Stephen Gilfus is a co-founder of Blackboard Inc., where he helped originate the product and business architecture of the learning management platform. He is Founder and Chairman of Gilfus Education Group, a Washington, D.C.-based strategy and research firm, and founder of High Peak Studio, a not-for-profit innovation studio that uses AI. He serves on the board of ISACA, where he chairs the Innovation and Technology Committee, and has served on the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services Cybersecurity and AI Task Force. He hosts conversations on AI in K-12 education for The CoSN Podcast. He holds a B.S. in Managerial Economics and Entrepreneurship from Cornell University and is a Harvard Certified Corporate Director.