Education Advisor
Cisco Systems, Inc.
OMAHA, Nebraska
Mary Schlegelmilch joined Cisco’s Education team in 2011. With her extensive knowledge in distance, blended and online learning, Mary is dedicated to education and implementing technology in today’s education environments. Hybrid teaching and learning and enabling the student experience is a focus as we re-imagine education campuses and learning models.
She has worked in both rural and urban schools as an early childhood educator, and elementary teacher and a middle school science teacher. She has been an elementary school principal, district administrator, and a post-secondary instructor at The University of South Dakota and The University of Nebraska Omaha. She has served as president of the Nebraska Distance and Digital Learning Association and other board positions.
Mary’s publications include Digital Media in Teaching and its Added Value and The Digital Revolution in Higher Education: How the Internet of Everything is Changing Everything. Mary continues to publish blogs (https://blogs.cisco.com/author/maryschlegelmilch) pertaining to educational technology. Mary was awarded the Hurley Private Sector Champion Award by CoSN, for her work in fostering conversations and workshops with district leadership about solutions that enable Secure Hybrid Learning Environments for school districts. In 2023 Mary was awarded the EDTECH LEADERSHIP AWARD. In 2024 Mary secured an applied research grant documenting physical security solutions for campuses at Wichita State University. Currently Mary is working on a solution for smart scheduling of hybrid environments on school campuses.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2026
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM CT