At COO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based COO’ operating in the Education space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Peter Lu
Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder of Jumpcut
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About Jumpcut: Jumpcut creates captivating online courses.
Mark Williamson
Chief Operating Officer of MasterClass
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About MasterClass: MasterClass is a provider of an online education platform designed to offer video based vocational courses.
Ellen Patterson
Chief Operating Officer of EVERFI
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About EVERFI: EVERFI is an education technology company that provides learners of all ages education for the real world.
Andrew Maguire
Chief Operating Officer of Elevate Labs
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About Elevate Labs, Oakhouse Partners: Elevate is a cognitive training tool designed to build communication and analytical skills.
Alex Matzner
COO of comma.ai
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About comma.ai, harvest.ai: comma is solving self driving cars while delivering shippable intermediaries: openpilot and the comma two.
Aditya Virwani
Chief Operating Officer of Embassy Group
Aditya Virwani, a dynamic young professional is one of the heirs and the COO of Embassy Group, one of India’s largest and among the finest property developers. Over the last three decades, Embassy together with its promoters has developed over 53 million sq. ft. of prime commercial, residential and retail space in India as well as Malaysia and Serbia. Aditya has been exposed to the world of Real estate and Property development from a very early age of 15 years. Aditya is keenly involved with the strategy and operations of the Embassy Group and its diversified businesses, along with his father Mr. Jitu Virwani, Chairman and Managing Director of Embassy Property Developments Private Limited. Prior to joining Embassy, Aditya interned with an NGO Episcopal and a start-up called Brevitas, an off market commercial real estate platform in San Francisco. Aditya studied Business Administration at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and University of San Francisco (USF).
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About Embassy Group: Embassy Group is a real estate development company that offers property development, asset management, and property management services.
Doug Barry
Co-Founder, COO and CFO of PORTL Hologram
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About MSMCi, PopJax, PORTL Hologram: PORTL Hologram offers at-home hologram machines.
Stan Meyer
COO of Grand Canyon University
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About Grand Canyon University: Grand Canyon University is a private Christian university. GCU is regionally accredited and offers on campus and online degree programs.
Cameron Wilson
COO and President, Code.org Advocacy Coalition of Code.org
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About Code.org: Code.org is a non-profit foundation focusing on developing computer programming education in the U.S.
Chris Chumley
Chief Operating Officer of CampusLogic
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About CampusLogic: CampusLogic develops tools and resources used by college officials to help students manage scholarships, loans, and other supports.
Beth Porter
Co-Founder, President & COO of Esme Learning Solutions
Beth is vice president of product and will lead the strategy, development, and implementation of edX’s product roadmap. Prior to edX, Beth was vice president of software product management at Pearson Education where she led product and service development for large-scale online education systems. Beth has spent her career envisioning and developing computer-enabled and online teaching and learning experiences. Her education expertise helps edX develop a cutting-edge platform to help professors, learners, and institutions transform education. Beth holds a BA and an MAT from Cornell University.
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About Esme Learning Solutions, Riff Analytics: Esme Learning is transforming the world’s workforce for the Fourth Industrial Revolution using AI.
Ben Newton
COO and Co-Founder of Vivvi
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About Vivvi: Vivvi provides child care and early learning services for families and tools for recruitment, retention, and productivity to employers.
Keegan Walden
Co-Founder & COO of Torch
Dr. Keegan Walden is the Co-founder and COO of Torch. In this capacity, he leads a product team focused on building software that uses ongoing feedback and analytics to help leaders recognize and overcome their challenges. He also coaches a select group of C-suite leaders at high-growth startups. Prior to co-founding Torch, Keegan led the outcomes research team at a national provider of behavioral health services (5,000 clients per year), where he studied the role that personality, mindfulness, and psychotherapy play in improving wellbeing over time. Before becoming a psychologist, Keegan spent 11-years in UX design, creating interfaces for complex financial applications. Keegan has served on the faculty of the Department of Psychology at the State University of New York at Buffalo. His research has been published in Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience the International Journal of Psychophysiology, among other peer-reviewed journals. He has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Northwestern University.
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About Torch: Torch is a leadership development platform that provides coaching, software, and feedback to raise performers to the next level.
Pamela Hudson
Chief Operating Officer & Center for Digital Health Innovation of University of California, San Francisco
Pamela Hudson is the Chief Operating Officer & Center for Digital Health Innovation at UCSF.
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About BayHealth Development, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, UCSF health, University of California, San Francisco, University of California, San Francisco: Director of the Lab for Advanced Cytometry (LAC) and the Sony Biotechnology Center at UCSF in the Department of Laboratory Medicine
Benjamin Dent
COO | Co-Founder of Hallo
I am fortunate to have been involved and continue to be involved with organizations that are driven to make the world a better place through technology, innovation, research and education. Whether it has been working with startups, being a researcher in academia and medicine, contributing to the growth of global technology organizations or being involved in the community, I appreciate every opportunity to learn something new and solve challenging problems that make a lasting positive impact.
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About Hallo, The Language Summit: Hallo is a real-time language learning platform for speaking.
