Chris Coppola

Chris is President of the r-smart group, the leading provider of open source solutions for education. He co-founded the Open Source Portfolio Initiative and currently serves on its Board. Chris is a champion for innovative technologies supporting education, having designed, engineered and managed the development of eLearning software for colleges and universities. Chris' experience with proprietary software has led him to embrace open source software as a more effective means to increase innovation, expand collaboration among schools and corporations, and more effectively leverage technology spending.