About Us

Committed to education for
over 25 years

About Us

Committed to education for
over 25 years

Our purpose and our promise

ESM is transforming the way people connect with the resources they trust to power education. And we do it by personalizing the path to buy.

Our story

As the first company to deliver procurement solutions built specifically for the education sector, ESM Solutions has enabled hundreds of institutions to personalize buying pathways. We have curated trusted suppliers that uphold institutional integrity, and transform the ways in which they connect people with the resources they need to advance education

We know that in education, purchasing is more than just a series of transactions and approvals, it’s also about cost considerations. The supplier and purchasing decisions must align with institutional values, promote brand safety, and provide the transparency needed for policy compliance.

ESM… the numbers

Billions of dollars

Spent annually in education

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25+
Years

Serving
education

Our Suppliers

Hundreds of customers

Across K-12 and higher education

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Ellucian-preferred

First to provide Ethos-certified integration

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“[Ellucian Purchase by ESM] will be one of the biggest changes the college will see. It will change their lives and will give much time back to the purchase team and to the faculty staff.”

Patricia Saldivar, Director of Purchasing, Texas Southmost College

Our leaders

Driven by a shared commitment to excellence, integrity, and collaboration, our leadership team combines decades of technology experience, a wealth of K-12 and higher education expertise, and a dedication to innovation and growth to empower our customers to personalize the path to buy.

Joshua Faith

Joshua studies how institutions actually behave. Not how they say they operate. Not what their systems record. What really happens when authority is distributed, decisions are delegated, and accountability lands somewhere else.

Institutions cannot reliably prove, years later, why money was allowed to move. Joshua has spent his career inside that gap, working with colleges, universities, and school districts across North America. That conviction runs through everything he builds: the record of a decision is not the decision.

“The most expensive decisions in any institution are the ones that appear in no record.”

Chief Executive Officer

Gwen Kerdiles

Gwen is a product leader who thrives at the intersection of technical architecture and human-centric design. As the Head of Product at ESM Solutions, Gwen leads the strategic evolution of the ESM platform, ensuring that complex business processes, from procurement to AI-driven automation, are transformed into intuitive, high-impact tools.
With a background deeply rooted in technical expertise, he bridges the gap between “how it works” and “why it matters” for the user. Known for his analytical mind and ability to deconstruct friction points, Gwen is dedicated to building products that don’t just solve problems but empower businesses to scale with confidence..

Head of Product

Steve Cammegh

Steve puts his decades of global experience to work optimizing ESM’s finance operations and strategies. Through the development of a transparent financial infrastructure, Steve and his team are improving business analysis, budgeting, and forecasting to deliver better business results.

“I get great satisfaction from driving business transformation. When we understand what drives performance, we can pass those efficiency gains on to our customers and be more effective together.”

Chief Financial Officer

Mathew Boice

Mathew drives ESM’s strategic, commercial, and competitive positioning, evolving ESM as a market leader serving education, as well as providing coaching and mentorship for customer-facing roles. Mathew brings with him 25+ years of EdTech experience where he held both advisory and senior executive roles with leading education technology providers including Ellucian and Tribal Group.

“ESM is helping institutions to curate what is uniquely important to them in an increasingly complex educational supply-chain. That’s a mission attracting a talented team who are committed to making a difference for each and every customer.”

Board Advisor

Pedro Geada

Pedro brings 30+ years of technology leadership experience, developing high-performing technology teams at companies such as Vodafone and Sky, to deliver brilliant products backed by engineering best practices. Pedro manages ESM’s Engineering and IT teams, across a full technology lifecycle, from architecture, software development and deployment, to support, operations and IT.

“A great product is the result of a great team”

Chief Technology Officer

Josh Lederhandler

Leading the customer advocacy and strategic engagement at ESM Solutions, partnering with higher education institutions to modernize procurement and deliver measurable, mission-aligned outcomes. With more than 20 years of experience across education and the public sector, he specializes in change management and SaaS-driven transformation, helping turn technology investments into real operational impact.

“In higher education, success isn’t just about delivering technology — it’s about enabling people and institutions to operate with efficiency, transparency, and confidence in service of their core mission.”

Head of Customer Experience

Commit spend
with confidence

Personalized pathways that connect users to the resources to advance education

A better way to browse,
shop, and buy

Connecting people with the resources they need to power education

All your suppliers.
All in one place.

Enriched, unified views of your Supplier Network

Ready suppliers for the
path to purchase

Smarter sourcing for better outcomes

Ready to deliver the personalized pathways your users need to make confident buying decisions?

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ESM customers

  • “People are familiar with online shopping, and because the new Ellucian Purchase solution
    is similar, it was also easy to learn.”
    HigheR EDUCATION
  • “Integration enables the schools to streamline processes, eliminate paper forms, and reduce manual effort, whilst still maintaining the necessary compliance.”
    K12