Area9 Lyceum Leadership Team & Executives

Ulrik Christensen

CEO

Executive Chairman and founding partner of Area9. Growing up in a family of educators, he have long had an affinity for both teaching and learning. Since founding his first company in 1997, he have continued to devote my professional life to advancing an improved, highly individualized way of learning, and have been driving the development of Area9 and McGraw-Hill Education’s adaptive learning platforms. Serving as the Executive Chairman for the Area9 Group that counts a high-end computer science company, Area9 Innovation, and Area9 Lyceum which was founded in 2018 to develop the next generation infrastructure for education targeting K-12, higher education, workforce development and corporate as well as government and defense. Area9 Group consolidated all education activities and assets in Area9 Lyceum including all of the adaptive learning products and platforms. Area9 Lyceum has in addition to the founders also the Danish Growth Fund which is the investment fund for the State of Denmark and several private individuals and families as investors. He is currently serve on the boards and advisory boards of several educational organizations, and have served on numerous boards - both commercial and non-profit - boards the past 20+ years . Specialties: Debriefing, simulation, adaptive learning, debriefing technologies, educational science, learning engineering, human factors, agile development, board member, executive leadership, strategy.