LIDERANÇA DA INSTRUCTURE

Daisy é apaixonada por privacidade, educação e tecnologia. Seu foco é preencher a lacuna entre conformidade, clientes e necessidades de negócios para desenvolver práticas de privacidade fortes e transparentes na Instructure. Nos últimos 15 anos, Daisy ajudou diversas empresas de tecnologia a alcançar programas de privacidade significativos e eficazes. Ela é uma profissional certificada de privacidade de informações (CIPP-US e CIPP-E) e é uma gerente certificada de privacidade de informações (CIPM) pela Associação Internacional de Profissionais de Privacidade. Ela possui bacharelado em História pela Universidade da Califórnia Davis, mestrado em Políticas Públicas pela Universidade de Utah e doutorado pela SJ Quinney College of Law da Universidade 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 tem 15 anos de experiência em Tecnologia da Informação. Durante a última década, Yisehak concentrou-se na liderança de programas de segurança da informação, com o objetivo de criar alinhamento e sinergia entre programas de segurança e outras unidades de negócios. Antes de ingressar na Instructure, ele liderou a inauguração de um programa de segurança da informação e implementou processos e controles de segurança da informação fortes e adaptáveis na GetUpside, uma empresa de tecnologia de varejo, também classificada em 2º lugar no Deloitte Fast 500. Antes disso, foi Diretor de Segurança da Informação. para a Vox Media, uma empresa líder em mídia moderna. Yisehak possui mestrado em segurança da informação pela Marymount University e bacharelado em Tecnologia da Informação pela Marymount University. A paixão compartilhada de Yisehak por tecnologia, segurança e educação permite que ele sirva a Instructure de várias maneiras.

Ryan Lufkin 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.

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.

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.

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.