
Brian Thomas
- CEO & Founder
- Brian creates a unified mission to protect and serve all students — and guides all divisions within the company toward achieving it.
Kirk Orgeldinger
- President & CFO
- Kirk uses his decades of financial and operational experience in high-growth tech companies to drive Lightspeed’s continued growth and rapid scalability.
Amy Bennett
- Chief of Staff
- Amy uses her decades of edtech experience to lead marketing & communications, keeping everyone in the know about our tremendous impact.

Craig Chanoff
- CRO
- Craig aligns the go-to-market functions, better positioning the company to serve customers and further differentiate in the edtech category.
Carson McMillan
- CTO
- Carson continuously crafts a vision of Lightspeed Systems solutions that give schools what they need — and things they didn’t know they needed.
Chris Travis
- EVP, Sales
- Chris ensures that every purchase schools make is for the right solutions that will drive them toward their goals.
Rob Chambers
- VP, Product
- Rob makes sure from implementation through ongoing use, schools get the greatest, quickest results from our solutions.
Kevin Chiang
- EVP, Finance
- Kevin leads our M&A strategy and drives our long-term financial health by keeping us focused on the metrics that matter.
Jamie Ryan
- Strategic Advisor
- Jamie Ryan serves as a strategic advisor to the business.