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United States

Bloomington, MN, US

• Drive collaboration that establishes Edmentum’s assessment design strategy to improve student outcomes
• Use assessment best practices to lead toward innovative assessment solutions, workflows, and tools, employing tools such as assessment guidelines, blueprints, rubrics, assessment implementation/ delivery guidelines.
• Design assessments with classroom applications of learning measurement and data use in mind, applying a strong knowledge of classroom instructional practices.

Research Triangle Park, NC, US

• Provided digital learning and assessment design, development, delivery,scoring, and reporting expertise for existing research studies, managed subcontractors and identified emerging work.
• Assessment task lead for the High School and Beyond Longitudinal Study of 2022 sponsored by theNational Center for Education Statistics.
• Collaborated on design of program evaluation tools for a grant from the Bill and Melinda GatesFoundation.
• Managed item and test development processes, schedule, and budget.
• Effectively managed partners/vendors to implement designs and ensure that correct quality controlmeasures were in place and executed.
• Managed vendor and client meeting events and activities and collaborated with external experts,psychometric partners and consultants to articulate and gather design requirements and specificationsfor end-to-end programs.

Apple Valley, Minnesota, US

* Oversee the design of Questar’s assessment programs from conception to publication* Collaboratively participate in proposal development* Act as the Face to the Customer for the Assessment Services organization. o be the first point of contact* Manage delivery of and assist in the development, processes, and implementation of all program design.

• Provides leadership in decision-making, and direction to the development of assessment solutions for customers, both through customized state contracts and proprietary products.
• Directs the digital delivery of all assessment components within a complex organization to support annual assessment revenues of $100-200M for 10-20 contracts and concurrent investment projects.
• Engages with internal and external customers to deliver high quality and on time assessment products and services.
• Manages direct reports and coordinates with cross functional groups.
• Approves and tracks costs against projected product budgets.
• Provides capacity forecasting, budget estimates and metrics for planning.

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Developed mathematics performance tasks for the Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium (SBAC) and K-12 mathematics items for state assessment programs and formative assessments, including multiple-choice items and a.
• Project manager for test development of state-wide K-12 online assessment contract with student populations of 200K per grade.
• Managed test development tasks and schedule. Completed project deliverables on time and within budget.
• Managed development of test designs, test blueprints, test specifications, item specifications, style guides, and asset development plans.
• Coordinated with various stakeholders and customers such as staff from Department of Education, external vendors, and different functional groups within the organization to support effective delivery of all test.
• Coordinated educator and community committee activities, including presenter and facilitator roles.

London, GB

• Led assessment design, content development and test construction activities through all phases of product development for next generation assessment solutions from research and planning to national tryout and final.
• Responsible for maintaining content integrity and necessary product updates for a $50M+ portfolio of educational assessments and products including nationally normed achievement tests, language proficiency tests.
• Collaborated with other senior business leadership team members as a representative of the leadership team for the Learning Assessment division.
• Established and executed the businesses strategic plan.
• Established and managed $1M+ cost center budget. Established and managed R&D project budgets ranging from $100K to $5M per project.
• Optimized team structure and established systems to direct and reflect team performance.

London, GB

• Managed development of Mathematics content and test construction activities for both paper and online test products.
• Managed content teams in the construction of thousands of K-12 operational, embedded field test and stand-alone field test forms to content specifications and psychometric targets.
• Developed, reviewed and edited thousands of test items in mathematics to item specifications and project style guides.
• Collaborated with clients on the development of assessment frameworks, item specifications, style guides, test blueprints, and test designs.
• Trained and mentored new staff on content development and test construction best practices. Trained employees for company-wide rollout of new web-based authoring tool. Part of innovative item initiative introducing.
• Conducted item writer workshops and presentations.

San Antonio, Texas, US

• Taught Mathematics to elementary and middle school students.
• Administered K-12 statewide summative assessments and readiness assessments to Pre-K and Kindergarten students.
• Campus leadership and district committee member.
• Mathematics department chairperson.
• Curriculum development.
• Presenter at campus and district meetings and professional development workshops.

San Antonio, TX, US

• Organized and prepared corporate documents related to patents, trademarks, acquisitions, mergers, an initial public offering, warehouse and lease contracts, civil filings, and arbitration matters.
• Engaged in research and information gathering.
• Administered and tracked disbursements and return of security deposits for over 100 warehouse locations throughout the U.S.
• Communicated and corresponded with attorneys, clients, shareholders, government agencies, corporate executives and lease holders

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Organizational Leadership, Specialty: Mathematics Education

Master’S Degree, Mathematics Teacher Education

Bachelor’S Degree, Elementary Education, Mathematics, Social Science

Bachelor’S Degree, Government (Pre-Law), Spanish

Undergraduate