edTech Leader Interviews with Todd Hand

Innovations in higher education Degree-based hiring vs. competency-based hiring Student experience advancement Midnight bike rides through Manhattan

· What makes Sterling Partners unique · What is good leadership · The most effective boards · What is ahead in the education sectors · Promoting diversity

- Tyton Partner overview - View on deal climate - Management consulting practice - View on the education markets

- The history and exciting future of KIPP Texas - The mission to educate 100K underserved kids - Sebha’s background and commitment to education

- How does a biomedical engineering grad become a school teacher and then an entrepreneur - Selling Hack Reactor to Galvanize - The future of coding schools - Lessons for entrepreneurs on exiting

· CER’s 25th Anniversary event in Miami, October 25 & 26, 2018 · Network with investors, executives and policy makers in Education · Honorary Chair is Jeb Bush · Register at https://www.edreform.com/cer-25th-anniversary/

· How did a preschool teacher become CEO at Edmentum? · Edmentum’s personalization strategy · Preparing students for an uncertain future · The need to build standardization around Big Data in schools · An under-reported success story about English Language programs

Todd Hand interviews Susan Wolford, Managing Director and Group Head of BMO Capital Markets' Technology and Business Services. · Current hot market in Education Sectors · China’s interest in U.S. education companies · What might a recession bring · BMO’s upcoming “18th Annual Back to School Conference”

Conversation with Darrell Silver, co-founder and CEO of Thinkful

Meet Daniel Smith, GM of Global Education at Amazon. · How is Amazon thinking about K-12, Higher ED and corporate learning? · What is Amazon’s education marketplace? · How is Amazon revolutionizing procurement in EdTech? · Democratization of vendors and users

· The dynamics of the Workforce Development industry · What are the factors that will shape WD? · Disruptive deals that might happen in the future · Investment climate for WD

· The focus of BSG’s Education Practice · Insights from an executive recruiter into the For-Profit Education industry · How does BSG’s Education Team view leadership? · BSG’s process

· Overview of Cherry Tree · Buy Side vs. Sell Side · What’s changed over the last couple of years in the education space? · Cherry Tree’s research

· Is EdTech a bubble or at an inflection point? · What is GSV seeing in PreK-12, Higher ED, and Corporate Learning? · Increasing the number of women executives in the education sectors · What to look for at GSV 2018 in San Diego

Todd Hand interviews Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic. Topics include: Talent management and the psychology of human capital Good leaders build good systems Over-used strengths become weaknesses How authenticity is misunderstood “Moderate misfits”

Todd Hand interviews Rob Lytle, Managing Director and Co-Head of Education at Parthenon-EY. Topics Include: Identifying growth sectors in the for-profit education industry Will there be more consolidation in K-12? Will PPP’s increase in Higher Education? How are bootcamps changing Higher Education? State of the consumer in education

Todd Hand interviews Jane Swift, former Governor of Massachusetts. Topics Include: Crisis management Increasing the ranks of women executives in education Recruiting tech talent from outside of education The new administration’s impact on states’ efforts to be laboratories of education change

Todd Hand interviews Alana Dunagan, Research Fellow at Clayton Christensen Institute. Topics Include: The Innovator’s Dilemma hits higher Ed with Purdue’s acquisition of Kaplan U. Is this evidence of the “unbundling” of the higher education industry? Are Purdue and Kaplan equaling sharing the risk? Is Mitch Daniels ahead of the curve? What’s next for PPP’s?

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Todd Hand, Managing Principal at BSG interviews Jaime Casap, Chief Education Evangelist at Google. Topics Include: The “future of learning” and how to really create Personalization The current models of learning are not set up to take advantage of technology What is the Phoenix Coding Academy? How does Google think about the future of education? The power of virtual reality