About Us

Your Life’s Work Powered by Our Vision

A Message from Our Team

We’re a diverse team of speech-language pathologists, technology experts, and designers. We empower professionals, teachers, and parents to deliver a level of excellence in special needs and disability services.

Working closely with distinguished thought leaders, our professional team helps you stay ahead of changing educational landscapes, and build on clinical expertise. We provide you with the highest quality courses and learning experiences.

"Created With Passion. Delivered With Purpose"

Executive Leadership

Pradeesh Thomas
Pradeesh Thomas

Founder and CEO

Pradeesh Thomas

Pradeesh Thomas serves as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at XceptionalLEARNING. He brings 20+ years of experience in creating and scaling educational and healthcare companies in Special Education & Autism field. Before venturing into XceptionaLEARNING, Pradeesh Thomas was the founder and CEO of AlphaVista Services Inc., a California based special education company. Pradeesh led AlphaVista for 10+ years and built a company, which includes of 200+ clinicians, serving 50+ school districts in California and supporting 10,000+ students and this company become part of Stepping Stone Group to create the largest school based special education service companies in United States. He is also an active investor in the field of education, healthcare, and technology.

Mai Ling Chan
Mai Ling Chan

Cofounder and Chief Partnership Officer

Mai Ling Chan

Mai Ling is a speech-language pathologist, industry historian, global connector, and technology entrepreneur. Building on 16 years of clinical and a lifetime of entrepreneurial experience, she focuses on supporting disability-focused thought leaders and creating digital products that make a difference in the international special education ecosystem.

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Dr. Jino Arushi

Chief Operations Officer

Dr. Jino Arushi

An established practitioner in Audio-vestibular clinics, Dr Jino began his career serving persons with disabilities managing multiple speech therapy and audiology clinics, guiding professionals at rehabilitation centres. His passion for education and advancement also has roots in his service as lecturer at a Government Medical College in Kerala, India. Jino has over 20 years of multifaceted experience in clinical service, administration and investment. An enthusiast in research, development and healthcare, he was also founder and former COO of a popular multi-speciality hospital in the Middle East. Currently residing in Canada, operating in India and the Middle East for digitalizing therapy and learning in rehab.

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Francis Xavior

Head of Engineering

Francis Xavior
Janakiraman
Janakiraman

Head of Global Delivery & Operations

Janakiraman

Janakiraman aka JR, a post graduate in Management has over 30 years of experience in Operations & global delivery across India & the United States. At XceptionalLEARNING he will be overseeing Indian operations, global solution delivery & enterprise customer onboarding & support.

Ganesh Sankar
Ganesh Sankar

CFO

Ganesh Sankar

Operations Leadership

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Dominic John

Chief Technology Officer

Dominic John

25 years of experience in projects and products life-cycle, including initiation/proposals, Architectural/UI designs, QA, delivery, business liaison/stakeholder management, post-implementation review, and project closeout/handover. Hands-on experience in the design, development, and implementation of various client-Server /Mobile/web-based Applications which include software for Banks, Media, Educational Institutions, Construction Companies, Trading Companies, Travel Agencies, Accounting software, etc.

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Brilliant Maria Anto

Admin Asst. Product Specialist

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Kumar R

Manager - Technology Operations

Kumar R

Kumar, a post graduate in management has more than 15+ years of diversified experience in digital operations that include website development, digital marketing, and product UI/UX. At XceptionalLEARNING he heads the PMO office and ensures that the development team is focused on achieving the project milestones.

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Danielle Reed, M.S., CCC-SLP

Director of Content Strategy

Danielle Reed, M.S., CCC-SLP

Danielle is a speech-language pathologist with over 12 years of experience in pediatric therapy. She currently serves as the related service provider lead and assistive technology team co-lead in an Arizona school district. Danielle is pursuing her doctorate in organizational leadership with an emphasis in special education. At XceptionalLearning, Danielle works to ensure that the most complete set of professional content tools are available to special educators and clients through high-quality materials and engaging and practical continuing education.

Dawn Flores, M.S., CCC-SLP
Dawn Flores, M.S., CCC-SLP

Director of Continuing Education

Dawn Flores, M.S., CCC-SLP

Dawn Flores is a Speech Pathologist with over 26+ years of experience, with a focus in assistive technology and early childhood. Dawn is an AAC device evaluator and trainer, presenter, and the Director of Continuing Education at XceptionalLEARNING. She enjoys helping others reach their goals, whether that is creating online courses so they can spend more time with what drives them, or helping individuals communicate though the use of assistive technology. What drives Dawn is her family. She has 3 wonderful teenage children, and a very supportive husband.