Sarita Nayyar
Chief Operating Officer of The World Economic Forum
BA (Hons) in Economics, St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, India; Master’s in Management, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India; MBA (Distinction), University of Michigan, USA Chief Operating Officer, Centre for Global Industries, which is the foremost multi-stakeholder platform for shaping the future of industries in a strategic and socially responsible way. The Centre engages Industry Partners across 23 industry sectors to bring insight to strategic decision-making on the most important industry and cross-industry issues. Chief Operating Officer, World Economic Forum USA, responsible for operations, finance, accounting, human resources and legal. Lead the Global Challenge on Food Security and Agriculture initiative. Member of the Board of Advisors, Freedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University. Previously: Head of Consumer Industry overseeing global partnerships with companies in consumer industries. 1987-2007 Kraft Foods. Senior Vice-President and General Manager of a $1.6 billion business unit and various senior business and marketing, innovation and new product development roles. 1981-1984 Tata Exports, India. Marketing Manager. Member of the Board, ASCENT, a national non-profit organization for professional development and career advancement of multicultural women. Member of the Board, Forte Foundation, a consortium of top business schools and leading companies working to increase women business leaders.
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About The World Economic Forum, The World Economic Forum: The World Economic Forum is an international institution committed to improving the state of the world through public-private cooperation.
Adam Hollander
COO & Board of Directors of OnlineMedEd
Adam Hollander is the COO & Board of Directors of OnlineMedEd.
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About Aria Capital Management, OnlineMedEd: OnlineMedEd is a digital health care learning platform designed for medical students and health professionals.
Shamis Abdi
Chief Operating Officer of Noodle Markets
Shamis is responsible for overseeing business operations and data management. She previously served as the Chief of Staff to the President of Florida A&M University and as the Director of Operations at Girls Preparatory Charter School of New York-Lower East Side Elementary, where she was responsible for finance, HR, IT, purchasing, compliance to the city and state, facility management, school operations, and event management. Prior to joining the education industry, Shamis was a VP at Banc of America Securities LLC in the Prime Brokerage Division and worked as a human resources management consultant at Towers Perrin and Hay Group. Shamis holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management. She can often be found at home watching Law & Order reruns or out and about in NYC doing karaoke with friends
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About Noodle Markets: Noodle Markets is K-12’s first digital procurement platform and national marketplace.
Dana Ledyard
Chief Operating Officer of CodePath
Dana Ledyard is the Chief Operating Officer at CodePath.
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About CodePath: CodePath is a nonprofit increasing diversity in tech by transforming CS college education.
Janeen Uzzell
Chief Operating Officer of Wikimedia Foundation
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About National Society of Black Engineers, Wikimedia Foundation: Wikimedia Foundation encourages the development and distribution of free educational content with projects such as Wikipedia.
Tom Chapman
Chief Operating Officer of Lumen Learning
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About Lumen Learning: Lumen Learning provides high quality open courseware and support for educational institutions.
Michael Vilardo
Co-Founder, President, COO, and Board Director of Emile Learning
Michael Vilardo is the Co-Founder, President, COO, & Board Director at Emile Learning.
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About Emile Learning: Building the Netflix of HS education, where students can earn HS and College credit for engaging with our premium videos.
Mike Harper
Executive Vice President – COO of zSpace
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About Infinite Z, Pathway For Success LLC., zSpace: zSpace offers a system that enables its users to integrate their normal lives with a desktop-based virtual reality system.
Rahul Siddharth
COO Co-Founder, Board of Verifcient Technologies
Rahul Siddharth is the Chief Marketing Officer of Verificient Technologies. As CMO, Rahul is responsible for the overall branding and marketing strategy, while also supporting our business development efforts. His background experiences in creative consulting, print design, emarketing, web 2.0 strategies, multimedia design, motion graphics, rich-media design, photography, digital video production, advertising, copywriting, marketing, art directing, and project management. Rahul has won seventeen Creative Excellence Awards while working at SCG Creative, Grey Advertising, Bernard Hodes Group (Omnicom), Jack Morton Worldwide (IPG), Zoecom, RSVPdesign, Bayard Advertising and One Source. He has an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design and a BS in Marketing from Fairfield University.
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About Alignkraft, Proctortrack Pro, RemoteDesk- Employee Monitoring Software, Siddharth Creative Group, Verifcient Technologies: Trusted Identity-as-a-Service (TIaaS), platform for identity verification and authentication.
Shane Fernandes
Co-Founder, COO of KidzToPros
Shane leads the daily operations at KidzToPros, including product development and feature innovation. Shane loves sports (yeah…all of them!) – passion for sports is what makes this Father of 2 turn into a Soccer Dad 🙂 – always interested in learning new ways to improve existing ways for everything – adhoc is fun but but being process centric is his mantra!
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About KidzToPros: KidzToPros is a provider and marketplace for after school enrichment programs.
Keith Westman
Chief Operating Officer of Otus
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About Otus: Otus is the teaching and learning platform that all school stakeholders use to track and visualize student performance over time.
Ujjwal Gupta
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of BenchPrep
Ujjwal Gupta is one of BenchPrep’s co-founders. Day-to-day, he leads a variety of marketing, product and project management initiatives. Prior to founding BenchPrep, Ujjwal’s started several companies across a variety of industries –including nanotechnology, rural tech, and events management. Long story. His educational background includes a PhD in Chemistry from The Pennsylvania State University and a BS/MS from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He has been published 15 times. Ujjwal’s background in science helps keep the BenchPrep team methodological and evidence-based in our decision-making.
