Canvas Credentials

John Boyle has been a part of mission-driven organizations for the last two decades. His career has been anchored in education management, expanding access and opening doors to impact outcomes through advocacy, business development, and strategic partnerships.

John started his career in higher education as a director of admissions at a college in NY.  His focus was expanding access to traditional and non-traditional adult learners with shorter certificate programs and degrees.

From there, John was on the founding team of the largest digital credential platform which powers most Fortune 500’s credentials, reflecting competencies beyond just a college degree.  Today, these digital credentials are being issued every minute by organizations like NATO, SUNY, Samsung, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, and thousands more; all empowering individuals to advocate for themselves in a more meaningful way.

John is on the board and has advised a number of mission-driven organizations including startups, non-profits, and the Rockefellers most recently.

Jason is extremely passionate about transforming the way people use technology. After spending 12 years at Higher Ed institutions in the Learning Management and Instructional design areas. He jumped in with both feet into the Ed Tech Space, working for Echo360, a leader in the lecture capture space. Jason managed existing customers and ensured they were hitting their strategic goals. Jason is a Solution Engineer at Instructure, working closely with all things credentialing.

Amara is the EMEA Global PM, and oversees the strategy and implementation of our products within the EMEA region. Amara focuses on the challenges for institutions regionally and how these align with the development roadmap of Canvas platform products. 

Amara works to identify market-specific product initiatives recognising that education can vastly vary between and inside regions. Additionally, overseeing Globalization efforts for the platform which include language adoption in our suite of products and localization nuances which can hinder/help a learner's journey. 

Amara is actively working to promote diversity and inclusion within the tech and education space and in her spare time can be found actively engaging in panel discussions and forums to further this mission of making education more accessible for all.