Pawan Benjamin Email & Phone Number

Madison, WI, US

• Oversee the end-to-end learner experience for 10+ cohorts and 200+ learners in total, driving exceptional learner satisfaction and graduation rates
• Act as a strategic consultant and point of escalation to troubleshoot course & technical content-related queries needs for instructors, teaching assistants and learners.
• Manage and track information across multiple platforms to monitor and report on success and noteworthy themes related to NPS, retention, and instructor hours
• Meet with learners 1 on 1 to discuss concerns or feedback on their experience
• Liaise with the enrollment and curriculum teams to assure learner expectations are clear and any adjustments needed during onboarding are proactively communicated

- Overseeing day to day activities of several bootcamp cohorts to exceptional learning experience for students and staff- Point person for Instructional Teams, managing communication with team members to align expectations, celebrate milestones and address concern areas- Strategic consultant to troubleshoot course and technical content

Remote

- Fulltime Instructor for Web Development Intensive- Writing and Curating lectures, workshops through PERN Stack- Project manage Student's Capstone Projects- Lead Algorithm and Data Structures lectures and problems- Successfully lead students from complete begginers to job ready in a few months

Remote

Currently working as a team with the Lead instructor through our fullstack Curriculum with Node, Postgres, Express, and React. Currently running lectures, and writing supplemental curriculum for students guiding them through the whole stack, as well as data-structures and algorithms. In addition I also act as a project manager for student capstone projects.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Guided students through boot camp curriculum, including algorithms, data structures, and the PERN stack. Also acted as a project manager for student’s capstone projects, where we engaged in daily standups and code reviews.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

- Developed and manage the website for Washington DC based physical therapy business- Built using Asto JS, React JS, CSS, Tailwind, Netlify and more- Conforms to Google Lighthouse and general SEO best practices, and optimized for mobile and desktop applications

Greater New York City Area

• Performer, Composer, Arranger, Producer, Educator
• Collaborated with artists such as Roscoe Mitchell, Bill T. Jones, Mike Stern, Candido Camero, Taufiq Qureshi, among others
• Performances credits include Rose Theater at Lincoln Center, Rubin Museum of Art, MoMa (NYC), Goa International Jazz Festival, National Center of Performing Arts (Mumbai India), Bimhuis and Blue Note (Amsterdam, NL).
• Maintained a private teaching studio since 2010, specializing in woodwinds, as well as theory, composing, Jazz, Hindustani (Indian Classical), and Nepali Folk performance and history.

Mumbai, Maharashtra

• Associate Dean of Students, Professional Program Course Director
• Developed and authored college level course curriculum, organized and directed classes and programming
• Managed and directed an international faculty across all school departments, ensured quality teaching and curriculum implementation
• Taught Theory, Ear Training, Improvisation, History, as well as Combos, and Private lessons
• Worked closely with marketing, promoting school and events

Mumbai Area, India

• After School Instructor and Coordinator
• Taught beginning drums, guitar, and piano for afterschool students grades k - 5
• Organized lesson plans, curriculum, and student performances

Manhattan, NY

• Floor Salesperson
• Commission based salesman helping customers find instruments, sheet music, managing orders from distributors, and store setup
• Consistently top performing salesperson

New York, NY

• After School Instructor
• Mentoring and tutoring at risk children in 1st through 5th grade at Roberto Clemente School, Harlem, NY
• Tutored students in Math, Reading, Science, as well as visual art and

Bachelor’S Degree, Jazz/Jazz Studies

Software Engineering