💥🚀 Now accepting early access partners. Join the waitlist to be among the first institutions using AIDO at preferred pricing.
💥🚀 Now accepting early access partners. Join the waitlist to be among the first institutions using AIDO at preferred pricing.
AIDO is an AI-driven platform built to simplify international enrollment. We equip universities with data, actionable insights and automation tools, helping them make smarter, faster, and more effective recruitment decisions.
Our mission is to empower universities to reach their unique potential — using data and automation to drive recruitment strategies that are smarter, more strategic, and more impactful.
We wanted to make a difference. Working on campus, we faced the relentless grind of scattered data, manual calculations, and endless analysis. Every new proposal felt like running a marathon—with no finish line in sight.
When we transitioned to the edtech world, one thing became crystal clear: this struggle wasn’t just ours. Enrollment managers everywhere were bogged down by the same inefficiencies, and we knew it didn’t have to be this way.
That’s when we envisioned AIDO.
Our advisory group brings deep expertise in global enrollment, data strategy, marketing and international recruitment.
Enterprise Executive, Terra Dotta
Frank Merendino is a strategic partnerships and business development leader with deep experience at the intersection of technology and international education. Over the past decade, he has helped universities, education providers, and global mobility organizations leverage solutions to enhance student recruitment, engagement, and operational efficiency. Known for building high-trust relationships and delivering client-centrist strategies, he thrives in mission-driven environments that bridge innovation and change in global education.
AWS Education Champion
Dr. Mike Gosz is an AWS Education Champion, recognized for his commitment to innovation in cloud-based learning and data-driven education. He brings a strong background in enrollment management and institutional analytics, having served as vice provost for undergraduate affairs, vice president for enrollment, and vice president for data analytics at Illinois Institute of Technology. In these roles, his leadership played a key role in improving student retention and boosting first-year enrollment. Dr. Gosz has been a faculty member at Illinois Tech since 1996, where he is currently an associate professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Sales Director, Hubbub Labs
Melissa Palleschi is a strategic business development leader with deep expertise across international education, media and events. In her previous role, as the Head of Partnerships at The PIE, she has played a pivotal role in transforming the company’s global growth strategy, leading high-performing international teams, launching flagship events across four continents and delivering major revenue wins through cross-sector partnerships. A collaborative thinker and natural connector, Melissa is committed to driving equity, sustainability and innovation across the education landscape.
Assistant Director, UCM
Greg Holz is the Assistant Director for Global Engagement at the University of Central Missouri, where he leads international recruitment strategy, digital marketing, and global partnerships. A former nonprofit leader with 15 years of experience living and working internationally, Greg brings a relational, data-informed approach to global engagement. He is a passionate advocate for ethical, human-centered applications of AI in higher education and frequently speaks on the integration of emerging tools in recruitment workflows. Known in the field as That Guy Named Greg, he is also a proud ice cream enthusiast with a taste for bold ideas and even bolder flavors
Associate Director, Aiglon University
Sam Fleishman has been involved with International Education professional work since 2005 when he began teaching social studies at an international school in Singapore. He has supported students, parents, consultants, governments, service providers and institutes of higher education around the world ever since. He has worked for 3 schools (Singapore, Hong Kong, Switzerland (currently), 3 education tech companies (USA, Canada, China), and served on the Executive Board and a Standing Committee for 3 non-profit educational organizations (International and National). Sam embraces the perspective of making global educational opportunities available to everyone.
Assistant Vice President, USF
Sean Gilmore is an Assistant Vice President in USF World at the University of South Florida. With over 25 years of experience in higher education, he is operationally focused and drives efficiency through process improvement and adoption of technology solutions to free up human time. He currently steers the undergraduate international student recruitment and enrollment management planning at USF, to include global mobility partnerships and marketing efforts. He is fanatical over the user experience and lives in the constant battle for the needs of the user versus the needs of the business. In his spare time, he enjoys time with the family and hiding away in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
CEO, Schola
Ben Welbourn is an EdTech leader who’s launched venture-backed orgs in early childhood, K-12, and higher education. As Co-Founder of Verto Education, he helped build a global company that redefines the freshman year of college experience, allowing thousands of students to begin their education abroad with Verto and seamlessly transfer to over 100 partner universities. Ben is most proud of Verto’s commitment to inclusion; 1/3 of its students are the first in their families to attend college. Ben recently joined Schola as CEO to reshape how the company supports preK-12 charter schools with student recruitment, enrollment, and retention.
