Scott serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of NovoEd, which was acquired by Devonshire in October 2018. He also leads the education technology team for Devonshire Investors, the private investment arm of Fidelity. Before joining Devonshire in 2017, Scott was the president of Capella University, and has served as the chief executive of three other technology services businesses since the late 1990s. Scott is passionate about the potential for innovation and technology to aid the transformation of learning at all levels, particularly for the enterprise and the mid-career learner.

In addition to the field of education technology, Scott enjoys history, photography, and Nordic ski racing.  Scott holds a B.A. in geology from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Stanford University.  

Farnaz designed and built the first version of the NovoEd platform in 2012 at Stanford’s Social Algorithms Lab. The project was part of her PhD thesis on collaborative learning at scale, and her research focused on incentives and motivators in online learning environments.

She is passionate about building the next generation of effective, engaging online learning experiences at scale.

Farnaz holds a B.S. in computer science from Sharif University of Technology and an M.S. and Ph.D in management science and engineering; information science and technology from Stanford University.

Todd Moran a learning strategist, business transformation evangelist, and digital workplace expert with over 20 years of industry experience. His passion and expertise lie in educational technology, digital customer experience, organizational change management, and employee engagement.   

His professional career has spanned start-ups to non-profits and large multinationals, and his current role at NovoEd as the Chief Learning Strategist. From the megatrends in learning and enterprise collaboration to technology evaluation and implementation, to the ‘people’ side of organizational change and talent development, he covers the gamut of understanding what it takes to enable a successful digital workplace and deep employee engagement.  

Todd holds a B.A. in Organizational Psychology from Middlebury College, and an M.A. in Information & Learning Technology from the University of Colorado.

Derek joins NovoEd as a 14-year veteran of parent company, FMR LLC, where he’s served in roles of increasing responsibility, including advising the Chairman and CEO of NovoEd, investment decision support activities focused on corporate development, minority investment management process, and the launch of alternative asset management products. He was also the Head of Global Finance for Pembroke Real Estate, an international real estate advisor for its two principal investors FMR LLC and FIL Ltd, and the Head of Distribution Finance for FIAM LLC. Prior to joining FMR in 2008, Derek held both finance and business roles at several investment management firms in the Boston area.

Derek received a Master of Business Administration from the Questrom School of Business, Boston University and a BS/BA in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.  He also received a Congressional Nomination and Appointment to the United State Military Academy at West Point NY.  

As the Vice President of Global Sales & Growth, Eric W. Sleigh spearheads the development and execution of sales strategies aligning with dynamic business environments. Leading a team of consultative sales professionals, he instills passion for consistently surpassing customer expectations. Previously, Eric served as RVP of Enterprise Solutions at NovoEd, and has over two decades of North American leadership experience in sales, account management, customer success and market development.

Eric holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from Louisiana State University. Beyond the realms of business, he finds joy in the exhilaration of travel, exploring diverse cultures worldwide.

Charlie has a background in management consulting and software technology implementation.

Before joining NovoEd, Charlie worked for ZS Associates, where he specialized in market research, designing and conducting large-scale quantitative surveys and qualitative methods including in-depth interviews and focus groups. Charlie is passionate about the professional learning field, and served as Editor in Chief of Class Central, where he conducted interviews with University professors who have launched online courses to hundreds of thousands of learners around the world.

Charlie holds an MBA from the University of Michigan.

Daniel oversees NovoEd’s technical infrastructure, architecture and engineering organization. He spent more than a decade in Silicon Valley playing critical roles shaping the Silicon Valley landscape, to mention a couple, by merging hi5 networks into Tagged in San Francisco and helping Microsoft to move from Hotmail to LiveMail in Mountain View.

Daniel studied Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Addis Ababa University, in Ethiopia. He holds a Masters in Computer Science from Maharishi University, in the US.

Mike has more than 14 years of experience in product management across multiple industries building and delivering software that delights customers.

Before joining the NovoEd team, Mike was most recently EVP and VP of Product and Privis Health. Prior to that, he held multiple roles in Product Management including at Blackboard where he had ownership of the Learn Content Management platform and collaborative learning tools such as the Bb Learn wiki for team projects. 

Mike holds a BS in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 

Lisa has been at NovoEd since 2015, serving clients in both professional services and customer success roles.

Before joining NovoEd, Lisa worked at the University of New Hampshire, where she directed the College of Liberal Arts Center for Study Abroad, managing 23 faculty-led programs in Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. She cares deeply about lifelong learning, career mobility, and intercultural education, and also held positions coordinating international exchange programs for volunteers and teachers at WorldTeach and the Institute of International Education, as well as teaching high school English in France.

She earned her Master’s in Education (Ed.M.) from Harvard University and her B.A. in French and International Affairs at the University of New Hampshire.