Dan Peters

Dan Peters is a Senior Solutions Engineer with Blackboard where he helps schools, universities, colleges, and enterprises effectively use technology to support teaching and learning and improve student outcomes. Over the last 5 years he has worked with over 400 clients globally to improve their adoption and effective use of Blackboard systems. Dan previously worked at WebCT in the same capacity. Prior to that Dan spent over six years at The University of Texas at Austin as a Senior Systems Analyst. At UT within the Faculty Innovation Center, Dan designed and supported several systems including an eportfolio for engineers, wireless classroom response systems, mobile computing, math remediation to improve student retention, and hybrid learning environments. He also managed the Prometheus course management system as well as directed the migration off Prometheus onto Blackboard. In every project he has been focused on having a measurable effect on student performance. Dan holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Stanford University where he worked on the Asynchronous Distance Education ProjecT. From this work, he played a key role in creating Stanford Online, which was the firstonline program in the world to incorporate video with audio, text, and graphics in its distance learning offerings. Dan received an honorable discharge from the United States Marine Corps.