Howard Pitler is a dynamic facilitator, speaker, and instructional coach with a proven record of success spanning four decades. With an extensive background in professional development, he works with schools and districts internationally and is a regular speaker at national, state, and district conferences and workshops.

Pitler is currently Associate Professor at Emporia State University in Kansas. Prior to that, he served for 19 years as an elementary and middle school principal in an urban setting. During his tenure, his elementary school was selected as an Apple Distinguished Program and named "One of the Top 100 Schools in America" by Redbook Magazine. His middle school was selected as "One of the Top 100 Wired Schools in America" by PC Magazine. He also served for 12 years as a senior director and chief program officer for McREL International, and he is currently serving on the Board of Colorado ASCD. He is an Apple Distinguished Educator, Apple Teacher, National Distinguished Principal, and Smithsonian Laureate.

He is a published book author and has written numerous magazine articles for Educational Leadership® magazine, EdCircuit, and Connected Educator, among others.

Elizabeth Ross Hubbell is a Supervising Principal Consultant in the Center for Educator Effectiveness at McREL. She leads a team of consultants in Power Walkthrough software and Using Technology with Classroom Instruction That Works. Elizabeth's consultation services also include conducting instructional technology audits and helping organizations strategize for the future using scenario planning.

Matt Kuhn is a principal consultant in curriculum and instructional technology with McREL and a Google Certified Teacher. He conducts teacher professional development nationally in instructional technology, technology leadership, mathematics, and science. He has been published in several journals, including Principal and Learning & Leading with Technology, and is also a coauthor of What We Know About Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 3rd Ed. He has worked in U.S. national laboratory technology outreach and was a science and mathematics teacher in grades 6–12. He is also a former K–8 school principal. He has a B.S. in Aircraft Engineering, an M.A. in Science Education, and a Ph.D. in Educational Technology Administration from the University of Denver.