers College in instructional technology and is a proven executive in the world of online teaching and learning. Dr. Aluise is responsible for leading the educational technology professional development practice at Editure in the US and abroad, offering a unique blend of job-embedded in-school consultancy and online coaching. Prior to joining Editure, Dr. Aluise held executive management positions at McGraw-Hill Education, ETS, and Scholastic. | |
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Vice President, Education Division, SIIA Karen Billings has over 30 years of experience in the education technology industry with positions in management, development, marketing, sales, and classroom teaching. At SIIA she drives the association's work with its 190 member companies for whom educational publishing is a primary business. Prior to SIIA, Billings, was Vice President, Major Business Initiatives for bigchalk Inc, where she drove relationships with major industry partners to respond to new business opportunities and Vice President and General Manager of its MediaSeek Division. She worked at Microsoft Corporation, managing K-12 Strategic Relations and at Claris Corporation, where she ran the Worldwide K-12 and Higher Education Marketing Programs. She served as Director of Sales at Logo Computer Systems, Inc. and as an Executive Editor in the School Division at Houghton-Mifflin Company. |
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Vice President, Sales and Operations, Nature Education Eric Cobbe is the VP of Sales and Operations for Nature Education, a division of Nature Publishing. Eric leads the sales and marketing effort of Nature Education’s Principles of Science affordable digital interactive textbook series. He is also responsible for the production and fulfillment of Principles of Biology, the first digital interactive textbook in the series. Since the official launch of Principles of Biology in January 2012, the sales team has secured adoptions at 150 academic institutions worldwide, saving over 18,000 students hundreds of dollars on their biology materials. Eric is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy and served as a Captain in the US Air Force. He also received a master of science in operations management from the University of Arkansas. In addition to his role at Nature Education, he has held sales leadership roles at Pearson Education and Cengage Learning. |
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Chief Executive Officer, EdSurge | |
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Vice President for Academic Strategies, StraighterLine Dr. Myk Garn is the Vice President for Academic Strategies for StraighterLine. His role is to build, maintain and deepen relationships with SL's academic partners enabling them to serve their students using highly effective, efficient and affordable instructional models and services. Previously he has directed the Educational Technology Cooperative at the Southern Regional Education Board, was Executive Director of the Kentucky Virtual Campus, Associate Vice President for eLearning at the Kentucky Council for Postsecondary Education and Director of Distance Learning for the University System of Georgia. Dr. Garn is a committed change-agent focusing on student-driven learning, competency-based advancement-by-mastery; online accessibility and other suitably disruptive innovations. | |
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Associate Commissioner, Texas Education Agency, Texas Education Agency Anita Givens has been with the Texas Education Agency for over 20 years. She currently serves as Associate Commissioner for Standards and Programs and oversees a number of policy development areas including curriculum, professional development, federal and state education policy, instructional materials and educational technology. She is a nationally-recognized leader in educational technology innovations. | |
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President, Grunwald Associates LLC Peter Grunwald is a leading education industry strategist and researcher who is President of Grunwald Associates LLC. Grunwald Associates has conducted some of the industry's most respected studies on education technology since 1995. These surveys have helped define the education technology market and the process by which students use media. Grunwald research consistently receives wide press coverage and has received underwriting from companies such as Microsoft, MySpace/News Corp, Verizon, AT&T, PBS, and many others. Prior to his work at Grunwald Associates, Peter served as Director of Sales and Field Marketing for GTE Education Services. He received a Masters in Education from Harvard University. | |
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Senior Director, Academic Technology Services, California State University, Office of the Chancellor | |
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Principal, PR with Panache! As a Modern-Day Storyteller, Sue creates memorable public relations campaigns where the story is the core and the voice of each client brand. For decades, Sue has approached every client campaign with fresh insight, up-to-the-minute trend awareness and the latest influencer outreach strategies. PR with Panache! exists to tell client stories that separate them from the rest of the crowd and create the attention that is deserved. | |
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CIO, Utah State University Eric Hawley is the Chief information Officer and Associate Vice President for Information Technology at Utah State University (USU) and an Adjunct Professor in the Huntsman College of Business. Dr. Hawley’s executive responsibilities include providing strategic information systems direction to the institution and focusing the efforts of approximately 90 full time employees in support of the University’s mission. Dr. Hawley’s focus over the last six years has been a strategic and comprehensive restructuring of all information systems, services and policies focusing on better use of technology to meet needs. This effort has created a successful unified approach to a broad range of information systems and services. In addition to his executive roles, he enjoys teaching IT strategy, technology, e-commerce, and financial topics, and is often asked to present locally and nationally. |
