Who We Are

The TurnLeaf staff is made up of leaders in the fields of education and technology. Working as a team, they combine their experience to bring powerful assessment reporting solutions to you.

Executives

Mr. Meyer began working in the US K-12 market in 1990 with a focus on information technology for administrative and instructional software with JDL Technologies. During his tenure as Sr. VP of JDL, Mr. Meyer oversaw the deployment of over 5,000 district-wide networks supporting large courseware adoptions, Jostens, MECC, etc. including district-wide database and internet application services. In 1998 Mr. Meyer joined the non-profit K-12 consulting group, Center for Educational Leadership & Technology (CELT) where he worked with large district, state departments and major national vendors of information management technologies. Mr. Meyer joined TurnLeaf in 2000 and has been instrumental in the strategic development and direction of the Achievement Management System.

Mr. Hetrick's primary responsibilities are coordinating TurnLeaf's various department efforts with an emphasis on product management and client integrations. Mr. Hetrick recently retired from Hewlett-Packard as VP of Research. He served with Hewlett-Packard for the last 27 years in various roles with an emphasis on organizational management, technical development and research. Mr. Hetrick’s graduate work was at the University of Colorado, in Boulder.

Mr. Hamilton, Cofounder, has been involved with TurnLeaf and the AMS since their inception. He has over 10 years of development experience with various Microsoft development tools and has been delivering web bases applications for the past 7 years. Mr. Hamilton also served tenure with defense industry leader Raytheon in secure clearance level software development. Mr. Hamilton currently serves as the development lead for TurnLeaf and has been responsible for both large and small development staffs in the past.

Development/Support

Mr. Chapla, Cofounder, has been with Turnleaf since its establishment in 1999. He served tenure with Arapahoe County Government and New Era of Networks. During his tenure at Arapahoe County Government he worked as the Manager of Information Technology. While at New Era of Networks he worked as a senior systems architect specializing in building applications leveraging Microsoft technologies. Mr. Chapla currently heads the development team and is responsible for all product development and maintenance.

Mr. McNeill comes to TurnLeaf with 17 years experience in the Telecommunications industry. He served tenure in the telecommunications industry with Sprint. Most recently with Sprint he served as Senior Program Manager of Market Development and Project Manager of Operations Support. His primary responsibility at TurnLeaf is to oversee Project Management from point of sale through successful installation of product.

Educational Advisers

Bill Schmid has more than 28 years experience serving in Florida’s public education system. During his most recent experience, Bill served as Chief Information Officer for the Department of Education and the Director of the Florida Information Resource Network (FIRN), which provides network services and support for all Florida school districts, community colleges and state universities. As director he was responsible for the overall direction, policy development, coordination and management of one of the country’s most comprehensive statewide educational network infrastructures.

Other educational positions Bill held include: Executive Director of the Florida Distance Learning Network, Associate Director of Information Resource Management, Florida Board of Regents, and software developer at the University of Florida. Bill served as the National Chairman of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), the State Chairman of the Chief Information Officer Council and on the board of the Florida Association of Educational Data Systems. He has appeared in publications such as the Florida Technology in Education Quarterly, the Education IRM Quarterly and the Florida Educational Computing Quarterly.

Dr. Korach has over 15 years of educational experience primarily focused on student assessment and curriculum development. Dr. Korach has extensive experience working with charter schools and their creation here in Colorado. Dr. Korach also has spent time at the University of Colorado researching in the impact of student assessment within the state and teaching graduate level education courses.

Dr. Caldarelli retired as Superintendent of Schools on June 30, 1999 after thirty-seven years in public education. He relocated from Illinois to Arizona and continues to consult in the public and private sectors on individual and organizational development, products and services, and performance. Dr. Caldarelli recently consulted with the Arizona School Facilities Board and maintains affiliation with the Educational Research and Development Institute, Grand Island, NE. He is an experienced negotiator, facilitator and mediator.

Dr. Conner has broad experience in public, vocational and alternative school management. His public school experience includes positions as teacher, curriculum leader, elementary principal, assistant superintendent and superintendent. Under his leadership the district’s elementary school was awarded the United States Department of Education’s Blue Ribbon of Excellence.

As superintendent of record, Dr. Conner worked with the directors and their board in both the Washington County Alternative School and Western Area Career and Technology Center to insure quality of program and management. He initiated a collaboration resulting in the establishment of a community center where an alternative school, Even Start Family Literacy program and family support center existed under one roof.

Dr. Conner has been an adjunct professor in the Educational Department of Duquesne University’s Interdisciplinary Program for Educational Leaders. He has also collaborated on the introduction of a Strategic Management Course at the University of Pittsburgh.

A charter member of the National Even Start Association board for the past ten years, he has conducted numerous workshops at the annual conference as well as other major conferences throughout the United States.