269 - Hardeep Gulati and Marcy Daniel on PowerSchool’s Unified Classroom Experience

<p><span style= "font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Today the Getting Smart team is speaking with Hardeep Gulati, the CEO of PowerSchool.</span></p> <p><span style= "font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">PowerSchool is a leading ed-tech platform, serving more than 32 million students, 65 million parents, and nearly 100 million users in 70 countries. The company empowers teachers and drives student growth through innovative digital classroom capabilities and real-time communication across any device.</span></p> <p><span style= "font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hardeep grew up in Central India, earned a Master’s in Computer Science at IT, moved to the United States, and started a process automation business that was quickly acquired. He spent almost a decade leading product development at Oracle and is now leading the team at PowerSchool.</span></p> <p><span style= "font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Joining Hardeep in today’s episode is Marcy Daniel, the Chief Product Officer at PowerSchool. In their conversation, Marcy shares more about the platform’s functionalities, what it means to be a unified classroom, and how schools are finding the platform most useful.</span></p> <p><span style= "font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Listen in to hear how Hardeep and Marcy are helping to unify technology to help schools unlock a classroom's true potential and supporting school districts during the COVID-19 pandemic.</span></p> <p><span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><strong data-stringify-type="bold"> Key Takeaways:</strong></span><br /> <span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">[1:16] Tom Welcomes Hardeep and Marcy to the podcast!</span><br /> <span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">[1:31] Hardeep speaks about his education and career background.</span><br /> <span sty