{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-29/presence-felipe-murillo-chief-technology-officer","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-29/presence-felipe-murillo-chief-technology-officer.md","title":"Presence Promotes Felipe Murillo to Chief Technology Officer","headline":"Presence Elevates Felipe Murillo to CTO to Lead Engineering, Security and AI Strategy","description":"Presence promoted Felipe Murillo to chief technology officer to lead engineering, cybersecurity and AI strategy for its K-12 special education platform serving 11,000 schools.","section":"Leadership","published_at":"2026-10-29T13:29:51+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-29T13:29:51+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["Felipe Murillo was promoted to chief technology officer at Presence, moving up from vice president of engineering, a role he held since joining in 2023.","Murillo will oversee engineering, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence strategy for Presence's Kanga platform and Education Modified.","Presence has partnered with more than 11,000 schools across 47 states and delivered over 8 million remote evaluations and teletherapy sessions."],"companies":[{"name":"Presence","is_primary":true,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000036x/presence","website":"https://presence.com"}],"source":{"publisher":"PR Newswire","title":"Presence Names New Chief Technology Officer to Advance Innovation in Special Education","url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/presence-names-new-chief-technology-officer-to-advance-innovation-in-special-education-302923000.html"},"other_sources":[],"tags":["Leadership","Presence"],"body_markdown":"Presence promoted Felipe Murillo to chief technology officer, the company announced October 29, 2026, putting him in charge of engineering, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence strategy. Murillo had served as vice president of engineering since joining the K-12 special education technology and teletherapy provider in 2023. The appointment was announced by [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/presence-names-new-chief-technology-officer-to-advance-innovation-in-special-education-302923000.html).\n\n## Murillo's Engineering and Security Mandate\n\nMurillo will lead engineering, cybersecurity and AI technology strategy at [Presence](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000036x/presence), which serves K-12 schools with teletherapy services and its Kanga platform. As vice president of engineering, the company said, he modernized the engineering organization and strengthened its security and compliance program, including work supporting SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA and FERPA requirements.\n\n\"Security, privacy, and responsible AI are foundational to building technology schools can trust,\" Murillo said. \"What makes this work especially meaningful to me is seeing the real impact our solutions have on educators and students.\"\n\nChief Executive Kate Eberle Walker said Murillo brings \"the technical expertise, strategic vision, and commitment to responsible innovation\" to the role. Presence said it has partnered with more than 11,000 schools across 47 states and delivered over 8 million remote evaluations and teletherapy sessions, supported by a network of more than 2,000 licensed clinicians.\n\nBefore Presence, Murillo was vice president of engineering at Xplor Technologies and director of engineering at BetterCloud, where he led integrations supporting partnerships with Dropbox and Microsoft. He also held engineering leadership roles at NCR and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, where he built FDA-regulated software supporting early autism diagnosis, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.\n\n## Presence's Leadership and Deal Record\n\nPresence expanded its executive team with two appointments in September 2025, according to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), deepening commercial and operational leadership as the company scaled after its 2021 capital infusion. The same records list Kate Eberle Walker as chief executive officer, Jessica Wang as chief operating officer, Anne Hogarty as chief commercial officer and Fletcher Hutson as chief revenue officer.\n\n## Education Modified Acquisition Preceded the Promotion\n\nIn May 2026, Presence acquired Education Modified, a special education technology platform founded in 2018, to expand its Kanga platform beyond therapy and assessment services to include IEP, RTI and 504 data and workflows, Pulse 2.0 reported. [InfotechLead](https://akta.pro/news-signals) reported the same month that Presence, backed by Spectrum Equity and TPG Capital, was the acquirer in that deal.\n\n## Presence's Platform Rollout\n\nPresence was named the exclusive remote provider of the new digital Woodcock-Johnson V assessment from Riverside Insights in August 2025, accessible through the Kanga platform, according to akta.pro funding and deal records.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}