Below is a list of our current attendees (less those who did not wish to be included in the roster).
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2009 SIIA Ed Tech Business Forum Attendees:
- Steve Abrams, Director, BDC Venture Capital
- Susan Adelmann, Partnerships & Business Development Manager, Follett Corporation - Technology Solutions & International Group
- Tom Ahern, Chief Executive Officer, Capstone Publishers
- Berj Akian, President, ClassLink, Inc.
- Victor Aluise, President, Digital School Solutions / AUSSIE
- Allen Angell, President & Chief Executive Officer, HAIKU Learning Systems, Inc.
- Arthur J. Ardolino, President & Chief Executive Officer, Cimple On Demand
- Emily Baranello, Sales Manager, SAS Institute Inc.
- Sam Barthelme, Associate, The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc.
- Michael Baum, Principal, Sophia Consulting LLC
- G. William "Bill" Bavin, Managing Director, FOCUS LLC
- Mark Beadle, President, Sevenstar Academy
- Brian Beckwith, President & Chief Executive Officer, Peoples Education, Inc.
- Trilby Berger, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, MetaMetrics, Inc.
- Raj Beri, Director, Global Strategy, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
- Ellen R. Bialo, President, Interactive Educational Systems Design, Inc. (IESD)
- Michael Bijaoui, Managing Director, East Wind Advisors
- Karen Billings, Ed.D., Vice President, Education Division, SIIA
- David Birchfield, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
- Charlene Blohm, President & Chief Executive Officer, C. Blohm & Associates, Inc.
- Gerry Bogatz, President, MarketingWorks, Inc.
- Frank Bonsal, III, Partner, New Markets Venture Partners
- Martin Borg, President, Measured Progress
- Todd Brekhus, President, Digital Solutions, Capstone Digital
- Forrest Bruch, Jr., Chief Financial Officer, Psychological Software Solutions, Inc.
- Martin Brutosky, Chief Executive Officer & COO, eChalk, Inc.
- Corrine Burton, President, Teacher Created Materials
- David S. Byer, Senior Manager, Education Leadership & Policy, Apple Inc.
- Susan Byrd, Business Development, Second Avenue Software
- Lee Calvert, Program Manager, Northrop Grumman Educational Assessment Group
- John F. Campbell, Senior Vice President and President, Cambium Learning Group
- Joao Carreira, Chief Executive Officer, Critical Links
- Richard Casabonne, Chief Executive Officer, Casabonne Associates, Inc.
- Frank Catalano, Principal, Intrinsic Strategy
- Karen Cator, Director, Education, U.S. Department of Education
- George Cigale, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Tutor.com
- Peter Clark, Board of Directors, Virtual Expert Clinics, Inc.
- Robert Coughlan, Principal, Coughlan Companies
- Rachelle Cracchiolo, Chief Executive Officer, Teacher Created Materials
- Donna Craighead, Senior Analyst, RedRock Reports
- Terry Crane, Board of Directors, Tutor.com
- John Crosby, VP, Corporate Communications, SIIA
- Christopher Curran, Managing Director, Berkery, Noyes & Co.
- Kevin Custer, Founding Partner, Arc Capital Development
- Brian Cyr, Partner, Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP
- Rafael De Cardenas, President, Innovation & Global Products, Grupo SM
- Holly De Leon, Vice President, K1-2 sales, Livescribe Inc.
- Donald Doane, Chief Executive Officer, ConnectYard, Inc.
- Matt Doherty, Vice President, Business Development, Academic Benchmarks
- Meghan Donovan, Marketing Communication Specialist, Texthelp Systems, Inc.
- Wayne D'Orio, Executive Editor, Scholastic Administrator, Scholastic Professional Media
- Steven A. Dowling, Senior Vice President of Development, President, Pearson Inc.
- Dennis Downey, Founder & President, TextTelevision, Inc.
- Gregg Downey, Editor & Publisher, eSchool News
- Michael Doyle, Managing Director, Quayle Munro, Inc.
- Brad Duggan, Manager, Partner Relationships, Blackboard Inc., K-12
- Sudhir Singh Dungarpur, President, Q2AMedia
- Rob Dzoba, VP, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships, Atomic Learning
- Michael Ede, Chief Executive Officer, Lyryx Learning
- Scott Elliot, President, SEG Research / SEG Assessment
- Clement Erbmann, Managing Director, First Analysis Corp.
- Russell Erickson, Business Development Manager, Strategy & Alliances, SMART Technologies ULC
- Ntiedo Etuk, Chief Executive Officer, Tabula Digita
- Sandy Fash, Account Executive, C. Blohm & Associates, Inc.
