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Denver, CO, US

Longmont, Colorado, US

• Orchestrated a full-scale turnaround of a private equity backed high-end STEM education organization, steering from negative EBITDA to profitability within 3 years.
• Collaborated with the CEO to develop and implement strategic plans that realigned the company's mission, objectives, and paved the way for profitable growth.
• Oversaw all aspects of company operations, ensuring operational efficiencies, quality service delivery, and cost-effective resource management.
• Built scalable delivery infrastructure by optimizing supply chain, inventory management, warehousing, delivery, and installation processes.
• Renegotiated key contracts, realizing significant cost savings and operational improvements.
• Instituted rigorous processes, controls, and performance metrics to drive operational excellence and accountability.

London, GB

• Promoted to lead the global technology product development and support organization, managing a team of 200+, a $10M budget, and overseeing implementation, delivery, and customer support teams.
• Defined and spearheaded the strategic pivot to an agile and responsive business model, implementing agile development methodologies across software engineering.
• Established a metrics-driven culture, aligning cross-functional teams around common objectives such as accelerating product delivery cycles, enhancing quality, and optimizing resource utilization.
• Formulated the technical product strategy and 5-year roadmap for the K-12 assessment product group, executing a mix of build, buy, and partner initiatives through acquisitions and licensing deals.
• Collaborated with the M&A team to evaluate and integrate strategic technology acquisitions into the product portfolio.
• Managed full lifecycle software development, from requirements to release, as well as post-deployment customer support for flagship product serving the K-12 education market.

London, GB

• Led the development, delivery, and operations of an innovative technology division, overseeing the development and execution of 25 products and a $25M annual budget.
• Directed a cross-functional team of 30+ professionals spanning Project/Program Management, Quality Assurance, and User Experience (UX), including direct management of managers across these functions.
• Formulated technical strategy and roadmap for AI platform development projects, spearheading the division's core product initiatives.

London, GB

• Established the Project Management Office (PMO) for the division, pioneering PM processes with financial oversight and business value realization.
• Built and led a team of 10 project managers, developing them as empowered leaders within software development group,
• Designed a project initiation framework that optimized investments by filtering out efforts misaligned with strategic objectives.
• Managed a portfolio of over 10 major product development projects exceeding $10M, including AI initiatives in assessment and language testing that revolutionized the assessment space.
• Spearheaded process improvement and comprehensive project management across technical and business domains

San Antonio, Texas, US

San Antonio, Texas, US