Chris Schuler Email & Phone Number

Newark, Ohio, United States

Westerville, Ohio, United States

Note: Colibri Group acquired Hondros in December 2019.

Westerville, Oh

I was promoted to Vice President of Learning Technologies to direct the company’s B2B and B2C business strategies and long-term technology modernization roadmap. I then assumed Head of eLearning position at Colibri Group following Colibri’s acquisition of Hondros in 2019 while continuing my Vice President duties at Hondros.• Led ~30 personnel in IT Learning Technologies department encompassing Application Development, Online Courseware Development, and Production teams spanning multiple time zones and countries.• Maintained all learning management systems, including overseeing third-party integrations and introduction of new functionality from Engineers. • Collaborated cross-functionally to align solutions with development and business needs.• Ensured system compliance with industry and regulatory standards alongside Compliance and Product Development teams.• Partnered with Sales and Marketing on new revenue generating initiatives and projects, such as building innovative features/functionality for platform portfolio and testing new tools for improved decision-making across functions.Select Achievements• Increased company profitability and doubled annual revenue during tenure, leading to Colibri’s initial interest and eventual acquisition of highly successful, modernized company and platform portfolio.• Grew company’s reach and platform portfolio throughout 2017 and 2018 by leading integration of four acquired companies’ websites and technology platforms with Hondros’ system, ensuring seamless, error-free processes.• Boosted launch timeline of new courseware cut third-party licensing costs, and reduced development errors by architecting and developing custom, in-house, scalable online eLearning course player.• Enabled Sales to efficiently share offerings with B2B affiliates by building new feature for partner portal. Added supplemental B2B module into platform that allowed Partner Managers to track licensing progress.

Westerville, Ohio

I was hired to oversee the development and delivery of innovative architecture solutions, building a solid foundation of development best practices and optimized platforms to promote sustainable business growth.• Scaled Development team from one Developer to five personnel in C# development, front-end development, and production support within 12 months of starting new role.Select Achievements• Enabled quick development of new solutions and updates without impact to additional platform features by spearheading architecture and development of Dynamic Portal application that replaced original eCommerce solution with foundational codebases and single organized admin portal. • Improved Development team’s efficiency by introducing Scrum/Agile methodologies for leading team and development processes; spearheaded implementation of JIRA across entire organization and migrated team to GIT-based service, BitBucket, for more organized code review and tracking.• Increased confidence of business and executive teams in technology group by building cross-functional partnerships and implementing standard processes, resulting in eventual promotion to executive team to continue driving success.

Columbus, Ohio Area

Creating digital awesomeness. www.cwtinteractive.comWeb Design & Development / Ecommerce / Mobile / Innovation / Branding & Marketing

I developed innovative web applications while managing all unit and integration testing, maintaining a high level of efficiency by utilizing Scrum and Agile methodologies.• Selected as Team Lead on one of company’s largest ongoing client projects, charged with scoping and implementing new features while overseeing weekly release cycles. • Assisted in implementation of complete redesign of site responsiveness for all websites to ensure compliance with existing deadlines.

Columbus, Ohio Area

As the leading engineer, I drove the overall SDLC for web application development, testing, and implementation while conducting weekly status and planning meetings with the Development team to maintain compliance with budgeting and scheduling constraints.• Assisted Account Manager and Sales team with SOW and contract processes for new client projects, including establishing project estimates, client requirements, technology specifications, and hosting agreements.• Acted as first point of contact and supportive technical advisor for all clients/ongoing projects to quickly and accurately resolve issues, making dynamic prioritization decisions based on level of concern.Select Projects• Developed and implemented customized Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS) Public Health Colleges.• Enhanced company’s core LCMS with newest industry updates and created corresponding technical and user training guides for more efficient development and onboarding processes in future.Improved network speed, information security, and VPN connectivity by upgrading company’s internal network and introducing comprehensive network diagrams to streamline future update projects.• Increased marketing reach for clients by creating seamless method for learning about and purchasing new products; served as Lead Project Manager during implementation process to maintain budget and deadline compliance.• Enabled clients to manage their own information without assuming extra costs by developing unique websites that utilized foundation of content management systems.

Columbus, Ohio Area

I was tasked with supporting the SAP system, including resolving incidents using Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) and collaborating with government partners to better integrate SAP solutions.• Lowered runtimes and improved overall application performance by fine-tuning existing ABAP applications.

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (Aas), Computer Software Engineering

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (Aas), Web/Multimedia Management And Webmaster