Liz Drout is a Product Manager at CDW Amplified for Education experienced in Education Technology, Product Strategy, and Continuous Improvement at Elvtr. Colleagues describe her as "Liz excels in providing decisive strategic viewpoint and vision for the product line she manages. She is also a strong communicator who provides relevant and clear information to her clients. I enjoyed working with Liz for I knew I could rely on her absolute product expertise." and "I worked with Liz for more than a decade as the CTO and Senior Architect of the products she managed. Liz learned all of our solutions in-depth as a product manager and became the product champion, successfully launching multiple new product offerings to our client base while maintaining our legacy solutions. Her versatility is a huge asset. She's a self-starter who took the initiative to get things done for our team, including tasks beyond product management such as performing quality assurance testing, creating product documentation, and leading training. Liz excels at communicating with customers and stakeholders. She collaborated with clients to understand their true needs and led the team to address those pain points. She's a pro at handling projects with drive, determination, and diplomacy. Her organized and methodical approach ensures projects are data-driven, well planned, tracked, and documented. She is always on top of events and helps everyone in the team meet their goals and deadlines. Even though she does not have a programming background, Liz gained hands-on expertise in the technical product development side. She is skilled at using development and data management tools and works with data, writing, and executing SQL queries. Liz is also versed in the administration and use of the current project, case, and code management tools. She is a very open, bright person and always a pleasure to work with. Liz is a strong leader and team player, and I'm convinced that any company will appreciate her talents. "