Nick Strickland

Experience

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  Kin-Tek Laboratories

  Aug 2005 - Feb 2007

  Laboratory Manager / Chemist

  As a Manager I trained new employees and handled personnel issues. In the time there we grew the company by 40% by improving efficiencies through a computerized product management system and reduce waste. I worked with the lab team to Identify key facets of quality production to improve employee functionality. Before I became a Manager I performed tests to determine rate of multi-phase chemical permeation. I did research into custom needs for a variety of private and government entities, and I fielded sales related questions. Show less

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  Duna USA

  Feb 2007 - Sept 2007

  Chemist

  My primary role was in Research and Development of Polyurethane products. I provided technical support, and was the primary contact for suppliers and quality assurance. I worked closely with suppliers and utilized my technical knowledge to help maintain quality for customers. I advised on chemical waste disposal, fielded customer technical questions, and corrected in line processing errors.

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  TPC Group

  Sept 2007 - Feb 2009

  Product Manager

  I functioned as a liaison between the commercial department and the operations division. I met with customers to determine needs and support. I collaborated with Sales Directors to establish a business plan, refine effective strategies, and determine pricing and competitor analysis.

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  Goose Creek CISD

  Aug 2009 - Aug 2014

  Teacher

  I transitioned into K12 Education by utilizing my science degree and a desire to help all students succeed. I taught a variety of courses including Physics and Astronomy.I also helped developed the curriculum for Astronomy and served as a teacher representative for both high schools that I served.

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  New Caney Independent School District

  Aug 2014 - Aug 2019

  I worked closely with parents, students, and teachers as a member of a great administrative team. Job duties included: Discipline, teacher evaluation, vendor relations, technology support for Skyward (student information system), direct manager of 60+ employees and part of the leadership team responsible for 150 teachers.On my off time, I wanted to help modernize the antiquated way that the school handled discipline so I created a discipline management system using gscript, google sheets, and forms. This later expanded to help also report on student attendance to provide a unified dashboard experience used by the administration to help spend less time on tasks and more time on driving instructional goals. Show less I primarily served as a Chemistry teacher for the Early College High School preparing students to take college level courses. I was asked to sit in and be a substitute principal when the principal was out. I helped out in a variety of other areas as needed, as the school was small and there was a lot to do:I migrated the Textbook system to Destiny and updated procedures to help improve the overall flow of checking out textbooks. I was the technical resource for the training and development of Chromebooks.In the classroom, I adopted a gamified approach to learning that helped students achieve 10 to 15 points higher than their peers, and an exceptionally large passing rate for the course. Show less

  • Assistant Principal

    Oct 2015 - Aug 2019

  • Teacher

    Aug 2014 - Oct 2015
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  Education Advanced

  Aug 2019 - Jan 2024

  I led the development of a product team as we transitioned from portfolio of individual product to a more unified portfolio of products. We drove growth through linking customer needs with business objectives.Selected Accomplishments:Streamlined flows between products to transform the product team into highly functional cross functional leaders. Built strategy in cooperation with Engineering and business objectives based on data. Partnered with other departments through mentorship and collaboration. Utilized data sets from all over the organization to help guide discussion and strategy. Show less I started out with a brand new product division under the CTO and helped to grow this through best practices and incorporated:Prioritization frameworksUniform Roadmap for the portfolio companyStreamlined cross functional meeting processesExpanded company SWOT and strategy to individual product lines.Enhanced the ROI document to build out a front end leveraging PowerAps, Power automate, and a custom Python API to create on demand documentation.Also I served on the acquisition due diligence to look at a potential acquisition and evaluate both the market and the product offerings. Show less I led the newest product line for Education Advanced serving as the first product manager and helped in the journey to a scrum framework. I served as the cross functional leader for the product line and a critical lifeline to help drive growth through development of needed features. I utilized my skills in python to help drive decisions by unifying data sets and providing key data to sales to help drive growth. This resulted in a document that gave every district in the state of Texas a way to realize the return on investment with Cardonex. I served as the SME for Cardonex and provided master scheduling support. Developed the roadmap template that would be used company wide to communicate the roadmap to a variety of internal and external audiences. Through product innovations and a keen understanding of the market we were able to grow the product by 2X in the first year starting a trend of massive growth that fueled Education Advanced growth over the subsequent years. Show less I worked closely with Districts as we grew the Cardonex offering from a Beta into a full fledged MVP product also serving as a part time product manager in the process. I worked closely with districts, schools, sales, and customer success to bring in improvements needed in the project and take Cardonex to the next level. I created the first version of the Return on Investment document that was used by sales to help drive discussion on overall savings with Cardonex. I utilized Python to generate the document for each district in the state of Texas unifying complex datasets. This became a critical sales strategy to help drive adoption with districts in Texas. Show less

  • Vice President of Products

    Sept 2022 - Jan 2024

  • Director Of Product

    Jul 2021 - Sept 2022

  • Product Manager

    Jul 2020 - Jul 2021

  • Implementation Specialist / Product Manager

    Aug 2019 - Jul 2020
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  Renaissance Learning

  Mar 2024 - now

  Senior Product Manager