Meet Our Team

www.knoitall.com

When it comes to education management, our team members are the experts.

JEFF CREIGHTON, FOUNDER AND CEO

Jeff pioneered online lead generation to the education industry as founder and chairman of EduPoint.com, growing the web portal to become the largest continuing education site on the internet back in 1999. Jeff has successfully raised over $20 million in venture financing for prior education-related companies.

Most recently, Jeff founded, ran, and sold EdAssist, a Learning Management platform for corporate HR that currently managed over $100 million per year in tuition volume. The Company was recently sold to Bright Horizons, Inc.

Jeff has an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the Marshall School of Business at U.S.C., and an MBA from Pepperdine University. He has also been an adjunct faculty member for the Graziadio School of Business at Pepperdine where he has taught new venture creation.

JOHN ZAPPA, CO-FOUNDER AND COO

A pioneer in the field, he created the industry’s first education network to

address the rising cost of education for adult learners.

Prior to joining Knoitall, he helped to found and serve as CEO of EdLink, LLC a leading provider of tuition assistance management services. Under John’s leadership, EdLink grew to manage over $220 million in education funding and was acquired by the Fortune 500 firm Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

An industry expert on lifelong learning, John has spoken at numerous industry conferences including Chief Learning Officer Symposium, Society of Human Resource Management, and The Conference Board, and has co-authored articles on corporate tuition assistance programs and talent management.

John has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon and an MBA from Dartmouth College.

DAN LEIGH, BOARD MEMBER

Dan has extensive experience with a vast array of businesses, including but not limited to, high tech, real estate, energy, consumer products, finance and insurance. In 2005, one of his many companies had annual revenues of over $180 million.

Dan Leigh graduated cum laude from San Diego State University in 1986, and received his MBA in 1992. He s a current school board trustee and foundation trustee for Linfield Christian School.

JOE BUDANO, BOARD MEMBER

Joe is an experienced, Private Equity backed CEO with a continuous track record growing companies and leading them through successful exits. Significant turnaround and deal experience, having led and participated in 11 successful M&A transactions ranging from $6M to $600M.

He currently serves as CEO of Indyme Solutions which designs, builds, and supports Smart Response systems used in some 22,000 retail stores worldwide.

Prior to joining Indyme, Mr. Budano was CEO of several private equity and venture capital backed technology companies ranging in size from pre-revenue to $1.2B. Mr. Budano has five U.S. patents, holds a BSME degree from Boston University and a Masters of Management degree with distinction from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.