Leadership Team

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Brian Thomas

President and CEO

Brian Thomas

Brian creates a unified mission to protect and serve all students — and guides all divisions within the company toward achieving it.

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Kirk Orgeldinger

CFO/COO

Kirk Orgeldinger

Kirk uses his decades of financial and operational experience in high-growth tech companies to drive Lightspeed’s continued growth and rapid scalability.

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Craig Chanoff

CRO

Craig Chanoff

Craig aligns the go-to-market functions, better positioning the company to serve customers and further differentiate in the edtech category.

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Carson McMillan

CTO

Carson McMillan

Carson crafts a vision of Lightspeed Systems solutions that give schools what they need — and things they didn’t know they needed.

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Chris Travis

EVP, Sales

Chris Travis

Chris ensures that every purchase schools make is for the right solutions that will drive them toward their goals.

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Amy Bennett

Chief of Staff

Amy Bennett

Amy uses her decades of experience in ed-tech and over ten years at Lightspeed to coordinate communication across departments, keeping everything running smoothly — even in the midst of rapid growth.
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Rob Chambers

VP, Platform Strategy

Rob Chambers

Rob makes sure from implementation through ongoing use, schools get the greatest, quickest results from our solutions.

Mike Durando

VP, Strategic Partnerships

Mike Durando

Mike drives the industry relationships that make it easy to buy our solutions with your devices or through your favorite partner.

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Kevin Chiang

EVP, Finance

Kevin Chiang

Kevin ensures every department remains data-driven and focused on the metrics that drive our growth and success.

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Brook Bock

Product Advisor to the CEO

Brook Bock

Brook Bock serves as an advisor to the CEO on Lightspeed Systems products.

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Jamie Ryan

Strategic Advisor

Jamie Ryan

Jamie Ryan serves as a strategic advisor to the business.