Our people
The team working to grow EC Premium across the United States.
Leadership Team
Dave Faulkner
Chief Executive Officer
Dave’s focus:
As Chief Executive Officer, Dave leads our global team and works with our largest partners to scale EC Premium.
Dave’s experience:
Dave has worked in K-12 education for more than two decades as a teacher, principal, system leader and thought leader. Dave is the co-founder of EC, co-author of Dream Team (ASCD) and Edupreneur (Wiley), speaks on the world’s largest education stages (BETT, ASCD, EduTech), and has led PL programs for state and national governments and organizations across the globe.
Fun fact:
Dave became a school principal at 24.
Maddie Scott-Jones
Chief Learning Officer
Maddie’s focus:
As Chief Learning Officer, Maddie works with our distribution partners to ensure that the professional development on offer with EC Premium is relevant to the schools in our markets.
Maddie’s experience:
Maddie brings deep academic credentials to the team and is a graduate of three master’s degrees in education and education leadership. As a former teacher, a deeply experienced K-12 learning consultant, and the architect of some of our biggest state and national projects over the last decade, Maddie knows what it takes to build and run great professional development in schools.
Fun fact:
Maddie is a whale chaser (which means she loves whales, travels the world searching for different species, and then kayaks to within a safe distance and says nice things to them).
Katy Plencner
Senior Education Success Manager
Katy’s focus:
Katy works to ensure that our EC Premium platform is a highly effective professional development tool for our schools and partners.
Katy’s experience:
Katy brings a rich career in K-12 education to our team. Following five years of teaching and school leadership at Teach for America she went on to work as a charter school improvement specialist in Hawaii, and an education improvement specialist for the state of Arizona. Katy is able to work with partners to deliver relevant, impactful PL content to educators across the United States. She holds a master’s degree in Special Education from Arizona State University.
Fun fact:
Katy lives in the second sunniest city in the world (Phoenix).
Learning and Content Team
Glenn Solomons
Learning Designer
Glenn’s focus:
As a learning designer Glenn works with you to architect professional learning programs, with a particular focus on supporting school leaders.
Glenn’s experience:
Glenn brings a decade of school teacher and leadership experience to the EC team, with a particular depth in the Catholic education system. He has been a program lead on learning projects for clients including the Academy (VIC), Professional Learning Institute (TAS) and schools across NSW. He is currently studying for his master’s of education at Australian Catholic University.
Fun fact:
Glenn has the most tattoos in the EC team (just).
Kerrin Smith
Learning Designer
Kerrin’s focus:
As a learning designer Kerrin works build and deliver professional learning programs, with a particular focus on school culture and STEM teaching.
Kerrin’s experience:
Kerrin has a decade of school teacher and leadership experience, with depth in the Catholic and private education systems. He holds two master’s degrees in education from Australian Catholic University. Kerrin has been a program consultant on learning projects for clients including Microsoft, and the Academy (Victoria, Australia).
Fun fact:
Kerrin is a particularly good baseball player and a safe pair of hands at shortstop.
Danielle Vasiliades
Learning Designer
Dani’s focus:
As a learning designer Dani designs and delivers our professional learning programs, with a particular focus on quality teaching practice.
Dani’s experience:
Dani brings a decade of school teacher and leadership experience to the EC team, with a particular depth in the public sector. She has been a program consultant on EC learning projects supporting thousands of educators since 2022.
Fun fact:
Dani has listened to the song ‘You Can Call Me Al’ at least once a day for the last 18 months.
Emma Benns
Content Manager
Emma’s focus:
Emma is our lead content creator for EC Premium, and helps all of our content partners to provide the best possible PL through our online platform.
Emma’s experience:
Emma is a writer and content creation specialist with a publication and client list including Canva, and ClickView. She is a former elementary school teacher (Wenona, Japanese International School) with 5 years of experience in the classroom. Emma’s content partner list includes Think Global, Dylan Wiliam, and Ashoka.
Fun fact:
Emma has been to 47 countries so far, with the Maldives up next (la-di-da!).
Education Success Team
Valerie Peters
Customer Implementation Manager
Valerie’s focus:
Valerie is our technology expert and works to ensure that EC Premium is able to be accessed seamlessly by schools and education institutions.
Valerie’s experience:
Valerie is a former STEM teacher where she led school-wide professional learning programs with a focus on learning technology. She is a Microsoft Innovative Education Expert trainer, a trained astrophysicist and holds a master’s degree in education.
Fun fact:
Valerie recently built a functioning trebuchet for her local school.
Raquel Toren
Education Success Manager
How Raquel helps you:
Raquel is a seasoned Go1 team member and helps you to set up and succeed with your learning portal.
Raquel’s focus:
Raquel has worked across a range of teams at Go1 and brings a strong understanding of our technology and content offering. She holds a degree in communications and innovation and is a former member of the Israeli Airforce.
Fun fact:
Raquel is an experienced film-maker!
About us
We are on a mission to unlock positive potential through a love for learning.
EC by Go1
EC is a fully owned subsidiary of Go1 and encapsulates our services into the K-12 education sector. Our EC team has spent more than a decade providing professional learning to K-12 educators across the globe, and in partnership with state and national governments and major organizations, we have supported hundreds of thousands of educators to improve their practice and drive improved outcomes in their schools.
Go1
Go1 helps millions of people in thousands of organizations engage in learning that is relevant, effective, and inspiring. Core to our work is a mission to unlock positive potential through a love for learning, and through our Go1 Premium and Connect platforms, we provide access to the world’s largest professional learning library. Find out more at go1.com.