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President, RedRock Reports Dr. Jennifer House, Ph.D. is President of RedRock Reports, an education funding services company. A noted education market leader, Dr. House is a former teacher, reading specialist, school district administrator, and educational technology innovator. In addition to heading the Curriculum Department for the Cupertino Union School District in CA, she also led engineering education and marketing programs for Hewlett-Packard, managed K-12 marketing programs for Apple, and held executive positions with Tenth Planet, Classroom Connect, and other leading K-12 organizations. Dr. House also has served on the Board of Directors for the Software Information Industry Association, the International Society for Technology Education and the Association of Education Publishers. |
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VP Business Development, Avant Assessment Mimi Jett serves as the VP of Business Development for Avant Assessment, with a focus on developing international business in the Middle East and China. Prior to joining Avant, Jett was the General Manager of netTrekker. Her record of success also includes strategic management positions with Renaissance Learning and IBM Research. Jett was the founder and CEO of Electronic Technical Publishing. She was elected delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business and served as the Technology Advisory Committee Chair for the U.S. Small Business Administration. | |
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Executive Director, The Joan Ganz Cooney Center Dr. Levine oversees the Center's efforts to catalyze and support research, innovation and investment in educational media technologies for young children. Prior to joining the Center, Dr. Levine served as Vice President of New Media and Executive Director of Education for Asia Society, managing the global nonprofit organization's interactive media and educational initiatives to promote knowledge and understanding of Asia and other world regions, languages and cultures. Previously, Dr. Levine oversaw Carnegie Corporation of New York's groundbreaking work in early childhood development, educational media and primary grades reform, and was a senior advisor to the New York City Schools Chancellor, where he directed dropout prevention, afterschool and early childhood initiatives. Dr. Levine has been a frequent adviser to the U.S. Department of Education and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, writes for public affairs journals, and appears frequently in the media. He was named by Working Mother magazine as one of America's most influential leaders in shaping family and children's policy and serves on numerous nonprofit boards, including We Are Family Foundation, Ready To Learn, Talaris Institute and Teach For America. Levine is also currently a senior associate at the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale University. He received his Ph.D. in Social Policy from Brandeis University's Florence Heller School and his B.S. from Cornell University. | |
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Vice President for Content Development, edX Howard Lurie is a Vice President University Relations at edX, and is responsible for onboarding new higher education partner institutions, as well as a variety of business development and partnership efforts. Prior to joining edX, Howard served as the Managing Director for PBS LearningMedia, a nationally recognized digital learning platform, jointly produced by PBS and WGBH Boston. Howard has advocated for data-driven, pioneering uses of online digital media to accelerate teacher professional development and classroom instruction. Howard completed Masters degree at Teachers’ College of Columbia University and his undergraduate degree at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. |
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President, E.T.C. International | |
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Chief Executive Officer, MMS Education Susan has worked in the education market for approximately three decades, providing clients with customized market research, marketing and inside sales/sales support services. Technology clients include Pearson, Teaching Strategies, PLATO Learning, Carnegie Learning, Monarch Teaching Technologies, Disney and others. Susan has presented at numerous conferences and meetings both in-person and via webinars for AEP, MDR and MCH. |
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Founder/CEO, Insight Education Group, Inc. Dr. Michael S. Moody is the founder and CEO of Insight Education Group, Inc. In this role, he manages the overall direction of the company and is frequently called upon as a thought leader in the field of district-wide instructional reform. Michael has worked on a wide variety of projects in the field. His successes span from implementation of nation-wide professional development programs to individual lessons with students struggling to achieve. He has supported numerous school and district leaders in the development and implementation of initiatives aimed at increasing teacher effectiveness and served as the Chief Academic Advisor for District of Columbia Public Schools. | |
