Kevin Simpson launched KDSL Global, an education consulting company in 2016 in the USA and in the UAE. The company focuses on empowering educators and education businesses globally. Mr. Simpson has served thousands of schools and educators worldwide in 60 countries. The majority of his work in education has centered on American curriculum schools. Since 2008, he has been focused on education in the MENA region, assisted numerous schools with accreditation, training, and development and served as a thought partner on school start-up projects. Simpson has authored two white papers on American curriculum schools in Dubai and co-wrote a bilingual document on American Education in the UAE. He has served as a math coach for 30 schools in Washington D.C. and Maryland. In addition, Simpson has collaborated on math reform projects in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Nigeria. He has been training schools around the world on the Common Core mathematics standards since 2011 and co-founded the MENA Common Core Conference in 2013 as a source of support for educators. He is Founder of AIELOC and the GCC ASCD Connected Community. Simpson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education and a Master of Education degree in Curriculum and Teaching from Michigan State University (USA).