Michael King

Michael King is currently the Chief Revenue Officer at EduTone. Prior to this, they served as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Business-Higher Education Forum from June 2020 to July 2021. Michael has also been with Strada Education Network and IBM. At IBM, they served as the Vice President and General Manager, Global Education Industry from January 2004 to August 2019. In this role, they were responsible for IBM's strategy, marketing, and sales across the Education segment worldwide. Michael also led a cross-functional team to identify new market opportunities, develop offerings, and drive quarterly revenue and profit results through global marketing, sales, and services teams. Michael has also represented IBM at all levels of government for education policy issues around the globe and has driven innovation in IBM offerings to help clients transform their business to meet the needs of learners, regions, and employers in the knowledge economy. Some of the technologies they have applied to education challenges include data analytics, AI, and blockchain. Prior to their role as Vice President and General Manager, Global Education Industry, Michael served as the Director of Market Development for IBM from January 1997 to December 2003.

Michael has also been a member of the IBM Industry Academy.

Michael King holds an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a BS in Physics and Engineering from Kansas State University. Michael is also certified by ASU+GSV Summit as an ASU+GSV Summit 2022 Attendee, IBM as an IBM Garage Essentials, and Education Insights and Solutions (Platinum) specialist, and ASU GSV Summit as an ASU GSV Summit 2016 attendee.

Michael King reports to Robert Iskander, Chairman & CEO. They are on a team with Alex Stasuk - Chief of Staff, Lisa Dean - VP of Sales & Marketing, and Padraig O'shea - VP of Vendor Business Development.