SIF Association (United Kingdom) Elects 2015 Leadership

March 18, 2015 - PRLog -- The Board brings a wealth of experience and knowledge in education, data management, technology and business acumen. As members of the Board, each individual will be assisting in providing strategic direction, management and oversight for the affairs of the Association for the United Kingdom.

The 2015 SIF Association UK Management Board includes:
    •  Tanya Allan, Norfolk County Council
    •  Karen Crowston, Birmingham City Council
    •  Emma Gelfs, Warwickshire County Council
    •  Dylan Jones, Follett Software
    •  Lyn McCullagh, C2k
    •  Jeremy Meades, SchoolsICT
    •  Philip Pearce, East of England Broadband Consortium (E2BN)
    •  Lawrence Royston, Groupcall

“We are delighted to have such a positive and strong group of educational leaders elected onto the UK Management Board for 2015.” stated Larry Fruth II, Ph.D., CEO/Executive Director, SIF Association.  “The Association has always maintained a solid focus on the end-user, and we are thrilled that this year’s UK Management Board includes many education data management leaders who are focused on driving the adoption and implementation of interoperable open data standards throughout the education marketplace.”

Also held were elections for the UK Technical Board, who provide the technical oversight for the SIF (United Kingdom) Specifications. The elected 2015 UK Technical Board At-Large seats were:
    •  Rob Potter, RM Education
    •  Graham Reed, Groupcall
    •  David Stott, Capita Children’s Services
    •  Ian Tasker, SchoolsICT


About the SIF Association
The SIF Association is a unique, non-profit collaboration composed of over 3,200 schools, districts, local authorities, states, US and International Ministries of Education, software vendors and consultants who collectively define the rules and regulations for educational software data interoperability. The SIF Implementation Specification enables diverse applications to interact and share data efficiently, reliably, and securely regardless of the platform hosting those applications. The SIF Association has united these education technology end users and providers in an unprecedented effort to give teachers more time to do what they do best: teach.  For further information, visit sifassociation.org.