- Rita Ferrandino, Founding Principal and Government Relations Practice Leader, Arc Capital Development
- Ron Ferrara, Vice President, JDL Horizons
- Jonathan Finkelstein, President and Executive Producer, LearningTimes, LLC
- Meg Fisher, Senior Manager, Apple Inc.
- Sandra K. Fivecoat, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, WeAreTeachers
- Lisa Fogarty, Executive Manager, Marketing, Century Consultants
- Sari Follansbee, President, Vocab Network LLC
- Ann Foster, Consultant, Ann Foster Consulting
- Steve Franco, Marketing Manager, SIIA
- Eric Fredell, Vice President, Membership, SIIA
- Joshua Friedman, Chief Executive Officer, KidsWrite
- Jeffrey A. Fromm, Partner, Corporate & Transactions Group, Dorsey and Whitney, LLP
- Andy Frost, Director, Product Management, PLATO Learning, Inc.
- Nicholas C. Gaehde, President & Chief Executive Officer, Lexia Learning Systems, Inc.
- Annie Galvin Teich, President, The Teich Group, Inc.
- Paris Gamble, , Empowering Our Village
- Frank Ganis, General Partner, Gilfus Education Group
- Scott Garrison, President, Lightspeed Systems, Inc.
- James Gerald, Event Registrar, SIIA
- Katie Gilligan, Vice President, Publishing Services, Texthelp Systems, Inc.
- David I. Goddy, Vice President, Education, Scholastic Education
- Neal Goff, Chief Executive Officer, Weekly Reader
- Diana Gowen, Alliance Manager, Education Programs, Intel Corporation
- Donald Greenberg, President & COO, Red Apple Digital, Inc.
- George Grima, Founder, Vivo Miles
- Mark Grovic, General Partner, New Markets Venture Partners
- Adam L. Hall, President & CEO, Impact Education
- Jean Halle, Chief Executive Officer, Calvert Education Services
- Kelly Hamilton, Senior Manager, Solutions Marketing, Blackboard Inc.
- Mark Hammer, Vice President, Marketing, CompassLearning
- Sue Hanson, Principal, Susan Hanson & Associates
- Din Heiman, Chief Operating Officer & General Manager, BrainPOP
- Nelson B. Heller, Ph.D., President, EdNET, MDR - A D&B Company
- Anil Hemrajani, Chief Executive Officer, Big Universe
- Kevin Hogan, Editorial Director, Technology and Learning Magazine
- Rick Holden, President, Educators Publishing Service
- John Hood, President, MCH, Inc.
- Edward Hopper, Director, Business Development, Blackboard Inc.
- Clayton Hoyle, Co-Founder, EDmin.com
- Kathy Hurley, Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Pearson School & Pearson Foundation
- Whitney Hutchinson, Director, Marketing, eThority
- Robert Iskander, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, VIP Tone, Inc.
- Michael Jay, President, Educational Systemics
- Mimi Jett, General Manager, netTrekker
- William Jewell, Vice President, Digital Media & Technology, The JASON Project, National Geographic Society
- Chad Johnson, Director, Cherry Tree & Associates, LLC
- Michael Johnson, President, Full Potential Associates
- Mina Johnson, Chief Learning Officer, SMALLab/ASU
- Maxx Judd, , Apple Inc.
- Avraham Kadar, CEO and Founder, BrainPOP
- Nadav Kadar, SVP, Administration and International Market, BrainPOP
- Joel Kallet, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin (HLHZ)
- Vivek C. Kamath, Director, Berkery, Noyes & Co.
- George Kane, SVP, Business Development / Emerging Markets, Pearson
- Bryan Kantor, Vice President, Education North America, TATA Interactive Systems
- Abdul Kasim, VP, Global Marketing and Business Development, Critical Links
- Lillian Kellogg, VP, Client Services, Education Networks of America (ENA)
- William J. Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, Learning.com
- David Kennedy, Vice President, Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin (HLHZ)
- Rakesh Khanna, Director, HANS Software
- Anika King, Senior Events Manager, SIIA
- Tim Klasson, Chief Financial Officer, MetaMetrics, Inc.
- Robert A. Kmetz, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, Measured Progress
- Christoph Knoess, Founder & President, Engaged Minds Inc.
