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Adam serves as Gradelink’s Director of Marketing and Product Design. A Principal at Gradelink since 2008, Adam brings twenty years of diverse technical support and graphic design experience to his role. He applies this experience in many ways, synthesizing client feedback and coordinating with developers to drive feature updates and interface refinements
Alex Duran
Alex Duran has served the K-12 public educational sector for over 20 years in the capacity of Research, Assessment, & Evaluation. He has also served on state and national assessment and accountability advisory committees and as Executive Director of California’s state testing program. His educational background is on research, measurement, and accountability.
Amanda Alexander
Amanda Alexander is the Associate Director of the Office of Social Concerns in the Diocese of San Bernardino. She has been experimenting with technology in the classroom for over a decade and has taught traditional, hybrid, and fully online courses.
Anjanette Ciccoianni
Anjanette Ciccoianni is a wife, mother, and Catholic Educator. She has been a Jr. High teacher for 19 years and enjoys learning new strategies that apply technology to help 21st Century Learners. She has also been a BTSA Mentor for the Orange County Department of Education in the private school cohort. Anjanette currently teachers at St. Bonaventure Catholic School in Huntington Beach where she is also one of the Campus Ministers. Anjanette loves Catholic Education and is a big fan of St. John Paul II.
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Bill Frenzel
Bill Frenzel is Schoology's Regional sales Director in California. Bill has extensive experience in the Education Technology space, with previous experience in various companies ranging from ground-floor starts through global leaders in the EdTech industry.
Erin Harkin is in her 6th year teaching. She has taught kindergarten and 1st grade and has worked with TK-6th. She has a Master’s in Teaching and a Master’s in Education. She loves all things technology and finding ways to use them in her classroom and professional development.
Frank Florence
Frank has served in senior marketing and general management positions across number of the top innovators in the education technology sector. He specializes in creating solutions for the education market; including public, charter, Catholic schools, research institutions, and government. Frank is a frequent speaker on analytics in the classroom, and gives a unique perspective on the impact of digital transformations on schools from a technology and learning perspective.
Geoff Guzman
Geoff Guzman is an Honors History Teacher and Future Problem Solver Coach at St Anne School in Laguna Niguel. He serves as part of the Academic Leadership Team. In ten years of teaching he has taught 6th-8th, 10th and 11th grade History as well as 9th grade Geography, Technology and English Language Development (Technology). He designs classes that focus on empowering students through the use of technology. He has a Masters in Educational Technology from Cal State Univeristy Long Beach.
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Greg Dhuyvetter
Greg Dhuyvetter is celebrating his 34th year in education. For the first 28 years he was an English teacher and administrator at Mater Dei High School and for the past 5 years he has served as Superintendent for the Diocese of Orange California. He has been involved in educational technology for over 15 years. He has worked with strategic planning, program development, and faculty development at the classroom school and diocesan level, trying to anticipate and create the new realities of education. He has presented at conferences for the National catholic Educators Association, Chief Executives of Catholic Education, and local and regional teacher and principal conferences for Catholic and non-Catholic educators throughout the country.
James Seaman
James Seaman is Regional Education Director at MasteryConnect. He is a former classroom teacher who taught middle school history in New York City Public Schools and middle school English in New Orleans Public Schools. James also has worked with schools and districts around the country to help them implement mastery-based learning and PLC models through MasteryConnect.
Jenny Muecke
Jenny Muecke has taught for the past 15 years in various elementary schools and at various grade levels. She has gone from chalkboard to SmartBoard (as well as everything between and beyond). She doesn't count herself as one of the tech savvy but enjoys the conveniences provided by new technologies. Jenny currently teaches transitional kindergarten in Huntington Beach.
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Jim Herries
Jim has been a geographer at ESRI in Redlands, CA for 20 years. He helps organizations learn how to use maps to understand and manage their world.
Jonathan Keck
"Jonathan Daniel Keck teaches in the Social Science department, in which he serves as the chair, the World Language department, and assists as the Coordinator of Classroom Technology at Aquinas High School. Having devoted the last 13 years to the study of Ancient and Medieval European and Near Eastern religions and cultural history, Jonathan earned a B.A. in European History and a M.A. in Ancient and Medieval History. While History and Religion remain his primary passions, teaching in a 21st century context has become an issue of primary concern. Jonathan contributed in the implementation of and the ongoing development in best pedagogical practices at Aquinas High School’s iPad 1:1 program. He is currently teaching AP Human Geography, AP World History, Honors Philosophy, Honors Latin I, Honors Latin II, and Honors Latin III.”
