Deep Expertise, Thoughtful Partnerships

Deanna Ferrante helps education technology companies scale their organizations, strengthen customer outcomes, and navigate periods of growth and transformation. Her work focuses on the K–12 market, particularly with HR software platforms that support school districts in recruiting, hiring, evaluating, and managing certified and credentialed employees.

Throughout her career, Deanna has built and led high-performing teams across customer success, product management, strategy, operations, and marketing. She has extensive experience aligning customer-facing teams and software engineering organizations to ensure product, customer experience, and business strategy work together to drive measurable results.

Deanna has also been part of several EdTech companies during periods of significant transition, including private equity investment, rapid growth, and successful acquisitions. These experiences allow her to support leadership teams in scaling responsibly, strengthening customer-focused organizations, and preparing their companies for the next stage of growth.



Today, she partners with EdTech leaders to build strong teams, improve customer engagement and retention, and translate strategic goals into operational success.

Don Dittmar helps organizations harness technology to solve complex operational and financial challenges. His work spans fintech, B2B payments, financial operations, and construction — industries where the gap between strategic vision and technical execution is often the difference between growth and stagnation. As the founder of D5 Forge, he builds AI-powered platforms that give financial professionals enterprise-grade capabilities without enterprise-grade complexity.

Throughout his career, Don has held leadership roles across product management, technology strategy, and financial operations, including serving as Chief Product Officer in FinTech. He brings a rare combination of hands-on technical expertise and deep financial fluency, allowing him to design and deliver platforms that transform how businesses manage payments, workflows, and decision-making at scale.

Don has guided organizations through periods of rapid product development, technology modernization, and market expansion. His background as a former accountant grounds his approach in the realities of how businesses actually operate — ensuring that the solutions he builds and recommends are practical, measurable, and aligned with the goals of the teams who use them.

Today, he partners with business leaders as a trusted advisor in technology and innovation, helping them build the right systems, adopt the right tools, and turn strategic priorities into working solutions that drive lasting results.