Robert Iskander is a global business transformation leader passionate about leveraging technology to improve the quality of life for all, with a special focus on K-12 education and was nominated as one of the Top 100 EdTech Influencers in 2017 by EdTech Magazine. Prior to his current role as CEO at GG4L, Robert had several corporate leadership roles over the past 30 years, including General Manager of Sun Microsystems in the Middle East and Global Director of Education at Sun Microsystems (now Oracle).

Sal Gerardo is Chairman of Value Spring Computing.

Claire Quinn is Chief Privacy Officer & Head of the KPA Program, CIPP/e at PRIVO. She is a subject matter expert (SME) specializing in COPPA, GDPR, Student Digital Privacy and child safety in the digital world. She has worked closely with major well-known child directed brands, third party service providers, moderation companies, CEOP and US law enforcement. Claire also works directly with regulators including the FTC and EU data protection authorities and has more than 25 years’ experience in the media industry.

James Stoffer is the Chief Executive Officer at Abre.io where he focuses on leading company growth, operations, and talent strategies. He has spent his entire career in the education industry, most recently at DreamBox Learning, successfully leading sales, customer experience, and business operations. Prior to DreamBox he also held leadership positions at Hobsons and MasteryConnect. His passion is helping scale social impact companies focused on improving the lives and futures of students and educators throughout the world. He has an MBA from Xavier University and BS in Marketing from Clemson University.

Garrett Smiley is the Founder and CEO of Sora Schools, a revolutionary online private middle and high school that’s completely revolutionizing how students learn and achieve. Garrett is a brilliant education innovator and a wealth of information on all things online education, education tech, non-traditional education, the future of education, school choice, student development (personally and academically), skills-based learning, career exploration education, and so much more.

Ted Willard is currently the Senior Subject Matter Expert in Science for Discovery Education and assisted in the development of the new Discovery Education Science Techbook for Texas.

Jonathan Kendrick is the Co-Founder and Chairman of the ROKiT Group of Companies. As a serial entrepreneur, Jonathan began his business career through securing the European rights to then-unknown Yokohama tires brand (which, having successfully brought to market, he sold back to Yokohama).

Recognizing, early on, the enormous potential of the mobile industry, Jonathan founded ROK to create the technology to simplify the process of pre-paid vouchers for mobile phones. Jonathan sold ROK’s electronic voucher technology to a leading mobile industry player in 2002, while still retaining the ROK brand – which he re-launched with co-founder, fellow entrepreneur, John Paul DeJoria, founder of Paul Mitchell line of hair products and Patron Tequila. Over the next decade Jonathan began to focus on the telecommunications world by providing mobile television to network providers around the world. In 2007 Jonathan streamed the world’s first live music concert over mass-market 2.5G via GPRS to mobile and was streamed across a 4-hour period, live and exclusive, to mobile operator AIS’s ROK TV service. Due to the success in Thailand it led to the formation of ROK TV. ROK TV deployed in over 50 countries by 2013. Partners included China mobile, AIS Thailand, Telenor in Pakistan, American Movil in Latin America, Celcom in Malaysia, and the world’s first free tv mobile service offered globally called Freebe tv.xa

John Kelly is the owner and general director of a boutique Kinder and Primary school in Mexico City, at the forefront of educational innovation. In addition to his role in the school, he also works as a Metaverse and VR consultant, collaborating with schools and educational companies worldwide. Colegio Ikigai has earned the distinction of being recognized as the first school in Mexico to embrace the Metaverse, and their teaching methodology draws inspiration from the Phenomenon Based learning principles pioneered in Finland.

As an empathetic and intuitive leader, Kelly places great importance on fostering collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking skills within the educational system. He is driven by a desire to create a positive impact in the world through the kindness with which he connects with people on a daily basis. He take great pleasure in developing transformative educational projects that shape a new breed of learners, equipped to navigate the complexities and challenges of the future.

Ken Spero is CEO of SchoolSims (formerly Ed Leadership SIMS), whose objective is to use computer based simulation to build resilience, leadership skills, and decision-making capacity in large numbers of Educators and Administrators. He has been in the simulation field for more than 30 years focusing on how to capture and deploy experience in an efficient and scalable manner to enable the adage that “Experience is the Best Teacher.” Ken earned his MBA from Columbia University and his undergraduate degree in Management Science from Case Western Reserve University.

Robert Iskander is a global business transformation leader passionate about leveraging technology to improve the quality of life for all, with a special focus on K-12 education and was nominated as one of the Top 100 EdTech Influencers in 2017 by EdTech Magazine. Prior to his current role as CEO at GG4L, Robert had several corporate leadership roles over the past 30 years, including General Manager of Sun Microsystems in the Middle East and Global Director of Education at Sun Microsystems (now Oracle).

Victor Rivero is editor and publisher at EdTech Digest.

Olli Vallo is CEO of Education Alliance Finland.

Sal Gerardo is Chairman of Value Spring Computing.

Jim Snyder is Director of Community Engagement and Marketing at Quality Matters

Eileen Belastock is CEO of Belastock Consulting.