Suren is a serial EdTech entrepreneur with multiple successful companies under his belt. As an internationally recognized and award-winning EdTech executive, Suren has more than 13 years of experience in K-12 education and has interviewed over 35,000 teachers in order to gain insight into teaching, learning, and 21st-century digital education. Suren began his career by revolutionizing the education system in Armenia by being the first person to build an electronic school management system called Dasaran (Classroom) EdTech Company, an Armenia-based software-as-a-service company providing innovative solutions in K-12 education by integrating one online platform for all students in public schools. Dasaran was implemented nationwide and is used by ⅓ of the population of Armenia, amounting to nearly 1.2 million people. The implementation of Dasaran created equal and accessible opportunities for students, parents, and teachers across Armenia, uniting cities and villages alike.In 2016, Dasaran was recognized as one of the best 5 innovative enterprises in the world by the UNDP. Through the integration of Dasaran, the computer literacy level among teachers in Armenia increased from 5% in 2010 to 81% in 2016.After the success of Dasaran, he introduced Koreez, an online inter-school competition to motivate students’ learning and recognize the teachers critical role and improve their reputation.His most recent venture is a startup called PopUp School, a US-based K-12 personalized e-learning platform offering a learning-preference assessment to students and then matching lessons to their unique way of learning. PopUp utilizes a state-of-the-art algorithm to match students and teachers through learning preference and optimize the learning-teaching process.In 2021, Suren was honored as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Suren uses his experience towards education system modernization through innovation and modern technologies and contributes to extensive data-driven state policy-making and educational reforms. Suren has global reach as he has delivered speeches for large auditoriums in different corners around the world, such as, ‘Impact Investment and Innovation for SDGs’ forum at the UN Headquarters in New York (USA), UNDP’s ‘Social Good Summit’ in Switzerland, ‘UNESCO MGIEP Conference’ in India, ‘Global Education and Skills Forum’ in Dubai (UAE), ‘RISE Tech Conference’ in Hong Kong, ‘World Bank’s Understanding Risk Forum’ in Mexico, and ‘UAE-Armenia Investment Forum’ in Abu Dhabi, et al.