Reforming Education With Big Data

Charlie McMahon is the Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Technology Officer at Tulane University. He previously served as the executive director of the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI) until 2009. He has served on the Boards of National LambdaRail (NLR), Internet2 (I2) and numerous other boards including SURA, The Quilt and LONI. Charlie was a featured speaker at the Dell World 2012 Keynote with Michael Dell and President Bill Clinton. He was a member of the State Department delegation to Chile to evaluate the impact of the 2010 earthquakes on Chile’s Colleges and Universities. Charlie’s background includes deployment of large scale LAN, WAN and telephone operations; deployment of large scale Windows desktops; Windows, AIX and Linux server management; Tier 2 and Tier 3 user support; advanced application development; LAN and WAN security; deployment and management of enterprise systems including LMS, financial, student, payroll, HR and electronic health records; business continuity planning; vendor relationship management; and evaluation of bleeding and leading edge technologies. Charlie received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and a Masters of Business Administration from LSU. He holds his CPHIMS Certification (Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems). Charlie currently serves as a trustee for Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) and is a Technology Adviser for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Less   View all posts

David Kuntz has been involved in every aspect of the large-scale educational assessment business. Over the span of his 20-year career, he has held senior positions at Educational Testing Service (ETS) and the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC). He also created the first automated test assembly algorithm and system for the current LSAT, the first web-based computer-adaptive test delivery system, the first online AP practice program using real AP graders, and the first large-scale web-based portfolio scoring and management system. He has been awarded five assessment-related patents. David holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Brown, an M.A. in Philosophy from Rutgers, and an MBA from Wharton. Less   View all posts