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Internet Learning Journal
Dr. Robert Robinson is a Senior Solutions Consultant at Civitas Learning. Prior,
Rob was a Principal Strategist at Blackboard, an Assistant Vice Provost for Educational
Technology at the University of Texas at San Antonio, and a key leader
with the University of Texas TeleCampus. Rob holds a B.S. and a Ph.D. from the
University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from St. Edward’s University. His areas
of expertise include online education, analytics maturity assessments, resource allocation,
and public speaking.
David Kil is currently the Chief Data Scientist at Civitas Learning. Prior to Civitas
Learning, he was the Chief Science Officer at Humana and SKT Americas, building
both enterprise and consumer health applications leveraging big data, social
network, and networked sensors. That work led to a 3-year NIH grant on building
social networks to help spread good health behaviors. His research interests encompass
all aspects of data processing, machine learning, complex event processing,
nudging, behavior science, and multi-level impact analysis. He has published
over 40 papers in various journals and conferences, as well as a book entitled (with
Frances Shin) Pattern Recognition and Prediction with Applications to Signal Characterization
by Springer-Verlag. He holds 14 U.S. and international patents and
is active as a reviewer for journals and grant agencies. He received a B.S.E.E. and
Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Highest Honor);
M.S.E.E. from NYU; and M.B.A. from Arizona State University.
Dr. Mark Milliron is the Co-Founder and Chief Learning Officer at Civitas Learning.
He has worked with universities, community colleges, K-12 schools, foundations,
corporations, associations, and government agencies across the country and
around the world. In previous roles, Mark served as the Deputy Director for Postsecondary
Improvement with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; the founding
Chancellor of WGU Texas; Endowed Fellow and Director of the National Institute
of Staff and Organizational Development at The University of Texas at Austin; Vice
President for Education and Medical Practice with SAS; and President and CEO of
the League for Innovation in the Community College.
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