Instructure Inc., a Cottonwood Heights-based learning ecosystem and maker of Canvas LMS, has named Stephan Geering as chief privacy officer. He will lead Instructure’s global data privacy programs, working across legal, security and product teams to guide how the company builds and governs technology for educators and learners worldwide. He also will serve as an advisor to Instructure’s leadership team on data privacy and AI compliance and will work directly with product and engineering teams to build data privacy and AI governance requirements into the company’s roadmap from the earliest stages of development. Geering has more than 20 years of experience in data privacy, risk management and public policy roles, most recently leading the data privacy, AI governance and compliance programs at an education technology firm. Earlier in his career, he oversaw international data privacy compliance for global financial institutions and developed regulatory frameworks while serving at a government data protection authority.
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