Jasen Ritter Email & Phone Number

United States

United States

National

-Product Owner for initial Program Quality analysis and Re-design-Key point of contact for execution of several internal and external special projects / programs-Member of several cross-functional teams-Support National Engagement Team-Salesforce training and Engagement Team Usage facilitator

Austin, Texas Area

-Program outreach, growth and quality for PLTW schools in Texas-School planning for program roll-out including projected school budgets, facilities, faculty and partnerships-Develop industry partnerships across the state-PLTW National Program Quality Task Force member-Develop Two-year and four-year Post Secondary partnerships-Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education advisor for secondary and post-secondary institutions-Liaison for Texas Education Agency-Presenter for conferences throughout the state and country -Program Quality - Maximizing Student Benefits -Project Lead The Way Computer Science -Project Lead The Way Overview

National

One of the Original Aerospace Engineering Master Teachers. Led peer Instruction that modeled PLTW Teacher expectations in the classroom while familiarizing teachers to Activity-, Project-, Problem-Based curriculum and equipment.Facilitated and Led Instruction for NASA Lunar STEM Enhancement Project - A cross-curricular project designed to enhance student learning through common language, activities and collaboration of Math, Science and Engineering teachers within a school. Redesigned and optimized original mapping protocol / procedure from 100 data points in 30 minutes to more than 2000 in less than 10 minutes with greater fidelity and reliability in map scan.Numerous Presentations for the Project Lead the Way Texas State Conference-VEX Robotics and First Robotics in the Classroom, Feb 2012-Digitizing the PLTW Classroom, Feb 2011-Maximizing Instruction Time Using Camtasia Studio, Feb 2011-STEM Core Class Connections through Robotics, Feb 2010-STEM Relevancy in Aerospace Engineering, Feb 2010-Innovation in the Classroom: Stepping Outside the Traditional Classroom, Feb 2009

PLTW Engineering and Physics Instructor at Vandegrift High School-Developed the engineering program for Vandergrift High School and consulted on the expansion of the engineering programs for the remaining four high schools. -Facilitated Cross-Curricular connections with Science, Math, English, Computer Science, Career Tech and Engineering departments.-Technical lead for engineering hardware and software.-Mentor of Vandegrift HS, ViperBots, US First Robotics Teams (Seven student-led First Tech Challenge Teams)-Provide community outreach for middle school and elementary robotics programs.

PLTW Engineering Teacher / Science Teacher-Taught students MS Project, OneNote and SharePoint into student collaborative projects.-Developed the pilot program test site for Aerospace Engineering and showcase lab for PLTW.-Led the implementation of the NASA-FLEX Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) curriculum /robotics program architect – STEM program developed with NASA to incorporate Robotics and LabView programming into core classes.-Successfully Instituted Active Directory Schema for engineering labs three years before district implementation.-Facilitated Cross-curricular connections with Math, Science, English, Computer Science, Career and Tech, and Engineering departments-Launched a Moodle collaboration portal for students and advisors.-Facilitated the integration of technology into the classroom by providing biweekly instructional classes for the faculty. -Arlington Will Award and Recognize Excellence” (AWARE) Award Finalist for Technology Innovation in the classroom (2003) – Award for outstanding teachers from K-12 in the Arlington ISD (8th largest district in Texas)

Atlanta, Ga

-Managed IT operations for a global sports marketing agency and led a team of 3 staff members and 8+ contractors. -Created and implemented inventory and resource management strategies during acquisitions.-Administered the Windows 2000 front-end and back-end rollout (MSFT Case Study).-Cultivated and negotiated relationships with vendors. -Established/ Facilitated training programs for desktop users. -Directed the migration plan for 8 offices and ~200 employees.

Ma, Physical Education

Activities and Societies: Cross Country and Track Graduate Assistant

Bs

Activities and Societies: Varsity Cross Country Varsity Track