EdTech

BrainStorm Poconos 2026

BrainStorm Poconos gathers education technologists from around the region to connect, inform, and inspire. The heart of BrainStorm is the exchange of ideas among education IT technologists and Ed Tech vendors, with over 120 technology-focused sessions led by IT Directors, Tech Coordinators, System Admins, and others in the K20 community. The event also featu…

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50Speakers
11Sponsors
133Sessions
48Companies · in total

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Speakers

Programmed at BrainStorm, in alphabetical order.

Aaron Rose
Architect, Check Point Evangelist • Global Sales Engineering · Check Point Software Technologies
Aditya Vardhan Pola
Amanda Robles
Sales Engineer · itopia
Andrea Frendo
Senior Manager, Google Solutions & Services · Trafera
Bill Tobias
Systems Engineer · Extreme Networks
Brittany Dreon
Account Executive · Droplet
Brycen Just
Gravity Gaming Solutions Specialist · ByteSpeed
Caitlin Ishibashi
Implementation Manager · Vivi
chaitanya gunupudi
IT Platform Senior Cloud Engineer AI · University of Maryland
Christopher Phalen
Director of Choral Activities · Buena Vista University
Claire Smizer-Muldoon
Chief of Operations and Growth · Loop + Ledger
Cody Wall
Account Executive · Vivi
Cory Klinge
Director of Pre-Sales Engineering · Trafera
Damien Dimino
President · Aeneas Technologies
Dan Riordan
President · On-Tech E-Rate Services
David Siwiak
Director of IT · Middletown Township School District
Devan Morrison
Assistant Director of On-Site Services · Forward Edge
Eidson Villamar
SLED account Manager PA/NJ/DE · Nutanix
Jacob French
Director of Digital Teaching & Learning · Hoke County Schools
Jay Tripathi
Systems Engineer · Extreme Networks
Jeff Checkeye
Solutions Engineer · Cisco Systems
Jerry Olla
Head of Technical Operations · Hamina Wireless

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

BluumPlatinum
ByteSpeedPlatinum
Extreme NetworksDiamond
Lightspeed TechnologiesPlatinum
CDW-GGold
Diamond AssetsGold
PBG NetworksGold
FortinetSilver
HPESilver
LightspeedSilver
SophosSilver

Agenda

Selected from 133 sessions.

  • 10:00 AM-5:00 PM

    Google for Education Security Workshop & Secure Gemini Deployment Workshop ($295 addl fee)

  • 10:00 AM ET

    Google for Education Security Workshop & Secure Gemini Deployment Workshop

  • 10:00 AM ET

    Google for Education Security Workshop & Secure Gemini Deployment Workshop ($295 addl fee)

  • 10:00 AM ET 10:00 AM-5:00 PM

    Google for Education Security Workshop & Secure Gemini Deployment Workshop ($295 addl fee)

  • 11:00 AM-12:00 PM

    Chrome Management in the Admin Console

  • 11:00 AM-12:00 PM

    Compliant on Paper. Exposed in Practice.

  • 11:00 AM-12:00 PM

    Cost Effectively Keeping Devices Repaired and Functional

  • 11:00 AM-12:00 PM

    Ditch the Windows Lab Without Losing the Apps

  • 11:00 AM-12:00 PM

    E-Rate Update

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 48 companies show up, and 5 bet on three roles at once?

48 companies. five are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
5All threespeak · spons · exh
6Sponsoringsponsor only
37Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Extreme Networks·PBG Networks·Bluum·ByteSpeed·Fortinet

Speakers by seniority

46% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite816%
  • Founder / Owner12%
  • Director / Head of1428%
  • Manager / Lead48%
  • Engineer · IC1326%
  • Other roles1020%

Of 50 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1Extreme NetworksSponsor · Diamond2
2PBG NetworksSponsor · Gold2
3BluumSponsor · Platinum1
4ByteSpeedSponsor · Platinum1
5FortinetSponsor · Silver1
6CDW-GSponsor · Gold-
7Diamond AssetsSponsor · Gold-
8HPESponsor · Silver-
9LightspeedSponsor · Silver-
10Lightspeed TechnologiesSponsor · Platinum-
11SophosSponsor · Silver-
12Buena Vista University2
13Droplet2
14Loop + Ledger2
Sponsors by tier
diamond1
9% of 11
platinum3
27% of 11
gold3
27% of 11
silver4
36% of 11
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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