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The Digital Campus is an online learning platform that combines the fun of gaming with thebenefits of education. It's a place where anyone can take courses on a variety of subjects,play educational games, earn rewards, and be part of a learning community—all online.Play, Learn, and Earn.

London, Gb

London, Gb

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

 Led pricing efforts for the full suite of redesigned assessments through the use of conjoint market analyses resulting in the definition of a consumer and institutional pricing plan as well as a tiered discount structure to incent bulk purchase. Led business casing and pricing efforts in response to state driven RFPs averaging $20MM in new revenue. Redesigned the organizational structure of the SAT and PSAT Assessment Programs in order to improve cross functional communication and collaboration and to optimally align staff to value delivery work streams. Managed the work of several business functions including sales and field support, communication and marketing, product development, market intelligence and operational publications.

New York, Ny, Us

Strategic business planning and execution expert enabling successful outcomes through the linkage of a prioritized set of initiatives to strategic goals and success metrics. Led the development of enterprise-wide goals and success metrics.  Effectively managed the enterprise portfolio of strategic initiatives consisting of up to 150 projects and ~$100MM of capital investment including alignment of initiatives with corporate objectives, prioritization of projects according to financial and mission value, management of project execution and analysis of post launch performance. Led the Strategic Investment Council, an executive body that resolves strategic issues, evaluates proposed initiatives and approves capital investments.  Re-engineered and led the strategic planning process resulting in a reduction in the planning timeline of eight months (~75%) through development of sustainable management systems and alignment of initiatives to goals and objectives. Improved portfolio returns by 25% through the elimination of low return initiatives by developing and rolling out a holistic business casing process enabling consistent cross organizational prioritization of initiatives and driving sound product development practices and deliverables.  Led the project stage gating process that governs the full portfolio of projects from opportunity validation through execution and launch ensuring intended benefits are achieved. Led the Enterprise Project Management Office ensuring appropriate resources were deployed to the highest priority initiatives and that projects were executed leveraging best practice project management methodologies. Led the Enterprise Process Team responsible for defining, maintaining and rolling out key processes that govern the full strategic planning process and the project execution lifecycle. Managed financial analyses and reporting activities including reporting of monthly/quarterly financial performance and key financial trends.

New York, Ny, Us

 Led the development of a new assessment delivery channel resulting in improved unit profit margins and revenues while increasing penetration rates, especially among minority and low income students. Led development activities for products designed to address fundamental learning issues in middle schools and a web-based product to improve student performance in Advanced Placement courses. Analyzed markets and competitive landscapes while defining customer value propositions, product requirements, business models, and marketing and sales strategies.

New York, Ny, Us

Process excellence and cost management champion significantly reducing operating costs, improving operational efficiency, optimizing resource allocation and increasing profitability. Reduced operating costs by $85MM off a cost base of $600MM in less than two years. Stood up and led an enterprise cost management office in order to reverse unsustainable operational cost increases off a cost base of ~$600MM. Reduced enterprise operating costs by $85MM (14%) over two years exceeding the initial cost reduction target by 50%. Led major enterprise-wide cost reduction projects including an analysis of core product publication and marketing cost drivers resulting in $20MM+ in sustainable cost savings. Analyzed business and operational cost drivers, explored cost reduction opportunities, developed cost-focused business cases, cost reduction strategies and implementation plans. Developed and implemented a Cost Management Coaching Program to address organizational change management challenges, develop staff and identify cost reduction opportunities.

New York, Ny, Us

Led the business operations of the SAT Program including management of a $200MM P&L while serving as chief of staff for the SAT, Enterprise Operations and Customer Service division. Managed the product P&L consisting of ~$200MM in revenues and ~$160MM in expenses. Managed operational vendors with budgets totaling ~$140MM including contract negotiation and SLA management. Drove efficiency improvements and cost reduction efforts resulting in ~$25MM in operational cost savings. Led annual planning activities including development of annual budgets and strategic plans. Led forecasting and financial analysis activities including analysis of product profitability and development, tracking and review of key performance indicators. Managed the delivery of technology driven projects including scope definition, development of business cases, and management of project budgets, timelines and milestones.  Worked closely with key internal partners (e.g. Customer Service, Operations, IT) and external vendors to drive customer value and implement product and process improvements.

New York, Ny, Us

 Managed the College Board’s largest operational vendor representing ~$100MM in program expense throughout the deployment of a major change initiative that redefined and improved upon the operational framework for delivering the SAT. Instituted project management and process best practices to effectively manage vendors including budget tracking, performance management, issue and task management, vendor communication and meeting organization and facilitation.

Dublin 2, Ie

 Program and project management experience within large organizations (AT&T and IBM) including yearly program planning consisting of over 20 initiatives and an annual program budget of ~$18MM. Led project estimating, budgeting, planning and tracking activities resulting in reduced budget to actual variance rates from 30%-40% to less than 3%. Responsible for release planning and management efforts for up to six simultaneous projects including capacity planning, quality gate management, issue tracking and risk management activities. Successfully identified and implemented operational improvement initiatives within AT&T’s customer service organization reducing operating costs by ~$6MM over a two year period.  Effectively managed the full spectrum of the software delivery lifecycle for AT&T and IBM through more than 15 web and non-web software releases.