Al lssa is the Chief Technology Officer of VitalSource where he leads the Engineering team which includes research, development, testing and operations of the company's software systems including VitalSource's Bookshelf ® platform. Under Al's leadership, VitalSource has also developed an extensive set of Web APIs for LMS, publisher. and institutional integration, delivering millions of transactions a day.. Al is a specialist in Cloud and distributed computing models, SaaS platforms, and Agile methodologies, and he has held leadership roles at a variety of companies, including VitalSource, Cnn.com, Bell Laboratories, Medfusion, SITA, Flashpoint Technologies, and other consumer-facing and B2B companies.. Al is listed as an inventor on several US patents around distributed systems and digital media. Al Issa received his BS in Computer Science from Florida International University and an MS in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology.
