Jeff sits down with Brad Baird from Schoology to talk about how Learning Management Systems are being used in schools today.
About Schoology
New York City-based Schoology is the developer of a K-20 collaborative learning platform thatincorporates online learning, classroom management and social networking in one platform. The cloud-based solution is available as both a free, stand-alone product and as a fee-based, integrated enterprise-class solution for schools and districts. Schoology integrates seamlessly with existing school/district technologies to create a single, scalable interface where educators can teach, assess, administer and analyze student progress. Schoology has transformed how educators communicate and collaborate with students, parents and peers. The platform expands the educator’s support and resource network by enabling meaningful academic collaboration through the sharing of best practices and digital content via school-to-school networking and an easy-to-access centralized resource library. For more information visit schoology.com or follow the company on Twitter @schoology.
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Brad Baird, Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Schoology
In his role as CRO, Brad is responsible for the strategic direction of the company, ensuring its daily operations are in alignment with the company’s long-term goals and helping to solidifySchoology as a market-leading Learning Management System (LMS) used by educators and students around the world.
A professional of the education technology industry since its early days in the 1990s, Brad has held executive leadership titles, sales and marketing positions and has worked as an industry consultant for both education startups and established vendors in the education marketplace. He comes to Schoology from International Learning Corporation (ILC), where he served as Chief Operating Officer (COO). There Brad was responsible for managing all aspects of the company’s operations including the development of product and marketing strategies to increase the effectiveness and scalability of “Response to Intervention” and diagnostic assessment technology and processes for K-12 education. His efforts resulted in the acquisition of ILC by Northwest Evaluation Association in 2011.
Prior to his time at ILC, Brad was one of the founding members of GlobalScholar. During his tenure of more than a decade with the company, he served as COO and VP of Sales and Marketing at both GlobalScholar and its predecessor, Excelsior Software Inc. During this time,Brad was responsible for managing all revenue channels including sales, renewals and support.
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