As the Principal Product Manager for Data and Analytics, I work closely with Senior Management to guide the development of data and analytics products in the markets CCC serves. This includes oversight of the creation of data pipelines and the development and management of products that help clients solve complex problems and answer business questions through data analytics.

In this role of Senior Product Manager - Analytics, I work with our foundational engineering teams to define and build the data processing pipelines and analytics capabilities needed to support our data operations, internal reporting and intelligence, and external analytics product needs. More specifically, I:- Work across teams to structure analytical solutions to address business objectives- Provide business analytical acumen and hypothesis (i.e. work to define and refine the problem space and the analytical questions we are trying to answer)- Am responsible for project delivery- Effectively guide teams around problem structuring and use of analytical tools and techniques to guide decisions- Liaise and build relationships across multiple layers of stakeholders

As a Product Manager on our Platform Services team, I am the product owner on the team building a master data management system for our inventory of published works. Beyond building this foundational platform service, I work to ensure that the capability on the platform can be integrated into a broad base of product consumers, including rights management, content services, distribution services, pricing, and others. I work with teams across the product and engineering organizations to ensure alignment of core capabilities with product roadmaps and desired features from a core set of services.

As a Product Manager on our Platform Services team, I am the product owner on the team building a master data management system for our inventory of published works. Beyond building this foundational platform service, I work to ensure that the capability on the platform can be integrated into a broad base of product consumers, including rights management, content services, distribution services, pricing, and others. I work with teams across the product and engineering organizations to ensure alignment of core capabilities with product roadmaps and desired features from a core set of services.

As the product lead for our Analytics effort, I manage teams who build learning focused, user-facing data visualizations, as well as the standards-based data analytics infrastructure to support these visualizations, all with the goal of improving student outcomes.Critical Functions Include: -Act as the conscience of the product, continuously looking at the product from the end-user’s perspective; driving the complete experience, software and content, to best outcome possible for the end-user. Ensure the customer experience is represented as a top priority throughout all stages of development.-Draft project charters, requirements, Agile epics and stories, with prioritized features and specifications, while incorporating inputs from all stakeholders. Ensure release goals and commitments are understood by all affected teams.-Partner with Program Managers and Engineering Leadership to ensure a manageable scope that can be delivered on-time, on-budget, on-quality. Oversee the care and feeding of the platform, ensure all aspects of the platform receive attention, including technical debt and infrastructure as well as new features. Results of this work are communicated via the quarterly plan.-Own and drive the platform roadmap. Partner with the business product managers from the various business units to develop a vision, strategy and prioritized feature backlog for digital product(s)/platform. Ensure cohesion across all product lines on their platform.-Develop a shared vision for product(s) through investigation of market demands, user feedback, and competitive analysis. In partnership with the business unit, gather and prioritize product and customer requirements.-Ensure cross team dependencies are identified, understood by all affected teams, and then properly managed with a clear singular triad responsible for each one.-Track competitive and technological landscape, keeping abreast of new innovations and developments in the market space.

MHElabs, EduTech Research & Development (R&D), Higher Education, Instructor Innovations, Education Technology, K-20, technology innovation, digital education technology

School, Education Group, Director, Media Technology; Elementary Basal Reading, digital product development, digital publishing

School Solutions Group, K-12 Textbooks, Print Production, Project Management, Digital Publishing, Content Management, Basal Reading Publishing, K4

K4 Publishing System, Adobe Creative Suite, Workflow, Process Analysis, Project Management, XML

Books, Sales. Corporate Sales, Catalog Sales, Subsidiary Rights, Professional Books, Sales Management