Harrison Kelly, Managing Director, APAC

Harrison Kelly

Managing Director, APAC

As Instructure’s Managing Director of APAC, Harrison leads the region's go-to-market strategy, providing sales leadership, highly disruptive services and customer-focused solutions that support the company's growth across Asia Pacific. He is a seasoned senior C-Suite consultant and Enterprise Director with a track record of overachieving multi-million dollar quotas through high-impact negotiation, thought leadership, and a challenger mentality. Before joining Instructure, he held senior roles at top companies like LinkedIn, Gartner, and IBM.

More From Harrison Kelly

May 22, 2023
The Invaluable Role of An LMS in Modern K-12 Classrooms
When building a modern K-12 classroom, a strong set of pillars is necessary to provide a productive and supportive learning foundation for all students. Among these pillars are several essential strategies to develop 21st-century learners:Technology Integration: Technology is an integral part of the modern classroom, with digital devices, such as tablets and laptops, that enhance the learning experience. Teachers use various educational software, multimedia resources, and online tools to Read More...
Apr 24, 2023
Stop doing these things if you're an edtech startup keen to plug into a university's LMS
The edtech sector is expected to be worth $404 billion globally by 2025, according to the tracking and forecasting company HolonIQ. The move to online teaching due to the pandemic has seen edtech companies speed up the digitalisation of the higher education sector by five to 10 years. This is according to a study by the investment bank Credit Swisse. It lists the benefits of virtual education – an outcome of edtech companies - as cost-efficient, flexible, and effective.  So how can fledgling Read More...
Oct 07, 2019
Using Analytics in Supporting Your Staff
Data and Analytics was a hot topic at CanvasCon Sydney 2019. David Sheil and Jennifer Walsh took to the big stage to a full house to talk about how they are leveraging data provided by Canvas to support student learning and reduce administrative burdens that often get placed back on teachers. Sheil is the Director of Teaching and Learning and Walsh is the Canvas Learning Coordinator at St. Dominics College in Penrith. Walsh is their Canvas Learning Coordinator. St. Doms, (as we affectionately Read More...
Sep 25, 2019
3 key learnings from CanvasCon Sydney 2019
“Empower people to create their own awesome.”  - Jared Stein, VP of Higher Ed Product Strategy, implored the 900+ CanvasCon Sydney attendees. The message paved the way for all of the talks from the “Best Practice” room for the rest of the day. The speakers shared how they overcame their organisation’s challenges, thought outside the box about how they could use Canvas and pushed consistency for a better user experience. Here are three more key learnings that underpinned many of the best Read More...
Sep 18, 2019
CanvasCon Sydney 2019 Reflections
*Editor's note: This blog post is from the Kristin School in Auckland, New Zealand. It is republished with permission. CanvasCon, the yearly Canvas conference was held last month in Sydney. There were over 900 attendees from 6 countries in the Asia/Pacific region. We met with other K-12 schools and learned so much from their sharing. These are our top 5 reflections. 1. Consistent Approach The schools that are leading Canvas innovations are those that have a whole school approach to teaching Read More...
Aug 23, 2019
Foster positive student experience among distance learners with Canvas
Anneka Weterman and Casey Beard of Aspire2 Distance Learning led a breakout session on Student Experience at CanvasCon Sydney 2019.   Aspire2 Distance Learning has been providing vocational education and training in New Zealand for 40 years, and implemented Canvas two years ago. Their previous LMS really served only as a “filing cabinet” and issues with usability hindered employment of the platform to engage with students to the extent desired. This organisation offers distance learning Read More...

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