Frank Catalano is a professional author, journalist and lively speaker. Earlier, he was a longtime education technology and tech industry executive, consultant and advisor.
Through his Intrinsic Strategy consultancy, Frank completed interim executive or project work for organizations such as McGraw-Hill, ACT, Apple, Corbis, MetaMetrics and more. Frank was also a senior executive for ParentSquare, Pearson, SchoolMessenger, ProExam and iCopyright, among others. He earned a reputation for being strategic, creative and hands-on.
Most recently, Frank was the business writer and columnist for Cascadia Daily News in northwest Washington state (2022-25). He explored three decades of edtech industry trends for Tech & Learning (2022) and created a founders’ edtech conference cheat sheet for Reach Capital (2023).
As a previous long-time, regular contributor to the tech news site GeekWire and the education technology resource site EdSurge, Frank wrote about the impacts of technology and edtech, the digital intersection of media and tech, and has hosted a podcast series on pop culture, science fiction and the arts.
He has authored science fiction and fantasy stories for publications including Analog and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and written about speculative fiction for Amazing, the Seattle Times and many others.
Frank Catalano also has been a frequent public speaker with an engaging, witty and thoughtful style.
In a previous career, Frank was an award-winning professional broadcaster at radio and television stations in cities such as Seattle, Green Bay and Boise, starting as an air personality and later moving into news reporter, anchor and news director roles.
For more background, see About , Frank’s LinkedIn profile or read new essays and articles by Frank Catalano in his Authory portfolio.