Partnering With Frontline Education:
Frontline empowers strategic K-12 leaders with school administration software to proactively manage your human capital, business operations and special education. With our solutions, you can stop fighting fires and instead feel empowered with the right tools, data and insights to ignite your strategy.
Our commitment goes beyond software
Education leaders, from the classroom to the central office, have an impact on preparing the next generation of learners. As educators ourselves, we’re passionate about empowering you to innovate with tools, data and insights that help you go from reactive to proactive.
- Sole Focus on K-12
- Award-winning Client Success Team
- Dedication to Integrated Systems
- Original K-12 Research & Insights
- Industry-leading Security
- Free Resources for Education Leaders
#1 School Administration Software
Frontline Absence & Time
Manage attendance and gain visibility into who’s in, who’s out and who’s covering each absence.
Frontline Special Education Management
Streamline administration to support improved outcomes for all students.
Frontline Inventory Management
Manage the entire lifecycle of your school district’s assets and have full confidence in your inventory data.
Frontline Student Information System
Amplify operational excellence from the business office to the classroom.
Success Stories from Our Clients
Frontline's Leadership Team
Experienced leaders focused on serving the front line of education.
Mark Gruzin
Chief Executive Officer
Mark Gruzin is the Chief Executive Officer for Frontline Education. He is responsible for Frontline’s core strategy and vision, leading the organization in our service of the K-12 education community. Mark also serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Frontline Education.
Mark comes to Frontline Education from Blackboard, an educational technology company, where he served as president of global markets. Prior to his work with Blackboard, Gruzin held multiple executive roles in IBM’s software group.
Mark’s core competencies include organizational leadership and execution, business strategy and innovation, operational readiness and driving business performance. He brings all of these areas of expertise and more to Frontline Education including his passion, both personally and professionally, to align with mission-oriented organizations.
Mark attended the University of Maryland, Smith School of Business. As an active member of the community, He also served on the Board of Director’s for the National Fragile X Foundation and is a Special Olympics Coach.
Jim Catalino
Chief Revenue Officer
Jim Catalino is Chief Revenue Officer for Frontline Education. He works closely with the executive, sales, marketing and client services teams at Frontline to fuel the company’s growth and industry leadership with a focus on client success and sustainable partnerships.
Jim leads the delivery of Frontline’s integrated solutions, uniting the company’s human capital, business and special education management capabilities into one cohesive experience that yields actionable insights, total visibility and greater efficiency for K-12 organizations nationwide.
He brings impressive sales and general management skills focused on sales leadership, corporate and team development as well as channel management, P&L responsibilities, market share expansion and customer advocacy to Frontline.
Before Frontline Education, Jim was SVP and GM for the Americas region at Verint Systems; a company focused on selling CRM applications in the Financial Services, Telecom, Public Sector and Healthcare Industries. He has also spent time in Executive VP level and General Manager capacities for INFOR Global Solutions as well as human capital management technology firm, Lawson Software Inc.
Jim completed undergraduate studies at the University of Notre Dame and went on to receive his MBA at Villanova University.
Elizabeth Combs
Managing Director, Frontline Research & Learning Institute
Elizabeth Combs began her career as an elementary school teacher and Director of Administrative and Instructional Technology at Patchogue-Medford School District before moving to Imperial Software Systems, a professional learning services company, where she eventually served as President. She then held positions at My Learning Plan Inc. as President and Chief Strategy Officer.
Over the past two decades, Elizabeth has presented at conferences throughout the United States and internationally on how school districts can best integrate technology throughout the community and use technology to enhance professional learning. In addition, she has multiple publications regarding professional development for educators. Her professional affiliations include memberships with Learning Forward and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from State University of New York at Geneseo, a Master of Arts in Technology in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a professional diploma in Education Administration from Hofstra University. She also holds certifications and licenses to serve as a teacher, school administrator and supervisor.
After joining Frontline Education through the acquisition of MyLearningPlan, Elizabeth launched the Frontline Research & Learning Institute, bringing a passion for leveraging technology and data to support educator growth and over two decades of experience developing solutions rooted in best practices for professional development. Elizabeth understands the value and critical insights that K-12 human resources and professional growth data can provide, not only for the development of industry-leading education software solutions, but for the knowledge and empowerment of the education community as a whole.
Additionally, Elizabeth is a co-founder of The Line, an award-winning publication of the Frontline Research & Learning Institute, dedicated to fostering civil discourse around critical issues facing the education community.
Greg Doran
Chief Financial Officer
Greg Doran joined Frontline Education as Chief Financial Officer in May 2018. Leading a robust finance and accounting team as well as key operations team members, Greg brings deep knowledge of the metrics and operational aspects necessary to grow profitability in a SaaS-based business to Frontline Education.
