
As technology director of Barre USD in Vermont, Emmanuel Ajanma has led the movement to revamp the district's cybersecurity. These efforts earned him the award for Best Implementation of Data Privacy & Security at a recent Tech & Learning Regional Leadership Summit in Maryland.
A former Catholic priest, Ajanma began his career in education teaching in parochial schools and found that he wanted to teach full-time. “If we are to secure our future, we do it through educating the young ones because they are the leaders of tomorrow,” he says.