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A Message from Our Team

We’re a diverse team of speech-language pathologists, technology experts, and designers. We empower professionals, teachers, and parents to deliver a level of excellence in special needs and disability services.

Working closely with distinguished thought leaders, our professional team helps you stay ahead of changing educational landscapes, and build on clinical expertise. We provide you with the highest quality courses and learning experiences.

Pradeesh Thomas

Founder and CEO

Pradeesh Thomas

Pradeesh Thomas serves as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at XceptionalLEARNING. He brings 20+ years of experience in creating and scaling educational and healthcare companies in Special Education & Autism field. Before venturing into XceptionaLEARNING, Pradeesh Thomas was the founder and CEO of AlphaVista Services Inc., a California based special education company. Pradeesh led AlphaVista for 10+ years and built a company, which includes of 200+ clinicians, serving 50+ school districts in California and supporting 10,000+ students and this company become part of Stepping Stone Group to create the largest school based special education service companies in United States. He is also an active investor in the field of education, healthcare, and technology.

Mai Ling Chan, MS, CCC-SLP

Cofounder and Chief Partnership Officer

Mai Ling Chan

Mai Ling is a speech-language pathologist, industry historian, global connector, and technology entrepreneur. Building on 16 years of clinical and a lifetime of entrepreneurial experience, she focuses on supporting disability-focused thought leaders and creating digital products that make a difference in the international special education ecosystem.

Ganesh Sankar

CFO

Ganesh Sankar

Nicole Zeno

Director of Marketing

Nicole Zeno

Christie Mayer

Director of Branding

Christie Mayer

Christie believes that great creativity has the power to transcend cultures, markets, and technologies. She has the drive to find the human truth behind every idea and a passion for exploring new ways an idea can spark, connect and resonate with people. This passion inspired Christie to challenge herself to work as a creative leader for the past 20+ years in multiple platforms and landscapes of brand identity, visual design, and digital marketing, all with the goal of bringing storytelling, products, and platforms together.

Dr. Jino Arushi

COO of India & Middle East

Dr. Jino Arushi

An established practitioner in Audio-vestibular clinics, Dr Jino began his career serving persons with disabilities managing multiple speech therapy and audiology clinics, guiding professionals at rehabilitation centres. His passion for education and advancement also has roots in his service as lecturer at a Government Medical College in Kerala, India. Jino has over 20 years of multifaceted experience in clinical service, administration and investment. An enthusiast in research, development and healthcare, he was also founder and former COO of a popular multi-speciality hospital in the Middle East. Currently residing in Canada, operating in India and the Middle East for digitalising therapy and education in rehabilitation with a vision of using technology to empower the persons deemed to be cared for.

Francis Xavior

Head of Engineering

Francis Xavior

Janakiraman

Head of Global Delivery & Operations

Janakiraman

Janakiraman aka JR, a post graduate in Management has over 30 years of experience in Operations & global delivery across India & the United States. At XceptionalLEARNING he will be overseeing Indian operations, global solution delivery & enterprise customer onboarding & support.

Kumar R

Manager - Technology Operations

Kumar R

Kumar, a post graduate in management has more than 15+ years of diversified experience in digital operations that include website development, digital marketing, and product UI/UX. At XceptionalLEARNING he heads the PMO office and ensures that the development team is focused on achieving the project milestones.

Danielle Reed, M.S., CCC-SLP

Director of Content Strategy

Danielle Reed

Danielle is a speech-language pathologist with over 12 years of experience in pediatric therapy. She currently serves as the related service provider lead and assistive technology team co-lead in an Arizona school district. Danielle is pursuing her doctorate in organizational leadership with an emphasis in special education. At XceptionalLearning, Danielle works to ensure that the most complete set of professional content tools are available to special educators and clients through high-quality materials and engaging and practical continuing education.

Dawn Flores, M.S., CCC-SLP

Director of Continuing Education

Dawn Flores

Dawn Flores is a Speech Pathologist with over 26+ years of experience, with a focus in assistive technology and early childhood. Dawn is an AAC device evaluator and trainer, presenter, and the Director of Continuing Education at XceptionalLEARNING. She enjoys helping others reach their goals, whether that is creating online courses so they can spend more time with what drives them, or helping individuals communicate though the use of assistive technology. What drives Dawn is her family. She has 3 wonderful teenage children, and a very supportive husband.

