Diana W. Cano, PhD
Dr. Diana Cano brings over two decades of expertise in educational technology to her role as Chief Information Officer at Cambium Learning Group. She oversees the strategic direction of IT services, information security, and innovations, ensuring robust infrastructure and system integrity across all of Cambium’s enterprise technology operations.
An impactful CIO, Diana has been successful in aligning $100M+ technology portfolios with business growth, operational scalability, and customer success. With her experience in cloud computing, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, scaled agile framework, and emerging technologies, including AI and data analytics, Diana is a trusted advisor to boards and executive teams. She is passionate about leading and mentoring high-performing teams and has a track record of optimizing multimillion-dollar budgets, while delivering complex, high-impact technology programs. As a lifelong learner, she is an inventor with multiple patents and a published thought leader in CIO strategy, women in technology leadership, and agile transformation.
As an Adjunct Professor at The College of New Jersey, Dr. Cano brought her project management experience to engineering students. She and Ido Shatzky published their book Management is Not Rocket Science… It’s Just Physics in July 2023 and bring this framework to professional audiences across the US.
Diana holds a Ph.D. in Education from Rutgers University, an MS in Technology Management from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University.
Ido Shatzky
Currently, Ido Shatzky is an independent consultant that provides go-to-market and business development services to entrepreneurial SaaS companies in the USA, Israel, and the Czech Republic, covering topics such as machine learning, mobile applications, cybersecurity, retailers’ technology, neuroscience, and single sign-on solutions.
Before his current role, he spent more than 25 years in sales organizations, leading teams in entrepreneurship at mid-size companies. During this time, he walked the walk and talked the talk by implementing the MGU framework to reach and exceed the team sales target. The same framework was used in different industries across the sale cycle, from opening new markets to increasing the penetration of existing customers. Every year, when the sales team gets their targets, the first thought is how to reach them. Ido used the spring theory time after time to eliminate skepticism, recruit early adopters and influencers, and demonstrate to the organization that it can be done.
Ido and Diana Cano published their book Management is Not Rocket Science… It’s Just Physics in July 2023. Ido has a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in engineering, cum laude, from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
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