Change Wave

Change Wave

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Change Wave episodes

  • Newsela: Dan Cogan-Drew
    Dan brings twenty-plus years of professional experience spent working towards a more perfect union of teaching, learning and technology. Most recently, Dan was the founding Director of Digital Learning at Achievement First Public Charter Schools, where he spearheaded the integration of digital learning technologies across twenty-two schools, including flipped classrooms, mobile learning, and 1:1 computing.  He began his education career in Teach for America in Wrightsville, GA, and went on to teach in public and private schools, as well as in the US Navy. He holds a B.A. in English and Spanish from Wesleyan University, an M.A. in English Literature from Brown University, and an M.A. in Educational Studies from Tufts University.   Dan is a longtime youth and college coach and two-time world champion ultimate Frisbee player (1999 and 2000) with the legendary Boston club team Death or Glory. He and his wife are raising two Newsela readers in Maplewood, New Jersey.
    44 min
  • The College Board: David Coleman
    David grew up in a family of educators and followed them into the field. He went to public school in New York City before enrolling at Yale University. At Yale, he taught reading to high school students from low-income families and started Branch, an innovative community service program for inner-city students in New Haven, Conn. Based on the success of Branch, David received a Rhodes Scholarship, which he used to study English literature at the University of Oxford and classical educational philosophy at the University of Cambridge in the U.K.   With a team of educators, David founded the Grow Network, an organization committed to making assessment results truly useful for teachers, parents and students. The Grow Network delivered breakthrough-quality reports for parents and teachers as well as individualized learning guides for students. McGraw-Hill acquired the Grow Network in 2005.   In 2007, David left McGraw-Hill and cofounded Student Achievement Partners, a nonprofit that assembles educators and researchers to design actions based on evidence to improve student outcomes. Student Achievement Partners played a leading role in developing the Common Core State Standards in math and literacy. David left Student Achievement Partners in the fall of 2012 to become president of the College Board.   David was named to the 2013 Time 100, the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. He has been recognized as one of Time magazine’s “11 Education Activists for 2011” and was one of the NewSchools Venture Fund Change Agents of the Year for 2012. He is the proud father of two.  
    43 min
  • VMware: Betsy Sutter
    Betsy Sutter joined VMware in January 2001, where she has shaped the culture and employee experience while leading all aspects of VMware’s people strategies and functions. In this role, she leads the hiring, development and engagement of the best and brightest, as VMware has grown from 100 employees to more than 20,000 globally.   As the developer of an ever-evolving human resources organization, including innovative expertise centers, service delivery channels, and a modernized HR partnering organization, she has aligned the people strategies with the business goals. Sutter has also built (and re-built) a world-class staffing organization and has overseen the successful acquisition of more than 60 companies. In 2008, Sutter founded the VMware Foundation, redefining citizen philanthropy in the corporate world. She is also passionate about bringing inclusion and diversity away from the edge and into the core of VMware’s priorities and operating model.   Prior to VMware, Sutter held senior management roles at Silicon Gaming, Digital Equipment Corporation, Aehr Test Systems, General Electric and Intersil. She holds a bachelor of arts degree in history from the University of California, Berkeley.
    23 min
  • 23andMe: Emily Drabant Conley

    Emily Drabant Conley, Ph.D. joined 23andMe in 2010 and serves as Vice President, Business Development. She has a passion for disrupting healthcare inefficiencies and creating new markets. Dr. Conley is responsible for setting company strategy, including leveraging and monetizing 23andMe’s 10M person database. Dr. Conley oversees business development, corporate development, and alliance management, and has a proven track record of successful deal closure spanning partners in pharma, biotech, digital health, big data, retailers, CPG, traditional healthcare, and academia. She also is deeply involved in company growth, including raising capital from VCs, growth funds, and strategic investors. Dr. Conley is a 23andMe company spokesperson and has multiple national TV appearances. She has been featured on Bloomberg, NPR, FOX, Forbes, CBS, and the TODAY Show, among others. Prior to 23andMe, Dr. Conley spent 10 years conducting research that combined genetics and neuroimaging to understand the neuropsychiatric disease. She was a Research Fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health and is co-author on more than 30 academic publications. Dr. Conley formerly served on the Advisory Board of Lesbians Who Tech, an organization dedicated to increasing diversity representation in the technology industry. She also previously served on the board of the UCSF Alliance Health Project, a clinic which provides services to the LGBT and HIV-affected communities in San Francisco and currently serves on the board of TMRW, a robotic process automation (RPA) platform designed for IVF, and Medrio, a clinical research software company.  She received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Stanford University School of Medicine, where she held fellowships from the National Science Foundation and Department of Defense. She graduated summa cum laude from Vanderbilt University with a B.A. in Psychology and Business.

