Christine Zanchi Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

Collaborate with executive leadership team on AI and product strategy.

Develop partnerships and secure funding to support equitable design and community development focused on early math learning as a tool for civic participation.

United States

Established product strategy; identified, hired and managed key personnel; led development team. Supported CEO in closing a successful seed round, including non-dilutive funds.

Partner with CEOs for edtech product strategy and innovation consulting. Originally founded in 2019 to address the youth mental health crisis through AR/VR emotional resilience simulations.

Advised CEO on product strategy, implementation success and R&D approach. Coached data science team on the development of a teacher dashboard to give district leaders and educators insight into student math practices, the habits of mind that undergird effective math learning.

Collaborated with the CEO to develop product strategy to support early-stage classroom implementations of Mindprint’s cognitive assessment platform. Conducted on-site customer research to develop early stage tools to support teachers and students in translating Mindsets data to effective learning strategies

Led exploratory research and development focused on student motivation and engagement for i-Ready, an adaptive assessment and personalized learning SaaS platform for desktop and mobile that helps educators harness data to drive math and reading growth for K-8 students.

Launched First 8 Studios @ WGBH. First 8 Studios produces and publishes research-based apps for early learners, their teachers and parents. Our first app series, Early Math with Gracie and Friends, broke into Apple's top 15 Education and Kids apps at launch. The first app, Gracie & Friends Birthday Cafe, was named the #2 Ed Tech Product by Common Sense.

Led production on Next Generation Preschool Math and Next Generation Preschool Science, $6 million dollar NSF-funded efforts to develop digital materials for teachers and students to optimize math learning. CO-PI for Next Generation Preschool Science.

Led pilot projects exploring in-video gaming as a way to boost educational impact of linear video as well as interactive whiteboard activities designed for whole-class engagement. Produced WGBH’s first iPhone app for kids.

Boston, MA

Produced WGBH’s first web-only program for kids. Produced, wrote and directed short-form episodes, wrote the blog and designed and produced interactive games; conducted formative evaluation of games.

Research including survey design, data collection and analysis with Dr. Michael Rich for a national study surveying pediatric residency training programs’ education practices regarding media influences on health; survey design with senior research scientist David Bickham, Ph.D., for a study assessing the impact of prosocial television programming and.

Waterbury, CT

Taught eighth grade English, creating a new multi-media curriculum model based on a grant-winning proposal for innovative teaching entitled “Storytellers”; led the dramatic arts humanities elective, culminating in the production of The Sound of Music; founding member of the committee to address relational aggression. Previously taught all subjects in a.

New Canaan

Taught an English course in this summer enrichment program for at risk children; implemented community action to address relational aggression among female students; piloted single-gender academic classes, creating curriculum and analyzing feedback; offered academic and social support and guidance to at-risk adolescents.

New Canaan, CT

Under the direction of a mentor teacher in a 6th grade classroom, engaged in lesson planning and instruction in all subjects, specializing in English and media literacy.

Westport, CT

Analyzed market data to create new business strategies for a major telecommunications provider, presented to the division president; wrote and tested advertising positioning concepts for a national wireless carrier.

New York, New York

Supervised a team of business analysts, marketing writers and technical developers in the implementation of a Fortune 100 b2b account management website; organized and executed monthly online seminar series. Coordinated content, speakers, advertising, registration, go-live and post-event participation analysis; trained in C++, HTML and JavaScript.

M.Ed., Human Development And Psychology

B.A., Communications