Michael Stevenson

Vice President - Global Education
Cisco
Bedfont Lakes, England, United Kingdom

Michael Stevenson is Vice President of Global Education for Cisco Systems. He is responsible for developing education strategy and leading implementation in countries across the world. Michael came to Cisco from government, where he was CIO and Director of Technology at the Department for Education and Skills in England, driving the use of ICT in schools, colleges and universities. Before that he was DFES Director of Strategy. Until joining government Michael worked at the BBC. A graduate trainee, he was the founding editor of the flagship political TV program “On the Record”. He went on to become BBC Secretary, Director of Education and Director of Factual and Learning.

Sumon Acharjee

Chief Information Officer
Sheridan Institute of Technology
Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Sumon Archarjee is responsible for fostering the spirit of creativity and innovation through technology resources at Sheridan College located near Toronto Canada. Sheridan has been, and continues to be, at the forefront of many technological initiatives and achievements, including: pioneering the integration of mobile computing technology into the teaching environment; optimizing the teaching environment for the delivery of new technologies; being one of the first organizations in the world to implement an enterprise VoIP and video collaboration. Sumon has over 15 years’ experience in planning, developing, and implementing cutting edge technology solutions in a diverse variety of industries.

Dr. Eberhard Alles

Chancellor
Chemnitz University of Technology
Chemnitz, Germany

Dr. Eberhard Alles began his career at Chemnitz University of Technology (CUT) in 1992, where he headed the human resources management division and budget department. In 2000, he was elected chancellor of CUT for the first time and re-elected in 2008. During the time of his leadership, Dr. Alles launched several ground-breaking reforms with projects in the areas of new public management, strategic planning and marketing, quality management, systematic internationalization and effective cooperation with industrial partners. Dr. Alles studied at Saarland University Saarbrücken and the University of Cologne, and was awarded the State Examination in Law.

Jeff Billings

IT Director
Paradise Valley Unified School District
Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Jeff Billings has served as the Information Technology Director of Paradise Valley Unified School District (PVUSD) in Phoenix for ten years. He comes to the education industry after operating his own hazardous waste remediation firm for 16 years. Mr. Billings is an advocate for the use of information technology to facilitate and engage learning throughout the human life cycle. He brings scientific and entrepreneurial practices to public education.

Abel Brenes, M.Sc.

Director del Centro de Informática
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica

Consultor en diseño, desarrollo, implementación de redes avanzadas IP con especialidad en proveedores de servicios ISP IP/MPLS. Director del Centro de Informática de la Universidad de Costa Rica, del 2006 a la fecha. Fundador del Programa UCR Cisco Networking Academy en la Universidad de Costa Rica en 2001 y actual Director. Arquitecto líder de la Red Avanzada de Internet (RAI), Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad del 2002 a marzo 2006. Contacto técnico del NIC-Costa Rica (TLD-CR) desde 1993 a la fecha. Director Técnico Red Nacional de Investigación CRNet (NREN-CR), primer backbone Internet en Costa Rica en 1993 al 2000 y su expansión a la región centroamericana. Asesor de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA)en el Proyecto RedHUCyT de 1994 a 1998.

Kent Brooks

Dean of Distance Learning/Chief Technology Officer
Western Oklahoma State College
Altus, Oklahoma, United States

Kent has served as the Dean of Distance Learning/CTO at Western Oklahoma State College in Altus Oklahoma for the past 14 years. He is involved in teacher-training projects and efforts to bring networking and telecommunications technologies to rural areas. His grant writing efforts have brought over $4 million dollars to Southwestern Oklahoma to equip rural schools, tribal complexes and museums with distance learning technologies. More specifically his work interest and focus is on the “open” or “free” software movement and its impact on delivery of technological services in higher education.

Pete Cevenini

Education Practice Lead, Internet Business Solutions Group
Cisco
Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Peter Cevenini is the education and workforce development lead for the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) in North America. IBSG consults with many of the world's leading companies and governments to help them become more effective through changed business processes and intelligent technology deployment. Before joining Cisco, Peter spent seventeen years as a public educator, serving in various roles including curriculum specialist, local director and high school principal where he served nine years. Peter designed, built and opened North Point High School, one of Cisco’s premier 21st century schools, which has received state, national and international recognition. Peter also teaches graduate-level statistics part-time at The George Washington University in the Graduate School of Education and Human Development.