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About BenchPrep: BenchPrep offers a learner success platform to improve engagement and outcomes for learners.
Kimberly Cogan
Chief Operating Officer of Ocean Breeze Recovery
Chief Operating Officer Kimberly Cogan has a passion for helping others find a life of recovery and happiness. This passion stems from her personal beliefs in the power of addiction treatment and the 12-step model. Kimberly serves as both the Chief Operating Officer and a Woman’s Counselor. Kimberly studied at Penn State University and following much personal success was driven to help individuals and families find freedom from alcoholism and drug addiction. Kimberly’s vision is to empower Ocean Breeze Recovery clients using diverse methods such as relationship building, addiction counseling and anger management.
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About : Florida Drug Rehabilitation & Alcohol Treatment Center
Elliot Schneier
COO and Co-founder of Startups.com
In 1999 Elliot started his first business as a student earning a Marketing/Visual design degree at Florida State University. The opportunity came to fruition while Schneier was tending bar at a high end Martini lounge. Legwork marketing and Promotions focused on branding, web design and marketing literature. Employing students and using school facilities for development allowed for a very competitive pricing model. Elliot was swept into the accelerating commercial real estate market after college. He joined Marcus and Millichap 2004 as an investment specialist. By the time he left Marcus he was ranked 11th in the nation amongst 2000 brokers in total investment properties sold. Elliot and his partner left Marcus to start Capital Commercial Partners Elliot and partner Rick Geisenfeld wanted to find a niche in the multi-family market. In total CCP was involved in 500M dollars in commercial real estate transactions. Schneier was pulled back into technology by Affordit.com co-founder Wil Schroter. It was Elliot and Wil’s goal to provide a simple weekly payment system that would allow the under banked to buy online. Affordit was backed by some very notable entrepreneurs and venture capital firms in Northern and Southern California. Upon leaving his post at Affordit Elliot stepped in as interim president of Boundarylessbrands.com. Boundaryless was a company that offered brick and mortar retailers an online outlet through a revenue sharing model. During this same time period Schneier served as an advisor to daily deal site bulx.com. Bulx and Boundaryless were both acquired in 2011. Elliot went from consumer facing web companies to an international manufacturing business. He was tasked with building out a deliberate and scalable business development process at the worlds largest private super abrasive company. Schneier is currently the COO of fundable.com and a proud partner of Virtucon Ventures. Elliot is passionate about helping start ups grow.
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About Fundable, Startups.com, Virtucon Ventures, Zirtual: Startups.com helps over 1 million startup companies find customers, funding, mentors, and world-class education.
Nitzan Cohen Arazi
Co Founder and COO of Jolt
Nitzan is a life long learner, passionate about using technology to connect people, ideas and cultures. Investor turned entrepreneur, Nitzan is the co founder of Jolt, with the mission to disrupt adult education. Prior to Jolt, Nitzan was the investment manager at the early stage venture arm of Deutsche Telekom in Tel-Aviv, and Managing Director of “The Junction”, Israel’s first start-up accelerator. In 2016, Nitzan was named Forbes 30 under 30.
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About Jolt: Jolt is a network of learning spaces curated for people in the workforce seeking to gain a competitive business edge.
Tom Scotty
COO of RedShelf
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About RedShelf: RedShelf is a distributor of digital learning materials for the higher education community.
Alex Saltonstall
Chief Operating Officer of Agile Mind
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About Agile Mind: Agile Mind provides comprehensive mathematics and science programs for middle and high schools.
Chris Fink
Chief Operating Officer of Americans for Prosperity
Chris Fink is Chief Operating Officer at Americans for Prosperity.
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About Americans for Prosperity: Americans for Prosperity is a network of citizens that work on behalf of freedom for their communities .
Stephanie Choi
Co Founder & COO of Sawyer
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About Sawyer: Sawyer is an online marketplace to discover and book activities, camps, and classes.
Faridun Nazarov
Co-Founder and COO of Fourstay
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About Fourstay: 4stay – SaaS enabled online marketplace for student and intern housing.
Kelly Mehrtens
Deputy Athletics Director and Chief Operating Officer of University of Maryland
Kelly Mehrtens is a passionate about her job as the current Deputy Athletics Director and Chief Operating Officer at the University of Maryland, where she continually is given opportunities to positively impact the lives of young adults, particularly student athletes. Prior to Kelly’s career at the University of Maryland, she received her undergraduate degree at the University of Alabama, and later received her master’s degree in Education from the University of Illinois in 2001. While she was earning her degrees, Mehrtens served in various positions in college athletic departments across the country. She was hired as the Assistant Athletics Director for Business and Finance at the University of Miami (Florida), the Associate Athletics Director at the University of Kansas, the Associate Athletics Director at the University of Illinois, and the Director of Athletics at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Over the last four years, Mehrtens’ responsibilities at the University of Maryland include leadership roles of both the internal and external operations departments and playing a vital part in helping Maryland shift smoothly into the Big Ten Conference. During the beginning of her career at the University of Maryland, Mehrtens took on many authoritative roles and supervised nine service units for the athletic department, which included strength and conditioning, championships, sports medicine, facilities, business operations, event operations, human resources, information technology, and equipment. In the summer of 2014, Mehrtens proved to be more than helpful in the external operations unit, specializing in marketing, social media, ticket operations, and communications. Under her supervision, Maryland’s attendance to ticketed fall sports showed a significant increase, particularly in sports like field hockey, football, men’s and women’s soccer, and volleyball. The overall season ticket sales went up 25 percent from 2013 and 35 percent from 2012, many thanks to Mehrtens’ positive influence in the external operations unit. Kelly Mehrtens has shown her strong, adaptive leadership roles in Maryland’s athletic department, where she has been recognized throughout many notable committees in the NCAA. These recognitions include the NCAA Division I Management Council, NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet, NCAA Track and Field Committee, and the NCAA Division I Academic/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet. Mehrtens’ determination to improve the athletic program and make a major impact on the lives of student athletes is nothing short of a profound achievement.
