Higher Ed Experts

Karine Joly, Founder and Chief Community Officer

Founder of Higher Ed Experts, Karine is a Web marketing professional, a new media expert, an independent blogger and a passionate writer.

A graduate from CELSA, Sorbonne in Paris, France, with a Masters in Communications, Karine also has a Webmaster Certificate from Rutgers, NJ. Her professional career spans 15 years of experience in communication in the US, Canada and France including 7 years of experience in Web content development, marketing and strategy in higher education.

A recognized web advocate and expert, Karine shares her insights about emerging web trends on collegewebeditor.com, a popular and independent blog launched in February 2005. She authors the Internet Technologies column of University Business, the US magazine about solutions for higher education management and writes feature-long articles for other publications (University Affairs, CASE Currents, etc.). 

Karine is a regularly invited speaker at leading web conferences (CASE, American Marketing Association, eduWeb, CUPRAP, etc.). She also selectively accepts missions as a Web Strategy Executive Consultant for universities and schools in the US.

Dragoch Teodorescu, Chief Operating Officer

Dragoch manages the relationships with current and potential customers and pitches in with business strategy insights using his business development and project management expertise.

Dragoch has a B.Sc. in Microbiology and Immunology from McGill University and a Software Development Certificate from John-Abbott College in Montreal. He has the PMP certification from the Project Management Institute.

His professional career includes over 20 years in large enterprises of which 8 years as a project and program manager in software development.