Dan Whalen has worked in the biotechnology industry, taught high school Biology and Animal Behavior and is currently the Secondary Instructional Technology Coach at Collingswood High/Middle School in Southern New Jersey. Dan is inspired by the influx of EdTech to our schools and sees it as the push that can help teachers transform their practice to benefit today’s students. He is passionate about learning and sharing his experiences in hopes of improving the quality of schools in our country.

Wayne currently leverages his knowledge of tech support and customer service for Torch, trying to bring tech help and a human experience to the busiest among us; parents. He joined Torch from Ambition, where he served as Director of Customer Success. Wayne helped lead the team through a successful Y Combinator cycle while on-boarding customers like Dropbox, Clayton Homes, and Coyote Logistics. Seamless customer experience and first-in-class tech support are his obsessions.