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About University of Maryland: The University of Maryland is a public research university and is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland.
David Colozzi
COO of Boca Beauty Academy
David Colozzi serves as CEO at Boca Beauty Academy.
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About Boca Beauty Academy: Boca Beauty Academy is a beauty school for aspiring beauty, health and wellness professionals.
Jeff Poole
President, Chief Operating Officer & Senior Vice President of Operations of Fusion Academy
Jeff is a results-oriented leader with a twenty-seven year record of accomplishment with management success in sales, marketing, and operations. His extensive experience includes leading service companies with multi-location operations and fifteen years on senior management teams. Jeff has a BS degree in Food Systems Economics and Management and a MS degree in Agriculture Economics, both from Michigan State University. Jeff was most recently President of the privately-held Spartan Oil Corporation. He provided strategic direction and leadership for improving overall company operations, revenue and gross profit. His primary focus was on strategic planning and business improvement strategies to lead the company into a new era of positive financial results and strong leadership. Jeff held senior management positions at National Heritage Academies (NHA), a charter school management company. As VP of Operations, he oversaw all fifty-one NHA schools in five states including school operations, facility management, and board relations. He was also responsible for academic performance, compliance, enrollment, public relations/media, new school start-up activities, and line management of region directors and school principals. Jeff also served as VP of Marketing and built a new department while developing and implementing marketing programs. Jeff held a variety of general management, sales, marketing, and operations roles with Waste Management and Dow Chemical. Jeff currently serves on the board of National Independent Private Schools Association (NIPSA). He is also a member of the Program Committee for Catholic Charities of West Michigan. Jeff has been married for twenty-nine blissful years and has two adult children. He enjoys travel, golf, fishing, and skiing. A follower of Michigan State University sports, Jeff is also an avid wine enthusiast and fitness buff. Jeff’s greatest joy and blessing is spending time with family and friends.
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About Fusion Academy: Fusion Academy is a revolutionary private middle and high school where positive relationships and one-to-one classrooms unlock academic.
Kathryn Petrillo-Smith
Chief Operating Officer of Digital Promise
Prior to joining Digital Promise, Kathryn worked at the Association of Small Foundations, an organization dedicated to strengthening and inspiring small-staff philanthropy. During her nine year tenure at ASF she held a variety of positions, most recently Managing Director. Kathryn also worked in environmental policy at the Environmental Protection Agency, implementing innovative market-based mechanisms to reduce air pollution and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bulgaria. Kathryn holds an M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management and a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Cornell University.
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About Digital Promise: Digital Promise provides support to advance technologies that can transform teaching and learning.
Brandon Atkinson
Chief Operating Officer of Cleerly
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About Cleerly: Cleerly is a healthcare company whose mission is to create digital care pathways to prevent heart attacks.
Adam J. Plotkin
Chief Operating Officer of EduSynch
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About EduSynch: EduSynch is a cloud-based assessment platform focused on affordable, and scalable, custom tests and language exams
Stephen Welby
Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
Stephen Welby is the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community to innovate for a better tomorrow with more than 423,000 members in over 160 countries, and through its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities. IEEE is the trusted “voice” for engineering, computing, and technology information around the globe. Prior to joining IEEE, in 2015 Stephen was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the US Senate as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. In this role, he served as the chief technology officer for the U.S. Department of Defense, leading one of the largest and most complex research, development, and engineering organizations in the world. He oversaw a $12.5B annual investment portfolio, managed internal and collaborative research and engineering efforts, drove a culture that valued innovation, and supported the department’s global technical engagement. Stephen has more than three decades of government and industrial experience in technology and product development, including senior leadership positions at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). His technical experience includes development of leading edge aeronautical and space systems, robotics, machine learning, high-performance software, and sensor systems. Stephen holds a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, a master’s degree in business administration from the Texas A&M University, and master’s degrees in computer science and applied mathematics from The Johns Hopkins University. He is a fellow of the IEEE.
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About Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers: IEEE is a professional association of engineers focused on advancing technological innovation and excellence.
Place Wilson
Chief Operating Officer of Parallel Learning
Place Wilson is the Chief Operating Officer at Parallel Learning.
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About Parallel Learning: Parallel is the first tech-forward provider of learning assessments and support services for students with learning differences.
Lorena McDowell
Chief Operating Officer of Telamon Corporation
Lorena McDowell joined Telamon-TRC in June 2018 from Northern Virginia Family Service, where she was the Vice President of Programs. She has 15 years of senior level management experience coupled with a Master’s Degree in Public and Nonprofit Administration. Lorena has managed and consulted on multimillion dollar agency and government portfolios and has raised more than 20 million dollars in federal & philanthropic funds. A strong proponent of workforce development, Lorena believes it is important to integrate these services into all types of programs as an important step to breaking the cycle of poverty.
