Michael Marassa joined Grayslake Community High School District 127 as the Director of Technology in June 2011. Michael is responsible for strategic planning and management of technology and print services systems that support instructional and business functions for two large high schools in the northern suburbs of Chicago. These systems include communications, internet access and security, wireless networking, servers, storage, and disaster recovery, telephony, student and financial databases, e-mail, and numerous other systems. Michael has facilitated a complete network overhaul of all major technology infrastructure systems to support student-centered learning supported by 1:1 computing. Michael is currently completing his Doctorate of Education from National Louis University.