2025 TETL Summer Conference

Ben Leung has been a leader in the Education Technology field for over 24 years. He started in Higher Education but for the last 9 years has worked in K-12 at Spring Independent School District (ISD). At Spring ISD, he is currently the Executive Director - Technology Services.

Spring ISD is a Title I District in North Houston (Texas) with 34,000 students. His team of Field Techs, Tech Shop Techs and Service Desk Techs are responsible for supporting over 80,000 hardware devices in the District.

Ben also leads multiple District wide technology initiative including:Cybersecurity (Chief Information Security Officer)Develop the District’s cybersecurity infrastructure based on NIST standards.Development of cybersecurity policies.Building partnerships with government/non-government organizations including CISA, MS-ISAC, and Texas DIR.Leading cross functional team to ensure the District’s technology is secure.IT Service Management (ITSM)Develop a Formal Governance structure with all 45 schools in the District and Central Office Leadership.Implement Continuous Improvement utilizing KPI and SLA data.Develop Technology Department Policies and Procedures based on ITSM best practices and State of Texas laws (Policy CQ, CQA, CQB, and CQC).
Ben previously worked at:Lone Star College (Executive Director)Napa Valley College (Interim CIO)University of San Francisco School of Law (CTO)Golden Gate University School of Law (CTO)
At his previous jobs, he worked on various technology initiatives including Disaster Recovery (DR) / Business Continuity Planning (BCP), Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and implementing an Information Security (ISO 27000) program.

Ben has earned aMaster of Business Administration (MBA) from Texas A&M – CommerceMaster of Science Information Technology (MS) from Golden Gate UniversityBachelor of Science in Business Administration (BS) from San Francisco State UniversityBachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science from Golden Gate UniversityITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (2011)
Ben has also presented at various professional education conferences including Educause Connect and The League for Innovation in the Community College. Topics presented include Information Security, Professional Development and Team Building.