Ryan Imbriale is the Executive Director of Innovative Learning for the Baltimore County Public Schools. Ryan is responsible for the leading the system’s digital conversion initiative, S.T.A.T. (Students and Teachers Accessing Tomorrow). He was previously the Principal of Patapsco High School & Center for the Arts in Baltimore, MD. Under Ryan’s leadership Patapsco was named one of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ National Schools of Distinction in 2009 and recognized by the College Board as the Middle States winner for Excellence and Innovation in the Arts in 2012. Prior to coming to Baltimore County he was Facilitator of the Maryland Students Online Consortium, working with 17 Maryland school systems to review, pilot, evaluate, modify, and recommend online courses for students, as well as Coordinator for Professional Development at The Johns Hopkins University Center for Technology in Education. Ryan has extensive experience presenting to audiences on online and blended learning, learner-centered environments, curriculum design, and effective leadership.Ryan is a Past-President of Maryland's ISTE Affiliate, and he is a former member of the Board of Directors for ISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education. In 2008, Ryan was named one of its "20 to Watch" educators by the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and in 2009 Ryan was awarded the Making IT Happen award, honoring educational technology leaders around the world for their commitment and innovation. In 2010, Tech & Learning magazine named Ryan one of the future leaders in its 100@30 as part of the magazine’s 30th anniversary celebration. In 2012 Ryan was named a Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) Emerging Leader and in 2013 the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) named him a National Digital Principal of the Year. Most recently, Ryan was honored by Intel® as an Education Visionary, an elite group of approximately 40 education leaders from all over the world who will be exemplars for global education transformation.Ryan lives outside of Baltimore, Maryland with his beautiful wife Jeanne and their four amazing daughters.View Ryan's profile on LinkedIn.Follow Ryan on Twitter.