Supporting a large foundation to develop and implement a national early childhood education quality improvement strategy

- Grew the New York City region from $100K to $10M in annual revenue, and from 1 to over 100 partner schools- Hired and led a team of 50 staff and developed a high-performing 5-person regional leadership team - Secured contracts for 20 community schools from NYCDOE Office of Community Schools, the second highest number of contracts held by one organization out of over 60 providers, and established CSS as one of the highest quality community school partners in New York City - Built a… Show more - Grew the New York City region from $100K to $10M in annual revenue, and from 1 to over 100 partner schools- Hired and led a team of 50 staff and developed a high-performing 5-person regional leadership team - Secured contracts for 20 community schools from NYCDOE Office of Community Schools, the second highest number of contracts held by one organization out of over 60 providers, and established CSS as one of the highest quality community school partners in New York City - Built a community school program model, including staffing, training, professional development, and an online platform, and implemented the model in 20 community schools, with 90% of school partners achieving significant improvement across the majority of progress benchmarks - Served as a member of a 5-person executive team providing oversight to all business functions, managing 100 staff and $15M of annual revenue- Managed over $10M of program, foundation, and federal grant budgets, including reporting to local and national funders - Designed and facilitated quarterly team-building and professional development events for New York City staff, including strategy progress updates- Developed federal grant proposals resulting in over $15M in multi-year grants from three federal agencies - Partnered with finance and human resources staff to update and streamline several internal processes and systems, including: expense payment, submission and management; time and benefits reporting; regional financial reporting; business development and accounts payable management (through SalesForce implementation) Show less

- Managed ongoing development of early childhood computer-based assessment product that generated over $2.5M annually in user licenses and had a 92% renewal rate- Directed the implementation of products and services for the State of Mississippi from April 2009 to October 2011, including training over 4,500 educators, regular assessment of over 98,000 students in K-3 in more than 280 elementary schools state-wide, and regular communications and planning meetings with the Mississippi State… Show more - Managed ongoing development of early childhood computer-based assessment product that generated over $2.5M annually in user licenses and had a 92% renewal rate- Directed the implementation of products and services for the State of Mississippi from April 2009 to October 2011, including training over 4,500 educators, regular assessment of over 98,000 students in K-3 in more than 280 elementary schools state-wide, and regular communications and planning meetings with the Mississippi State Department of Education- Coordinated and managed the work of over 20 staff across Production, Research, and Technology departments to develop and maintain work plans and complete deliverables under budget and on time- Led weekly review and planning meetings to direct the work of a team of 6 software engineers using agile development processes- Developed and implemented processes for collecting information about customers needs through client focus groups to inform product development- Conducted several nationwide research programs, both for internal purposes and through federal grants, involving over 20,000 early childhood students Show less