Chris Bell

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DISC Type : c

Executive Director of Technology Services at Huntington Beach City School District (HBCSD)

United States

Overview

Chris Bell is an education leader focused on integrating AI with human-centered design in K-12 settings. As Executive Director of Technology at Huntington Beach City School District, he also co-founded Learning Innovation Systems to scale "EduProtocols" and founded Design Mindse for AI-focused professional learning.

He has received recommendations praising his professional skills and insight in the educational markets.

Chris is the co-founder of two education-focused companies while simultaneously serving as a technology director for a public school district.

Personality Overview

Not Easily Convinced

Price-Sensitive

Systematic

While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.  They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point. They prefer to fully evaluate every situation.

Topics They Care About

AI in Education
Actively explores and discusses the use of AI tools like Claude and Notebook LM for daily work among school leaders and holds a related Google certification.
Human-Centered Design
A core tenet of his professional headline and the stated purpose of his company, Design Mindse, which creates professional learning for educators.
EduProtocols Framework
Co-founded Learning Innovation Systems with the mission of bringing the EduProtocols instructional framework to a wider global audience.

Media Appearances

Chris has no verified media appearances

Work History

7-2025
Executive Director of Technology Services at Huntington Beach City School District (HBCSD)
10-2023 - 6-2025
Director of Special Programs at Brookfield Engineering Science & Technology Academy
6-2022
Co-Founder at Learning Innovation Systems, LLC
6-2020
Founder at Design Mindset
6-2020 - 1-2022
Interim Chief Executive Officer at EdTechTeam

Education

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from San Diego State University
M.A. Education from University of Phoenix

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Insights For Selling To Chris

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • If you have a lower priced product compared to the competition, call out the same
  • Share as much information as possible regarding your product
  • Emphasize on objective proof of ROI, help them do a thorough evaluation

DONT's

  • Avoid phrases like ‘do not worry about’, ‘no one compares to’ etc.
  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them
  • Avoid rushing them, be polite and patient

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Chris is

  • Ensuring that the product delivers ROI, cost-effective pricing and process compliance are very important for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Chris

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Chris move?

  • If they have the information that they need, they can move fast at making their decisions.
  • Can Chris take some risk or not?

  • If they believe that they have analyzed the situation well, they can take a little risk.

You And Chris

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