NOLA Education acquired the award winning Star Academy program, brand, ip and associated assets from Pitsco Education in May, 2018. Star Academy Program is a school-within-a-school that ensures success for at-risk students and disengaged learners. This comprehensive dropout prevention program is designed to meet the needs of the district.

We represent companies with Core Curriculum Solutions, Career and Technical Education, Dropout Prevention, Staff Development, School Safety and Classroom Furnishings.• Manage operations and software development for $6 Million in software projects which include a Learning Management System and multiple math software products.

Business Owner Support Services, BOSS, LLC, is a consultant firm which provides a variety of services which include quality system implementation, quality document development, standard operating procedure development, and streamlining existing processes. • Advisor to business development and product development for enterprise quality management software tool.

REM4 gives you the tools you need to develop, maintain distribute and communicate emergency operating plans across multiple facility organizations. • Operations management and Sales Management for enterprise level emergency management tool with supporting IOS and Android mobile apps.

Notifeye gives you a unique, two-way communication tool to build trust with your children, allowing them to experience degrees of freedom in increments you set based on behavior and maturity. A communication hub for your family and a trust-building resource captured in a single app - the best of both worlds!

Our single and group lesson apps are made to fully teach the mathematical concepts presented in an interactive and engaging manner. • Operations management and product management for development of 194 apps.

Responsibilities include day to day direction and guidance of direct sales force, product delivery, and accounting as well as key roles in marketing, product management, and business development of a privately owned educational technology company. SALES• Direct activity and manage national sales force to win and expand significant sales to maximize revenue potential from education market MARKETING • Responsible for assessing market and opportunityPRODUCT MANAGER• Work with Product team to use market feedback to direct new development efforts and ensure customer needs are met. • Proactively work with clients and customer support to identify objectives, priorities and directions, critical success factors.OPERATIONS• Acting as VP of Finance/Operations, post Hurricane Katrina to present; responsible for day to day cash position, account payables, account receivables, collections, cash flow analysis, budgeting, forecasting

Day to day responsibilities included support of direct and indirect sales force responding to requests for assistance with inquiries, proposals, grants, RFI’s and RFP’s.• Managed grant compliance and reporting for state and federal earmark appropriations.• Collaborated with evaluator to write grant and appropriation materials, including budgets• Direct activity and manage inside sales team

Supported President and Executive Vice President sales activities on a day to day basis in a volatile start-up environment• Collaborated to create all sales and marketing materials• Created proposal templates and collateral materials• Created and maintained sales tracking and reporting tools

Contributed sweat equity working nights and weekends developing product, recruiting staff, managing projects, and co-managing the development team

Managed relationships in key target accounts in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette for the purpose of expanding existing business and securing new business opportunities.• Added $30K recurring revenue per year by converting BOC Gases (Port Allen, LA) from GE to Siemens automation product line.• Implemented "House of Siemens" marketing program in regional territory to educate clients on Siemens products.• Unseated entrenched competition and won spare parts component for major steel fabricator's $30 million upgrade.

Supported automation sales manager by servicing accounts with engineered solutions, product support, product demonstrations, and pricing • Grew territory sales from $1 million to $5 million annual revenue; achieved double-digit growth per year for 5 years.

Engineered, managed and commissioned construction projects including motor control centers, power transmission switchboards and generator control systems for Avondale Shipyards, PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia, Shell and BP Oil. Regularly presented new product technologies to existing clients to secure new business

Managed sales, projects and technical support in a family owned building automation company; key contributor to $1 million annual sales revenue.