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Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Aventura, Florida, Us

Genius, a Leeds Equity Partners company, solves the complex challenges of modern learning and training programs.Streamline, simplify and centralize all functions of your learning management to deliver compelling student-centric solutions. Genius is your unified system for data empowerment and workflow management, aggregating your student management processes, data, and tools under one user-friendly interface.https://geniuslearning.com

Portola Valley, Ca, Us

Cignition transforms the way students learn mathematics. From immersive game-based learning to data-driven expert math tutoring, we deliver research-backed solutions to schools and parents that engage and aid all students in gaining deep conceptual understanding of mathematics. - Google for Education Partners- Common Sense Education's Top Pick for Learning and 5-star ratedhttps://cignition.com

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Managed mutually beneficial GTM strategies with key global alliances and U.S. Partners.Provided executive leadership for the Global Alliances and Partnership teams for HMH, a $1.4B revenue international educational technology company. Developed key business relationships with companies including Google, Microsoft, Intel, Apple, Amazon, and CDWG to drive cross-functional corporate initiatives. Spearheaded vision, strategy, and execution of global Alliance and Partner initiatives leading to over eight-figure new revenue impact. Contribution Highlights:• Managed Google relationship to create over 100 Expeditions Virtual Reality Field Trips for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) Science and Social Studies curriculum.• Integrated Google Classroom with HMH Platform.• Negotiated Amazon institutional fulfillment agreement for HMH digital titles.• Negotiated Microsoft consumer and institutional fulfillment agreements.• Recruited and on-boarded over 100 Independent Software Vendors (ISV) to HMH Marketplace.• Developed, introduced, and launched new products for international markets (LMS platform for EMEA; Intel Content Access Point devices in LATAM).

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

Defined the go-to-market strategy for the Amplify Access 1:1 learning platform, including performing market research, minimal viable product definition (MVP), partner identification, pricing and sales collateral, and initial pilots.Within eighteen months, we’d launched our first commercial offering across twelve states, generating over $3 million revenue in our first sales cycle. Though Amplify was plagued with OEM issues (melting chargers; broken screens), we were able to maintain all customers and expand to grow revenues to over $10 million in our second sales cycle, $16M in third.Defined and executed a channel partner program strategy with top organizations including CDW-G, Intel, Cisco and many others. Established and managed a reseller network of 15 regional and national partners.Identified and formed relationships with over 80 education technology companies (publishers, assessment, analytics, and many other ISV's).Led by example, personally selling and managing strategic accounts and spending 50+% of time in field with team, clients and partners.Exit 2016 Emerson Collective.

Scottsdale, Az, Us

Parchment’s mission is to turn credentials into opportunities. Parchment helps learners, educators, associations and employers securely send and receive education credentials online, in simple and insightful ways. http://www.parchment.com/company/Worked with founders as an advisory board member in 2003, joining Parchment full time in early 2004. Led Parchment's business development, marketing, direct/channel sales team, and marquee state DOE account relations from the companies' earliest stage. Key activities included:• Planned and implemented sales, marketing and partner go-to-market strategies • Directly responsible for negotiations and award of 11 multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts at state education agency and higher education commission levels• Directly responsible for over 70% of all revenue generated in first four years• Strategic and channel partnership identification, negotiations and management • Frequent speaker and company evangelist at industry/company activities• Active participant in industry standards organizations (PESC, SIFA, CoSN)• Board and investor relationsSuccessful exit 2020; Brentwood Associates PE.

Co-founded SchoolExtra, the exclusive sales and service organization for the nation's leading web-based K-12 student system, Infinite Campus (acquired by Infinite Campus in 2003).Defined and led all sales, marketing, and customer service strategies. Developed and managed national reseller channel partner network. Directly managed the sale and negotiations for major customers, including Minneapolis and St. Paul school districts and the state of South Dakota. Selected Contributions:• Scaled Infinite Campus from pilot phase to second largest U.S. Student Information System provider.Successful exit 2003; Infinite Campus.

Founded OCS to serve a rapidly growing market for technical ERP resources on contract among Fortune 1000 companies. Responsible for consultant sourcing, sales and marketing, partnerships, and major account management. Specialize in PeopleSoft, SAP R/3, and Oracle ERP system implementations.• Successfully recruited, placed, and managed consultants on major projects with mid-to-large companies including Owens Corning, Intelligent Electronics, Prudential, StorageTek, BankBoston, and many other Fortune 1000 companies

The 109th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron provides quality patient care and timely movement of casualties during wartime and peacetime operations. Using military and civilian aircraft the 109th, made up of more than 110 airmen, transport patients to airfields near designated health care facilities.