Harvey Singh
Founder & CEO of Instancy

Harvey Singh is a pioneer in the field of e-Learning, Human Performance Technology, and Knowledge Management and is the founder of Instancy, a knowledge-workflow company, enabling the delivery of the right information, knowledge and business intelligence in real-time on the web and mobile devices.

Prior to Instancy, Harvey served as the Chief Learning Technology Officer at Centra Software after the company he co-founded, MindLever, merged with Centra Software a Real-time collaboration company. Harvey also served as an advisor to e-Learning standards organizations like ADL (US DoD) and IMS and was nominated as e-Learning Executive of the year in 2001.

At MindLever, Harvey was the visionary and principal architect behind creating industry’s first system for rapid interactive content authoring, management, and personalization using a pioneering Learning Object and dynamic content delivery methodology. MindLever received the intrepid company of the year award in 2001 from NC Center for Entrepreneurial Development.

Prior to MindLever, Harvey co-founded Empower Corporation, an Online Learning product design firm, which broke new grounds in the areas of simulation, game, performance support and story-based learning environments. He has consulted with and provided solutions to companies such as Oracle, Apple, Microsoft, Cisco, Harvard Business School and US Department of Defense on their e-Learning initiatives.

In 1993, Harvey also co-founded Empower India, an off-shore development company producing cutting-edge multimedia applications involving graphics designers, programmers, instructional designers, and project managers. Empower was awarded the company of the year in the innovation category by NCEITA (North Carolina Electronics and Information Technology Association) in 1998.

In 1990-91, Harvey was involved in projects at Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow research lab, a think-tank at Apple Advanced Technology Group focused on the impact of technology on learning. As a recognized thought leader in e-Learning, Harvey is frequently invited to speak at national and international conventions and to write articles and commentary on the topic of enterprise learning.

Harvey has graduate degrees in both computer science and education technology from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree in computer science from North Carolina State University.