Michael Furdyk

Co-founder, TakingITGlobal

Michael Furdyk is the co-founder of TakingITGlobal, which provides innovative global education programs that empower youth to understand and act on the world’s greatest challenges. In the past, he turned his interest in technology into several successful online companies, including MyDesktop.com, which sold to Internet.com in 1999. In 2008, he was named by Contribute Magazine as one of 10 Tech Revolutionaries Redefining the Power and Face of Philanthropy. Mr. Furdyk sits on several nonprofit boards and on the International Advisory Council for Microsoft’s Partners in Learning program. Recently he launched Future Friendly Schools, a new certification and network that supports schools in adopting the values of global citizenship, student voice, and environmental stewardship, while integrating the approaches of immersive ICT use and project-based learning.