Dr. Lance Ford

Adjunct Faculty
University of Maine, Farmington
Howe, Oklahoma, United States

Dr. Lance Ford is an educational technology advocate for Cisco. Prior to Cisco, he served as technology facilitator/coordinator for Howe Public Schools in Oklahoma. Lance focuses on helping students attain their maximum potential through personal interactions made possible with technical tools, by enabling them to access, synthesize, and present materials to colleagues in an engaging and interactive fashion.

Mary Gallagher, MBA, Ph.D.

Vice President Administrative Services
LA Trade Technology College
Los Angeles, California, United States

Dr. Mary Gallagher has 25 years of experience in postsecondary education, the past 9 years of which has been California community colleges in the capacity of administrator and adjunct faculty. Mary currently serves as the Vice President for Administrative Services for Los Angeles Trade Technical College (LATTC).

Kristine G. Held

Business Technology Instructor
Madison Area Technology College
Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Kristine has worked with returning adult learners for over twenty-five years and has worked in the forefront of creating innovate methods of instruction to serve adult learners using distance education and online instructional methods for the past fifteen years. In addition to instruction, she also works with the college’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning to provide professional development for other college faculty members interested in distance education. This past year she was a presenter on distance education at the League for Innovation STEMtech conference in Orlando, FL and presented on distance education at a state meeting of Business Technology instructors in Wisconsin.

Charles M. Kanavel

Director of Technology
Campbell Union High School District
San Jose, California, United States

Charles M. Kanavel is the Director of Technology for the Campbell Union High School District. Since joining CUHSD, he’s implemented several programs to help bring students into the 21st century:

• Development of online hybrid courses using Cisco WebEx
• Enterprise wide desktop and application virtualization for all grade levels
• The use of eReaders to replace textbooks

Salman Khan

Founder
Khan Academy
Mountain View, California, United States

Sal is the Founder, Executive Director, and Faculty of the Khan Academy. He started the Khan Academy as a way to tutor his cousins remotely--while he was a hedge fund analyst in Boston, and they were students in New Orleans. He started posting videos on YouTube, and more and more people kept watching. It was clear there was a huge unmet need, so Sal left his hedge fund job and started Khan Academy with the mission of providing a free world-class education to anyone, anywhere.

Sal holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was the president of his class. He also attended MIT, where he received 3 degrees: a Masters in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, a B.S. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, and a B.S. in Mathematics.

Gay Krause

Founder
Krause Center for Innovation
Los Altos, California, United States

Gay Krause has been the Executive Director of the Krause Center for Innovation since its founding in 2000. Gay created the vision to serve K-14 educators with professional development focused on using technology to improve student outcomes. Previously, Gay served in the Mountain View-Whisman School District, CA as teacher, middle school counselor, assistant principal and principal.

Kristian Lecours

Principal
Randall Elementary School
Milpitas, California, United States

Kristain has been in education for 13 years as an elementary school teacher, Assistant Principal, and now Principal. As third year principal at Randall, he is very happy to be part of such a wonderful staff and community. Kristian’s philosophy on education is based on the idea that students must be involved in their learning. It must have relevance and importance to them, so they can use the knowledge to construct personal meaning which will allow them to process and evaluate the information that can be applied in their daily lives.

Greg Mathison, Ph.D.

Global Education Solutions Manager
Cisco
Orlando, Florida, United States

Dr. Greg Mathison has invested his career working in and with government, healthcare, and education. For more than 25 years, Dr. Mathison has served as an adjunct faculty member in several universities teaching graduate and undergraduate courses. He is currently a Graduate Faculty Scholar with the University of Central Florida, MBA program. Two of his children are educators as well, a third grade teacher and high school principal. Dr. Mathison holds a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology and a Ph.D. in Public Administration and Organizational Psychology.

Carolyn Nelson, Ed.D.

Dean, College of Education and Allied Studies
California State University, East Bay
San Jose, California, United States

Carolyn Nelson serves as Dean of the College of Education and Allied Studies at Cal State East Bay. Her academic and research background is in science education and leadership. Prior to teaching at the university level, she taught science in middle and high school and served as a mentor teacher for science and teaching critical thinking for grades K-8. Dr. Nelson has extensive experience in STEM education and is recognized for her leadership and collaborative work with K-12 school districts, community colleges and the business community.

