Pat Ward, President and CEO of Internet Testing Systems (ITS), has 30 years of experience in the assessment industry. Pat founded ITS to provide technology and services for delivering online assessments in 1997. Pat’s expertise is in merging technology architecture and trends with traditional and new assessment concepts. He specializes in the technical challenges relating to assessment in AI, security, performance based testing, adaptive test delivery, and item banking. In 2018, Pat was honored with the Association of Test Publishers (ATP) Career Achievement Award, a prestigious award highlighting significant contributions to the field of testing and assessment. Pat has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Loyola University.