Amanda Valder Email & Phone Number

Held various product roles in my tenure at Curriculum Associates, with latest promotion Oct 2022.As a leader in K-12 math instruction at Curriculum Associates, I empower customer-inspired, data-driven product teams to transform learning experiences for over 15 million students nationwide. For over 12 years, I have been dedicated to building to accessible, joyful math education and have led the development of integrated solutions that combine core print and digital components, digital personalized instruction, engaging mobile math games, and AI-driven digital practice. My mission is to create impactful, personalized pathways that meet every student's needs and ignite a love for learning.

Watertown, Ma

- Designed interactive manipulatives to model mathematical concepts. - Oversaw a team of engineers working in Agile to iteratively create student facing software.- Conducted research to identify problem areas for at-risk secondary school students when learning pre-algebraic and algebraic math content with a focus on motivation.- Wrote extensive documentation to map requirements, design elements, and features to the functional - Brainstormed and prototyped interactive product ideas that address the misconceptions of students as well as improve their understanding of difficult subject areas.product.- Collaborated with the editorial team to develop content guidelines for a clear scope and sequence of lessons for a comprehensive math product.

Cambridge, Ma

• Created virtual ethnographies of users with a focus on community-based interactions which fuel creativity and personal growth.• Publication: Brennan, K., Valverde, A., Prempeh, J., Roque, R, Chung, M., (2011) More than code: The significance of social interactions in young people's development as interactive media creator, in Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2011. Lisbon, Portugal: AACE

San Francisco, Ca

• Supported the EVP of Sales, produced financial reports to enhance the operation of 350+ stores.

San Francisco, Ca

• Completed in-depth sales forecasts and subsequent analysis of overall performance for over 100 projects in 2008, a $35MM annual budget.

Palo Alto, Ca

Worked in a team-based environment to design and create parts for walking/climbing robots.

Ed.M., Technology, Innovation, And Education (Tie)

Activities and Societies: Lectores y Amiguitos: volunteered reading in Spanish to local elementary school reading buddy.

B.S., Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: LSURF (leadership in summer undergraduate research foundation): served as research assistant for the Biomimetic.