George Siemens, Ph.D.

George Siemens is the Chief AI Transformation Officer at SNHU. He is the founding Director and
Professor of the Center for Change and Complexity in Learning (C3L) at University of South Australia and
developed the Masters of Science in Learning Analytics at University of Texas at Arlington. He has
delivered keynote addresses in more than 50 countries on the influence of technology and media on
education, organizations, and society. His work has been profiled in provincial, national, and
international newspapers (including NY Times), radio, and television. He has served as PI or Co-PI on
grants funded by NSF, SSHRC (Canada), OLT (Australia), Intel, Boeing, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
and the Soros Foundation. He has received numerous awards, including honorary doctorates
from Universidad de San Martín de Porres and Fraser Valley University for his pioneering work in
learning, technology, and networks. He holds an honorary professorship with University of Edinburgh. 
Dr. Siemens is a founding President of the Society for Learning Analytics Research
(http://www.solaresearch.org/). He has advised government agencies Australia, European Union,
Canada and United States, as well as numerous international universities, on digital learning and utilizing
learning analytics for assessing and evaluating productivity gains in the education sector and improving
learner results. In 2008, he pioneered massive open online courses (sometimes referred to as MOOCs).
He is President of the Global Research Alliance for AI in Learning and Education (GRAILE
– www.graile.ai).