Before joining Frontline, Greg served as CFO and COO of Pepperjam. A spin-out of Ebay Enterprise, Pepperjam operates an affiliate marketing platform. In his dual role for the company, Greg led financial growth efforts and managed organizational as well as operational goals.
Prior to Pepperjam, Greg spent eight years with Fiberlink through the company's migration from the remote access space, to a market leading mobile device management SaaS business, eventually becoming CFO following a successful sale to IBM. While at IBM, in addition to serving as the CFO of Fiberlink, Greg also served a key leader on an enterprise initiative to define and build IBM’s SaaS management model for its growing portfolio of cloud-based properties. Greg began his career with finance and accounting roles at CIGNA and State Farm Insurance.
Greg holds a BS in Accounting from Kutztown University and was recently named a 2019 CFO of the Year by Philadelphia Business Journal.
Ayikudy Srikanth
Chief Technology Officer
Ayikudy Srikanth (Sri) is the Chief Technology Officer for Frontline Education. He is responsible for charting Frontline's technology vision and spearheading the global product development, cloud infrastructure and security organizations. Sri brings more than 25 years of experience in software development, SaaS Infrastructure, product management, information security and data analytics to the Frontline Education team.
Prior to joining Frontline, Sri held global product management and technology leadership roles at several private equity backed software companies including Cvent and ESG Global. He has also been a founding member of venture-backed software and hardware startup companies in the areas of education, energy, security, consumer applications and hospitality.
Sri has a proven track record in building, integrating, scaling, motivating and managing global multi-site product, engineering, infrastructure and support teams. He serves on the advisory board of several Boston-area startups and has been a mentor at Techstars, Boston. Sri has a special passion for education having held executive, investor and board positions in educational software companies as well as a school setting. He is currently Board President of North Reading Robotics Organization, a non-profit organization focused on furthering hands-on STEM education among children through FIRST Robotics competitions.
Sri is a frequent speaker at conferences on software development strategies, metrics, cloud migration and security. His work has been published in industry journals, he holds six US patents and is a published technology author. Sri holds an MBA from Babson College, an MS in electrical engineering from Purdue University, and a BS in electronics engineering from Anna University (India).
Kevin Haugh
Chief Product Officer
Kevin Haugh is the Chief Product Officer for Frontline Education. A highly driven and proven software executive with expertise across a wide array of domains, Kevin brings deep knowledge of product management and positioning to the Frontline executive committee. He will be responsible for enhancing the organizational structure, performance and agility of Frontline’s robust product team.
Prior to joining Frontline Education, Kevin’s recent roles have included serving as Chief Strategy and Product Officer for Omnitracs, General Manager for Roadnet Technologies and Vice President of Product Management and Product Marketing for Roadnet Technologies. Kevin also brings prior software leadership experience in the human capital/talent management, HR, benefits and business process management areas.
Kevin’s background also includes extensive consulting experience. Recently Kevin has consulted to a number of budding software companies. Kevin has also advised numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as two U.S. Presidential Administrations, numerous Congressional Committees and dozens of healthcare organizations.
As a frequent speaker on industry trends, Kevin leverages his more than 25 years of experience leading strategy, product management, marketing and M&A activities to support and inform his internal teams as well as the broader technology community.
Kevin is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and has served as a director on multiple boards including a recent position for Peloton, a company focusing on the development of autonomous and semi-autonomous commercial vehicles.
Victoria Silbey
Chief Legal Officer
Victoria Silbey serves as Chief Legal Officer for Frontline Education, bringing more than 25 years of legal and business experience to the executive team. In this role, Ms. Silbey is responsible for legal, corporate governance and compliance matters. She also leads Frontline’s human resources team.
Prior to joining Frontline, Ms. Silbey served as SVP, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary at Laureate Education (Nasdaq: LAUR). Previously, she held the role of Chief Legal Officer and Senior Vice President at SunGard Data Systems (now part of FIS Global) and served as a litigation attorney at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
Ms. Silbey holds a Juris Doctor and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University as well as a Master of Philosophy degree from Oxford University. With a deep tradition of academics in her family, Ms. Silbey brings a passion for education and a desire for all individuals to grow and thrive.
David Reiling
Chief Client Officer
David Reiling is Chief Client Officer (CCO) for Frontline Education. As CCO, David leads the client success organization, including our client support, client success management and professional services teams. He brings nearly 30 years of experience managing customer success and professional services organizations to Frontline Education as well as a powerful vision for the future of our client experience.
Prior to joining Frontline Education, David was Chief Customer Officer at Syncron, a global SaaS solution provider. Before Syncron, David was VP of Global Customer Success at Zuora, a SaaS subscription order-to-cash solutions provider based in the Silicon Valley. David also spent more than 11 years at PTC, a global SaaS IoT and PLM solutions provider, in various executive roles, including Head of Client Services, Worldwide.
