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 A Daisy le apasiona la privacidad, la educación y la tecnología. Su objetivo es cerrar la brecha entre el cumplimiento, los clientes y las necesidades comerciales para crear prácticas de privacidad sólidas y transparentes en Instructure. Durante los últimos 15 años, Daisy ha ayudado a numerosas empresas de tecnología a lograr programas de privacidad significativos y eficaces. Es una profesional certificada en privacidad de la información (CIPP-US y CIPP-E) y es gerente certificada de privacidad de la información (CIPM) por la Asociación Internacional de Profesionales de la Privacidad. Tiene una licenciatura en Historia de la Universidad de California Davis, una maestría en Políticas Públicas de la Universidad de Utah y un doctorado de la Facultad de Derecho SJ Quinney de la Universidad de 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 Hill is the Managing Director - EMEA at Instructure, a company dedicated to elevating student success, amplifying the power of teaching, and inspiring everyone to learn together through its world-leading Learning Platform and ecosystem.

Prior to this role, Daniel held positions of both Regional Director and more recently, Regional Vice President where he was responsible for the continued development and growth of Instructure’s community across Europe, Middle East & Africa.

Prior to Instructure (through his work at Lumination, Literatu and Edumate), Daniel has held a variety of leadership roles, enabling educational institutions globally to adopt a variety of cutting-edge hardware and software to push their technological and pedagogical ambitions.

Having migrated back to the UK from Australia to take up his first position at Instructure nearly 3 years ago, Daniel currently spends most of his time with his wife Olivia, two children Rupert and Orson, and their extended family.

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 tiene 15 años de experiencia en Tecnología de la Información. Durante la última década, Yisehak se ha centrado en liderar programas de seguridad de la información, con el objetivo de crear alineación y sinergia entre los programas de seguridad y otras unidades de negocio. Antes de unirse a Instructure, dirigió el lanzamiento de un programa de seguridad de la información e implementó procesos y controles de seguridad de la información sólidos y adaptables en GetUpside, una empresa de tecnología minorista que también ocupó el puesto número 2 en Deloitte Fast 500. Antes, además, fue Director de Seguridad de la Información. para Vox Media, una empresa líder en medios modernos. Yisehak tiene una maestría en seguridad de la información de la Universidad Marymount y una licenciatura en tecnología de la información de la Universidad Marymount. La pasión compartida de Yisehak por la tecnología, la seguridad y la educación le permite servir a Instructure de muchas maneras.

Vicepresidente de Estrategia Académica Global en Instructure - Instructure

Ryan Lufkin es el Vicepresidente de Estrategia Académica Global en Instructure, donde trabaja para mejorar la experiencia académica de educadores y estudiantes en todo el mundo. Su equipo facilita conversaciones que moldean las tendencias educativas globales en K-12, Educación Superior y educación continua.

Como un reconocido líder de pensamiento en la industria edtech, Ryan es coanfitrión de podcasts, portavoz, conferencista en seminarios y webinars de la industria de la educación, con más de dos décadas en el mundo edtech, Ryan tiene experiencia con todas las principales plataformas tecnológicas que las instituciones utilizan para impartir educación, desde el LMS hasta el SIS y todos los sistemas intermedios. Ha adquirido una amplia experiencia en varios roles de marketing a lo largo de su carrera, incluyendo la dirección de la función de marketing de producto para Instructure, D2L, y Ellucian. Ryan también es coanfitrión del podcast InstructureCast.

Ryan obtuvo una licenciatura en Relaciones Públicas/Comunicaciones de la Universidad de Utah y un certificado en Marketing Basado en Datos de eCornell. Sus comentarios sobre temas como el futuro de la educación y la tecnología han aparecido en Forbes, Newsweek, University Business, US News & World Report, eCampus News, EdTech Magazine y muchos otros medios de comunicación.

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.