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About Telamon Corporation, Wake County: Telamon Corporation provides educational services that lead to better jobs, lives and communities.
James McClure
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of ABM Industries
A facilities services veteran, Jim’s career with ABM began more than 30 years ago. Over the years his experience and leadership has been crucial to our growth and success. In his current role, Jim leads all aspects of our operations, planning, and strategy. With over 100,000 employees, serving clients across various industries around the world, he is responsible for ensuring we consistently deliver best-in-class solutions, while driving our culture focused on continuous improvement. Jim has held numerous management and senior leadership positions in different areas of the company. He’s led our Onsite Services division, as well as our Janitorial Services operations, helping establish ABM as an industry leader in the field.
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About ABM Industries: ABM Industries Incorporated (ABM) is a provider of integrated facility solutions.
Mary Nisbet
Founder and Chief Operating Officer of K16 Solutions
Mary’s business acumen spans her career in healthcare administration and higher education, with aggressive business development, focused strategic advancement, streamlined operations, and core process improvement that have generated and saved millions.
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About K16 Solutions: Technology Software and Solutions for Higher Ed
Chris Porter
President and Chief Operating Officer of PowerSchool
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About PowerSchool: PowerSchool develops cloud-based software for K-12 education, helping educators and students realize their full potential, in their way.
Ted Brodheim
COO of Cognotion
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About Cognotion: Cognotion is a provider of cloud-based training programs used to empower allied health professionals.
Jerry Huang
Co-Founder & COO of ITutorGroup
Jerry Huang is the Chief Operating Officer of iTutorGroup, the world’s largest online education platform that provides real-time interactive language training and easy access to experts on- demand. iTutorGroup is the recognized industry leader in technology-enabled online education with its patented dynamic course generation system (DCGS). DCGS matches over 10,000 on- demand teaching consultants from over 80 countries with more than 16,000 hours of proprietary learning content based on each student’s unique background and interests. iTutorGroup’s award-winning education products include vipabc, TutorABC, and tutorJr for English-language learning, TutorMing for Mandarin Chinese language learning, vipjr for youth learning platform, and LiveH2H a robust, global communications platform supported by live translations in multiple languages. The company has raised $315 million in funding to date. To learn more about iTutorGroup and its products, visit www.itutorgroup.com. You can also follow us on Facebook. Jerry has over 20 years of experience in digital and enterprise technology management at organizations such as IBM, WorldCom and various major US retailers. Most recently, Jerry held a position as Vice President of IT and Business Process Management at The Apparel Group. Jerry holds an MBA from the University of Chicago – Booth School of Business.
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About ITutorGroup: ITutorGroup provides individualized and personalized learning experiences to students and business professionals.
Chitra Kanagaraj
Co-founder and COO of PikMyKid
Chitra brings years of IT industry experience & SAAS Product Strategy and Customer Implementations to the PikMyKid team. Most recently, Chitra served as the Strategy Director at Cognizant. She has lead cross-functional teams in multinational fortune 500 companies and excels in delivering market ready technology solutions. She has an MBA from University of South Florida and holds a BS in Electronics Engineering.
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About PikMyKid: PikMyKid is a school safety platform providing dismissal automation, panic button, parent engagement & traffic solutions for schools.
Vince Bucolo
COO of The Advertising Specialty Institute
Vince Bucolo, chief operating officer, is responsible for all production aspects for magazines, catalogs and marketing materials, customer service, warehouse services and finance. He joined ASI® in 1978 as a junior accountant and assistant credit manager, was promoted to assistant supervisor of accounting, then to director of special finance projects and, in 1994, became director of purchasing and production. He became a vice president in 1996 and senior vice president in 2002. One of his major contributions to the development of the company involved helping to research and select the current location for ASI® and then successfully consolidating four separate offices into a single headquarters location. He also provided strong leadership and operating insights during ASI’s® transition to a comprehensive database that helps ASI® serve its customers more efficiently. He also helped to seamlessly incorporate the production of three new apparel magazines ASI® acquired in 2007, improved customer service, and drove new sales approaches that have allowed ASI® to grow its membership. Bucolo holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Temple University and an MBA from LaSalle University.
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About The Advertising Specialty Institute: ASI – is the largest media, marketing and education organization serving the advertising specialty industry.
Artem Volos
Founder & COO of Clutch Prep
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About Clutch Prep: Clutch Prep is the best way to actually learn Video guides that follow your college textbook.
Juan Gonzalez
COO and Co-Founder of Gazelles Growth Institute
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About Avia, Gazelles, Gazelles Growth Institute, Seif: Gazelles Growth Institute enables executives to learn new techniques and methodologies to help their businesses.
Gui Bastos
Co founder & COO of Syllable
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About Syllable: Syllable uses AI to transform the way healthcare systems initiate and cultivate relationships with patients.
Chris Fure
Co-Founder, COO of Wonder Transmedia
Chris Fure, COO and acting CEO (former TransGlobal Ventures Partner)
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About Wonder Transmedia: Wonder Transmedia develops intellectual property to be shared across multiple digital media platforms.
