Brian Verdine is Yellowdig’s Vice President of Academic Product Engagement. He received his doctorate in Psychology from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the School of Education at the University of Delaware, where he was appointed and continues to be an Affiliated Assistant Professor. His research background involves learning from technology and informal-learning activities. In addition to overseeing student support, in his position at Yellowdig he mines data from instructors and Yellowdig’s platform to understand how Yellowdig can be applied best and to help manage product development that improves student and instructor outcomes.

Samuel Kampa is a Client Success Lead at Yellowdig. Samuel received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Fordham University. He taught seven classes and nearly 200 undergraduate students at Fordham. He brings to Yellowdig that teaching experience, an enduring interest in improving pedagogy, and data science training that has helped expand Yellowdig’s data analysis capabilities and develop instructor training materials.

Bob Ertischek is the Senior Academic Liaison at Yellowdig and works with our partners to share Yellowdig best practices and pedagogy. He received his Juris Doctor degree at Temple University in Philadelphia. Prior to coming to Yellowdig, Bob founded and led Profology, a professional development community for higher education instructors. He also taught political science for over a decade at Monroe Community College in Rochester, New York and worked at Rochester Institute of Technology as an instructional technologist/faculty developer where he evaluated educational technology and worked with faculty members to use online tools to increase engagement in their courses. Before transitioning to higher education, Bob practiced law in Rochester, New York.