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Al is a well-known face in the education and EdTech community around the world, having spoken at events such as ISTE, Bett UK, FETC, OETC22, the World Education Summit, Middle East Teaching and Learning Conference; and DLAC. He is also author of "My Secret #EdTech Diary" and the best seller "My School Governance Handbook", plus his most recent book 鈥楳y School & Multi Academy Trust Growth Guide鈥�, as well as co-author of "A Guide to Creating a Digital Strategy in Education". Al is also an active writer about all things EdTech with articles published in The Journal, eSchool News, eCircuit, Forbes, TES and many more. Al鈥檚 unique insight comes from his 30+ years of EdTech and governance experience across multiple roles including CEO of NetSupport, chair of Multi-Academy Trusts, chair of his region鈥檚 Governors' Leadership Group, chair of his regional SEND Board, chair of the BESA (British Education Supplier's Association) EdTech Group and chair of his regional Employment and Skills Board. Al also sits on the Regional Schools Director's Advisory Board for the East of England and is a member of the Forbes Technology Council and sits on the advisory council for the Foundation for Education Development.

Melvin grew up in the small town of Albany in south Georgia. His incoming freshman high school class contained over 250 students. By the time he graduated, there were only 68 students remaining. This ignited his passion for finding a way to empower students to take their futures into their own hands through higher education. He is the CEO of Upswing which provides a solution to reach, relate to, and retain today鈥檚 non-traditional learners by scaling student services, supporting 24/7 online tutoring, optimizing engagement, and utilizing insightful data to identify and support at-risk students. 

After graduating from the University of Georgia, Melvin received a JD/MBA from Duke University where he started a law forum for social and educational equality. Afterward, he became a law professor at North Carolina Central University. 

Annie Chechitelli has spent the past two decades innovating with educators to expand access to education, meet the quickly changing needs of learners, and empower students to do their best, original work. As the Chief Product Officer at Turnitin, Annie oversees the Turnitin suite of applications which includes academic integrity, grading and feedback, and assessment capabilities.Prior to joining Turnitin, Annie spent over five years at Amazon where she led Kindle Content for School, Work, and Government and launched the AWS EdTech Growth Advisory team, advising education technology companies on how to grow their product and go-to-market strategies with AWS.Annie began her career in EdTech at Wimba where she launched a live collaboration platform for education which was ultimately acquired by Blackboard in 2010. At Blackboard she led platform management, focused on transitioning Blackboard Learn to the cloud.Annie holds a B.S. from Columbia University and an M.B.A. and M.S. from Claremont Graduate University. She lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband and three children and is an avid tennis player.