Ellen Junn, Ph.D.

Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs
San Jose State University
San Jose, California

Dr. Ellen Junn is the Provost and Vice President at San Jose State University, enrolling over 30,000 students in 154 degree programs in the heart of Silicon Valley. As Chief Academic Officer, she oversees nine colleges and most recently, has worked to enhance faculty opportunities to engage and promote student learning in teaching by using new technologies.

Vera Cabral

Líder do Programa de Educação e Tecnologia
Secretaria Estadual da Educação de São Paulo
Sao Paulo, Brasil

Líder do Programa de Educação e Tecnologia da Secretaria Estadual da Educação de São Paulo: 4,300 escolas; 170.000 professores e 3,5 milhões de estudantes, com prazo de 10 anos (20111-2013). Coordenadora da Escola de Formação de Professores da Secretaria Estadual da Educação – SP. Responsável pelo desenho, implantação e operação da Escola. Programas de desenvolvimento profissional para 230.000 professores e outros 40.000 funcionários, apoiados em estrutura de educação a distância (2009-2012). Diretora de Políticas Sociais da Fundação do Desenvolvimento Administrativo – FUNDAP/SP (2007-2009) . Consultora do Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID), Ministério da Educação, governos estaduais e municipais na área educacional. Mestre em Teoria Econômica. Economista. Doutoranda em Economia Social e do Trabalho (UNICAMP).

Dennis Carlson

Superintendent
Anoka-Hennepin Schools
Anoka, Minnesota

Dennis Carlson is the superintendent for the Anoka-Hennepin School District. He has taught and held positions at schools in Wisconsin and Minnesota before joining the Anoka-Hennepin School District in 1986 as community education director. He was Assistant to the Superintendent, was appointed Superintendent in 2008. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota in 1969 and a Masters degree in Community Education from Mankato State University.

Howard Charney

Senior Vice President, Office of the President
Cisco
San Jose, California

Senior Vice President Howard Charney is a member of Cisco’s Office of the President and Executive Staff and reports directly to CEO John Chambers. He contributes to Cisco’s strategy and direction and advises customers on implementing critical Internet technologies to improve productivity and competitiveness. After joining Cisco with the acquisition of Grand Junction Networks, Charney helped grow the company’s two-tier distribution business to more than US$2.4 billion. Charney founded Grand Junction, which invented Fast Ethernet and low-cost switching – and transformed the economics of switching. He co-founded 3Com (the progenitor of Ethernet and local area networking). Charney holds bachelors and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and masters of business administration and juris doctor degrees from Santa Clara University.

Mitchel B. Davis

CIO
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, Maine

Mitch Davis is CIO of Bowdoin and is driving its transformation into one of the most technically advanced liberal arts college in the nation. Before coming to Bowdoin, he was an Executive Director of ITSS at Stanford University, an Associate Dean and CIO for Stanford Law School, and the Assistant Dean for Information Technology at University of Oregon School of Law. He specializes in change management and quickly building highly effective, motivated and talented IT departments. Mitch started working in higher education with the goal of creating a generation of faculty and students who could effectively use the latest information technology in their research, teaching and learning. He has promoted organizational change and emerging technology in education.

Mark Edwards, Ed.D

Superintendent
Mooresville Graded School District
Mooresville, North Carolina

Mark Edwards, Ed.D. is considered a pioneer of 1:1 computing in public schools.  He currently serves as superintendent of the Mooresville Graded School District (MGSD) in Mooresville, NC, was named the North Carolina Superintendent of the Year for 2013 and is a finalist for the national award.  Previously, Dr. Edwards was superintendent of the Danville, and later, Henrico, VA school districts.  He was Virginia Superintendent of the Year in 2001, was named a Harold W. McGraw Prize in Education recipient in 2003 and eSchool News Magazine’s 2002 Tech Savvy Superintendent.  He has also served as the Dean of the University of Northern Alabama's College of Education.  He is the author of Every Child, Every Day: A Digital Conversion Model for Student Achievement.

