David Cumberbatch
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May 30, 2025
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Edtech and Workforce Tech News Roundup - 5/30
Discover the latest trends in edtech funding, AI integration, micro-credentials, and workforce readiness. Learn how industry leaders and educators are shaping the future of personalized and skills-based learning in a changing educational landscape.
May 23, 2025
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Edtech and Workforce Tech News Roundup - 5/23
In this blog post, we explore how edtech and workforce technology are shaping the future of education and employment—from tackling absenteeism and fostering equity in college transitions to streamlining digital tools in schools and preparing workers for Industry 4.0. By examining current challenges and emerging solutions, we highlight the vital role that innovative technology plays in fostering more equitable, efficient, and future-ready educational and workforce systems.
May 16, 2025
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Edtech and Workforce Tech News Roundup - 5/16
In an era of rapid technological change and evolving workplace dynamics, preparing the next generation for success requires innovative, adaptable approaches to education and workforce development.
David Cumberbatch is currently a Senior Advisor for K-12 Solutions, with a focus on commercialization, at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Mr. Cumberbatch is also a Senior Advisor to Apogee Equity Partners, New Markets Ventures, and is a member of the board of advisors for Village Capital and Riiid Labs.
Mr. Cumberbatch served as the Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President at Stride, Inc. (formerly K12, Inc.) from 2014 to 2016 where he focused on K12’s expansion into career readiness and education technology solutions, including the acquisition of LTS. Mr. Cumberbatch also served as the Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer of ACT Inc. (the non-profit leader in college and career readiness assessment in the US) from 2011 to 2014. At ACT, he re-positioned the ACT brand and collaborated on the development of the digital ACT test and the launch of ACT Aspire.
Mr. Cumberbatch has held leadership positions with the start-ups such as Imagitas, and Simpletuition. Prior to that, Mr. Cumberbatch played an instrumental role at Microsoft Corporation where his business development work was featured in Fortune magazine. Mr. Cumberbatch also served as a Brand Manager of Procter & Gamble in Europe, and Latin America. Mr. Cumberbatch earned a B.A. in Computing and Economics (Hons, First Class) from the University of Kent at Canterbury, and an MPhil in Management Studies from the University of Oxford where he attended as a Rhodes Scholar.
He began his working life as an Assistant Teacher in the public school system of his native Trinidad and Tobago and remains passionate about the potential for technology to transform global education. He resides in the Washington DC metro area with his wife and two sons.
