Leading the lifelong learning mission.

Daisy is passionate about privacy, education, and technology. Her focus is bridging the gap between compliance, customers, and business needs to develop strong, transparent privacy practices at Instructure. Over the past 15 years, Daisy has helped a variety of technology companies achieve meaningful and effective privacy programs. She’s a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP-US & CIPP-E) and a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) through the International Association of Privacy Professionals. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in History from the University of California Davis, a Master’s of Public Policy from the University of Utah, and a J.D. from the SJ Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah.

Brandon serves as the Senior Vice President of Professional Services & Support. Over the last ten years, Brandon has led and grown our Professional Services organization, focusing on high-quality and consistent customer experiences. With over 15 years of helping clients unlock potential, Brandon leads Instructure's teams to create innovative solutions that empower customer success. Before joining Instructure, Brandon led multiple engineering teams in successful launches of new products at Tomax, later acquired by Salesforce. Brandon received his BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from Adams State University.

Marisa is a seasoned education professional with a background in K-12 education and a strong focus on educational technology. She began her career as an educator and district leader, but her passion for enhancing learning experiences led her to Instructure. Recognizing the potential of technology in education, Marisa now leads our K12 Sales Team, using her extensive background to promote innovative solutions for schools and districts nationwide. Her expertise and leadership continue to drive progress in the K-12 education landscape. Marisa has a bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Illinois, a master’s degree in Secondary Science Education, and a master’s degree in Educational Technology from National Louis University.

Brian leads Corporate Development at Instructure. He is responsible for sourcing and executing M&A transactions that build upon our success and further accelerate our growth. Previously, Brian served as a Director at KeyBanc Capital Markets in the Technology M&A group, where he worked on a variety of advisory and capital raise transactions with companies in the software, internet, human capital management, and financial technology sectors. Brian is a CFA charterholder, and he earned a master’s degree in accounting and a bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting from the Ohio State University.

Jay currently leads Instructure’s higher education sales efforts team in North America. Prior to taking this role, he has been the regional sales leader for EMEA, as well as for higher education in in the eastern United States.

Prior to joining Instructure in 2019, Jay was the general manager of Edumate, a K-12 school information system (SIS) based in Sydney, Australia. He also held various sales roles with edtech solutions provider Hobsons, working across their entire product suite and in all of their international markets.

Jay has a bachelor’s degree in history from James Madison University.

Daniel, Managing Director of EMEA, drives the company's strategic vision and growth across 25+ countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In his previous roles as Regional Director and Regional Vice President, Daniel was key in fostering the development and growth of Instructure's community across the region. Before joining Instructure, Daniel held leadership positions at Lumination, Literatu, and Edumate. In these roles, he facilitated global educational institutions in adopting cutting-edge hardware and software, driving their technological and pedagogical ambitions forward. Daniel's diverse experience makes him a dynamic leader in the education technology landscape.

A senior C-Suite consultant, Harrison has had various roles at IBM, Gartner Inc. and LinkedIn before joining Instructure in 2017 to help drive and deliver the value of Canvas to the region.

Growing up on the Northern Beaches, Harrison attended Barker College before continuing his education at Sydney University and Macquarie University, where he quickly found himself interested in a wide spectrum of technology. 

At IBM, Harrison was responsible for pioneering emerging infrastructure services across banking, industrial and public sector markets. He then went on to consult C-level business executives at Gartner, helping develop and implement an effective enterprise-wide strategy that was delivered through their services.

At LinkedIn, he worked with organisations to showcase the value of being a part of, and contributing to, the world's first Economic Graph. This enabled a convergence of talent and opportunity to aid businesses in delivering on their corporate and strategic initiatives.

After learning about Instructure through his time at Gartner, Harrison could not wait to have the opportunity to bring Canvas to the market, enabling him to challenge the status quo with a truly innovative and extensible product that the education ecosystem needs.

Yisehak Lemma has 15 years of experience in Information Technology. During the last decade, Yisehak focused on leading information security programs, with the aim of creating alignment and synergy between security programs and other business units. Prior to joining Instructure, he led the inauguration of an information security program and implemented strong and adaptable information security processes and controls at GetUpside, a retail technology company, also ranked #2 in Deloitte Fast 500. Before that, he was Director of Information Security for Vox Media, a leading modern media company. Yisehak has a master’s degree in information security from Marymount University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology from Marymount University. Yisehak’s shared passion for technology, security and education allow him to serve Instructure in many ways.

Ryan is the Vice President of Global Academic Strategy at Instructure, where he works to enhance the academic experience for educators and learners, worldwide. With over two decades in the edtech world, Ryan has experience with every major technology platform that institutions use to deliver education, from the LMS to the SIS, and all the systems in between. A well-known thought leader in the edtech industry, Ryan is a podcast co-host, frequent media spokesperson, and speaker at industry conferences and webinars. Ryan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Relations/Communications from the University of Utah and certificates in Data-Driven Marketing and Brand Management from eCornell.

With over a decade of experience in education technology, Zach Pendleton acts today as Instructure's Chief Architect. Working closely with educators across the globe and with Instructure's engineering and product teams, he seeks to extend the reach of education and grow its impact. He has shared his passion at conferences across the world, and has been featured in a number of technology and education podcasts. Zach holds a BS in English Literature from Utah State, and a J.D. from BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School.

Quoc leads Instructure's Global Revenue Operations, encompassing Sales, Marketing, and Customer Experience Operations. With nearly two decades of experience driving transformation and scaling hypergrowth technology companies, Quoc brings a wealth of expertise to the team. His international perspective is shaped by 11 years in Singapore and extensive experience managing global teams for nearly 15 years.

Prior to joining Instructure, Quoc held key roles at Okta, Auth0, Zendesk, AWS, and Autodesk, optimizing sales and channel effectiveness at some of the world’s leading technology companies. Known for his ability to build scalable teams, systems, and processes, Quoc plays a vital role in fueling Instructure's continued growth and success.

Sam leads Instructure's Strategic Alliances programs, overseeing the global channel program with partners that sell Instructure products worldwide. He also helps define how we bring other companies' products to market and help other edtech companies by using Instructure's products and services. With 15+ years in global edtech, he built an international go-to-market at Class Technologies, led sales and marketing at Prodigy Finance, and managed business development for Blackboard's international business. Sam holds a master's degree in international finance from Tufts University's Fletcher School and a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Vermont.