Dr. Kari Murphy is a Certified Technology Leader with over 30 years’ experience in educational technology and currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer for Deer Park Independent School District in Texas. She is an Apple Learning Coach and a certified WHY coach. In 2019, she was awarded the TCEA Lifetime Achievement for the Advancement of Technology in Education. In 2016, she was honored as one of two 2015-2016 Texas recipients of the International Society for Technology in Education's Making IT Happen award. In 2007, she was recognized as one of the Top Women in Computing for the Houston area by the AWC due to her leadership in K-12 educational technology.