Bio

Seasoned leader in education technology, product and philanthropy. Expert in learning science, innovation, product strategy and scaling what works. Launched game-changing initiatives that have increased access to education and improved learning for 10s of millions of learners in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. Vic is the Chief Strategy Officer at Digital Promise(DP) and Founder of the Learner Variability Project(LVP). Vic has raised over $40 million to conceptualize and launch the Learner Variability Project and he helped grow DPG from 25 to over 170 employees in just 7 years. Prior DPG Vic developed strategies and managed over $100 million in technology focused grants at the Hewlett Foundation to fund and grow the Open Education/Open Courseware movement and create and advance the Deeper Learning strategy. The Open Education movement uses technology to create free, high quality educational material to close the gap for access to education around the world. The Deeper Learning strategy focuses on improving the assessment of higher order skills in order to increase the quality of K12 education. He completed his Masters degree in Education and Technology at Stanford University and Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Previous experience includes 8 years in high tech in Silicon Valley across startups and big businesses including Internet and Mobile Consulting with expertise in human centric system design and innovation methodologies. Extensive experience designing and developing large scale systems across a wide range of industries. Specialties: Education and Technology Learning Science Product Strategy Philanthropy Strategic Grantmaking Innovation Methodologies/Design thinking End-User centric system/technology design Systems and process modeling