David Guralnick envisions a new approach to education and workplace learning. His vision integrates progressive learning theory, advanced technology, and creative, entertaining storytelling to create learning experiences that help people learn to think critically, reflect, and make thoughtful decisions. David holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University, where his work synthesized concepts from the fields of computer science and artificial intelligence, instructional design, and cognitive psychology. Over the past 30 years, he has designed and evaluated a variety of simulation-based training applications, performance support systems, online courses, mobile applications, and authoring tools for corporate, non-profit, and university audiences.

David holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Northwestern University, where his work synthesized concepts from the fields of computer science/artificial intelligence, instructional design, and cognitive psychology. Over the course of his thirty years in online learning, he has designed and developed simulation-based training applications, electronic performance-support systems, and specialized authoring tools which allow non-technical people, such as writers and trainers, to build e-learning sites.

Dr. Andone is Director of the Digital education & eLearning Department at the Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania, where she's responsible for planning and implementing digital education. She is an associate professor in multimedia, interactive and web technologies, an EDEN Senior Fellow, an IEEE Education Society 2021 Distinguished Chapter Leadership Award winner, and the IEEE Education Society Vice President (2024-2025), with extensive research and publication experience and more than 30 research and educational international projects. Dr. Andone teaches course modules in universities from the UK, France, USA, Finland, Italy, and Greece.

Bruce Cronquist has over forty years of experience helping people become proficient at using software tools, software engineering, testing computer software, training dogs, snowboarding, starting a new career, and more. He is presently a Product Owner at Dell Technologies creating learning experiences for employees, partners, and customers who use Dell tools. He also teaches through the local community college. Previously he was on the Engineering Excellence team at Microsoft Corporation where he onboarded testers and developers. Bruce enjoys presenting at industry conferences and has won various industry awards including Brandon Hall Technology Excellence Award, Globee Business Excellence, Stevie Great Employer Award program, and International E-Learning Association award. He also enjoys sharing his experiences with, and learning from, fellow Learning and Development professionals through journal articles, at conferences and the local coffee shop.

In his spare time, Bruce enjoys spending time with his wife, Valerie, and their adopted "foster failure" dog Harlow Quinn. He enjoys woodworking, laser engraving and geocaching.

Todd Stone, Senior Program/Project Manager at Dell Technologies, boasts over two decades of LD&D experience in business and education. With a focus on integrating technology into learning, his diverse background includes Hollywood visual effects, university online program development, adjunct professor, and teacher training. At Dell, Todd is currently shaping training content strategy, exploring AI integration for enhanced efficiency and as a valuable learning tool.