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Beaverton, Oregon, United States

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

• Lead 125 staff members across the Product, Curriculum and Instruction, Data Evaluation, and Engineering teams to deliver best in class programs for MIND’s innovative Learning Ecosystem. • Own and deliver product roadmaps and go-to-market strategies for a $30 million product portfolio. • Lead business development and strategic partnership efforts to grow product solutions and execute strategic plans.• Evangelize MIND’s innovative approach to learning design to help differentiate MIND in the market, showcase the ability to achieve extraordinary student outcomes, and grow relationships with thought leaders, customers, and strategic partners.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Built a $1 million portfolio of consulting engagements with educational technology companies, state departments of education, and school districts.• Established the brand, vision, mission, values, and strategy for the organization.• Envisioned, designed, and delivered multiple educational technology and learning solutions to achieve outstanding businesses results and student outcomes.• Evaluated large-scale mergers and acquisitions for educational technology organizations and private equity firms.

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

• Growing and managing a ~$65 million portfolio of large-scale, high-stakes, assessment contracts with 13 state departments of education.• Oversite of over four hundred staff across all departments, including: sales, marketing, product management, engineering, professional learning, program management, government relations, and more.• Collaborating with states to launch innovative and impactful assessment solutions designed to support improved learning and learning systems.• Setting the strategy and vision for the State Solutions Division including oversight of:o Sales targets, strategic partnerships, and bid strategies designed to capture market share.o Government relations and policy and advocacy goals designed to influence the market.o Solution design, development, and time-to-market plans including planning for the interdependencies between psychometrics, content, security, professional learning, and software development.o Profit and loss analysis at the division and program level to support sustainable and profitable business decisions.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Led NWEA’s Product Management Department to develop and deliver product roadmaps in support of a $250 million products and services portfolio.• Led NWEA’s Research Department to oversee product quality including: psychometrics, norms, data quality, and efficacy research. • Led NWEA’s Program Management Department to execute on a large set of complex, large-scale, bespoke contracts for state departments of education and large school districts resulting in over $20 million in annual recurring revenue.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Led the Strategic Solutions team to develop over 30 strategic partnerships and establish a portfolio of scalable, bespoke, solutions to compete for large-scale contracts.• Led delivery and operations of the organization’s comprehensive assessment and professional learning solutions for state departments of education.• Led the Government Relations team and drove strategy for international, federal, and state policy and advocacy efforts.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Established a 3-year strategic plan based on market intelligence, client feedback, and an innovation agenda to transition the organization from a management consulting firm to an educational technology organization.• Established an Educational Services and Professional Development Division to expand the firm’s ability to impact learning and teaching and diversify revenue streams. • Expanded revenue for the flagship product, ATLAS, by 20% in domestic and international markets.

Portland, Oregon

• Led item and test design, test development, test packaging, and publishing for NWEA’s portfolio assessment products which included over 80,000 assessment items.• Led the content design and delivery process for over 3000 product training, professional learning, and coaching/consultative workshops a year. • Implemented a lean content supply chain processes to improve efficiency and maximize a $15 million-dollar budget.

Portland, Oregon

• Led the organization’s cross-departmental strategic planning and annual operating plan process. • Led the Project Management Office (PMO) and established agile product, program, and project management processes to deliver on $100 million P&L expectations. • Led the organization’s Item Bank Division. Expanded strategic partnerships and grew business-to-business revenue from $4 to $9 million dollars over two years.

Lake Oswego, Oregon

• Developed the organization’s first multi-year, multi-product, roadmap designed to balance mission goals with market drivers to diversify revenue and learning impact.• Converted NWEA’s aging product infrastructure to a modern web-based architecture which supported scalability requirements, reduced expenses, and increased customer satisfaction.

Lake Oswego, Oregon

• Managed business development for strategic accounts resulting in a $4 million portfolio. Coordinated domestic and international product implementation for organizations like Sylvan Learning Centers, KIPP Foundation, American Heritage Academies, and the Walton Family Foundation.

Lake Oswego, Oregon

• Managed a team of 10 staff responsible for meeting unique product implementation needs for a portfolio of over 3000 clients.

Lake Oswego, Oregon

• Managed unique client implementation needs for a portfolio of 400 clients.• Consulted with clients regarding best practices for leveraging assessment data to improve student growth and achievement.• Consulted with clients regarding professional development needs, school improvement planning, and curriculum effectiveness analysis.

Sandy, Oregon

• Taught Science and English Language Arts courses across grades 9-12.• Developed and implemented a new professional-technical writing curriculum.• Coached multiple team sports and advised multiple student programs and activities.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Master Of Arts In Teaching (Mat), Biology And Literature

Activities and Societies: • Beta Beta Beta • Residence Life Coordinator

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