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Professional Vita

Recent Professional Articles

  • AI in Education: 2025 – A Year of Reckoning and Opportunity

Technology Skills & Experience

  • 13+ years of Canvas LMS  (plus in depth competitive analysis)
  • 10+ Years of Salesforce 
  • 10+ years of Qualtrics
  • 10+ years of Jira
  • 15+ Years of Microsoft Office 
  • 15+ Years of Google Workspaces 
  • 8+ years of Tableau 
  • 6+ years of Lever
  • 5+ years of Ombud
  • 3+ years of Clari 
  • 3+ years of Outreach

Instructure Inc. (July 2014 - Present)

January 2024 - Present

Principal Global Lead: Learning Management (Product Team)

  • Contribute and lead teams that create the go-to-market strategy and product road map for all Learning Management development within Canvas branded products (Canvas, Credentials, Studio, Catalog, and AI)
  • Participate on cross-functional teams that are foundational in creating the initial AI features for Instructure products, and in interviewing top customers in this process
  • Beta Testing Canvas' newest features with participating school (Currently facilitating Khanmigo beta inside of Canvas, as well as AI Translation, and AI Discussion Summaries betas)
  • Co-create marketing collateral with marketing managers and align Instructure's Go-To-Market strategy with current education needs and demands
  • Provide thought leadership internally and externally in order to provide the trusted partnership that Instructure is known for


September 2022 – January 2024

Higher Education Senior Account Executive (Custom Development)

  • Forged the foundation for a revamped Custom Development Services business by Instructure
  • Created the first exclusive cDev pipeline and processes leveraging Salesforce, Clari, Outreach, etc.
  • Created and implemented the first cDev go-to-market strategy which included:
    • Creating & conducting webinars for Sales Generated Opportunities
    • Strategically targeting & presenting at conferences including OLC Innovate, Educause, & CBExchange
  • Redefined how cDev services can play a role in New Logo evaluations


May 2017 – September 2022

Higher Education Sr. Solutions Engineer

  • Present the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) as a product (and Instructure as a partner) to all institutional stakeholders involved at colleges and universities in the US
  • Contribute to ongoing conversations about instructional design, course management, and feature development for the Canvas LMS
  • Perform customer needs assessments and solution finding sessions in order to assist the implementation process
  • Track progress on projects through consistent record-keeping and knowledge-sharing
  • Served as the solutions engineering team’s subject matter expert for how the Canvas LMS integrates with the partner vendors (ex. publishers, business intelligence tools, etc.)
  • Was in charge of organizing and schedule all SE professional development throughout the Americas
  • Organized global SE professional development initiatives


July 2014-May 2017

K-12 Solutions Engineer

  • Present the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) as a product (and Instructure as a partner) to all institutional stakeholders involved at K-12 institutions in the US
  • Contribute to ongoing conversations about instructional design, course management, and feature development for the Canvas LMS
  • Perform customer needs assessments and solution finding sessions in order to assist the implementation process
  • Track progress on projects through consistent record-keeping and knowledge-sharing

Tempe Union High School District (July 2012 - July 2014)

Instructional Technology Coordinator (July 2013-July 2014)

  • Taught an online US/AZ Government course
  • Administrator for all online education classes taught by TUHSD instructors
  • Interviewed and hired online instructors
  • Oversight of district-wide LMS evaluation & implementation effort
  • Oversight of Canvas integration with district Student Information System (SIS)
  • Trained district directors for Canvas usage by department


Technology Integration Coach  (July 2012-June 2013)

  • Trainer for professional development workshops
  • Aligned district technology integration goals with Common Core Standards
  • Facilitated relationships between all campus administrators and the district office for the purpose of professional development
  • Piloted an online US/AZ Government course through Canvas (LMS)
  • Assisted in proposal for infrastructural upgrades to campuses and the district office

Williams Field High School (July 2008 - May 2012)

Social Studies Teacher  

  • Taught Advanced Placement Government & Politics, Advanced Placement Macroeconomics, United States/Arizona Government, & Economics 
  • Served on the school’s leadership council
  • Served on Higley Unified School District’s technology committee
  • Piloted iPad initiative for Williams Field High School with a classroom set of iPads for daily use
  • Conducted workshops for district education technology training
  • Lead the writing of school specific common level assessments for United States/Arizona History, Economics, and United States/Arizona Government
  • Served as the school liaison to write the district benchmark assessment for Government and Economics classes
  • Sponsored National Honor Society 
  • Sponsored the Tamarindo Club, which worked to raise awareness and fundraise for a charity directed at a small town in El Salvador 

Basha High School (2004-2008)

Social Studies Teacher/Head Swim and Dive Coach

  • Taught United States/Arizona History, United States/Arizona Government & piloted Current Events course 
  • Sponsored Key Club International
  • Head Coach of Swim and Dive team
  • Assisted in writing common level assessments for United States/Arizona History, as well as United States/Arizona Government
  • Assisted in textbook adoption for new Government and US History books

Certificates Currently Held

Certificate of K12 Superintendency from Northern Arizona University

Certificates Previously Held

  • State of Arizona Standard Teaching Certificate For Secondary Education
  • Social Studies
  • Structured English Immersion
  • Economics
  • US Government  

My Favorite Presentations

Learning Management: Student Voices from ASU

Students are the primary users of Canvas LMS. InstructureCon has always been an amazing event for teachers and education leaders. I am so proud to have been a part of the first ever student panel at this fantastic event. Four Arizona State University students share their perspectives of learning in Canvas and expose what their experience in the platform has taught them.

Customizing a CBE Vision At Scale

CBExchange 2023

A Report Card For Technology Enhanced Learning

ShapingEdu 2022

Alaska Digital Academy (2015): Keynote

Meeting Student Needs In The Digital Age

1-1 BYOD Classroom Management Using Canvas

CanvasCon 2015


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