Professional Vita

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

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

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

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 

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

Certificate of K12 Superintendency from Northern Arizona University

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