Dr. Jorge Nelson

Founding Headmaster
Chadwick International
Incheon, S. Korea

Dr. Jorge Nelson has worked in accredited, nonprofit international schools for 26 years including Korea, Guam, Bali, Venezuela, Mexico, Paraguay, Pakistan and Thailand. He is passionate about creating opportunities for students to be intrinsically motivated as they work on self-selected projects that address and attempt to solve global issues. As the founding headmaster of Chadwick International School in Songdo, Korea Jorge is leading the faculty there in creating one of the finest schools in the world, yet “not more of the same”. Chadwick International brings to Korea Chadwick School’s 75 year tradition including five core values of honesty, respect, responsibility, compassion and fairness combined with academic excellence. CI is also focusing on five core competencies: Worldview, Emotional intelligence, Academics in balance, Creativity and Technology – WE ACT.

Mohammad H. Qayoumi

President
California State University, East Bay
San Jose, California, United States

Mohammad H. Qayoumi, President of California State University, East Bay, has worked in university administration for over 30 years. Qayoumi holds the B.S. degree in electrical engineering; M.S. in nuclear engineering; M.S. in electrical and computer engineering; MBA, finance; and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering. He is a licensed professional engineer and a certified management accountant. Under his leadership, Cal State East Bay has adopted new long-range academic and strategic plans with a focus on STEM education, modeling and teaching sustainability, and increasing student access, particularly among underserved populations. Qayoumi held previous administrative positions at University of Cincinnati; San José State; University of Missouri-Rolla; and CSU Northridge. Professional memberships include: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Silicon Valley Leadership Group; Bay Area Council; Contra Costa Council; East Bay Economic Development Alliance; KQED; and The Commonwealth Club.

Martha Alicia Ramos

Coordinadora de Tecnología Educativa
Instituto de Educación de Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes, Mexico

Martha Alicia Ramos ha desarrollado su carrera en el ámbito educativo en el que ha desempeñado varios roles: desde maestra de grupo hasta funcionaria del sector educativo y ahora como Directora de DOT México. Con más de 17 años de experiencia como Coordinadora de Tecnología Educativa, ha participado en la implementación de programas para integrar las TICs en México y ha colaborado en la puesta en marcha de proyectos de tecnología educativa en Honduras y República Dominicana. Es profesora, tiene una licenciatura en educación y obtuvo una Maestría en Educación con especialidad en Gestión.

Raymond Smith

Associate Dean
Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Raymond Smith is the Chief Learning Officer and Associate Dean at the Moore School of Business; he is developing the learning strategy and next generation programs for the school. He created the Multi-Modal Learning System and the Virtual Global Classroom that brings people from across the globe to engage in learning programs in dynamic learning environments, utilizing TelePresence, WebEx and iPad and other technologies.

Gregory B. Whitby

Executive Director of Schools
Diocese of Parramatta, Australia
Sydney, Australia

Greg Whitby is the Executive Director of Schools in the Diocese of Parramatta, Australia. In recognising the critical link between good teaching practice and student learning outcomes, Greg is working to build the capacity of school leaders and teachers through a whole-of-system approach to professional learning. As a regular speaker at national and international conferences, Greg talks about the key areas underpinning a new model of schooling for today’s world: de-privatising teacher practice and personalising student learning. In 2007, he was named as the most innovative and creative educator in Australia by the Bulletin Magazine in its annual Smart 100 Awards. In the same year, Greg received a Presidential Citation from the Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) of which he has been a Fellow since 2002.

Gene Wilhoit

Executive Director
Council of Chief State School Officers
Washington DC, United States

Gene Wilhoit has spent his entire professional career serving education at the local, state, and national levels. He began his career as a social studies teacher, and has served as a state education agency program director, a county administrator, a special assistant in the US Department of Education, the executive director of NASBE, and has led two state education agencies. He and his wife have three children.

Marcelo Knörich Zuffo

Professor Titular
Universidade de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil

Marcelo Knörich Zuffo (44) é Professor Titular do Departamento de Engenharia de Sistemas Eletrônicos da Escola Politécnica na Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brasi. Atualmente ele também trabalha como ciêntista no Laboratório de Sistemas Integrados na USP, onde investiga plataformas computacionais de alta performance, realidade virtual e técnicas de virtualização. Em 2001, ele foi responsável pelo desenvolvimento e implementação do primeiro CAVE (Ambiente Imersivo Multiprojetado da América Latina). Atualmente, ele está profundamente envolvido na promoção das tecnologias digitais nos mercados emergentes, quais tiveram um papel-chave definindo o Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão Digital e implementação da utilização maciça de computadores na Educação no Brasil.