Ken Spero is CEO of SchoolSims (formerly Ed Leadership SIMS), whose objective is to use computer based simulation to build resilience, leadership skills, and decision-making capacity in large numbers of Educators and Administrators. He has been in the simulation field for more than 30 years focusing on how to capture and deploy Experience in an efficient and scaleable manner to enable the adage that “Experience is the Best Teacher.” Ken developed the Experience Design Process for simulation development that enables practitioners to articulate their own experiences and the thinking that went into their decisions in a manner which can be effectively shared with others. In 2009, he designed and launched the Immersive Learning University for NexLearn which continued the work he began with Humentum which he co-founded in 2003. Ken was also a part-time instructor at University of Pennsylvania GSE where he taught Experience Design and Simulation Technology as part of the CLO Learning Leadership doctoral program which had been offered by GSE and Wharton and the MedEd Master's program between GSE and the School of Medicine.Ken has focused his career on helping organizations do a better job of critical thinking and decision-making. Encouraging mindful behavior with his clients has enabled him to produce measurable improvements in productivity inside many of his clients’ strategic initiatives. He has spent the last 30 years in and around simulations. Through his career, Ken has developed and implemented training simulations and courses in the following areas: Financial Selling, Building the Business Case, Sales Management Leadership, Strategic Management, Finance for Non-Financial Managers, Successful Project Leadership, and Choosing the Appropriate Medium for Delivery of Organizational Development Interventions. Ken earned his MBA from Columbia University and his undergraduate degree in Management Science from Case Western Reserve University.