About Paradigm Cyber Ventures

Paradigm Cyber Ventures was founded by educational leaders with decades of educational experience and a national network of innovators who are passionate about improving outcomes for all students. It all started with a conversation at a tennis tournament about building a high school cybersecurity program that could become the national hub of cyber talent. From there, growth has been rapid, exciting, and always student-focused. We have grown from a compelling vision to a reality of hundreds of students, highly qualified graduates, and passionate industry partners all within a short period of time. We see this amazing potential, and we are called to spread it across the country.

We believe in the power of education to change the trajectory of individual students, school communities, and society as a whole. We believe in high school students – when challenged with something great enough and supported exceptionally well, they can accomplish almost anything. We believe that schools and learning and outcomes can be pushed far beyond what has been seen before. We have practiced this our whole careers, and we bring that same relentless focus to Paradigm Cyber Ventures.

Our Team

Keith Koehne

Keith Koehne has always wanted to have the greatest impact on the greatest number of students possible. He has a passion for educational innovation and brings that experience to Paradigm Cyber Ventures. He leads strategy for Paradigm and can support schools from visioning to implementation and success.

Keith most recently served as the Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction for the Lakota Local Schools outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. Keith and his team developed and launched the Lakota Cyber Academy in 2019 as a groundbreaking high school program that would become the regional hub of cybersecurity talent. Within three years, the Cyber Academy boasted almost 200 students and members of its first graduating cohort earned industry credentials, were accepted into the top cyber college programs in the country, and were offered full time job offers as security analysts.

Keith spent the first 23 years of his professional career serving as a teacher, coach, advisor, elementary principal, technology director, junior high school principal and assistant superintendent for human resources. He earned his undergraduate degree from Miami University and his master’s degree from Xavier University. Keith and his wife Erin have four sons (Joseph, Charlie, Sam and Matthew) and they enjoy traveling, good food, and finding great adventures.

Matt Miller

Matt Miller’s mission has been to create innovative opportunities for students during his over 28 years in education. Knowing that some of the best opportunities come from sparks in creativity and need, he brings that relentless drive to Paradigm Cyber Ventures. Matt’s passion is to create and scale the country’s next generation of the vitally important cybersecurity workforce through Paradigm.

Miller has spent 28 years serving communities as an educator, the last 17 years leading school districts as an nationally award winning Superintendent. Matt was selected as one of 100 superintendents nationwide to attend and present at the #FutureReady National ConnectED Superintendents Summit at the White House and he is the Lead Advisor for the Future Ready Schools (District Leaders strand). Matt is actively involved in the prestigious and nationwide League of Innovative Schools through Digital Promise, serving as an elected member of their advisory committee. Matt was chosen as one of only two superintendents in the country to lead the League’s Real-World Challenge Collaborative, which is supported by the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative.

CoSN (Consortium for School Network) and AASA (American Association of School Administrators) named Matt Miller the 2022 EmpowerED Digital Superintendent of the Year in recognition of his efforts to ensure all students are engaged and inspired learners who have access to equitable and inclusive learning environments. From personalized learning to a range of curricular and extracurricular programs, Matt has provided students with a multitude of opportunities to explore their passions, while embracing educators, administrators and staff to take the lead on creating innovative learning environments. Matt knocked down restrictive barriers which led to creating two widely successful cyber academies where students are already thriving in the cybersecurity industry.

Matt Miller transforms learning through the use of open educational resources and balanced education, along with emphasizing student and teacher voice through innovation. He completed his undergraduate coursework and master’s degree at the University of Cincinnati and was selected for the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Leadership Institute for Superintendents. Matt is grateful for his supportive family – his son Mason, an aerospace engineer in Florida, and his daughter Jessica, who is a second grade teacher in the greater Cincinnati area.

Andrew Wheatley

Andrew is a designer, creator and DIY’er in everything he does with a focus on helping and serving others. This includes everything from designing engaging classrooms to developing hundreds of rocking-climbing routes, and everything in between.

For 17 years Andrew has taken this approach to serving students and staff in public education. Andrew has served as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, educational consultant and currently serves as the Director of 7-12 Curriculum for Lakota Local Schools. He is known for several ambitious projects…

Designer of the Synnovation Lab at Sycamore schools. The Synnovation Lab is a comprehensive, personalized and project-based learning high school.
Lead the secondary virtual and model course project at Lakota schools. This project placed teachers at the center of the design process by investing in them, with high quality support, to develop locally owned resources and instructional guidance of virtual and in-person learning
Designed and led the implementation of the Lakota Cyber Academy(LCA). The LCA is the nation’s leading, high school cybersecurity program. Andrew helped this program quickly grow to 200 students and its graduates earning cyber certifications, attending top colleges and receiving job offers upon graduation.

He brings this passion for groundbreaking educational design to Paradigm Cyber Ventures where he leads programming and implementation.

Beyond education, he is also the founder of RouteSetter Collaborative and in his spare time he sets climbing routes at the Climb Time gyms in Cincinnati. He loves sharing and helping others. Don’t hesitate to ask him about any of his many projects and his wonderful family.

Mike Lynch

Innovation in education is central to Mike’s mission of helping children and underlies his belief that we must continually search for novel, creative, tech-forward solutions to educational challenges. During his 27 years as an educator, Mike Lynch has dedicated his career to helping children learn. Whether teaching a lesson, serving as a principal, developing innovative learning experiences or designing learning spaces, his true calling is to improve education for all children.

Mike currently serves as Director of Innovation and Instructional Technology for the Mentor School District. In this role, he successfully led the district through the technological challenge of ensuring access to remote learning for each and every student during the COVID pandemic.

Mike has been a participating member of the League of Innovative schools for the last seven years. He is also a Lead Administrator for the Ohio Blended Collaborative (OBC), which has connected more than 25 Ohio school districts collaborating on the creation of personalized learning curricula. Mike created an OBC website to promote the use of open educational resources, which has been accessed by more than 1500 educators in the U.S.

Mike’s 27 years of experience in education has prepared him for his role with Paradigm Cyber Ventures. He has always searched for the space, curriculum and learning strategies that will have the greatest impact on student learning and keep students highly engaged and motivated to learn. Paradigm’s instructional design and learning model are the next steps that will allow our students to reach new heights leaving high school.

Mike received his B.S. degree from Baldwin Wallace College and a Master’s Degree in Educational Technology from Cleveland State University. He also received his administrative certificate from Ursuline College where he is now an adjunct professor. He has written and currently teaches the course for Administrative and Instructional Use of Technology. Mike lives in Mentor, Ohio with his wife of 26 years and his two children Jack (a software engineer) and Sam (who currently attends Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL).