Name:Brandt Redd

Bio:

Brandt Redd is a visiting professor of Information Technology and Cybersecurity at Brigham Young University. Concurrently he is pursuing a PhD in Computing at the University of Utah.

Professor Redd previously served as CTO at the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium and, prior to that, as Senior Technology Officer for Education at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Brandt Redd is an experienced CTO, Entrepreneur, and Software Engineer with more than 25 years’ experience leading the IT teams at startup organizations. He is a recognized authority in Learning Technology Strategy with expertise in student assessment, personalized learning, competency-based learning, applied cryptography, data security, networking, and data standards. He is the past secretary to the IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee and continues to serve with the leadership board. He created and coordinates the EdMatrix.org directory of learning technology standards.

His experience includes serving as CTO, chief scientist, senior software engineer, and DBA. He co-founded two successful software companies, Agilix Labs and Folio Corporation. He was the first Chief Scientist at Ancestry.com. He is co-inventor of three patents. He has a BS in computer science and an MBA, both from Brigham Young University.

Country:United States

Affiliation:University of Utah

Research interests:Cybersecurity Education, Human-Centered Computing, Competency-Based Education, Metadata