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Vice Chancellor, Technology, Foothill-De Anza Community College District, Calif. Joseph Moreau has been a technologist for over twenty-five years. He is the Vice Chancellor of technology and CTO for the Foothill-De Anza Community College District. Prior to his tenure at Foothill-De Anza Community College, Joseph served as the Chief Technology Officer for the State University of New York at Oswego and had responsibility for all academic and administrative technology support functions. He also held the position of Dean of Academic Information Services at MiraCosta College, and manager of the Instructional Resources Center at Pasadena City College. | |
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Principal, SXSWedu | |
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Executive Vice President, Connections Education Mickey Revenaugh is co-founder and Executive Vice President of Connections Education, a pacesetter in the field of K-12 online and blended learning. Mickey has served twice as Chairman of the Board of iNACOL, The International Association for K-12 Online Learning, and is currently Vice Chairman. Previously, she helped launch the E-rate program to wire American schools to the Internet, and served as education technology editor at Scholastic during education technology's formative years. | |
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President, Consulting Services for Education John Richards, Ph.D., is President of Consulting Services for Education, Inc. (CS4Ed). CS4Ed works with publishers, developers, and educational organizations in business development, strategic planning, market research, and developing and launching award-winning products. He is the author/editor of 3 books, over 60 articles, has been responsible for the development of over 1,000 educational products, and is currently Adjunct Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. |
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Vice President, ECPI Dan Rinn was as Vice President of Strategic Alliances at Turning Technologies, and was responsible for the development and growth of global strategic alliances and partnerships. In this role, Dan directed Turning’s overall business development and partnership strategy to help fuel growth in Turning’s global education, business, government-military, and rental divisions. Dan has over 20 years of experience in a variety of sales, marketing, strategic technology initiatives, and business development roles with some of the largest publishers in the world, including Pearson Education, Cengage (Thomson) Learning, and Houghton Mifflin Publishing. Prior to joining Turning, Dan was Director of New Technology Initiatives & Partnerships for Cengage Learning. |
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Editorial Director, University Business Magazine JD Solomon is editorial director for Professional Media Group, where he directs all editorial and custom content development for District Administration and University Business magazines, and all program development for the company's events. Prior to his affiliation with Professional Media Group, Solomon worked as an independent marketing and business communications consultant, serving companies in education, healthcare and finance. Earlier in his career he was the editorial and marketing director for an educational publisher in New Jersey, and before that he was a business reporter at daily newspapers in New York and New Jersey. He is the author of two books: "Overcoming Macular Degeneration: A Guide to Seeing Beyond the Clouds" and "The Tinen Killings: A Novel of Civil War Veterans." |
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Sr. ICT & Education Specialist, Human Development Network, The World Bank Michael Trucano provides advice and support to World Bank country-level education projects seeking to utilize ICTs in various ways in multiple countries around the world; current areas of activity include ICT/education policy development, and the use of mobile phones in education. Mike is a frequent public speaker on the use of ICTs in education around the world, and on ICT use for development purposes more broadly.Mike is also the principal contributor to the World Bank's widely read EduTech blog (http://blogs.worldbank.org/edutech). | |
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Executive Vice President, Strategy and Deployment, Consulting Services for Education Dr. Edward Walker is Executive Vice President of Consulting Services for Education, Inc. a consultancy that advises companies, institutions and agencies in the education marketplace on the synthesis of digital media, software technology, and business processes. He is a member of the SIIA Education Division Post-Secondary Sector Board and the CoSN Technical Committee and has served several advisory boards. He was CEO of the IMS Global Learning Consortium, Vice President of Business Development and Department Head at BBN Technologies, a Member of Staff at Bell Laboratories, a Principal Research Scientist at MIT, and a staff member at the CMU Software Engineering Institute. |
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Project Officer Section for Teacher Development and Education Policies, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Mark West joined UNESCO's mobile learning team when it was first created. He and Steven Vosloo authored the UNESCO Policy Guidelines on Mobile Learning and oversaw and edited the Organization's 14 paper Series on Mobile Learning. Mr. West wrote two Global Themes papers for the Series which analyzed mobile learning trends from an international perspective. He has been actively involved in the country projects in Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Senegal and has contributed to the mobile learning work focused on gender. Prior to joining UNESCO, Mr. West worked as a Fulbright fellow in Azerbaijan where he researched education and helped a large university establish an online course management system. Mr. West is a graduate of Stanford University and holds MA degrees in Education and Composition. He has also worked as a classroom teacher and teacher trainer in the United States and abroad. | |
