Team

Clay is the Co-Founder, CEO, and chief patient advocate at PresenceLearning. He is also a member of the company’s board of directors. Clay leads the company’s partnership efforts, driving its commitment to ensuring the best care possible for all patients. Clay was inspired to found PresenceLearning in part by his struggle to overcome learning disabilities as a young child. His background spans consulting, successful startups, and venture capital. Clay holds a B.A. from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

Tim has held executive roles at nine startups, seeing two through an IPO, and has also served for companies including Apple, Intuit, and Tree.com. Like all of our team, a desire to do good in the world led Tim to the healthcare and education space and PresenceLearning. Prior to PresenceLearning, Tim was the VP of Engineering at Change.org, the world’s platform for change, and the GM of Developer Experience at Zynga. Outside of the office, Tim is a talented musician, and is active in his community and on non-profit boards. Tim holds a Bachelors in Computer Science from Brown University.

Layla is a finance executive with a strong background in management and leadership. Prior to joining PresenceLearning, she served as the Vice President of Corporate Finance and the Head of Financial Compliance at GlobalLogic. She previously worked in financial planning and analysis at Logitech and Flextronics. She holds an MD in Pediatrics from Kazakh Medical University, a BS in Finance from Eurasion Institute of Marketing, and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of San Francisco.

Following a career as an SLP, John entered the world of special education sales, holding leadership positions at N2Y, Tobii, and Assistive Technology, Inc. He earned both a BS and MS in Speech-Language Pathology from Marquette University.

Jack has spent his career in client-facing roles for technology-enabled companies, running sales and customer success organizations throughout the Pacific Northwest. Jack focuses his energy on delighting our clients and supporting the teams that drive customer retention and growth. Prior to joining PresenceLearning, Jack headed up the enterprise solutions team for Upwork (formerly oDesk), helping small and large enterprises build and leverage teams of freelancers to support their businesses. Jack also served as Vice President of Sales and Client Services at Accolo, leading the organization through a period of hyper-growth and landing them at #42 of the Inc. 500's fastest growing company list.

Ingrid brings seven years of sales leadership in school-based therapy solutions to PresenceLearning. Prior to joining PresenceLearning, she was the Regional Director for My Therapy Company, and previously served as the Director of Client and Therapy Services for Cumberland Therapy Services. Ingrid holds a B.B.A. In Business Management from Western Michigan University.

Larry brings 25 years of K-12 ed tech sales to PresenceLearning, including 21 in his prior position as a sales executive at Follett Software. Larry holds a BSBA from East Carolina University and an MBA from University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Cole has spent half his life working in product management, having started his first business, an ecommerce company, while still in high school. (It was acquired in 2003.) Prior to PresenceLearning, he spent four years as a product manager and Senior Director/General Manager at Gaia Interactive where he worked on web, social and mobile applications and managed the product, marketing, engineering, QA, customer service and creative teams. He also brings a personal understanding of the needs of students and clinicians, having received articulation therapy as a child. Cole holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Economics from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.