Jim Goodell is editor and co-author of Learning Engineering Toolkit, co-author of “Student-Centered Learning: Functional Requirements for Integrated Systems to Optimize Learning” and a thought leader in the world of learning engineering and data standards. He is Director of Innovation at Quality Information Partners where he helps lead development of the US Department of Education sponsored Common Education Data Standards and co-facilitates the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s T3 Innovation Network and Architecture Development for the Jobs and Employment Data Exchange (JEDx). He co-led development of the Learning and Employment Record (LER) Wrapper Specification.

Prior to QIP he was Executive Vice President at the Center for Educational Leadership and Technology where he led the development of interactive learning technologies and provided information-driven process improvement solutions to state education agencies and school districts throughout the United States.

Jim is Chair of the IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee, the IEEE Adaptive Instructional Systems Interoperability Workgroup, and the Sharable Competency Definitions Workgroup. He serves on the ICICLE Consortium on Learning Engineering Steering Committee. And the Learning Economy Foundation Steering Committee.

Jim holds a BS in Management from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He has held an elementary-level teacher license and served on a school board. Jim is active in his church and family life with three children.