Vicki Thomas Email & Phone Number

Thomasville, North Carolina, United States

Itasca, Illinois, United States

- Overseeing the Group Product business unit valued at $43M, reinvigorating its underperforming assets, and ensuring business continuity during the pandemic.- Leading a team of four and equipping them with best practices in product management, marketing, client service, and standardized test development while accelerating top performers' careers.- Steering the Iowa AssessmentsTM portfolio from planning to implementation, performance analytics, and sunsetting.- Advocating for customers to sales & development and incorporating feedback into product improvements.- De-escalating high-profile customer issues with scoring, inaccessibility, digital transformation, and other pain -points as soon as they arise using a solution-oriented, empathetic approach.- Immersing sales teams into the products' technical features so they can guide prospects to make informed purchases.- Owning relationships with authors and content developers to sustain product continuity throughout future iterations.

Itasca, Illinois

Columbia, Maryland, United States

- Orchestrated a $100M course portfolio encompassing the life cycle monitoring of all subjects.- Implemented Scaled Agile Framework in the development cycle using Learning Object theory for content.- Constructed & executed a complete assessment strategy for Connections Education's online school network.- Established new procedures for all online course catalogs' alignment and approvals in the edTech product line.- Interfaced cross-departmentally with sales, platform development, and leadership to justify pricing increases, access untapped markets, compose roadmaps, and make P&L decisions.

Itasca, Illinois

- Headed all formative & interim products for a prominent educational publishing company's assessment division.- Developed & launched Continuum AssessmentsTM as a part of the ELA 2017 textbook adoption and the suite's expansion and guided other product managers to further ties with the basal curriculum.- Trained content specialists and account executives on the product and platform so that they could meet revenue targets.- Hosted roadmap discussions and gathered requirements for further product development based on market analysis.- Monitored market trends and recommended capturing standard alignments while determining focus states.

Itasca, Illinois, United States

- Partnered with individual schools and districts to provide teachers with meaningful assessment information and useful data while ensuring customer success and outperforming quota by 137% with 95% YoY retention.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

- Directed 20+ content aligners to review educational materials and match them with state standards; presented clients with progress reports and completed deliverables.- Localized textbook information to the precise cultural contexts of states and regions with sensitivity, respect, and understanding of each audience's views & opinions.

Raleigh, Nc

- Drove all development phases of NC State's ClassScape assessment system, from ideation and marketing to statewide adoption and implementation.- Supervised, mentored, and coached three trainers to steer the new assessments' adoption by 180+ school districts.

Johnston County, North Carolina, United States

East Clayton Elementary - Grade 4River Dell Elementary - Grade 5- NCCTM Outstanding Math Teacher of the Year- Johnston County Flame for Learning Award- Johnston County Teacher of the Year Finalist

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

Blair Elementary - Grade 4- New Hanover County Teacher of the Year

Micro, North Carolina, United States

North Johnston Middle - Grade 6 Science

Garner, North Carolina, United States

East Garner Middle School - Grades 6 thru 8

Cary, North Carolina, United States

- Evaluated students' math and reading skills; developed and monitor individualized programs based on assessment results.- Responsible for running the center, focusing on meeting revenue and marketing goals, and managing the staff.

Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States

Lillian Black Elementary - Grade 3 Math and Science

Fayetteville, West Virginia, United States

Montgomery Middle School - Grade 6 Science

Lillington, North Carolina, United States

- Managed the staff and curriculum for the Child Care and Learning Center.

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Educational Assessment, Testing, And Measurement, 4.0

Bs, Elementary Education

Activities and Societies: Presidential Scholars Society, Alpha Phi Omega Education Grades K-6 Teaching License Current North Carolina.

Diploma, College Prep