Stephen Gilfus launched a distinguished career as one of the founders of Blackboard Inc. and principal designer of the company’s platforms and products.

From 1997 to 2007, Mr. Gilfus held a variety of key leadership positions at Blackboard including head of Sales and Marketing, Corporate and Product Strategy, Product Management, Product Development, Strategic Development, Blackboard Consulting, and working in the Office of the CEO as a facilitator and change agent leading many of the companies core initiatives.

In 2004, He was the primary author of the "Educational Technology Framework", a model used to guide hundreds of academic institutions to contemplate organizational, technological, and social impact of educational technologies on their institutions – sometimes referred to as “The Gilfus Model of educational technology adoption”

He is recognized by many organizations as a key driver behind the growth of the eLearning industry and has presented at hundreds of academic institutions and industry conferences.

Prior to his departure from Blackboard Inc., on January 4th of 2008, Mr. Gilfus led the companies higher education strategy and technology consulting practice where he guided a team of 65 professionals, helping thousands of universities and leading educational publishers around the world plan, implement, and deploy eLearning technologies.

Mr. Gilfus has been active in various professional associations and community service organizations throughout his career. He has been a long-time member of EDUCAUSE. He serves on the board of directors of several companies with education initiatives and leads an extensive network as the organizer and head of Blackboard’s Alumni organizations with deep relationships at 85% of the companies in the education space.

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