Martin G. Bean | Reuven Carlyle

 

Martin G. Bean

General Manager, WW Education Strategy, Products & Solutions
Microsoft Corporation

Martin Bean is General Manager of Worldwide Education Strategy, Products and Solutions at Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington.  Martin has over 18 years in the training and education marketplace and is a recognized industry leader around the world.  He has held executive management roles in several leading organizations including AIESEC International, Novell, Sylvan Learning Systems, Thomson Learning, and New Horizons Computer Learning Centers, Inc. 

As a long-standing pioneer in the education industry, Martin has presented to the U.S. Senate as part of the Technology Workforce Coalition on the importance of IT in the Workforce Investment Act. He has also testified on behalf of the Workforce Coalition before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the House Committee on Ways and Means. In January 2004, he moderated a Town Hall entitled “Conversation with the President,” for President George W. Bush that focused on U.S. technology workforce needs in the 21st Century.

Dedicated to the continued advancement of the education industry, he is actively involved in representing the IT industry in a variety of public policy issues and is committed to advocating federal and state level solutions to address the IT worker shortage and the reform of education to meet the needs of today's workforce. 

Martin is an often-quoted industry spokesperson and author. He has been instrumental in the development of tools targeted at sales professions in the IT industry, including the highly successful “Money Maker” training program and his insightful book, Selling IT Training, A Guide to Successful Selling in the IT Learning Industry. Martin currently resides in Bellevue, Washington, with his wife and three daughters.

Awards and Accomplishments

• Moderated a “Conversation with the President,” for President George W. Bush. The Town Hall focused on U.S. technology Workforce needs in the 21st Century. January 2004
• Appointed to the Board of Directors of Jobs for Americas Graduates.  2006
• Member of a U.S. Department of Labor delegation to Hanoi Vietnam to speak at seminar on Economic and Employment Development. August 2006
• Member of a U.S. Department of Labor delegation to Brussels Belgium to speak at seminar on Economic and Employment Development. June 2005
• Past Member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee for CompTIA
• Chair, CompTIA Public Policy Committee, 2002, 2003, 2004
• 2001 CompTIA Eddy Award, honoring outstanding contribution to the IT learning industry
• Testified on behalf of the Technology Workforce Coalition before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the House Committee on Ways and Means, September 28, 2000
• 1999 Sylvan Learning Systems Executive Leadership Award
• 1995 Novell Employee of the Year
• Elected President of AIESEC International. 1986

 

Reuven Carlyle

Reuven Carlyle is one of the nine members appointed to four-year terms by the Governor with the consent of the Senate to the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. Reuven is the Principal in Washington2, Inc., a business development, corporate strategy and public policy consulting firm in the wireless and software industries. Current: Chair, Board of Directors, Twisted Pair Solutions, Inc.; Board member, AirSage, Inc. Former: VP of Strategic Development for Xypoint Corp. Manager, External Affairs, AT&T Wireless Services. Public Information Officer, Washington State House of Representatives. Citizen co-founder and board member, Seattle/King County Chapter of City Year. MPA, Harvard University. BA, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.