Hi, I am Jim Coulon. I have been at the intersection of education and educational technology for over thirty years. I began my career as a middle school teacher in Pauma Valley, where I built and managed one of the first high speed internet-enabled labs in San Diego County, and built a curriculum to support language learners with technology. In 1996, I joined McGraw-Hill Educational Publishing and assumed company leadership roles in digital product development, sales, and marketing. In 2009, I served as Chief Strategy Officer at Achieve3000–a reading intervention company–where I focused on growth and product strategy. In 2014, I joined IXL Learning, a leading provider of K12 math and English Language Arts software, where I led the sales and professional development teams. In 2020, I joined the Executive team at BrainPOP as Chief Revenue Officer. During that time I helped to launch a new Middle School Science curriculum and contributed to the companys’ successful acquisition by Lego Learning. I have authored and co-authored a number of educational texts including the California Framework Series and America’s Past and Promise Creative Teaching Strategies. I have been a keynote speaker at several national conferences, including the Association of Latino Administrators and Supervisors and the American Association of School Administrators. I have degrees in Political Science and Social Work from the American University of Paris and San Diego State University. I have a California Secondary Teaching Credential.