Alec Stapp
COO of Notebowl
Chief Financial Officer
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About Notebowl: NoteBowl is a social learning platform for higher education that puts courses and the campus community into one place.
David Sherman
Co-Founder, COO & CFO of Criteria
David cofounded Criteria in 2006. He is responsible for managing operations at Criteria, directing legal affairs, and for implementing key strategic initiatives. David has a unique background that includes thirty-three years’ experience as a successful entrepreneur, along with professional experience as a psychologist and an educator. Prior to Criteria, David served as the co-president and CEO of AIMS Multimedia, an educational software company, from 1983 until its sale in 2004 to Discovery Communications, Inc. At AIMS he was responsible for all technology productions, including AIMS’ flagship product DigitalCurriculum™, a comprehensive Internet-based K—12 curriculum VOD system with over 20 million subscribers. Prior to AIMS, David had a private psychology practice and taught at Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology. David received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, MS.Ed. from the University of Southern California, and his Ph.D. in Psychology from UCLA.
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About Criteria, Stikbox: Criteria is a provider of pre-employment tests, including aptitude, personality, and skills tests.
Nicolas Ruble
Co-Founder and COO of Prodygia
Nicolas is a business and research veteran with a passion for digital learning and new business models. Before founding Prodygia, he served as Head of Asia Programming and Global Leadership Fellow at the World Economic Forum. He previously worked in business planning for Standard Chartered Bank in China. He received his BA from Stanford and an Executive MBA degree from INSEAD and Tsinghua.
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About Prodygia: Prodygia is a SaaS platform which makes it easy for organizations to publish their in-depth content online.
Jordan Weiss
COO of Spitball
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About Spitball: Built by students for students, Spitball is a revolutionary study platform that allows college students to study collaboratively.
Grant Warner
Co-Founder & COO of ConnectYard
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About ConnectYard, Howard University, Howard University, XebiaLabs: ConnectYard offers a social engagement platform that enables users to communicate across multiple platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.
Andrew Weber
Global COO of Macmillan
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About Macmillan: Macmillan Publishers Ltd is one of the largest and best known international publishing groups in the world.
Michael Liebman
Co-Founder & COO of LearnLux
Michael Liebman is the Co-Founder and COO at LearnLux.
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About LearnLux: LearnLux is a digital, independent financial, and benefits education platform.
Asha Visweswaran
Co-Founder & COO of Swing Education
Asha was previously a Senior Manager at Deloitte. While there, she led globally based teams in solving complex technical and strategic problems for Fortune 50 companies. Asha’s mood has been known to closely align with the success of Bay Area sports teams (sigh, Cal included). She also loves food, traveling, and traveling to eat good food.
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About Swing Education: Swing Education provides substitute teachers to fill hard- to-fill staff absences
Alex Tsado
Co-Founder and COO of Ahura AI
Alex Tsado is the Co-Founder and COO at Ahura AI.
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About Ahura AI: Ahura AI, an EdTech startup using artificial intelligence to create personalized learning tools that replicate a 1-to-1 learning experience
Brett Costello
COO of XanEdu
Brett Costello places partnership at the center of all aspects of his work. Over the past 20 years, Brett has developed a unique ability to cultivate enduring relationships and solutions through close collaboration with customers, vendors, and internal stakeholders. By keeping partnership at the core of his philosophy, Brett has successfully built and led dynamic teams of sales, marketing, product development and operations professionals to drive sustainable growth, profit, but most importantly – customer satisfaction. Brett earned a Master of Business Administration from the Ross School of Business and his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan.
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About XanEdu, XanEdu: XanEdu provides educational institutions with solutions for creating, delivering, and managing course materials.
Erin Osborn
Co-Founder & COO of BetterLesson
Erin Osborn is the Co-Founder & COO at BetterLesson.
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About BetterLesson: BetterLesson connects K-12 educators with comprehensive professional learning that helps them thrive in an increasingly complex world.
Scott Messinger
Chief Operating Officer & Chief of Staff of The Constitution Project
Scott Messinger joined the Constitution Project in June, 2006, and serves as Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff. An attorney with a master’s degree in legal history, Scott’s work experience includes three years in private practice, two years as an instructor at the New York University School of Law, and six years as an historian with the Federal Judicial Center. He is a graduate of Williams College and Syracuse University College of Law, where he was associate editor of the Syracuse Law Review.
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About The Constitution Project: The Constitution Project is a nonprofit organization that creates bipartisan consensus in support of constitutional safeguards.
Chip Logan
COO of Forward Edge
Chip Logan serves as COO at Forward Edge.
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About Forward Edge: Forward Edge is an education focused Technology Solutions provider.
Maggie Chui
Co-Founder and COO of Asian Hustle Network
Maggie Chui is the Co-Founder and COO at Asian Hustle Network.
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About Asian Hustle Network: Asian Hustle Network is an online community to uplift and support Asian entrepreneurs globally
Felipe Lamounier
COO, Partner & Board Member of StartSe
Felipe Lamounier is the COO, Partner, and Board Member at StartSe.
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About StartSe: We are the Business Knowledge Platform that simplifies the complexity that exists in the world.
Willem De Goede
COO of B. Braun Medical
Willem De Goede is the Chief Operating Officer at B. Braun Medical
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About B. Braun Medical: B. Braun Medical is a medical device manufacturing company that specializes in infusion therapy and pain management.