David has also served as a Board Member and Executive Vice President for North Highland, a scaled technology consulting company, where he led international expansion and centralized operations. His passion for customer success and customer experience has also led to roles as a retained advisor and mentor for customer executives in the US and abroad.
David holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University, and a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from the University of South Carolina. He also has certifications from Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation and Harvard Business School’s Executive Education Program.
Mark Friedman
Chief Marketing Officer
Mark Friedman is the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for Frontline Education. As CMO, Mark leads our creative, demand generation, go-to-market and product marketing teams. He brings 25 years of strategic marketing and business development experience across start-up and large SaaS companies to Frontline with a focus on strategy, marketing and business development.
Prior to joining Frontline Education, Mark served as SVP, Global Customer Success for Genesys, Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer for SoundBite Communications, CEO of Peppercoin, and VP, Global Marketing of Lucent/Kenan Systems.
Mark is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Management & Technology Program, holding a BS in Finance (The Wharton School) and BS in Systems Science Engineering (The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.) He also earned an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, with concentrations in Corporate Strategy and Marketing.
Jodi Dickinson
Chief Human Resources Officer
Jodi Dickinson is the Chief Human Resource Officer for Frontline Education, providing a dedicated focus on HR, including our employee engagement program. She brings over 25 years of progressive HR leadership and expertise in growth, culture and engagement to Frontline. Her commitment to HR best practices and deep awareness of their impact on building positive working environments is essential to driving growth and development for all Frontline employees.
Jodi comes to Frontline from Certara, where she made significant contributions to the growth of the people, business, and culture as the CHRO. Prior to Certara, Jodi gained deep HR leadership experience in the education sector. She was SVP of Human Resources at Nobel Learning Communities (now Spring Education), leading all aspects of human resources and people strategies, and held senior HR leadership roles with Aramark Education and Laureate Education.
Jodi holds a B.S. in Psychology from the Pennsylvania State University and an M.S. in Human Resource Development from Villanova University. She previously served on the Board of Directors for Penn State Brandywine, CityLit, and Philly SHRM and taught HR Technology Solutions as an Adjunct Professor for nearly a decade at Villanova University’s Graduate Human Resource Development program. Jodi has a passion for education, technology, and collaborating to build HR strategies that help businesses and people grow and thrive.
Our Vision, Mission & Core Values:
Our Vision:
A connected future for school administration that enables every leader, teacher, and student to thrive.
Our Mission:
Partnering with the education community by providing innovative technology and best practices to empower K-12 schools in their pursuit of excellence.
Our Core Values:
Do well by doing good.
Cultivate trusting relationships.
Embrace diversity.
Pursue growth.
Build value.
Enjoy the journey.
Our Commitment to Integration
In order to move your strategies forward, you need technology systems that actually work together. The Frontline Insights Platform is bringing the best software systems together into one platform so that you can make those connections across various areas of your school.
We also realize that you need your systems to work together — even when they’re made by different partners. So we’re committed to working together with other vendors to provide you with the connected systems and data you deserve.
Check out our Partners
The Frontline Research and Learning Institute is a learning organization with one mission: to provide data-driven research, resources and observations to support and advance the educational community.
With access to data from thousands of K-12 organizations and millions of users, Frontline is able to glean one-of-a-kind insights and deliver validated research reports and in-product benchmarks to put key data right into your hands.
Learn more at FrontlineInstitute.com.
We believe that in order to better public education, leaders must confront and engage in thoughtful debate around controversial issues in education. That’s why we launched The Line, a print publication, along with TheLineK12.com, a digital version of the publication that includes opportunities for online discussion.
Intrigued? Visit the website now.
Our Commitment to Client Success
Rather than telling you we have great service (doesn’t everyone say that?), we thought we’d share a few quotes from our clients:
“They’re truly caring people and they love their jobs and they love helping their customers.”
– Tami Johnson, Central Dauphin School District, Harrisburg, PA
“I have never met a company that is so gracious, so open, so courteous. I don’t know what their customer service training is like… but I want them to bottle it and give it to me so I can sprinkle it around here.”
– Patti Polensky, Odyssey Academy, Galveston, TX
“I can’t thank you enough. I know you guys probably get tired of hearing it, but I’ve worked with tons of companies with products and tech support and you guys have got them all beaten, hands down.”
– Raenita Unruh, Burrton Public Schools, Burrton, KS
We hope these quotes reflect every interaction with us. A passion for client success has been at the core of Frontline since we began, and has remained crucial to our mission as we’ve grown.
Over 12,000 educational organizations already partner with Frontline Education.
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