Revenue Impact vs Operational Impact, Adi Chikara & Andrew Lippert
Speakers


**Andrew Lippert **is the Chief Technology Officer at Edmentum, where he leads technology and product organizations focused on delivering better customer experiences, accelerating growth, and building scalable technology systems. He has led global product and engineering organizations at significant scale, including a 700+ person organization with an approximately $170 million budget.
With experience spanning K-12, higher education, professional learning, and international education, Andrew specializes in modernizing technology platforms, strengthening execution, and building high-performing organizations. His leadership approach is direct, collaborative, and metrics-driven, with a focus on aligning teams around outcomes, simplifying operations, developing strong leadership talent, and delivering consistently at a pace the business can trust.
His experience also includes operating in PE-backed environments, where disciplined execution, organizational clarity, and technology-driven growth are critical.
SUMMARY
In this RevvedUP session, Andrew Lippert (CTO, Edmentum) and Adi Chikara (Partner, Tricon Infotech) break down how leading organizations are shifting from viewing technology as a cost center to making it a direct driver of revenue.
They explore what it really takes to align product, engineering, and design teams with business outcomes, and why operational excellence is now inseparable from revenue performance.