Mary Meyer, M.S., CCC-SLP

Product Specialist/Account Manager

Mary Mayer

Mary is an Arizona native who graduated from Arizona State University in 2008 with her B.S. in Speech and Hearing Science and from Northern Arizona University with her M.S. in Clinical Speech Pathology in 2013. She was certified as a Certified Autism Specialist through IBCCES in 2017 and joined the XceptionalLEARNING family in January 2021. Mary lives in Alabama with her fiancé and three dogs, where she enjoys exploring the outdoors, reading science fiction novels, making candles, and adding to her houseplant collection.

Krupa Kuruvilla, MA, OTR/L

Product Specialist/Account Manager

Krupa Kuruvilla

After practicing as an occupational therapist for 13 years, Krupa made the switch to XceptionalLEARNING to work as a product specialist, and is now an account executive. She is extremely tech savvy and aims to integrate technology with therapy in every possible way. In her free time, Krupa loves to write (she has published two fictional novels), watch movies, listen to music, learn new languages and dance forms, travel and spend time with her husband and two children.

Tracy Sippl, M.S., CCC-SLP

Teletherapy Staffing Supervisor

Tracy Sippl

Tracy Sippl is a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist with over 30 years of experience. She is an author, educator, and presenter on the topic of telepractice which is her passion. Tracy has provided telepractice consulting services to school districts, state associations, and universities (both nationally and internationally).

Elisa Wern, OT

Assistive Technology Specialist & OT Consultant

Elisa Wern

Elisa Wern is an occupational therapist with a Masters Degree in Special Education, and is a RESNA Certified ATP. She is currently the Local Assistive Technology Specialist for Alachua County Schools where she coordinates AT services for the district, as well as serving as the Lead occupational therapist. In her spare work time she has a private practice, AT & OT Consulting and Coaching, supporting students and families primarily through teletherapy evaluations, consultations, and interventions along with her OT Consultant role at XceptionalLEARNING.

Sajeev Nair

Advisory Leadership

Sajeev Nair

Abdul Zalil

Advisory Leadership

Abdul Zalil

Thomas Chennikara

Advisory Leadership

Thomas Chennikara

Thomas is a serial entrepreneur with over two decades of varied experience. He co-founded CSS Corp and was instrumental in building the technology base for its various centers of excellence. Thomas is an Electrical Engineer and also holds a Masters in Business from GMU, Virginia. He is currently involved with multiple ventures in IT, education, clean-tech, and social enterprise.

XceptionalLEARNING is formed by a leadership team that has decades of rich experience in the field of special education, speech therapy, ABA therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, virtual reality, online education learning, and information technology. We are very passionate and strongly believe that enabling the right blend of technology and resources can help achieve goals with better and positive results for your students and your practice.

We are committed to supporting the special education professionals who have dedicated their life to empower children with special needs to reach their fullest potential in their life.

We strive towards enriching our marketplace with advanced tools and features that will empower special education professionals and clinicians to have the best experience.

Our Vision.

To be the preferred solution partner in the special education domain by delivering the best-in-class tools and resources that constantly meets the dynamic needs of the industry.

Our Mission.

To support special education teachers, therapists, clinicians, schools, and school districts with affordable, best-in-class advanced tools, including teletherapy, professional development resources, and student/content management.

To empower parents and advocates of children with special needs to access affordable tools, technology, and talent for bringing better learning outcomes for their children.

To impact globally by bringing global best-practices in autism & special education to the developing world with the support of our technology platform and tools.

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Team

Pradeesh Thomas

Pradeesh Thomas

Mai Ling Chan, MS, CCC-SLP

Mai Ling Chan

Ganesh Sankar

Ganesh Sankar

Nicole Zeno

Nicole Zeno

Christie Mayer

Christie Mayer

Dr. Jino Arushi

Dr. Jino Arushi

Francis Xavior

Francis Xavior

Janakiraman

Janakiraman

Kumar R

Kumar R

Danielle Reed, M.S., CCC-SLP

Danielle Reed

Dawn Flores, M.S., CCC-SLP

Dawn Flores

Mary Meyer, M.S., CCC-SLP

Mary Mayer

Krupa Kuruvilla, MA, OTR/L

Krupa Kuruvilla

Tracy Sippl, M.S., CCC-SLP

Tracy Sippl

Elisa Wern, OT

Elisa Wern

Advisory Team

Sajeev Nair

Sajeev Nair

Abdul Zalil

Abdul Zalil

Thomas Chennikara

Thomas Chennikara

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