Kathy English

Sr. Director, Global Public Sector Marketing
Cisco
San Jose, California

Kathy English brings more than 25 years of industry marketing, solution marketing and marketing leadership experience within public and private sector industries to Cisco’s Global Sr. Director – Healthcare and Public Sector Segment Marketing position. In this role, Kathy is responsible for gathering and amplifying the global market business challenges, technology requirements and customer voice for delivering strategy, requirements and value propositions into the company and the market. In addition, her team orchestrates the delivery of scalable industry marketing plans and messaging for Cisco’s business within Healthcare, Education and Government. Kathy earned a degree in Nursing from George Mason University and has over seven years of experience in patient care and nursing management in critical care, surgery and oncology.

Lilian P. W. Feitosa, Ph.D.

Portuguese and Brazilian Culture and Literature
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Virginia

Lilian Feitosa teaches Portuguese at James Madison University and is Lecturer of Portuguese and Brazilian Literature at the University of Virginia. She completed her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2008. Her Portuguese class at JMU is part of the 4VA Project in which four Virginia universities (JMU, UVa, George Mason and VTech) share classes using Cisco’s TelePresence.

Matt Grose

Superintendent, Deer River Public Schools
Chair, Itasca Area Schools Collaborative
Deer River, Minnesota

A former math and computer science teacher in the Twin Cities area, Matt Grose served as high school principal in Deer River, Minnesota before becoming the districts’ superintendent in 2006. The Deer River district covers 540 square miles and educates about 1000 students PK-12, 65% of whom are on free or reduced lunch and 35% of whom are of American Indian descent. Matt also chairs the Itasca Area Schools Collaborative, an organization consisting of a community college and seven school districts with a mission to “Collaborate to most efficiently and effectively educate all learners.” Successes have included a regional technology network, distance learning initiatives, multi-district staff development opportunities, and regional common assessments.

Marie Hattar

Vice President, Enterprise Marketing
Cisco
San Jose, California

As Vice President of Enterprise Marketing at Cisco, Marie Hattar is responsible for setting and developing a strategic vision for enterprise customers, vertical markets, and CXO relevancy. She has also been instrumental in marketing a broad portion of Cisco’s product and services portfolio, including switching, routing, mobility, security, policy and management, and application acceleration. Hattar is recognized as a thought leader and industry expert in data communications, convergence, and security Hattar holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto and a master’s in business administration in marketing from York University.

Donald A. Hicks

Professor of Political Economy and Special Assistant to the President
University of Texas at Dallas
Dallas, Texas

Dr. Hick’s research focuses on technology innovation and emerging/transforming technologies, industries and organizations. His Southwest TelePresence Network seeks to enhance UT-D’s value and visibility in Texas/U.S. by providing a video communication platform to external organizations with which it collaborates in research, education and public service

Anna Hu

Director of Information and Learning Technologies
Presbyterian Ladies’ College and Scotch College
Perth, Australia

Anna Hu is the Director of Information and Learning Technologies (ILT) at both Presbyterian Ladies’ College and Scotch College in Perth. Working in Education for over 20 years in Science, Maths and Computer Education, her strategy incorporates modern technologies with the aim to enable, engage and empower learners – she is driven by teaching and learning that is engaging, effective, and most importantly – fun.

Larry Johnson, Ph.D.

CEO
New Media Consortium
Austin, Texas

Dr. Larry Johnson serves as Chief Executive Officer of the New Media Consortium, an international not-for-profit consortium dedicated to the exploration and use of new media and new technologies.  Its hundreds of member institutions constitute an elite list of the most highly regarded universities, museums, and research centers in the world. The NMC’s decade-long exploration of technology use in education, the Horizon Project, informs strategic technology planning for educational institutions in more than 100 countries.  As the project’s founder, Johnson works with visionaries and thought leaders from across the globe to define new ways of thinking about technology, and explore emerging trends and issues. 

