Pamela Mcleod Email & Phone Number

Remote, Us

Burlington, Vt, Us

Elected member and chair of both Alton School Board and JMA Board (Prospect Mountain High School). Through quiet leadership, consensus, patience, and stakeholder communication, I, along with my colleagues across two towns, have stabilized a formerly divisive community school board - which, in turn, reduced teacher attrition at the elementary school I have served on multiple district negotiations teams, including a new CBA and a pandemic-related MOA; chaired two superintendent search committees; executed an *historic* MOU for sharing central office services between three neighboring districts, resulting in significant operational efficiencies; advised on the restructuring of shared IT services; exploring high school models to include tuition options; oversight of a $16M budget; and COVID-19 decision making. I also enjoy mentoring new board members.

Concord, New Hampshire, Us

Transformed technology and developed the first cybersecurity / privacy program in a leading public school district having 1000 staff and 4500 students. The first named CISO in the district, I assured compliance with NH’s minimum security standards (derived from NIST 800-171) as well as vendor compliance for data privacy, led cybersecurity audits, and developed the first data governance, incident response, and business continuity plans. I proactively led technology and instructional technology across a 7-school district and regional career technical education program, with emphasis on service leadership, cross-departmental collaboration, and cooperative solutions with multiple school districts. During my tenure, we modernized all aspects of district I.T. to support every function of school district administration, and with the philosophy that a successful user experience begins with solid infrastructure, efficient data/business processes, strong communication, and diversified professional development. In the CSD, my lean team of 8 managed over 6,500 modern Windows 11/iOS/Chrome endpoints, an enterprise network, MS Teams phone system, and physical security (video/access control), maximizing the district's value of investment (VOI). A member of the district cabinet, I led the district’s first comprehensive strategic planning process in 2022, created the district's first technology capital plan, served as the first CISO, modernized replacement cycles for all systems, and developed district priorities and policy. Successfully won grant awards ranging up to $1M.

I co-founded the NH CTO Council in 2014 as the NH affiliate of CoSN.org, executing a vision for a professional organization focusing on the diverse leadership responsibilities of K12 CTOs. These responsibilities include the unique intersection of skillsets across broad areas of Leadership & Vision, Understanding the Educational Environment, and Managing Technology. I helped to lead this fledgling organization to 501 (c) (3) non-profit status as well as managing an annual conference with 100+ attendees, then stepped aside to make room for new leadership. All work on this board is volunteer. NHCTO is now the primary professional organization for K12 technology leaders in NH and serves 80% of the districts in New Hampshire. I served on the Executive Board for many years and continue to co-lead the student privacy alliance efforts.

I built this technology program nearly from the ground up and led all aspects of Technology in a small public school district of 106 staff and a student population averaging about 550 students. Budgeting, purchasing, server/network management, grant writing, student databases, application evaluation, technology integration, technology planning, E-Rate, professional development, and many other diverse responsibilities. Served as a member of district Leadership Team. Recommended educational technology tools and modernized business processes. Covered classes and served lunch/recess duties. Solutions employed include PowerSchool, Office 365, Lync Enterprise Voice, SharePoint 2013 with SSRS, VMWare, Hyper-V, Active Directory, HP ProCurve switching, Sonicwall firewall, and Aruba wireless.Responsible for over $200,000 in grant funding.

Organized New Hampshire's first Microsoft purchasing consortium through NHSTE, pooling the buying power of larger districts to help smaller districts achieve better pricing and a tighter relationship with MS. In two years, the Consortium grew by 600% school districts, and successfully migrated from per-desktop to per-FTE licensing, saving member districts 30% or more each year. Founded NHSTE's "GeekMeet" series, a monthly forum for IT personnel in NH-area school districts to share information about technical topics.

Led state professional organization through a major website transition, change in conference venue, and finalization of non-profit status.

Durham, New Hampshire, Us

Research programmer and GIS specialist for the Central for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM).

San Francisco, Ca, Us

GIS and ColdFusion Consultant for multiple military bases for Radian International. Radian was acquired by Dames & Moore and then URS Corporation during my time there.

Castine, Me, Us

GIS Specialist and instructor for the Corning School of Ocean Studies.

Master Of Engineering (M.Eng.), Civil Engineering

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Technology Integrator Certification

Ocean Studies

Bs, Electrical Engineering, Computer Option

Certificate Of Advanced Graduate Studies (Cags), District Leadership