Ellen Wagner is an ed tech innovator, analyst and advisor. Her experiences range from tenured research professor, department chair and administrator in academic affairs and continuing eduction, to successful tech entrepreneur, with three exits. She has served as a senior executive in five commercial software companies, including Macromedia and Adobe Systems. These experiences helped inform her role as Vice President of Technology and Innovation for the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, as she led their community of practice membership association, WCET. At WCET, she co-founded the Predictive Analytics Reporting (PAR) Framework, a predictive analytics research effort funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. PAR launched as an independent non-profit service provider; Shortly thereafter PAR was acquired by Hobsons. where it became part of Starfish Retention Solutions. Proceeds from this sale established and funded the Foundation for Student Success, now managed by NCHEMS.Ellen is currently managing partner of North Coast EduVisory Services, LLC, where she advises learning tech companies and higher educational stakeholders on digital transformation and emerging technologies for learning, human performance and organizational capacity development. She is affiliated with the Mixed Emerging Technology Integration Laboratory, Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida. She serves on the editorial board of eLearn Magazine, and is a reviewer for several juried journals in the fields of learning tech, elearning and online learning. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Kirwan Innovation Center of the University System of Maryland, as well as the Global Advisory Board for OEB (Online Educa Berlin)..