Jeff has been a keynote speaker for events internationally sharing his unique and expansive background and experiences leading, developing, and implementing innovative education technology programs. He is keynoted events sponsored by global organizations including UNESCO, the World Bank, Inter-America Development Bank, ISTE, Apple, SmartTechnologies, and Korean Education and Research Information Service. In the United States, he has keynoted or been a featured speaker at dozens of conference including events sponsored by the State Educational Technology Directors Association, CoSN, SXSWedu, ACTEM (ME), IDEAIllinois, New York City Public Schools, NYSCATE (NY), MassCUE (MA), VSTE (VA), VitaLearn (VA), TCEA (TX), TASA (TX), FETC, and many more.

Jeff offers a perspective that brings both insight and expertise couple with real-work pragmatism. He speaks from experience — his first one-to-one school experience was in 1993 at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire. He later led the Maine Learning Technology Initiative from 2004-2014 where he provided leadership and was responsible for all aspects of the statewide program including vision, professional development, procurement and contract management, vendor management, compliance, deployment, public relations, legislative support and policy development, and program policy development. During this time, he worked in partnership with Common Sense Media in the development of their Digital Literacy and Citizenship program, and later he served as their Senior Director of Education for 3 years. Jeff served as a Future Ready Schools Advisor at the inception of the program, and designed and led workshops for the Future Ready Schools Summits held around the United States.

Jeff is available to keynote events and lead professional development workshops at your conference or for your district.