Chief Technology Officer

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Career Profile:
-Government Official: CTO / Bureau Chief, Idaho Dept. of Education
-Professional Educator: Teacher, Principal, Educational Technology Consultant
-National Leadership: Chairman, SETDA State Policy Committee
-Marketing: National Marketing Director, Satellite Systems Corporation
-National Program Manager, Satellite Systems Corporation
-Ed Tech Consultant: BLE Group
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Career:
-Chief Technology Officer: Friendship Public Charter Schools, Washington DC
Friendship Public Charter School is DC's largest charter school with over 4200 s
tudents on five campuses and growing. <www.friendshipschools.org>
-Ed Tech Consultant with the BLE Group, Washington DC
The BLE Group is an association of CIOs that offer consulting services to school
districts and charter schools in the US and Caribbean. <www.blegroup.com>
-Bureau Chief, Bureau of Technology Services: Idaho State Department of Educatio
n
Managed four departments including educational technology, information technolog
y, programming, and state data-warehouse. Developed the concept of an Idaho stu
dent information management system that would integrate data warehousing, studen
t information management and curriculum management to achieve individualized dif
ferentiated instruction and improve student performance.
-Educational Technology Director: Idaho State Department of Education
Established public/ private partnerships to work with local business, foundation
s and legislators to establish the Idaho Council for Technology in Learning. As
state director, helped move the state tech rating from the bottom ten to the top
in the nation in six years.
-Telecommunications Specialist: Idaho State Department of Education
Established the "STAR" schools system in forty plus Idaho districts. Hosted a mo
nthly satellite television program featuring educational technology and curricul
um specialists broadcast to provide professional development to over 15,000 teac
hers and administrators.
-National Marketing Director: Satellite Systems Corporation, Virginia Beach, VA.
Performed market analysis, created and presented technical proposals, negotiated
and closed commercial satellite installation contracts with Government, NASA, C
omSat, USIA and other major communication firms.
-National Program Manager: Satellite Systems Corporation, Virginia Beach, VA.
Managed satellite network installations including regional radio networks, Pru-B
ache V-Sat Net, Holiday Inn Net, and the NASA TDMA Telecom Network. Recruited, t
rained and supervised over 50 technicians and computer based support staff.
Educational Technology Consultant: Virginia Beach, VA.
-Created "ComTech4Ed" to market consulting services in Educational Technology Th
eory, Group Interactive Video and Computer Aided Instruction. Developed test mar
ket for line of educational software.
-Principal and Instructor: Indianapolis, Indiana
Formulated and administered educational curriculum and staff to bring inter-city
school system into full state certification with average student achievement te
st scores gaining over twenty points in just seven years.
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Recent Awards and Presentations in the K-12 Technology Market Space
-Served as Chair, SETDA State Policy Leadership Committee, State Educational Tec
hnology Directors Association. http://www.setda.org/
-Keynote speaker at the national sales conference for Pearson Learning.
-Keynote speaker on emerging trends at the Texas Instruments Ed Tech forum.
-Guest lecturer on technology trends at Advanced Micro Devices Austin Research C
enter.
-Served as one of three state leaders in helping develop the Partnership for 21s
t Century Skills National Technology Plan.
-Presented on State and National Ed Tech policy at the 16th Annual Education and
Telecommunications Markets Conference.
-Served as one of two state leaders on the EdNet National Education Executives A
dvisory Board.
-Presented on Curriculum Management Systems at the CCSSO National Leadership For
um.
-Serve on the BLE Group National CIO Forum. http://www.blegroup.com/
-Spoke on behalf of the USDOE on state testing initiatives at the National Schoo
l Boards Association conference.
-Spoke on K-12 Technology Trends for the Heller Reports Virtual Round Table nati
onal forum.
-Led the Idaho Education Contingent to the Secretary of Education National Confe
rence on Educational Technology.
-Speaker: Sun Microsystems World Wide Education and Research Conference
-Received the "Making it Happen Award" as the outstanding State Leader at the SE
TDA National Leadership Institute as voted by peer membership.
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Education:
BS: Indiana University / Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Area Major in Social Sciences with Teaching Certification
MA: Indiana University / Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Secondary School Administration with Administrators Endorsement
Post Masters Graduate Work: Regent University, Virginia Beach, Va.
Communications Major / Marketing Minor