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Baltimore, Md, Us

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Lead product development and strategy across two brands, ISSA Online and Health Coach Institute, overseeing the course development and maintenance process to ensure the highest quality of educational offerings. Collaborate with Brand General Managers to uphold brand integrity and consistency, acting as a steward to align all product offerings with brand standards.Spearhead the strategic deployment and use of Learning Management Systems (LMS) and educational tools, optimizing these platforms to enhance learner experiences and outcomes. Collaborate with Product Marketing to drive innovation, focusing on conceptualizing and launching new products that align with market demand.Work cross-functionally with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) to align product strategy with broader business objectives. Develop and implement strategies that deliver value, supporting growth and long-term success for both the business and learners.► Optimized the ISSA portfolio by reducing dependency on royalties and identifying key areas for course development and growth.► Implemented a new Product Development Pipeline to ensure the creation of products that are strong market fits and aligned with business objectives. ► Collaborated with content subject matter experts (SMEs) to develop Career Learning Paths that better promote product offerings aligned with student career outcomes.

Previously Empowered Education. Acquired by ISSA Online in late 2022.Worked with cross-functional teams to develop and deliver new products that met business and customer needs. Developed and maintained a delivery roadmap to achieve the strategic business objectives set by brand creators and executive leadership. Collaborated with brand creators to ensure brand experience remained consistent throughout the customer journey across multiple products. Managed effective agile sprints and wrote product specifications that were clearly understood by all contributors and stakeholders. Maintained clear and effective communication channels to ensure on-time delivery and cross-team coordination.► Brought to market the company's first subscription program, selling all 50 founding member spots in 50 minutes; the projected timeline was one week for 50 sales.► Relaunched the board certification program after a one-year hiatus, delivering it on time and meeting enrollment targets.► Implemented e-commerce functionality that allowed customers to purchase the brand’s hallmark product, contributing to 5% of total sales in the first full sales cycle, exceeding the goal by 60%.► Served as HubSpot reporting SME, helping build a dashboard for cross-functional leadership to better run operations and identify opportunities for improvement.► Restructured the agile squad and improved meeting structure, which increased team morale and improved velocity by 75%.

Landham, Md

Designed and executed business plans to deliver strategies, programs, and initiatives for clients to effectively leverage EdTech solutions in the education and healthcare verticals.Worked with portfolio partners to drive governance and led partner engagement focused on building initiatives, solution development, sales training, sales strategy, and tools designed to cultivate a self-sufficient channel scalable to support the long-term revenue goals of 2U.Developed and executed roadmaps based on partners’ strengths and weaknesses to identify and improve program success. Measured and reported on all partner enablement metrics and KPIs.► Oversaw relationship management with senior university leadership – including college Deans and the Office of the Provost – on new initiatives, ensuring coordination between 2U business teams and university academic teams.► Collaborated with leadership to identify areas of strategic growth and development for the portfolio.► Supported the graduate portfolio, including degrees in Nursing, Social Work, Public Health, and Education.► Launched and managed a new undergraduate program, adding four to five majors each academic year.► Administered coaching, feedback, and development for business team leads to help achieve key program and business metrics, including Net Promoter Scores (NPS), enrollment goals, and graduation rates.► Provided technical guidance, thought leadership, and coordination on delivery modalities, content design, programmatic requirements, and learning platforms, including hosting the first university-wide virtual commencement for 1,000+ graduates and family members.► Enabled clients to bring 2,000+ students, 600+ courses, and 400+ faculty online in response to COVID, allowing them to continue operations and minimize disruption to student education for three academic terms.

Landham, Md

Promoted from Director-Program Management in January 2019 with added responsibility of cross-program coordination for a portfolio of five graduate degree programs that served 3,000+ students.Directed all phases of programs from inception through production launch, including strategic planning, program budgeting, process improvements, and standardization where suitable, as well as synchronization between enterprise milestones and client milestones.Planned, drove, and had responsibility for technical program governance, communication plans, cost/budget, and program level inter-dependencies management between stakeholders.Managed financials with forecasting of projected spend and escalation of budget overage risks.Guided and led the program teams by establishing actionable deliverables and demonstrable features and capabilities.Acted as the primary contact for program activities, leading program review sessions with clients to discuss cost, schedule, quality, and performance.► Managed complex partner relationships for three nursing graduate degree programs and communication strategies across three colleges and five program leadership teams, including university operational team and program leadership.► Developed and implemented an action plan to support program restructuring to improve Term 2 retention by 10% and program overall NPS by 24 points.► Coordinated and led the launch of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program.► Guided internal functional teams and academic university teams through new technology platform launch, managing implementation and troubleshooting across the portfolio.

Landover, Md

Oversaw comprehensive student support program, setting a high bar for student achievement, and ensuring that all students were provided with best-in-class support and programming as it related to EdTech solution.Utilized defined strategy to connect with needs of students, including new students starting their program, those identified as at-risk, and those who may have needed more support using technology during course of study.► Designed student support processes for two new graduate degree programs launching within an existing partnership portfolio.► Collaborated with Admissions, Marketing, and Technology departments to produce key deliverables for program launch by target dates.► Proactively identified issues that could have impacted student satisfaction and program performance and coordinated with key stakeholders to implement solutions.

Landover, Maryland

Served as first point of contact and resource in meeting with, advising, and tracking students' progress in using technology solution.Monitored, tracked, and reported progress on a cohort group of students including success, retention, and completion rates.► Provided dedicated support to 100+ students and shared support for an additional 400 students including general inquiries, technical support, and access to resources.► Consulted on the revision of the student enrollment management system with the technology development team to improve user experience and adoption.► Supported day-to-day team operations and onboarding of 50-100 students five times a year.

Karuizawa, Japan

Taught a summer course in international negotiation and cross-cultural awareness to 8th and 9th grade students from around the world.

Boston, Ma

Conducted research on inter-religious conflict in Nigeria. Assisted with organizing center events and develop promotional materials. Edited written work for publication. Contributed copy for publications.

Qunicy, Ma

Mediated small claims cases between two parties. Facilitated discussions to encourage parties to think of creative solutions. Guided parties in the use of communication styles that would allow for constructive and productive discussions rather than counterproductive confrontations. Reviewed legal documents pertaining to the case. Worked with parties to draft judicially enforceable agreements.

Facilitated three-week long online simulations with 10-18 teams from universities and high school from around the world discussing international topics. Set agendas and moderate six-nine conferences per simulation. Review 60-100 proposals to ensure they meet simulation criteria.

College Park, Md

Managed annual budget. Served as primary contact for clients regarding logistics and billing for trainings on conflict management, crisis leadership, negotiation and leadership development. Arranged domestic and international travel for trainings. Ensured timely delivery of training materials to sites worldwide. Assisted project leads with research and development of presentation visuals. Edited simulation materials and provided technical assistance to online simulations participants. Managed receipt and preliminary screening of applications for full-time and part-time staff positions. Hired and managed four to six interns during the academic year.

College Park, Md

Conducted research and complied country profiles for simulation resource database. Served as simulation control for online simulation. Assisted with training and special event preparations.

Washington, Dc

Compiled and managed donor database. Assisted with planning and execution of program events and workshops. Assisted with special events coordination.

Master'S Degree, Conflict Resolution

Activities and Societies: President, Conflict Resolution Student Council; Representative, Graduate Student Assembly; 2012 Conflict Studies.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Sociology

Activities and Societies: College Park Scholars International Studies Citation; Council Member, Agricultural Student Council; Vice.