Harvey Singh is the founder of Instancy, an enterprise web and mobile knowledge distribution and workflow company. He is a pioneer in the field of eLearning, Human Performance Technology, and Knowledge Management. Prior to Instancy, Harvey served as Chief Learning Technology Officer for Centra Software, following the merger of Centra Software and the company he co-founded, MindLever. Harvey also served as an advisor to eLearning standards organizations such as ADL and IMS. In 2001, he was nominated for the eLearning Executive of the Year award.

At MindLever, Harvey was the visionary and principal architect behind creating the industry’s first system for rapid interactive content authoring, management, and personalization using a pioneer learning object and dynamic content delivery methodology. MindLever received the Intrepid Company of the Year award in 2001 from The Council for Entrepreneurial Development in North Carolina.

Prior to MindLever, Harvey co-founded Empower Corporation, an online learning product design and development outsourcing company which broke new ground in the areas of simulations, games, performance support, and story-based learning environments.

In 1993, Harvey also co-founded Empower India, an off-shore development company producing cutting-edge multimedia applications involving graphic designers, programmers, instructional designers, and project managers. Empower was awarded Company of the Year in the Innovation Category by NCEITA (North Carolina Electronics and Information Technology Association) in 1998.

In 1990-91, Harvey was involved in projects at Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow research lab, a think-tank within the Apple Advanced Technology Group which focused on the impact of technology on learning. As a recognized leader in eLearning, Harvey is frequently invited to speak at national and international conventions and to write articles and commentary on the topic of enterprise learning. Harvey has graduate degrees in both computer science and education technology from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree in computer science from North Carolina State University.

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Kunal Thakkar has over nine years of management consulting, marketing, market research, product management and product development experience. He has managed onsite as well as off-shore complete product lifecycle projects in a variety of industries like eLearning, software, financial services, pharmaceutical, medical devices, forest products, food services and power generation.

Most recently, Kunal was a Marketing Manager with LIPSinc, a software startup company in Research Triangle Park, NC. He was responsible for performing new market research for CRM, e-Learning and online marketing industries; identifying, defining, and managing new product opportunities. He was also responsible for managing relationships with customers and partners like Intel. Prior to that, Kunal was a management consultant with Institute of Global Competitiveness (IGC), a management consulting company in Cary, NC. At IGC, Kunal managed several projects for notable companies including Fortune 500 clients such as Siemens, ABB, Taylor Company, USNR and Liebel-Flarsheim. He was also responsible for developing innovative methodologies on Product Development, Supply Chain Management and Software Development.

Kunal has a Bachelors in Electronics & Communications and Masters in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University.

Dan has had a successful career as a CEO, Director, Sr. Product Manager and Sr. Product Marketing Manager of Product Development for several major technology based learning and training organizations. He is an entrepreneur and organizational manager who has repeatedly achieved commercial success for multiple company’s new technology solutions by leading teams through the vision, conception, development, market validation and customer implementation process. Most recently at Centra (Nasdaq: CTRA), he played a key role in transforming the organization’s go-to market strategy from being software application provider to being solution provider on top of its core technology platform.

For each company, he has provided strategic and tactical leadership, addressed unique challenges and delivered successful products, which resulted in solid financial gains. At MindLever and later at Centra (after the acquisition), Dan’s primary responsibilities included: Strategic Product Direction, Product Management, Product Marketing, Project & Program Management, and Pre/Post-sales Support. Prior to MindLever, Dan was the CEO and co-founder of Intellec Visions. Intellec an off-shore development company producing cutting-edge multimedia applications and was in the business of creating and offering both generic and custom-based solutions for applications in the field of marketing, education, and entertainment. At Intellec, Dan was responsible for Product & Services Marketing, Offshore Operations Mgmt., Product Development & Mgmt., Creative Design & Direction, Instructional Design, and R & D in New Business & Technology areas.

His background includes over 15 years in building technology enabled content/knowledge/learning systems and product management with accomplishments in operational leadership, product design, marketing, staff development, training and customer service. He is extremely skilled in team building and has consistently met or exceeded goals in each position he has held.

Dan has a Bachelors Degree in Commerce and a Masters Degree in Management (Operations and Finance) from Bombay University.