Sam Burgio
As Chief Operating Officer, Sam Burgio works closely with the entire senior leadership team at Jenzabar to ensure seamless and efficient operations throughout the company. With deep sales, marketing, customer services, project management, and strategy experience, Sam is responsible for aligning the company’s mission and vision with effective day-to-day and long-term operations. Sam previously worked […]
Les Zimmerman
Les is a product leader and visionary with a record of successfully delivering solutions for higher education success. He started his software development career at Jenzabar as a programmer analyst and has moved up through the company over the last twenty-five years as an application architect/developer, database administrator, and director of product of development. Before […]
David Demers, PhD
David manages Drivestream’s product strategy and development team. He brings over 25 years of IT leadership experience in both administrative and academic roles along with expertise in leveraging data analytics to enhance operational efficiencies and driving informed decisions. Prior to joining Drivestream, Dr. Demers served as the CIO for several institutions, including the University of […]
Fanny Ip
Fanny has over 20 years of experience guiding institutions in many industries through business transformation, customer experience improvement, and automation maturity. Fanny designs and develops field-tested methodologies and approaches for clients at different stages of their digital transformation journeys — from startup to scale. With expertise in consumer products, higher education, energy and utilities, financial […]
Kurt Dorschel
Kurt has spent more than two decades in the higher education sector, both as a consultant and an administrator. He has helped his clients innovate and advance in nearly every major component of university business, including human resources, finance, research administration, marketing and communications, enrollment management, facilities, and information technology. Kurt collaborates with his clients […]
Jess Ward
Jess Ward is the Area Vice President for Mist Systems, the AI-Native Wireless, Wired, and Routing portfolio of Juniper Networks. Jess has been in the Networking industry for over 20 years, with a special emphasis on the Education sector. His passion for leveraging technology advances for the benefit of students, faculty, and staff, drives Jess […]
Tina Eliassi-Rad, PhD
Tina Eliassi-Rad is the inaugural Joseph E. Aoun professor at Northeastern University. She is also a core faculty member at Northeastern’s Network Science Institute and the Institute for Experiential AI. In addition, she is an external faculty member at the Santa Fe Institute and the Vermont Complex Systems Center. Prior to joining Northeastern, Tina was […]
Chris Hagan
Chris is the Chief Technology Officer and joined Pathify in November 2018. Chris has worked in the educational technology sector for almost 20 years, both in an embedded role within Monash University and in a consultancy context. Prior to joining Pathify, Chris rose to Solutions Architect at Monash University and was a core member of […]
Geoffrey Corb
Geof is an innovative and forward-thinking technology executive with over 20 years of experience leading technology-enabled growth and operational excellence in higher education and healthcare. At Huron, Geof specializes in helping institutions use technology to their advantage, achieving better outcomes, increasing efficiency and effectiveness, modernizing operations, and driving engagement. His current focus is on the […]
Katie Drummond
We’re at a once-in-a-generation turning point with Artificial Intelligence, says Katie Drummond, and the opportunities for business & educational leaders are enormous—and urgent. As the global editorial director of WIRED, the iconic tech magazine, she knows that you don’t need to compete with AI. You just have to collaborate with it. But you have to […]