- Sue Koch, Vice President, Marketing, School Specialty Intervention
- Hailey Kuhn, VP, Business Development, Waterford Institute
- D. Midian Kurland, VP, Technology & Development, Scholastic Education
- Kostas Kyros, Business And Market Developer, Appella Consulting
- Donald Lankiewicz, Sales, Victory Productions Inc.
- Karina LeBlanc, VP, Development, Virtual Expert Clinics, Inc.
- Mary LeDonne, Senior Vice President & CFO, Educational Systemics, Inc.
- Jonathan Leifer, Chief Executive Officer, Amberly Capital
- Eileen Lento, Ph.D., Government and Education Strategist, Intel Corporation
- Robert Levine, MD, President & Chief Medical Officer, ArchieMD, Inc.
- Karina Linch, Senior Vice President, BrainPOP
- Chet Linton, President & Chief Executive Officer, School Improvement Network
- Felix Lloyd, Chief Executive Officer, Skill-Life, Inc.
- Peter Long, Chief Executive Officer, MCH Inc.
- Bill Loux, Director, Business Development, Arizona Technology Council
- Vineet Madan, VP, Strategy & Business Development, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
- Don Madsen, Events Manager, Education Marketing, Apple Inc.
- Kathy Maksimov, Product Manager, Waterford Institute
- Marileni Malkogianni, Educational Consultant - Editor, Binary Logic
- Giannis Malkogiannis, Chief Executive Officer, Binary Logic
- Mike Mangini, Chief Executive Officer, TextTelevision, Inc.
- Tasiyiwa Mapondera, Education Division Manager, SIIA
- Michael Marchesano, Managing Director, The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc.
- Brian Marlow, , CREST Technologies
- Jim Marshall, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Spectrum K12 School Solutions Inc.
- Robert Martellacci, President, MindShare Learning
- Jeffrey Mathews, VP, Corporate Strategy, Business Development, Scholastic, Inc.
- Janet Matricciani, Senior VP, Corporate Development, K12 Inc.
- Paula Maylahn, Consultant, Paula Maylahn Consulting
- Kevin McAliley, President, Veritas Strategies
- Glen McCandless, President, Focus Marketing
- Karen Meaney, Analyst/Editor, Education Group, Simba Information
- John Meyer, President, FieldPROS
- Brian A. Napack, President, Macmillan
- Tij Nerurkar, President, North America, TATA Interactive Systems
- Adam Newman, Director, Berkery, Noyes & Co.
- Denis Newman, President, Empirical Education Inc.
- Steve Nordmark, Vice President, Product Development, netTrekker
- Dipo Odunlami, Sales & Marketing Coordinator, SIIA
- Juha Ollila, Chief Executive Officer, Sanako Corporation
- Lisa O'Masta, Senior Vice President, Marketing, SchoolNet, Inc.
- Jeff Ondich, President & CTO, Ultralingua
- Bradley Palmer, Owner, Palm Ventures
- Jason Palmer, , Kaplan Ventures
- Carmi Paris, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Spectrum K12 School Solutions Inc.
- Henry Patel, VP, Business Development, SchoolOne
- Kevin Pawsey, Managing Director, RM Educational Software
- Willa Perlman, Managing Partner, Ligature Partners
- Stewart Pisecco, President & CEO, Psychological Software Solutions, Inc.
- Prashant Pisharoty, US Business Development Manager, TATA Interactive Systems
- Christophe T. Popper, Founder & President, KnowledgeBears.com, Inc.
- Libby Preble, Director, Education Partnerships, Mariner
- Ralph Protsik, Co-Founder & Managing Director, BSG Team Ventures
- Louis C. Pugliese, Executive Chairman, eThority
- Brenda Raker, President, The Greaves Group LLC
- Peter Ramsdell, Director, Publishing Services, Texthelp Systems, Inc.
- Steve Rappaport, Consultant, Rappaport Consulting
- Nina Rees, Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Knowledge Universe Education
- John Richards, Ph.D., President, Consulting Services for Education
- Sam Rickett, Director, Everlution Software
- Liz Riley-Young, Business Manager, SAS Institute Inc.
- Daniel Rinn, VP, Alliances & Partnerships, Turning Technologies, LLC
- Sarah Robertson, Partner, Dorsey and Whitney, LLP
- Michele Robinson, Group Publisher, Scholastic Professional Media
- Baran Rosen, President, Whitestone Communications
- Brian Rosenberg, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, SIIA
- Jim Rosso, Principal, Rosso Limited
- Scott Roth, Principal, ThinkEquity Partners
- Meredith Ruble, Director, Stifel Nicolaus
- David Rust, Partner, Sandhill Consulting Group LLC
- Iliya Rybchin, Senior Director, Digital Strategy And Development, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
- Lisa Sacchetti, President, The Renaissance Network, Inc.