    34 min
  • eHealth: Ian Kalin

    Ian Kalin serves as eHealth's Chief Data Officer. He joined the company in March of 2017. Mr Kalin oversees all data services for eHealth, leads the company's data sciences practice, and leverages business intelligence to improve operations. Before coming to eHealth, Mr Kalin was the U.S. Department of Commerce's first Chief Data Officer. His data experience also includes roles as a Presidential Innovation Fellow for the Department of Energy, the Director of Open Data for Socrata, and as a Special Data Consultant for Google. He was also a Managing Director for Power Advocate and started his career in the U.S. Navy where he served as a Nuclear Engineer and as a Counter-Terrorism Officer. Mr. Kalin holds degrees from Georgetown University and Old Dominion University and was also awarded the Robert Seamans Fellowship from Harvard Kennedy School for leadership in technology and public policy. Mr. Kalin lives in San Francisco where he is a volunteer for civic and educational organizations.

    25 min
  • Workfront: Alex Shootman
    Alex Shootman is the author of Done Right and the president and CEO of Workfront. He drives the overall strategy, vision, and execution of the company, ensuring that Workfront is a dedicated partner in helping its customers transform the work experience. Shootman brings more than 25 years of experience in all areas of revenue and profit generation for technology organizations, with significant experience leading SaaS-based companies. Prior to joining Workfront, Alex was President of Apptio, where he was responsible for the company’s integrated sales and services functions globally. Prior to Apptio, Alex was the President of Eloqua, where he was responsible for leading the organization’s global sales, customer success, and field operations teams. Alex was integral in leading Eloqua’s category creation as an enterprise SaaS company, and in 2012 was a member of the team that helped bring Eloqua to a successful public offering, subsequently being acquired by Oracle. Shootman has also held executive-level positions with Vignette, TeleTech, BMC Software and IBM.
    25 min
  • Pivotal Software, Inc: Cornelia Davis

    Cornelia Davis is Vice President of Technology at Pivotal, where she works on the technology strategy for both Pivotal and for Pivotal customers. Through engagement across Pivotal’s broad customer base, Cornelia develops core cloud platform strategies that drive significant change in enterprise organizations, and influence the Pivotal Cloud Foundry evolution. Currently, she is working on ways to bring the various cloud-computing models of Infrastructure as a Service, Application as a Service, Container as a Service and Function as a Service together into a comprehensive offering that allows IT organizations to function at the highest levels. She is the author of the book “Cloud Native: Designing Change-tolerant Software” by Manning Publications. 

    32 min
  • Nanotechnologies: Gene Berdichevsky
    Gene Berdichevsky is the Co-Founder & CEO of Sila Nanotechnologies. Prior to co-founding Sila, Gene was the seventh employee at Tesla Motors where he served as Principal Engineer on the Roadster battery, leading the development of the world’s first, safe, mass-produced, automotive lithium-ion battery system.   Gene holds two degrees from Stanford University; an MS in Engineering with a focus on energy and materials, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering. He has co-authored 42 patents and 4 academic publications. Gene has been named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list, the MIT Technology Review 35 Under 35, and was a recipient of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.
    34 min
  • Foursquare: Matt Kamen
    As SVP of Engineering, Matt leads Foursquare's industry-leading engineering practice and oversees the tech behind our pioneering products, from the consumer apps to our booming enterprise offerings: Pinpoint, Attribution, Foursquare Analytics, Pilgrim SDK, Places API, and all of our data science and machine learning teams.    Prior to joining Foursquare in 2011, Matt worked in search and web technologies for Goldman Sachs. A musician at heart—he plays the bass—he's also a luthier. Born and raised in Manhattan and a Harvard graduate, he now lives in Washington Heights with his family.
    37 min
  • fuboTV: Pamela Duckworth
    Pamela Duckworth, an award-winning executive producer with extensive experience across all production disciplines and brand marketing, is head of fubo Sports Network, the live, free-to-consumer TV network for passionate sports fans.    Duckworth is responsible for all creative direction including original programming on the Network, which was launched by live streaming service fuboTV in 2019.  fubo Sports Network’s original programming includes "Call It a Night with Julie Stewart-Binks" a twice weekly sports news show hosted by Julie Stewart-Binks, and Vodcasts, “The Players Lounge w/Cobi Jones and PJ Harrison” and “The Cooligans.”   Duckworth brings more than 25 years of experience with cable start ups, commercials, live sports and events, syndicated television series, and short-form content from initial conception to final distribution. She has cultivated close relationships with top directors, producers and agents, and is known for her expert handling of A-list talent from the worlds of film, television, music and sports. Duckworth has worked with Beyonce, Jay Z, Jon Bon Jovi, Rob Lowe, Jeffrey Tambor and Peyton Manning, to name a few.   In addition to overseeing fubo Sports Network, Duckworth continues to run Duckworth Entertainment, a full service creative marketing production company based in NYC and LA. Prior to founding her company, Duckworth spent 10+years at DIRECTV as the head of advertising production and events.     Throughout the course of her career, Duckworth’s work has been honored with 12 Cannes Lions, 3 Clios, 3 AICP’s, 2 Effies, 3 Andy’s, 2 D&AD’s and a One Show.      Originally from Grove City, Ohio, Duckworth earned her degree in Film & Television from Bowling Green State University. She is an avid sports fan, music enthusiast and global traveler.  
    24 min

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