James P. Lee, Ed.D

Superintendent
Paradise Valley Unified School District
Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona

Jim Lee was named superintendent of the Paradise Valley Unified School District in 2009. Dr. Lee's educational philosophy supports high standards for student achievement with an emphasis on 21st century skills: creativity, communication, collaboration and critical thinking. He has more than 30 years experience as a teacher, principal, director of student services and assistant superintendent.

Dr. Greg Mathison

Manager, Education Solutions
Cisco
Orlando, Florida

Dr. Greg Mathison has invested more than 30 years of his career as a psychologist, administrator, and educator. He serves as Cisco’s Education Solutions Manager, helping schools and universities maximize technologies to transform education. He chairs Cisco’s Schools Executive Exchange, comprised of 20 district superintendents. He is also a Graduate Faculty Scholar with the University of Central Florida, teaching EMBA courses.

Jeff McGonigal

Associate Superintendent for High Schools
Anoka-Hennepin Schools
Anoka, Minnesota

Jeff McGonigal serves as the Associate Superintendent for High Schools for Anoka-Hennepin Schools.  There are eight high schools in the system including five traditional, two alternative, and an innovative Career and Technical Education school called STEP.  Jeff has an undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota and graduate honors from the University of St. Thomas and St. Mary’s University of Minnesota.  He has been a teacher, coach, and principal before assuming his current role in 2011.

Kendji Meguro

Director, Financial Services Practice, Internet Business Solutions Group
Cisco
Mexico

Kendji Meguro is director of the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) Financial Services Practice. He advises CXOs of leading financial services institutions on how they can transform their organizations using innovative technology and processes. Prior to joining Cisco IBSG, Meguro worked for Nextel as director of strategic planning, where he led Nextel’s merger and acquisition initiatives in the telecommunications industry in Mexico. He has also worked in strategy consulting for Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., advising banking, insurance, and consumer product companies throughout North and Latin America. He graduated with honors as an industrial engineer and completed both an MBA and a M.Sc. in industrial and operations engineering at the University of Michigan. Meguro belongs to three generations of Japanese immigrants in Mexico, melding his multicultural background with living and working in the United States and Latin America.

Renee Patton

US Public Sector Director of Education
Cisco
San Jose, California

Renee Patton is the leader of US Public Sector Education at Cisco, responsible for Cisco’s go-to-market strategy for education. She manages a team of education consultants who help customers realize their educational visions through the logical placement of technology within schools, colleges, and universities. Renee has held senior roles in education marketing at Cisco, including Cisco’s national E-rate Program. She taught high school English and French, and served for four years, on the Los Gatos-Saratoga JUHS Board of Trustees managing policy and a $20M district budget. Renee holds a BA degree in English from Santa Clara University and an MA in Education from Stanford University.

Dr. James Ponce

Superintendent
McAllen ISD
McAllen, Texas

Recognized as a national leader in cutting-edge instructional technology and student-centered, inquiry-based learning, James J. Ponce, Ed.D. has infused McAllen ISD with a focus on rigor in teaching and learning, while simultaneously leveraging all resources—encompassing classroom and central staff, business and community partnerships, and international giants in business and higher education. That focus has led to the development of TLC3 – Transforming Learning in the Classroom, Campus, and Community, a game changer that is revolutionizing the way students are prepared for the 21st Century. Through TLC3, students are engrossed in a world of incredibly thought-provoking, discussion-igniting learning experiences, igniting inquiry in the classroom, integrated technology, higher-level thinking and creativity, and prompting students to delve deeper into issues at all levels and in all subjects.

Mohammad Qayoumi

President
San Jose State University
San Jose, California

Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi is president and a professor of electrical engineering at San José State. He holds a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from the American University of Beirut and four degrees from the University of Cincinnati and published eight books and more than 100 articles. Qayoumi served as president of California State University East Bay from 2006 to 2011. He has over 32 years of engineering and administrative experience at several universities. Qayoumi also served as an engineer on a variety of projects in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. A senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Qayoumi has also served his native country in various financial capacities. He was the senior advisor to the minister of finance of Afghanistan from 2002 to 2005 and served on board of directors for The Central Bank of Afghanistan from 2003 to 2006.

