PRESENTER BIO

Dan Winkler

Mimio Chief Technology Officer

Dan was named chief technology officer of Mimio in 2013. He is a member of Mimio’s leadership team and has been driving the software and technology direction of the company since it entered the education market in 2003. With 14 of years of experience designing technologies and products, Dan continues to promote classroom collaboration and learning by exploring innovative ways to connect teachers and students.

Dan was one of Mimio’s first software engineers and has been a champion of innovation at the company. As CTO, Dan drives technology strategy and leads the engineering teams to ensure the continued delivery of innovative products. Dan has instilled a participatory and energetic engineering culture at Mimio, providing opportunities for junior team members to become experts in new technology, own exciting projects, and create products of the highest quality.

Christopher Leonardo 

Head of Mimio R&D

Christopher Leonardo has been responsible for overseeing many enhancements to the award-winning MimioStudio™ software, transforming it from software that powers Mimio hardware products to a collaboration and content-creation tool. Chris has also supported Mimio in bringing its first mobile application to market: the MimioMobile™ app.

Prior to joining Mimio, Chris was a principal engineer at Newbury Networks, a Boston-based company that focuses on indoor location tracking systems for wireless networks. Chris holds a B.S. in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. While at U. Mass. Amherst, he worked on a National Science Foundation project for undergraduate research in real-time communications systems. He credits his parents and sister, a “family of teachers,” for helping him understand the impact of technology on the education system.