Linda Chaput has more than 20 years of experience at top executive levels in development and dissemination of educational products and materials. She is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Agile Mind, Inc. Before founding Agile Mind, she was President of Scientific American's education, general, professional and reference publishing, and founder and CEO of Cogito Learning Media, Inc. For 12 years at Scientific American, Linda was the President and Editorial Director of W.H. Freeman and Company (a wholly owned subsidiary of SA) and later also the President of Scientific American Medicine. During her tenure, Linda created an acquisitions and development group whose success rate for developing and publishing textbooks and reference books ranked among the highest in the industry. She oversaw the publication of books in biology, psychology, chemistry, astronomy, mathematics and statistics characterized by innovation, rigor, and commercial success. Linda also directed the development and launch of the Scientific American Library, a landmark deluxe trade continuity series of illustrated books written by leading scientists for interested lay readers. As President of Scientific American Medicine, she oversaw the launch of its multimedia and online professional services, now a part of WebMD.

In 1995 Linda founded Cogito, a pioneering provider of top-quality multimedia and Internet-ready learning tools authored by authorities who were leaders in their fields. The audience was students in higher education, adults, and participants in high school gifted-and-talented programs. The company created, with authors and leading instructional designers and animators, authoritative content in science, mathematics, business, economics, and other critical competency, large-market subjects deliverable on a variety of platforms, including the Internet, CD-ROM, video, and print. Cogito became the value leader in a market previously dominated by free textbook supplements.

Clarence (Andy) Felong brings more than 25 years experience in software development, IT, quality assurance, operations and management to his role as Vice President of Engineering. Before joining Agile Mind, he was CTO and Vice President of Advanced Technology at Walmart.com where he and his team were responsible for the end-to-end eCommerce platform architecture and particularly for ensuring that it was scalable, available and secure. Andy was CTO and Vice President of Engineering at internet start-up more.com, where he was responsible for integrating business systems, including supply chain management, customer relationship management, and data warehouses with more.com's web portal. At Oracle Corporation, Andy was Vice President of the Internet Applications Division, with responsibility for technology management of eCommerce, Collaboration, Web Portals and Document Management. He also spent eight years at Apple Computer in a variety of capacities ranging from managing software development for the original PowerBooks to being Senior Director of Communications and Collaboration Technologies, which included responsibility for Apple's collaborative learning products. Andy began his career writing real-time imaging software for Voyager Spacecraft at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is an active contributor to the Open Source community and maintains an online resource of wearable computer technologies.

Andrew Lee, Senior Vice President of Strategic and Education Partnerships, has 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur, nonprofit executive and public servant.  Most recently, Andrew was the Chief of Staff in the Office of Innovation and Improvement at the U.S. Department of Education.  Most of his time was spent on the planning and implementation of the Investing in Innovation Fund (i3), a groundbreaking program designed to identify transformational ideas in education and bring them to scale as quickly as possible.

Before the Department of Education, Andrew was the Executive Director of the CityBridge Foundation, a private philanthropy in Washington, D.C. focused on expanding educational capacity and improving quality for lower-income children.  CityBridge became known for its research-driven methodology, as well as its role in establishing innovative public/private partnerships.

Andrew also spent 13 years at the Advisory Board Company, the leading provider of comprehensive performance improvement services to the health care and education sectors—including operational best practices and insights, business intelligence and analytic tools, management training, unbiased technology evaluation, and consulting support.

Andrew graduated from Yale University with a Bachelors degree in History.

David Savage brings to his role as Vice President and National Director of Professional Services at Agile Mind over 20 years of varied experience in K-12 education. Most recently, he was of Director of Professional Services for Teachscape, where he led the team responsible for the recruitment, training, support, and supervision of the company's consultants and developed and coordinated face-to-face and online professional learning programs for consultants and service personnel. Prior to Teachscape, Mr. Savage worked for five years for Edison Schools, first as Deputy Director of the Curriculum Division, and then as Senior Vice President where he developed the framework and protocol for supporting, monitoring, and evaluating program implementation and student achievement in a national network of 91 schools in 23 states. Mr. Savage began his career as a teacher for seven years, and then served as an assistant principal,  a program coordinator, a director of curriculum and instruction, and a principal of a start-up school. Mr. Savage received his undergraduate degree from Valparaiso University and his Masters from the Johns Hopkins University, where he also taught courses in special education and pedagogy in its graduate program.

Deborah Zimmerman has more than 15 years of experience producing educational technology. As Agile Mind's Executive Producer, she directs the design and production of our online content. Debbie began her career at Stanford University, as part of a pioneering group working on early multimedia educational technologies in collaboration with Apple Computer, IBM and NeXT. She worked with Stanford educators to produce and deliver innovative uses of these technologies into high school and university classrooms. She moved from there to work at Silicon Valley companies Pensare, Inc. and Aplia, Inc. where she built and directed production teams to create web-based educational services used at hundreds of colleges and universities across the US. In these efforts, Debbie and her colleagues collaborated with educators at Harvard University, Duke University, the Wharton School of Business and the Annenberg Foundation at USC. Before joining Agile Mind, Debbie worked as an independent consultant, providing strategic advice, user-interface design, proposal writing, and her favorite work--design of online learning interactions--for a variety of clients. Debbie holds an Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Gregg McFarland, President of Agile Initiatives,  has more than 20 years of experience in private sector education  technology. A CPA, Gregg began his career in the in the audit and  consulting practice of KPMG and was a founding executive of Jostens  Learning, an educational software publisher and services provider  for pre-K to adult learners. During his tenure at Jostens, he held  a number of executive positions including Chief Financial and Administrative  Officer, Vice President and General Manager of Package Software,  and Senior Vice President responsible for national sales, marketing,  government relations, and customer service. In 1997, Gregg founded  Whole Village Technology, a pioneer Educational Application Service  Provider. In partnership with the state of Florida, Whole Village  created ActionProfiler, a tool for enhancing parental involvement  in student learning. After completing a merger of Whole Village,  Gregg joined the Agile Mind founding team.