Martha Alicia Ramos

Directora
Digital Opportunity Trust
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.

Ricardo Santos

Gerente de Desenvolvimento do Mercado de Educação
Cisco
Sao Paolo, Brasil

Responsável pela Vertical de Educação na Cisco para o Brasil, com foco no desenvolvimento de soluções e novos negócios para Instituições de Ensino Superior, Básico, Ensino Técnico, e Centros de Pesquisa. Atua na Cisco desde 2000 e acumula mais de 26 anos de experiência nas áreas de Marketing, Canais, Vendas e Desenvolvimento de Negócios na Indústria de TI e Telecom, tanto no Brasil como América Latina. Como Acadêmico, vem desenvolvendo também uma carreira como Professor Universitário nos últimos 15 anos, em Programas de Educação Executiva e Pós-Graduação em Escolas de Negócios de Primeira Linha no Brasil. É Mestre em Administração de Empresas pela Universidade de DUKE (EUA) e Pós Graduado em Gestão Avançada pelo INSEAD (França).

Lenny Schad

CIO
Houston ISD
Houston, Texas

Lenny Schad has been in the technology field for 25 years, working in a variety of business sectors including hospitality, government, oil & gas, investment banking, and education. Mr. Schad served for nine years as the chief information officer for Katy ISD, a Houston-area district of 67,000 students, recognized nationally for technology innovation. Through his leadership, Katy ISD embarked on a mobile learning initiative focusing on Web 2.0 integration, Digital Citizenship and Mobile Devices where, for instance, 5th graders at 18 elementary schools have been using mobile learning devices in their classes with great success and public Wi-Fi is available at every K-12 campus allowing students and teachers to “bring their own device”. Mr. Schad has been responsible for leading both the instructional and technology efforts related to the four year strategic plan.

Mr. Schad is now is the Chief Information Technology Officer for the Houston Independent School district. One of his first tasks working for the nation’s 7th largest school district will be implementing a 1:1 program for grades 3-12.

Tom Skoglund

Instructional Technology Facilitator
Anoka-Hennepin Schools
Anoka, Minnesota

Tom Skoglund has over 30 years of experience in education. He is an Instructional Technology Facilitator for the Anoka Hennepin School District where he is responsible for coordinating instructional technology and professional development for technology integration. Tom also manages the district's TelePresence distance learning environment, as well as their WebEx services. He has 19 years of classroom teaching experience including courses in American History, World History, Psychology, Futuristics and Economics. He also taught College in the Schools (Economics course) with the University of Minnesota. Tom has a BA in Psychology and Social Studies with Secondary Education Certification from the University of Minnesota/Morris and a MA degree in Gifted and Talented Education from the University of St. Thomas. Tom has presented at state and national conferences on a variety of technology integration topics.

Ian Temple

Stategic Business Development Manager, Higher Education
Cisco
San Jose, California

Ian Temple works with higher education leaders to demonstrate how infrastructure and technology can improve the student experience and increase the relevancy of their higher education experience. Ian’s knowledge of the challenges and stressors affecting higher education – and the enabling impact infrastructure and technology can have on addressing these challenges – makes Ian a highly-sought leader in this field. He has held prior positions at Cisco in operations for its’ SLED (state, local and education) business in North America, and for the Global Education group. He founded the Center for Digital Education & Center for Digital Government in Folsom, CA and. held various positions at Gartner.

Maurice York

Head of IT, NCSU Libraries
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

Maurice York is Head of Information Technology and chief technology strategist for NC State University’s five libraries, including the Hunt Library, which opened in January 2013, as arguably the most technologically advanced library in the world. Maurice specializes in the transformative design of informal learning and research spaces through mobile, cloud computing, collaboration, and audio visual technologies