Rich is deeply involved and active in the EdTech community as a thought leader, keynote presenter, and workshop facilitator. He has been on the faculty of three schools of education teaching the instructional technology course, including his current role within the graduate school of education at UC Santa Barbara. Additionally Rich has worked closely with Superintendents and other cabinet level school leaders to rethink how technology can be better leveraged to create outstanding learning outcomes through his involvement as a faculty member with a Cisco sponsored non-profit.