A.T. McWilliams
COO of Edquity
A.T. McWilliams is the COO at Edquity.
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About Edquity: Edquity offers a college financial planning app for high school and college students.
Michael Schreiber
COO of Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights
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About Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights: Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights is a non-profit charitable organization that focuses on human rights.
Ned Stone
Co-Founder and COO of iDesignEDU
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About iDesignEDU: An educational services firm helping partner higher education institutions enhance their online presence
Harvey Horswell
Chief Operating Officer of 21st Century Medicine
Harvey J. Horswell is Chief Operating Officer for 21st Century Medicine. He has operational and financial responsibilities for day-to-day business decisions and fully participates in the strategic mission of the company. He brings more than twenty years of proven leadership experience establishing corporate policy and objectives, designing quality systems and performing risk analysis. Most recently the Corporate Supply Chain Manager for PGP Industries, Inc. in Santa Fe Springs, CA., Mr. Horswell managed precious metal logistics and directed customer service and material control functions creating doubled profitability. Previously Mr. Horswell served as a General Manger, Quality Manager, Production & Development Manager and Analytic Services Manager. A native of Iowa and raised in Minnesota, Mr. Horswell holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Ambassador College in Pasadena, California, attended the University of Southern California, and is an ABD, Ph.D. in Chemistry. He has attended numerous postgraduate seminars on topics from statistics to experiment design and is a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Society for Quality.
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About 21st Century Medicine: 21st Century Medicine has developed an entire platform technology focused on the creation and commercialization of hypothermic preservation.
Muzammil Alam
Co-Founder & COO of Cladoop
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About Cladoop: Cladoop is a Delaware-based startup in the area of Computer Vision, Video Analytics, Behavior Recognition, and Multimedia Semantics.
Cameron Sorsby
COO of Praxis
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About Praxis: Praxis is a startup apprenticeship program. It pairs a 6-month remote professional bootcamp with 6-month paid apprenticeships at startups.
Lee Borth
Chief Operating Officer of Age of Learning
Lee served as COO of NeoPets, Inc., from 2000 to 2006, overseeing the development of Neopets.com into one of the largest youth communities on the Internet. Lee spearheaded the company’s licensing, merchandising, and promotions activities, securing strategic relationships with companies such as Sony Computer Entertainment, McDonald’s, General Mills, and Wizards of the Coast. Prior to NeoPets, Lee was VP Business Development at The Dohring Company for more than eight years.
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About Age of Learning: Age of Learning provides a comprehensive and engaging online curriculum for pre-k, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school programs.
Ankit Dhir
Co-Founder, COO of Yellowbrick
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About Yellowbrick: Empowering the next generation of talent to achieve their calling by tapping into passion points
Don Wostmann
COO of n2y
Don Wostmann is the COO at n2y. He is also the owner and founder of Wostmann Real Estate and an investor at Bravura Press. Don has held positions at Burton Group, Darwin Networks, WCR Incorporated, Iron Mountain, and Qualatex/Cintas. He holds a BSBA degree in marketing from Castleton University.
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About n2y: N2y is a developer of education curricula and teaching materials for K-12 students with special needs.
Tyler Waite
Co-Founder, CCO & COO of Holos
Co-Founder at Holos. Always pursuing new things, chronic maker, endless explorer. Loves emoji. 🦄
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About Capital Entrepreneurs, Holos, Madison XR Meetup: A virtual reality content management system that makes it easy for curriculum designers to create and deploy immersive learning experiences.
Lindsey Handley, Ph.D.
Co-Founder & COO of ThoughtSTEM
Passionate about Computer Science Education, Lindsey manages operations and finances of ThoughtSTEM, LLC, which specializes in computer science education and educational technologies.
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About Multi-Dimensional Games, ThoughtSTEM: ThoughtSTEM teaches students around the world coding through e-learning technologies that integrate video games.
Andrey Teslenko
COO, Founder of Mishka AI
Andrey Teslenko is Founder & CEO at Labicom.
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About Mishka AI: Mishka AI is educational companion and kids content delivery platform in the shape of a traditional toy.
Maurice Collins
COO of InfoReady
COO at InfoReady.
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About InfoReady: The world leader in software for managing research competitions and collaborative decisions about R&D.
Ian Klein
Founder; Chief Operating Officer of CareerPeer.com
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About CareerPeer.com: CareerPeer connects undergraduates looking for jobs and internships with peer tutors (friends) who have taken their upcoming interviews.
Benjamin Bradley
President & Chief Operating Officer of AMOpportunities
Benjamin Bradley is the co-founder at AMOpportunities.
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About AMOpportunities: AMOpportunities connects international medical students and graduates with U.S. physicians and institutions for clinical experiences.
Keri Hoyt
President & COO of Noodle
Keri Hoyt is the President and COO at Noodle Partners Inc. She joins Noodle Partners from Success Academies, where she ran 34 high-performing elementary, middle, and high schools throughout New York City. Her career at The Princeton Review. During her 18-year tenure, she partnered with colleges and universities to help improve their marketing and admissions processes, helped build online programming, and honed her marketing and product-development skills.
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About Noodle: Noodle creates innovative online and hybrid programs while improving traditional classroom models.
