Michael Chai

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Digital Transformation - Former CTO/CDO/EVP of Savvas Learning, Pearson, LeapFrog @ University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Michael Chai's Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States, United States
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About Michael Chai

Experienced senior exec with track record of excellence delivering award-winning consumer, mobile and enterprise products to worldwide markets. Digital transformation expertise in multiple global industries (education, consumer products, digital printing). I love working at the intersection of technology, creativity and business and believe we are at the beginning of a long-term open data trend that favors consumers.Skills/experience:• Board experience with premier education industry standards group, privately held enterprise software company• Consumer devices integrated with online ecosystems• Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions across diverse industries• Cascading corporate strategy to product development roadmaps• Building great teams• Investing in top talent

Michael Chai's Current Company Details
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

University Of California, Berkeley, Haas School Of Business

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Digital Transformation - Former CTO/CDO/EVP of Savvas Learning, Pearson, LeapFrog
Michael Chai Work Experience Details
  • University Of California, Berkeley, Haas School Of Business
    Faculty Instructor, Lean Launchpad Class Mba 295 - Creating A Tech-Centric Startup
    University Of California, Berkeley, Haas School Of Business Jan 2022 - Present
    Berkeley, Ca, Us
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  • Savvas Learning Co (Formerly Pearson K12 Learning)
    Cto & Svp Product Technology
    Savvas Learning Co (Formerly Pearson K12 Learning) Oct 2019 - Dec 2021
    Paramus, New Jersey, Us
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  • Pearson
    Svp School Product Technology
    Pearson Jan 2014 - Oct 2019
    London, Gb
    School line of business leadership team member responsible for digital product, development and engineering strategy across the global product lines. Delivery responsibilities include common web services, content architecture/tools, learning analytics and driving overall development investment ROI. The great promise of digital products is timely, actionable feedback loops to students, teachers, parents, administrators and policy makers. With digital services, it’s about making the business of educational institutions more effective and efficient. Add global demographic trends and the opportunity for positive impact is enormous.
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  • Pearson
    Chief Digital Officer
    Pearson Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
    London, Gb
    Led bottoms-up review of K12 through Higher Education digital product portfolio ($500M+ annual investment) with an emphasis on platform strategy and ecosystem partnerships. Served as a key Global Product Council leader and significant contributor to a companywide transformation to an integrated global education business focused on efficacy. Operationally transitioned user experience, content management and K12 strategy teams to support the new global operating model.
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  • Pearson
    Chief Learning Technology Officer
    Pearson Mar 2012 - Dec 2012
    London, Gb
    Moved the needle on simplifying the K12 School team’s platform roadmap and systematically improving the quality and predictability of releases. Led delivery teams through the largest, most successful 1:1 learning implementation in the US (full district transformation to digital curriculum, grades 3-12, one laptop/tablet per student, in one school year).
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  • Leapfrog
    Evp, Product Development And Engineering
    Leapfrog Feb 2010 - Mar 2011
    Emeryville, California, Us
    Corporate officer responsible for company strategy and delivering the entire product line of learning toys, mobile platforms and a large library of engaging, multi-platform content apps. A core aspect of the product strategy is a patented SaaS-delivered Learning Path(tm) system that translates a child’s product play experience into learning progress measures for parents/teachers. This software innovation consistently delivers >50% email open rates and drives feedback loops to marketing, sales, e-commerce, customer care and prod dev teams. Achieved company turnaround in five years. Recruited talented successors from Apple, LucasArts/Amblin and repositioned company for digital ecosystem + learning apps business atop a traditional mass retail distribution model.
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  • Leapfrog
    Svp, Research & Development
    Leapfrog Jun 2005 - Feb 2010
    Emeryville, California, Us
    Management team member responsible for worldwide R&D and key corporate strategy leader. Responsible for 100+ engineers across a broad range of technical disciplines from ASIC development to web engineering and IT operations. Delivered award-winning educational products such as My Pal Scout(tm), My Own Leaptop(tm), the Tag(tm) Reading System and Leapster Explorer(tm). Over 25M units sold through online channels and mass market retailers (Wal-Mart, Target, Toys R’ Us, Best Buy).
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  • Efi
    Vp, Advanced Enterprise Solutions
    Efi Sep 2002 - Jun 2005
    Londonderry, Nh, Us
    Appointed by the CEO to create a new business unit focused on transforming core company assets into SaaS solutions and services for IKON, Canon, Xerox and others. Grew to $15M and groomed an experienced sales/marketing exec to run it.• Built a scalable monthly subscription revenue model (managing >10M service calls/yr); grew overall IKON sales by 60%• Created internal new business ‘incubator’ that i) bought a privately-held software company, ii) sold mobile messaging technology assets to Verisign and iii) strategically outsourced R&D projects to external vendors
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  • Efi
    Vp/Gm, Desktop And Mid-Range Server Division
    Efi Feb 1996 - Aug 2002
    Londonderry, Nh, Us
    Directly accountable for $100M+ product/business relationships with US-based and Asia-based OEM customers such as HP, IBM, Canon, Ricoh, Xerox, Minolta and Legend to develop high performance embedded printer controllers and mid-range servers. Products were localized into as many as 21 languages and sold worldwide.• Led 180+ person team of software/firmware engineers, program managers, quality assurance and technical writing operations; directly involved with all staffing decisions• Personally responsible for the only laser printer controller ever outsourced by HP’s $20B Imaging & Printing division
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  • Efi
    Director, Server Software
    Efi Oct 1990 - Jan 1996
    Londonderry, Nh, Us
    Contributions drove industry-wide color management standards still in use today and critical to the company’s goal of making printing to any color copier as simple as using an Apple LaserWriter
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  • At&T Bell Laboratories
    Member Of Technical Staff
    At&T Bell Laboratories 1986 - 1990
    Dallas, Tx, Us
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  • Computer Graphics Lab
    Software Engineer
    Computer Graphics Lab 1984 - 1986

Michael Chai Skills

Leadership Mobile E Commerce Strategic Partnerships Agile Cross Functional Team Start Ups Business Development Web Development Agile Methodologies Engineering Strategy Product Strategy Cross Functional Team Leadership Product Management Enterprise Software Saas Management Business Strategy Product Development Software Development Mobile Devices Cloud Computing

Michael Chai Education Details

  • Stanford University
    Stanford University
    Computer Science
  • Yale University
    Yale University
    Mechanical Engineering

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