Cory Linton is a seasoned executive with 20 years of experience in the software industry. He has held leadership positions in sales, business development, marketing, product management, software development, and services. Linton worked for 9 years at Microsoft in various marketing, product management, and communications roles. He then joined School Improvement Network, a leading EdTech SAAS company, where he helped grow the company from $2.5M to over $46M and managed the company through difficult times and successful exit to a strategic buyer. During his career, Linton has launched multiple v1 products generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and being adopted by over 20,000 schools across the US. He has built extensive relationships across the K-12 industry including customers, state leaders, industry associations, and policy makers.

Linton studied MBA in Finance and Marketing at Columbia Business School and Bachelor of Arts in Latin and Roman History at Brigham Young University. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of edify.ai, an AI-powered platform for K-12 education.