John Sheffield
Chief Operating Officer of ESM Group – Asian Business
John has been working with students as a tutor, coach, and college counselor informally for over a decade and professionally since 2011. He has always enjoyed connecting with young adults and assisting their continuing development. John graduated from Yale University in 2010 with a BA in political science, and played tight end on the Yale football team. He was nationally recognized for his achievements both on the field and in the classroom. After brief stints interning in the US Senate and playing professional football in Europe, John brought his passion for educating students to ESM in 2011. John began working with students preparing them for standardized tests and supporting them in nearly every subject. In addition to academic assistance, John counsels students to find the right-fit college and helps them through every step of the admissions process.
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About Advanced Classroom Technologies, ESM Group – Asian Business: ESM offers college admissions counseling for high school students.
Andrew Pohle
Co-Founder, COO of Real Time Cases
I am the Chief Operating Officer for Real Time Cases, Inc. Prior to joining Real Time Cases, I worked in Houston, TX for Benefit Concepts, Inc. There, I worked directly with brokerages and carriers where I gained an intimate and invaluable knowledge of the sales environment, customer service and satisfaction, building an organized business, and creating a brand. While in school, my favorite classes were those that inspired deep critical thinking explored through open discussion. It is my belief that experiential learning is the cornerstone of education and must be cultivated in order for students to achieve success in the professional environment. I hold a Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering from Lehigh University. As a business unit leader, I lead a cross-functional, geographically dispersed team that creates content for the core product. My expertise includes: • Managing day-to-day operations for the company • Business development and deal flow • Customer relationship management • Attracting/retaining new talent • Employee development, training, and mentorship • Managing transactions and investments
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About Real Time Cases: Real Time Cases is an EdTech publishing platform that connects businesses to higher education.
Matt Morgan
CO-Founder and COO of Covalence
Matt is the COO of Covalence since 2015. He has been working for the company for 2 years.
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About Covalence: Covalence is a cloud-based technology solutions platform that offers technical courses and a coding bootcamp.
Marla Ballenger
Chief Operating Officer of IData
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About IData: Data Management for Higher Education
Wesley Samples
Co-Founder and COO of Sora Schools
Wesley Samples is the Co-Founder and COO at Sora Schools.
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About Sora Schools: A live, virtual middle & high school designed to accelerate your student toward their wildest dreams.
Susanne Ince
COO of Vandelay Education
Susanne Ince is COO at Vandelay Education.
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About Vandelay Education: Vandelay Education owns and operates dental and medical assisting schools that offer hands on training in doctor offices.
David Holomakoff
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of KinoTek
David Holomakoff is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at KinoTek.
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About KinoTek: Kinotek is a digital health platform revolutionizing musculoskeletal treatment and care.
Eric Paisner
Chief Operating Officer of National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Before joining the National Alliance, Eric worked as an attorney for Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC, advising clients on a variety of education and corporate issues. He also served as a senior consultant with Arthur Andersen, specializing in strategic management solutions for large corporations and government agencies. Eric has a bachelor of business administration from the University of Michigan and a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. Eric currently serves on the advisory board of the National Charter School Resource Center and as an advisory board member for FSG’s Education and Youth Practice.Eric lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and two daughters.
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About National Alliance for Public Charter Schools: The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools is the national non-profit organization committed to advancing the charter school movement.
Steve McKee
COO of Point of Choice
Steve McKee is the COO at POC. Steve has over 30 years of experience helping technology-enabled service companies scale and prosper. He has held senior leadership positions at Wiland Services (a top database marketing service company), CQG (a futures trading platform), Merkle (a large marketing agency), and most recently Wiland, Inc. (a leading marketing intelligence company).
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About Point of Choice: Point of Choice offers marketing solution that allows vendors to identify and reach targeted K-12 buyers.
Steve McKee
COO of Point of Choice
Steve McKee is the COO at POC. Steve has over 30 years of experience helping technology-enabled service companies scale and prosper. He has held senior leadership positions at Wiland Services (a top database marketing service company), CQG (a futures trading platform), Merkle (a large marketing agency), and most recently Wiland, Inc. (a leading marketing intelligence company).
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About Point of Choice: Point of Choice offers marketing solution that allows vendors to identify and reach targeted K-12 buyers.
Michael E. Wirkkala
EVP & COO of Gordmans Stores
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About Gordmans Stores: Gordmans Stores is an online retailer that markets clothing, shoes, fashion accessories, toys, and gifts.
Andrew Blake
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of The Coleman Institute for Addiction Medicine
Andrew is the Chief Operating Officer for the Coleman Institute, responsible for day-to-day operations as well as strategic planning, marketing and infrastructure improvements. Andrew joined the Coleman Institute in 2015, bringing over 20 years of executive and management experience, most recently as Senior Business Director of Credit Card Operations at Capital One. Earlier in his career with Capital One, he held key positions in retail banking, marketing and strategic planning. Additionally, Andrew worked as a strategy consultant with Bain & Company in Moscow, Russia and Sydney, Australia. Prior to his business career, he was a Company Executive Officer and Platoon Leader in the United States Army. Andrew holds a B.A. degree in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University, an M.A. in Russian and East European Studies from Stanford University, and an International MBA from the University of South Carolina. Andrew resides in Richmond with his wife, Elizabeth, and two children.
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About The Coleman Institute for Addiction Medicine: The Coleman Institute operates a national network of outpatient addiction treatment centers, focused on alcohol and opioids.