Chief Technology Officer, Santa Cruz County Office of Education
Borgen has worked in the K-12 environment for over 15 years, initially as a teacher focused on creating a climate beyond brick-and-mortar learning. He spent many years supporting school administrators across California by leveraging technology to lead 21st-century schools as part of the statewide Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership (TICAL) project, and by training teachers in transformative practices in their classrooms. Borgen spent three years leading curriculum and technology programs in a small school district in Silicon Valley, where he increased bandwidth from 20 Mbps to 1 Gbps.