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Cincinnati/Dayton Area, OH

Cincinnati Area, OH

• Successfully led a cross-functional agile team to design and deliver a stable, performant, accessible, and highly-available new “front door” experience for all Cengage higher education students.
• Led program from early executive strategic vision through delivery
• Developed and championed product vision in alignment with company goals and strategies
• Championed and co-led the transition from a cross-functional “project” to a dedicated agile team framework including all functions across multiple locations.
• Developed and led market and stakeholder research, UX and UI design, business value definition, prioritization of thematic, epic, and story-level program features and goals
• Prepared and led 3 Agile Release Planning sessions (Program Increment Planning in Scaled Agile Framework)

Mason, OH

Manages a team focused on implementation and scale of a strategic approach to content development partnerships and purchasing, to achieve stronger products with more competitive rates across the Higher Education group.Business analysis to streamline and standardize processes in areas such as development and delivery of content in third-party platforms.

Develop, implement, analyze, and refine strategies and programs to support company-wide efforts in the areas of assessment (homework, quizzing, and testing) and/or content delivery (third-party LMS, networks/sites, and applications). Work with and support editorial, product development, and marketing teams at company business units including Books/Cole.

Plan and manage product development and related market research, including budget, schedule, specification, business requirements, and related activities to deliver market-leading media and technology products and services in the higher education market.

Providing a wide range of services, strategic guidance, and operational process development to organizations ranging from global publishers, foreign and domestic service providers, and educational institutions.

Developed services, programs, and relationships for the creation and development of online, interactive educational materials, ebooks, software, and activities.

Elected to two consecutive terms as President of the Board of Directors, helped lead this non-profit professional association to a complete financial turnaround, reorganization of management and administration, and operations. During this period, the CBC enjoyed a complete financial turnaround, from an annual budget deficit to significant financial growth.

Board of Directors, Director of semi-annual PubTech regional trade association event. Net proceeds of the event served as primary funding source for well-established trade association, with more than $75,000 in revenue and a net of over $40,000. Led comprehensive event restructuring, planning and execution. The 2000 event returned better than 90% net.

Responsible for development and management of production staff, budgets, and schedules for print and electronic reference publications. Managed multi-million-dollar vendor relationships. Developed and implemented database-driven production management systems resulting in substantial cost savings and schedule efficiencies. Supervised production staff.