Mary Meyer, M.S., CCC-SLP
Mary Meyer, M.S., CCC-SLP

Product Specialist/Account Manager

Mary Meyer, M.S., CCC-SLP

Mary is an Arizona native who graduated from Arizona State University in 2008 with her B.S. in Speech and Hearing Science and from Northern Arizona University with her M.S. in Clinical Speech Pathology in 2013. She was certified as a Certified Autism Specialist through IBCCES in 2017 and joined the XceptionalLEARNING family in January 2021. Mary lives in Alabama with her fiancé and three dogs, where she enjoys exploring the outdoors, reading science fiction novels, making candles, and adding to her houseplant collection.

Nicole Zeno
Nicole Zeno

Director of Marketing

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Christie Mayer

Director of Branding

Christie Mayer

Christie believes that great creativity has the power to transcend cultures, markets, and technologies. She has the drive to find the human truth behind every idea and a passion for exploring new ways an idea can spark, connect and resonate with people. This passion inspired Christie to challenge herself to work as a creative leader for the past 20+ years in multiple platforms and landscapes of brand identity, visual design, and digital marketing, all with the goal of bringing storytelling, products, and platforms together.

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Ashla Lucy

SMM & CRM Executive

Ashla Lucy

Ashla is a graduate in Bachelor’s in Business Administration, specialized in Marketing. She has a diversed experience in digital operations which includes digital marketing and website development. At XceptionalLEARNING, she works as the Customer and Social Media Executive and ensures that the social media and digital presence of the company remains intact.

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Rakshitha S, MASLP

SLP Product Specialist

Rakshitha S, MASLP

Rakshitha holds a postgraduate degree in audiology and speech-language pathology and is a gold medalist from the Mangalore University. A certified professional with RCI and ISHA registration, her work experience began as a pediatric audiologist and deltiologist in one of the hospitals in Mysore. She has also worked as a speech-language pathologist in a clinical setting, performing various language, voice, fluency, and articulation assessments, therapy sessions, and counseling both online and offline.

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Jinson Alias, MA, BEd (Sp Ed)

Special Educator - Product Specialist

Jinson Alias, MA, BEd (Sp Ed)

Jinson Alias is a special educator and consultant psychologist. Currently Working with XceptionalLEARNING India as a product specialist Special Educator, he manages the team that creates the necessary content for digital teaching, participates in he also trains special educators and trainers in digital teaching.

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Vysakh Thankachan

Sp Ed & Incharge - Digital Content

Vysakh Thankachan

Vyshak, a a creative and artistic Special Educator with seven years of experience in speech and education rehab, works for XceptionalLearning as the digital content creator for rehab therapy. His experience also includes working along with SLP and Audiology specialists for individualized educational programmes with his easy approach with making clients comfortable in therapy and is also incharge of therapy content development.

Advisory Leadership

Sajeev Nair

Director of Marketing

Sajeev Nair
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Abdul Zalil

Advisory Leadership

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Advisory Leadership
Thomas Chennikara

Advisory Leadership

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Our Background

XceptionalLEARNING is formed by a leadership team that has decades of rich experience in the field of special education, speech therapy, ABA therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, virtual reality, online education learning, and information technology. We are very passionate and strongly believe that enabling the right blend of technology and resources can help achieve goals with better and positive results for your students and your practice.

We are committed to supporting the special education professionals who have dedicated their life to empower children with special needs to reach their fullest potential in their life.

We strive towards enriching our marketplace with advanced tools and features that will empower special education professionals and clinicians to have the best experience.

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Our Vision

To be the preferred solution partner in the special education domain by delivering the best-in-class tools and resources that constantly meets the dynamic needs of the industry.

Our Mission

To support special education teachers, therapists, clinicians, schools, and rehabilitation centres with affordable, best-in-class advanced tools, including teletherapy, professional development resources, and client/content management.

To empower care-takers and advocates of persons with special needs to access affordable tools, technology, and talent for bringing better therapy and learning outcomes for their wards.

To impact globally by bringing global best-practices in SLP, autism & special education to the developing world with the support of our technology platform and tools.

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