Leadership Team
Brian Thomas
- CEO & Co-Founder
- Brian creates a unified mission to protect and serve all students — and guides all divisions within the company toward achieving it.
Kirk Orgeldinger
- President & CFO
- Kirk uses his decades of financial and operational experience in high-growth tech companies to drive Lightspeed’s continued growth and rapid scalability.
Amy Bennett
- Chief of Staff
- Amy uses her decades of edtech experience to lead marketing & communications, keeping everyone in the know about our tremendous impact.
Carson McMillan
- CTO
- Carson continuously crafts a vision of Lightspeed Systems solutions that give schools what they need — and things they didn’t know they needed.
Chris Travis
- CRO
- Chris ensures that every purchase schools make is for the right solutions that will drive them toward their goals.
Kevin Chiang
- EVP, Finance & Corporate Development
- Kevin leads our M&A strategy and drives our long-term financial health by keeping us focused on the metrics that matter.
Colin McCabe
- GM, International
- Colin drives our international growth by aligning our solutions to the unique needs of schools around the world.
Jennifer Duer
- EVP Product
- Jennifer leads our product and platform strategy to make sure our solutions meet the needs of schools around the world.
Wes Lawrence
- VP, Operations
- Wes ensures our operations run efficiently and scale effectively so schools consistently get reliable, high-quality outcomes from our solutions.
Donal McMahon
- Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
- Donal brings unmatched technical and leadership acumen, and a track record of operationalizing AI at scale to position Lightspeed to lead the industry.
