Amineh Olad-Koper
Amineh is a Sr. Solutions Engineer at Instructure. Over the past decade, Amineh has led multiple transformation-based projects to support information technology innovation, faculty development, and technology-enabled learning in K12 and higher education. She also served as an active faculty member, teaching undergraduate courses in instructional systems design.  In her previous role, Amineh was the Manager of Digital Strategy and Innovation at George Brown College in Toronto, where she led several technology-enabled learning initiatives.   
 

Sal Spatarella

Sal is a Sr. Account Executive at Canvas who is currently supporting the Northeast territory. Prior to joining Instructure, Sal worked as a Digital Solution Specialist for Wiley, servicing and supporting their online digital learning platforms. Over the past 8 years, he’s worked closely with Higher Ed faculty and staff in helping to incorporate an online blended learning experience.  

Dave Trygar

Dave is the Regional Director of Partnerships for Higher Education in the northeast.  His primary responsibilities are to speak with all stakeholders at colleges and universities about their strategies around LMS and student success and retention and presenting Canvas as a solution.

Based in Philadelphia, Dave has been in higher education for 12 years, having represented solutions including content delivery, audience response, data, and learning management/online learning, and student success. His passion to ‘better lives through learning’ motivates him to help institutions lower the barrier of entry for all in digital transformation.

Fun fact: As a graduate of Penn State University, Dave holds a BS in Meteorology and spent his first 15 years as a professional, forecasting weather for television stations in the northeast and midwest.