Chief Revenue Officer, Everway
Gus Schmedlen
Global education leader driving growth, impact, and access
About Gus Schmedlen
Gus Schmedlen, EdD is Chief Revenue Officer at Everway. He leads our global sales and go-to-market teams across International Education, North America Education, Workplace, and our embedded publisher and assessment partnerships.
His team drives new customer acquisition, upsell, cross-sell, government relations, and global partnerships. Together, they focus on one goal: Expanding access to technology that removes barriers to understanding, delivering measurable outcomes for students, employers, and communities.
Beyond his operating role, Gus serves on the Board of Governors of JA Worldwide, the Board of Directors or Digital Promise, and chairs the Leadership Council of the Brookings Institution Center for Universal Education. Gus earned and EdD from the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, and a BA in Classics from Colgate University.
Gus joined Everway in 2022, bringing decades of global leadership experience across education and technology.
Areas of Expertise
- Research Practice Industry Partnerships (RPIPs)
- Government affairs, education and workforce development policy
- Signals intelligence and diffusion theory
- Extended reality (XR) technologies
- Higher/Tertiary education administration and policy
- Applied mixed methods research in human capital development contexts
Awards and Accreditations
- Board of Governors at JA Worldwide
- Board of Directors at Digital Promise
- Eisenhower Fellow
- CoSN's Kathy Hurley Public Sector Champion Award
- Doctorate in Education from the University of Pennsylvania
- Led mixed methods education research studies on five continents
Associations
“Access to education is one of the strongest drivers of opportunity in the world. When we combine inclusive technology with strong partnerships and clear outcomes, we can expand that opportunity at scale.”