Kelly Powell
Kelly Powell is the Territory Manager for Learnnig.com in the Southwest and serves clients throughout California. Kelly has worked at the district, county, and state levels of education in Arizona, focusing on the areas of testing, accountability, gifted, ELL, and special education and now technology. Learning.com has been helping students and teachers find success in an increasingly digital world for 15 years.
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Kim Bass
Kim Bass is an Apple Distinguished Educator and teacher at Robert C. Fisher School in Fullerton. Kim is an innovative teacher and leader who has taught for over a decade in a one-to-one environment with MAC laptops and iPads.
Kim West
Dr. Kimberly West is a professional learning specialist and educational consultant working with school districts across the United States. Her doctoral work focused on instructional leadership and policy design. Her current work is centered on redefining what teaching and learning looks like in the modern classroom, and the vital role technology plays in equalizing access to education for all students. She is a National Board Certified K-12 educator in her 16th year of teaching both students and teachers.
Laurilie Jackson
Laurille Jackson is a broadcast professional with more than 20 years of experience in the field of media (radio, television, journalism, and public relations). She is currently a Professor of Journalism/PR at College of the Desert. She has worked as an anchor, reporter, and producer for ABC, CBS, NBC, and CBN.
Nathan Arnold
Nathan Arnold is a teacher at St. Edward's Catholic School in Corona, CA. He received his Master's in at Grand Canyon University. His Master's is in integrating technology in the classroom. he has been working with integrating iPads at St. Edward's.
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Scott Gotreau
Scott Gotreau has been an educator for more than 15 years, during which time he has taught both in conventional brick and mortar classroom as well as teaching online high school courses. He presently work as the director of educational technology for the Diocese or Orange, where he has overseen the implementation of a 1:1 program at all schools throughout the diocese. Recently, he has been involved in the development and implementation of a blended learning instructional model at some of the school in his diocese.
Sean Williams
The latest adventure for Sean is serving as Director of Instructional Technology for Riverdale School District in Portland, Organ. Sean taught biology at La Entrada High School after teaching third and fourth grade for Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District. He has also worked as adjunct faculty for the University of La Verne. Lots of Google certifications and other badges but mostly just a nice guy.
Shawn Young
Shawn Young is a co-founder and CEO of Classcraft, a platform that helps teachers manage, motivate and engage their students by transforming their classroom into a role-playing game. Since its launch in August 2014, Classcraft has gained incredible traction with educators worldwide. With a unique background in physics, education, gamification and web development, Shawn’s interested in how we can create community in the classroom and how games can make learning fun and interactive. At Classcraft, he leads product development, education and game design, leading the development team in building out the tech that drives the game, designing new features and coordinating educational research projects.
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Steve Lockwood
Steve is in his fifth year at Gradelink, having served in a variety of roles, and currently acts as the Director of Business Development. Previously he taught at the city of Irvine for 11 years. Steve carries a passion for connecting people and providing relevant educational tools to educators.
Sue Thotz
Sue Thotz is the LA Education Program Manager for Common Sense Education. Since 2011, Sue has been providing professional development and partnering with educators and parents to help them create a culture where students use technology in a meaningful, thoughtful, and respectful way. Her background ranges from classroom teaching and education research to public health education and biochemistry. She holds a Master's in Public Health and an undergraduate degree in Zoology and Chemistry. She recently relocated from Chicago to this warm and lovely land- LA.
Tom Donlon
With 28 year background in education, Tom is currently serving as Master Trainer and Support Lead at Gradelink. Previously, Tom worked as a high school history and social studies teacher. His career experience also includes department chair, corporate trainer, and head of training and curriculum development for two of the country's leading investment management firms.
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Will Anderson
Will Anderson has been with AirWatch in their education vertical for a little over 2 years and is based out of Airwatch's HQ in Atlanta. He graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in Business and enjoys skiing, surfing, and finding new music in his free time.
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