Charles Fadel is Global Lead, Education at Cisco Systems, and the Cisco board member at the Partnership for 21st Century Skills where he co-chairs its Standards, Assessments and Professional Development committee. He worked for a number of organizations such as OECD/BIAC, CoSN, SETDA, and others. Charles has world-wide responsibility with respect to the Education vertical (Schools, Higher Education, Lifelong Learning).

 

He cooperated closely, or via proxies, with education ministries/boards as diverse as those of Massachusetts, France, Chile, Brazil, Scotland, Tunisia, and the Dominican Republic, to name but a few. Charles has expertise in video technology, and has been awarded five patents. He holds both a BSEE and a MBA degree. He is self-taught as regards his expertise in cognitive sciences disciplines (neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, comparative linguistics).