Celebrating Digital Creators: Student Showcase

Cigdem Ertem General Manager for Education Segment and Education COE Chair Sales and Marketing Group Intel Cigdem Ertem is General Manager for Education Segment and Education COE Chair in Intel’s Sales and Marketing Group. She leads sales strategy building and cross business unit coordination, working closely with various Intel organizations and partners worldwide to drive digital transformation in education segment. Her passion area is creating awareness in skill building for students to prepare them to be successful in the disruption of AI & 4th Industrial revolution and help achieve their full potential.

Dr. Tara Nattrass is Managing Director of Innovation Strategy at ISTE+ASCD ,collaborating with educators on reinventing learning with a focus on innovative programs, professional learning, emerging technologies, and cybersecurity. Prior to joining ISTE+ASCD, Tara served as Chief Education Innovation Strategist at Dell Technologies, consulting with educational leaders across districts and states and building meaningful partnerships with national organizations. Tara also spent over 20 years teaching and leading in school districts, including as Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning for Arlington Public Schools (VA). Tara earned a Doctorate in K-12 Educational Leadership and Policy from Vanderbilt University.

Joseph South is a national educational technology leader focused on evidence-based learning transformation. He presently serves as the chief innovation officer at ISTE + ASCD. He formerly served as director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education. He advised the Secretary of Education, developed national educational technology policy, formed public-private partnerships to assist state and local education leaders in transitioning to digital learning, helped school districts expand the use of openly licensed educational resources (OERs), and collaborated to nurture a robust ecosystem of edtech entrepreneurs and innovators.

Snow White is Intel’s Director of Education Sales Strategy for North America. With over 25 years working in the educational technology field, Snow is considered an educational thought leader with expertise around digitally transformed learning environments and creating education to industry partnerships. Snow has accelerated momentum toward student-led and personalized learning in numerous districts and schools globally. With the rise in esports in education, Snow is collaborating with school districts, scholastic state entities, and leading esports industry partners so that she can bring thought leadership and best practices of esports and related career pathways to K12 and Higher Education