• Developed and implemented strategic partnerships with state and federal policymakers to influence education policy and drive business growth.• Built and maintained relationships with key education leaders to advocate for favorable conditions for business development.• Led initiatives to align Securly's goals with government priorities, resulting in increased visibility and impact in the education sector.

• Provided strategic guidance to the EDU Marketing team at Microsoft, leveraging education policy and funding to develop a comprehensive marketing strategy.• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align marketing efforts with educational initiatives, driving impactful campaigns.• Implemented data-driven approaches to optimize marketing strategies, resulting in increased engagement and brand awareness.

• Designed and implemented company’s first government affairs initiative, engaging with key stakeholders at state and federal levels.• Managed a team of lobbyists to advocate for company interests with the White House, US DOE, legislators, and education partners.

K12 Business Development leadership. Strategize with K12 State Education Leaders to leverage learning management and assessment systems to support equitable implementations of state initiatives such as personalized learning, mastery learning, formative and benchmark assessments, credentialing, universal design for learning, and open education resources. Support our SIS partners on cooperative business development opportunities. Develop internal understanding of K12 market and strategy.

Provide executive management and strategic leadership functions for the premier non-profit national membership organization serving state level education technology leaders; Manage and expand relationships with members, affiliates, private sector partners; Generate revenue through grants, memberships, partnerships; Work with staff and members on policy, advocacy, human capacity development; Collaborate with policy makers and partner organizations to shape the vision of education technology across the nation

Provide leadership for the state education agency in the areas of Curriculum & Instruction, Exceptional Children, Career and Technical Education, Digital Teaching & Learning, Home Base, and the NC Virtual Public School. Helping state educators use digital learning to transition into an era of Personalized Learning for every student.

Provide strategic vision for second largest state led virtual public school; Manage and organize all business, financial, and instructional aspects of NCVPS; Supervise 25 full time staff members; Manage $25M budget; Serve as chief spokesperson to business, media, governmental, research, and educational partners; Inform State Board of Education, NCVPS Advisory Board, and NC General Assembly of all activities and future plans.

Supervise a team of 5 Curriculum Division Directors, 3 Modular Learning Specialists, and 800+ Online Teachers and Conversation Coaches; Develop and implement the vision for online teaching and learning for students across the state of North Carolina; Analyze assessment data to target improvement in content and instruction; Manage the budget for the Curriculum & Instruction division; Coordinate all research efforts with graduate students, research institutions, and other state organizations.

Teach online graduate courses in Instructional Technology

Coordinate instructional technology specialists and media specialists in each school; Develop district technology plan; Design, develop, and facilitate technology and media staff development for district; Review administrative and instructional software for district purchase; Establish and communicate vision for district instructional technology; Serve as liaison between the Instructional Services Dept and Information Technology Dept; Chair Instructional Technology sub-committee of the District Technology Advisory Committee

Taught face to face and online undergraduate and graduate courses in Instructional Technology

Collaborated with teachers on integration of technology into the curriculum; Designed, developed and facilitated technology staff development; Guided students in the development of multimedia projects; Developed school technology plan; Co-chaired Media & Technology Advisory Committee; Member of the District Technology Advisory Committee; Managed 1600 user accounts on Novell and Windows 2000 networks; Supervised staff of hardware technicians; Managed school technology budget of $60K+; Coordinated computer home loaner program

Designed, developed and implemented web based and application based training; Designed, developed and facilitated training workshops; Developed job aids; Technical writing; Developed training and communication plans

Taught high school math courses

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