Jeff R.

SkillCycle is a Human Capital Development company, offering HR solutions focused on employee learning and performance management.

• Scaled SkillCycle 500% over 4 years by building a robust product team and introducing innovative HR solutions.
• Created the first unified talent platform integrating performance and development workflows.
• Architected Aida, an AI-powered assistant providing personalized feedback and development plans.
• Led data analytics effort, integrating data to build a cohesive KPI/OKR system.

Success Academy Charter Schools is a network of public charter schools in NYC focused on providing transformative K-12 education.

• Enhanced decision-making by leading data analytics for educational institutions.
• Developed data warehouses and dashboards improving data access and visualization.
• Managed a successful transition to remote schooling during the pandemic.

McGraw Hill provides educational resources and platforms for instructors and students worldwide.

• Achieved 25% market share growth for McGraw-Hill Connect by integrating AI features.
• Forged strategic partnerships positioning the platform as an innovation leader.

Watermark offers software solutions supporting higher education institutions in assessment and accreditation management.

• Transformed product development culture, improving user experiences and launching new products.
• Led a successful initiative with Gates Foundation, fostering widespread adoption and expansion of Aqua.
• Integrated teams post-merger and developed a new product strategy and roadmap.

Pearson is a global education company providing textbooks, digital learning solutions, and assessments.

• Organized a new product marketing function, implementing a strategy for consolidation of key products.
• Managed product responsibility for K-12 SIS and LMS, enhancing overall product offerings.

• I led product management for Schoolnet, Pearson's award-winning instructional improvement system. Schoolnet provides the only unified solution to align student assessment, curriculum and instruction; guide collaborative, data-informed discussion; and enable targeted instruction for every student.
• The job required me to grow and mentor a product and UX team during a time of both tremendous internal change and external pressure to deliver against high-profile contractual engagements. During my time we:
• Planned and led five consecutive on-time releases of market-leading student assessment and teacher evaluation capabilities to a user base that doubled to over 8 million students.
• Served as a critical partner and thought leader to senior leadership at several states and large urban school districts using the Schoolnet product to support ambitious new assessment, curriculum and teacher evaluation initiatives.
• Doubled the number of agile product teams across three locations in six months to increase velocity and meet commitments.
• Turned around a stalled "one Pearson" product integration project and delivered a new Cloud-based data hub for class-roster sharing and single sign-on across disparate learning applications to a base of 25 pilot customers (500K students).
• Developed and implemented strategies for integrating products from different Pearson divisions; Escambia County (FL) School District won a Gold award from the IMS Global Learning Consortium for the improvements to learning they made with our solution.

• Directed product management for core technologies supporting top learning applications, generating $600M in digital revenue.
• Managed cross-functional solutions spanning analytics, identity management, and e-commerce.

BiddingForGood is an online fundraising auction platform connecting nonprofits with philanthropic shoppers.

• Directed internal business intelligence efforts and customer-facing analytics features.
• Designed an internal data warehouse for strategic guidance and operational support.
• Integrated Salesforce.com to provide actionable data for at-risk accounts.

• Managed engineering resource allocation and project management for core technology platforms.
• Provided analysis and forecasts for product usage, supporting decision making and sales strategies.

• Managed development of Pearson's Subscription Management System, ensuring system-wide integration in education apps.
• Supervised a cross-functional team to deliver a successful subscription management platform.

Voter.com was an independent political information website.

• Designed and implemented a content management system for campaign websites.
• Managed advertising and content traffic supporting over 1,000 campaigns and advocacy groups.

Cahners Business Information was involved in new media projects for manufacturing publications.

• Developed online help resources and managed high volumes of user and customer support emails.
• Provided management with analytical reports of user feedback and trends to strengthen operations.