Creative EdTech leader with a portfolio of diverse experiences founding and contributing to the advancement an interoperable global credentialing ecosystem across education and work through the adoption open standards.

Simone Ravaioli is currently Director of Global Ecosystem and Innovation at Parchment, the leading credentialing platform in Higher Education globally.

He co-founded and chaired the EAIE Digital Student Data Portability task force (2010 – 2014), initiative which then seeded the creation of the Groningen Declaration Network.

He currently Co-Chairs the W3C Verifiable Credentials for Education Task Force (2021 - ) and contributes various open standards communities across various Standards Developments Organizations.

Simone served as an expert the inaugural EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum and is a current member of the ESCO Maintenance Committee

Currently serves in the Advisory Board of the Open Recognition Alliance, Erasmus Without Paper and Learning Economy Foundation.

Simone is a Kernel Fellow (KB7) and a self-proclaimed Serendipity Engineer.