Speakers

Robert BajorFounder & CEO
Micro-Credential Multiverse

Robert Bajor is the Founder and CEO of Micro-credential Multiverse, a vendor-neutral consulting firm helping institutions, employers, and state systems design scalable, workforce-aligned credential ecosystems. A scientist-turned-educator and national expert in skills-based credentialing, Learning and Employment Records, open standards, and implementation strategy, Robert has supported credentialing work across all 50 states, 100’s of organizations, thousands of credentials, and millions of learners. His work helps partners move beyond pilots toward durable systems that make learning visible, trusted, portable, and connected to opportunity.

Stephen Buckley, BA, MIC, FRSAManaging Director
Digital Credentials Ltd

As the founder of IBM Consulting's pioneering digital badge programme, I am deeply passionate about leveraging digital credentials to recognise and celebrate achievements. With extensive experience in designing and implementing large-scale global corporate credential initiatives, I bring a strategic perspective to the transformative power of badges and certificates. My expertise lies in guiding organisations through their credentialing journey—training teams to launch impactful programmes and offering tailored consulting to overcome challenges along the way. I am committed to empowering individuals and organisations to unlock the full potential of digital credentials in driving engagement, learning, and innovation.

Sandra Bullock, MBASr. Manager, Learning Tech. & Data Analytics
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Sandra supports ASME’s digital credentialing strategy and leads the technical infrastructure that powers Learning & Development programs. She specializes in transforming complex learning ecosystems into streamlined, data‑driven, and learner‑centered experiences through systems design, platform integration, and analytics. Sandra successfully scaled ASME’s digital credentialing program from a pilot initiative into an enterprise capability grounded in governance, standards alignment, and workforce outcomes - bridging technology, data, and credential strategy to strengthen trust across the learning and employment ecosystem.

Gayle Claman, MS, CAEManaging Director, Education and Credentialing
American Society of Civil Engineers

Gayle Claman has over two decades’ experience managing and innovating association products and programs, including continuing education, conferences, grants, awards, mentoring and leadership programs, and book and journal publishing. In her role at ASCE, she oversees a large portfolio of continuing education programs and provides senior leadership team support for its credentialing arm, Civil Engineering Certification.

Meghan Conan, M.A.Ed./AET, CSMManager, Instructor-Led Training
ASTM International

Meghan Conan is a seasoned Learning and Development leader with over 20 years of experience designing, managing, and optimizing learning programs across diverse industries. As Program Manager for Live Training at ASTM International, she leads global education initiatives that blend strategy, innovation, and impact. ASTMS’s live training program carries a large focus on training for the environmental industry.

Recognized as a 2025 Top 50 L&D Professional by the OnCon Icon Awards, Meghan is a frequent speaker on topics such as digital transformation in learning, credentialing strategies, and the future of workforce readiness. Her mission is to foster cultures of continuous learning that empower individuals and organizations to grow, adapt, and lead.

Rob Coyle, M.Ed. Digital Credentials Program Manager
1EdTech Consortium

As 1EdTech’s program manager for digital credentials, Rob Coyle is committed to expanding the success of digital credentials with Open Badges and the Comprehensive Learner Record Standard to support learning and acknowledging the skills and competencies mastered through formal and informal education, and life experiences. Rob recognizes the limitless opportunities that arise from meaningful discussions between education institutions, edtech suppliers, and learning providers to understand the needs of all stakeholders.

Rob brings his experience working with a wide variety of educators and edtech suppliers from K-12, higher education, and corporate training and development. Rob’s 20+ year career in education as both a teacher and collaborator with other educators allowed him to help learners acquire knowledge and develop new skills through meaningful learning experiences in a wide variety of disciplines. Rob is an avid supporter of meeting learners where they are and recognizing that not all learning occurs in a classroom with a textbook. These experiences made Rob an avid supporter of the open community, including open-source technologies and open education resources.

Brandon SmithCEO
Integrity Advocate

Brandon Smith is the CEO of Integrity Advocate, where he leads the development of assessment security systems designed to support outcomes that are fair, transparent, and defensible. With more than 15 years of leadership experience across educational technology, he has worked with institutions and organizations navigating the transition to digital and large-scale assessment delivery, bringing a deep operational understanding of what it takes to deliver assessments at scale without compromising the integrity that makes those assessments meaningful. His work and his thinking consistently return to the same question: how do we design systems that earn trust, not just issue it? It's a question he brings into every conversation about AI in assessment, credential defensibility, and what the future of assessment needs to look like in a constantly evolving world.

Dan TheckstonChief Customer Officer
Accredible

Dan Theckston is the Chief Customer Officer at Accredible, where he works with certification bodies, associations, corporations, and universities to build digital credentialing programs that hold real value for the learners who earn them and the organizations that stand behind them. Since joining Accredible in 2022, Dan has partnered with some of the world's largest credentialing organizations through every stage of their digital transformation — from program design to large-scale implementation. Dan and his teams are known for their hands-on, partnership-oriented approach — focused not just on issuing credentials, but on making sure those credentials drive engagement, open doors, and create real opportunity for the people who earn them.

Hillary Washburn, EdDLearning Experience Program Manager
Massachusetts Library System

Hillary develops the systems, standards, and learning pathways that support practical, relevant, and skills-focused training for library staff at more than 1,500 MLS member libraries statewide. Her work includes competency-based learning design, LMS governance, and quality standards for continuing education. Her doctoral research focused on scenario-based eLearning and the transfer of learning to workplace practice.