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Our mission is to enable learning by simplifying access to technology so that every student can succeed.

eLumin is founded on the belief that technology should never get in the way of life, learning, or accomplishment, and a student’s ability to work, learn, and interact should extend beyond the bounds of a traditional campus. The advent of cloud computing has provided an unprecedented opportunity to realize our vision to make learning possible for all students.

Founders

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Greg M. Smith

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Greg’s career as a technology leader spans more than two decades, where he is best known for leading transformational education technology projects.

Prior to co-founding eLumin, Greg served as the Vice President and General Manager at Aloft by AccelerEd, where he led the development of student-focused cloud offerings.

Previously, as the Associate Vice President for Information Technology and Interim CTO at the University of Maryland University College, Greg’s leadership resulted in  improvements to the learning experience for a global student body. Working with Mohammad, he implemented UMUC’s cloud-first strategy, resulting in better service levels university-wide. Greg also spearheaded the university’s Desktop-as-a-Service program, granting distance learners access to educational applications from anywhere and on their own devices.

Prior to UMUC, Greg held positions at Hobsons, the DC Water and Sewer Authority, and the University of Indianapolis. 

Greg holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the Mason School at The College of William and Mary and a Bachelors of Social Work from Indiana University. He regularly presents and publishes articles on cloud enablement and technologies in education.

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Mohammad A. Haque

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer

Mohammad has built a reputation as a solution-oriented leader and innovator known for applying his curiosity and technical knowledge to unique solutions that leverage the latest technologies.

Mohammad took on his first IT position while still in high school. In this role, he utilized his self-taught HTML skills before progressing to programming and systems administration. With these tools in his belt, Mohammad advanced to a developer position at Liquidity Services, a leader in innovative B2B e-commerce marketplace solutions. There, he became recognized as someone skilled at bringing the 10,000-foot view to technology solutions, applying his talents to everything from reverse engineering applications to data center migration. Mohammad's diverse experience ultimately propelled him into the role of Director of Systems Architecture and IT Infrastructure.

Prior to co-founding eLumin, Mohammad served as the Cloud Solutions Architect in the Office of Information Technology at the University of Maryland University College where he was the technical lead in the implementation of UMUC’s cloud-first strategy. And as the lead architect on the university’s Desktop-as-a-Service program, he was able to bring that technology to over 12,000 students.

As well as being an AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Mohammad holds numerous other certifications and credentials demonstrating his depth of technical expertise serving the education community. He has shared that expertise at major industry conferences, including Educause and the AWS Public Sector Summit.

Board of Advisors

Jason W. Reed

Strategic Technology Partner

Jason W. Reed helped craft the idea of eLumin. Jason is a business and technology consultant for startups, commercial entities, and non-profit organizations.

Previously, Jason was CTO at UMUC, an accredited provider of online degrees and certificates serving over 87,000 students in 27 countries. Under his leadership, UMUC was recognized as an academic innovator by EdTech, EDUCAUSE, and IMS and a technology leader by Amazon, Salesforce.com, and Google. Prior to UMUC, Jason established an Enterprise Architecture & Strategy practice based on emerging SaaS, Cloud Computing, and SOA trends at biologics pioneer MedImmune. Before MedImmune, Mr. Reed was a Managing Director at Acumen Solutions, Inc. where he led technology consulting at AOL, Sun, Pfizer, SunTrust, Bridgewater Associates, Fannie Mae, and Citibank. Mr. Reed also provided software development expertise for the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) to enable forward deployed teams in the Global War on Terror. Jason began his career as a member of Citicorp’s elite, CEO-sponsored, Management Associate program where he architected a solution reducing credit card write-offs by $38M annually and received the Citibank Excellence Award for "outstanding performance, dedication, and personal achievement."

Mr. Reed is an honors graduate of The George Washington University School of Business in Washington, D.C. Jason serves on the Board of Advisors for Careerstone Group, LLC, was a founding board member of The School for Ethics & Global Leadership, and chaired the governance committee for the Board of Trustees at For Love of Children. He and his family live in Arlington, VA and are philanthropically active in a variety of family-focused organizations throughout the Washington, D.C. region.

Ben Brown

CTO, Crier Media Group

Ben Brown is a senior executive with a wealth of experience in business strategy and technology. Ben started his career as an Internet Developer and Solutions Architect for Delta Airlines, then became an Independent Consultant assisting companies like IBM, HP, GTE, and Merrill Lynch in developing and launching top-tier internet-based businesses. In 1999, Mr. Brown co-founded Liquidity Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: LQDT). Within a decade, LSI exploded from five employees to more than 1,000 and reached nearly one billion dollars in sales. Since 2009, Ben has been an active real estate investor and an angel investor in several new ventures as well as a CTO level consultant.

Shaun Fanning

CPO, Intellispark

Shaun Fanning is Chief Product Officer at Intellispark and a co-founder of Naviance. Shaun previously served as Vice President of Research and Development at Hobsons, where he led new product initiatives focused on improving student success through technology in K–12 and higher education. Prior to co-founding Naviance, where he served as head of product strategy and technology, he held a variety of roles in business analysis, finance, technology, marketing, and product management at AT&T and The Thomson Corporation (now Thomson Reuters).

Shaun is also co-author of Who Do You Think You Are: Three Critical Conversations for Coaching Teens to College & Career Success, published by John Wiley & Sons. 

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