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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Jamie Ryan
EVP, Operations & General Counsel
Jamie Ryan
Jamie uses his operational, corporate development, and legal experience to ensure fantastic customer service and enable transformative growth.
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Amy Bennett
Chief of Staff
Amy Bennett
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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.
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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.