- Kylie A. D. Sachs, Partner, Ascend Venture Group LLC
- David Samuelson, President, Global Schools, Pearson
- Todd Sandvik, Executive Director, Global Applications, MetaMetrics, Inc.
- Tom Schenck, President, Follett Corporation - Technology Solutions & International Group
- Lisa Schmucki, Founder & CEO, edWeb
- Mark Schneiderman, Senior Director, Education Policy, SIIA
- Jeffrey Schon, Partner, The Cheyenne Group
- Barbara Schrader, Senior Editor, eSchool News
- Farimah Schuerman, Managing Partner, Academic Business Advisors, LLC
- Jeff Schultz, Vice President, McGraw-Hill Higher Education
- Caleb Schutz, President, The JASON Project, National Geographic Society
- Marilyn Schutz, President/Publisher, Marketing Projects Inc./Big Deal Book
- Ben Sender, Vice President, JDL Horizons
- Marisa Sergnese, Education Consultant, PolyVision
- Gary Sharma, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, GarysGuide.org
- Jeff Shelstad, Chief Executive Officer, Flat World Knowledge
- Eileen L. Shihadeh-Shald, Vice President, Marketing, eInstruction
- Steve Siegel, Vice President, EContent Markets, Follett Corporation - Technology Solutions & International Group
- Richard Sims, Chief Economist, National Education Association
- Paul Skiera, Business Development, Sebit, LLC
- Douglas Smith, Director, Digital Product Development, Magic Software Enterprises Ltd.
- Joy Smith, Chief Development Officer, Florida Virtual School- Global Services Division
- Bert Snow, Vice Presdent, Design, Muzzy Lane, Inc.
- Gwen Solomon, Education Writer/Editor, Solo EdTech Solutons
- Irene K. Spero, Chief Operating Officer, Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)
- Roger Stark, Chief Executive Officer, BrainWare Safari/Learning Enhancement Corp
- Michael Staton, Chief Executive Officer, Inigral, Inc.
- Douglas Stein, Principal, MemeSpark LLC
- Michael Stein, Sales Director - Northeast Region, PR Newswire
- Mark Stevens, Vice President, Professional and Web Products, NEA Member Benefit
- Kelly Stewart, Director, Marketing, MMS Education
- Deborah Stirling, Director, Design Research, Pearson
- Barbara Stock Nielsen, Executive Consultant, Pearson
- Ivey Strunk, , Apple Inc.
- James S. Teicher, President, The CyberSmart! Education Company
- Mark Tullis, Vice President, Strategic Relations, Learning.com
- Raj Valli, Founder, PrazAs Live, Coaxis Services Inc.
- Andy Van Schaack, Senior Science Advisor, Livescribe Inc.
- Victoria Van Voorhis, Chief Executive Officer, Second Avenue Software
- Arun Varma, President, Global Software, Magic Software
- Timo Vasankari, Chief Technology Officer, Partner, Sanako Corporation
- Max von Zuben, , Tech & Learning, NewBay Media
- Katherine Wallace, Channel Manager, RM Educational Software
- Joe Warden, Business Development Manager, Education Assessment Division, Northrop Grumman Educational Assessment Group
- Townsend Wardlaw, VP, Business Development, Coaxis Services Inc.
- Robin Warner, Managing Director, Quayle Munro, Inc.
- Ken Wasch, President, SIIA
- Ann Watson, Director of Sales, Big Universe
- Daniel C. Watts, Co-Founder, eChalk, Inc.
- Mitchell Weisburgh, Managing Partner, Academic Business Advisors, LLC
- Kirsty Wertz, Vice President, Marketing, netTrekker
- Derek Wessler, Director, Strategy & Partnerships, McGraw-Hill Education
- Randy Wilhelm, Chief Executive Officer, netTrekker
- Lee Wilson, Chief Executive Officer, PCI Education
- Eric C. Wong, Chief Executive Officer, PLANETii/SmartMathPractice.com
- Jessie Woolley-Wilson, President, K-12, Blackboard Inc., K-12
- Michele Wornow, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, ArchieMD, Inc.
- Xiaohua Yi, Chief Executive Officer, Maxwell Computing, LLC
- Patrick Zackrisson, VP, Business Development North America, Fronter International
- William Zaggle, President, GlobalScholar
- Cathy D. Zier, President, Learning Tools International
