Chad Kirchner

Experience

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  Mokpo Education Office

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Public School English Teacher

  • Taught classes of 30 students, 5 times per day, grades K-6, English as a Second Language. • Prepared and delivered a specific curriculum for each class, grade level and adult class. • Instructed ESL for 48 adults at teacher training immersion camps for Korean elementary teachers. • Was the first foreign teacher at Seosan Elementary and started its first English library.

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  British Telecom

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

  Management Consultant

  • Assisted CIO and Global Head of Research with the transition to an upgraded email system for a 5000 seat biomedical research community. • Managed administration of 20 individual consultants, maintained document database and handled employee logistics. • Maintained IT documentation using SharePoint and made accessible to 200 key stakeholders across six sites worldwide. • Introduced, recorded and edited the first podcast available to BT and for all meetings.

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  Cengage Learning

  Mar 2011 - Oct 2018

  Responsible for Product Management, UX, Research, and Instructional Design for market leading digital products.Disciplines included: Art, Design, Music, Computing, Film, Literature, and ancillary Digital Offerings such as Apps, Games, Video, Quizzing, and other interactive assets.Responsibilities include:- Overall: Defining and managing the delivery and development of digital assets, managing stakeholders, training both management and peers in design thinking- Content & pedagogy: Instructional Design, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, User Experience, Storyboarding, Audio/Video editing, production and development- Delivery: Internal training and presentations, External Customer Training and support, Focus Groups, Design Sprints, Learning platform integration, HTML 5 conversion, ADA compliance, Digital Media QA, Content QA- Environmental: Virtual learning environments, Course management systems- Administrative: Budgeting, Systems Management, QA, Customer Support, Hiring, Interfacing with cross-functional teams both on and off-site to bring products out on time and in budget.Versed in APIs, Design Methods, Best-Practices, Software Methods, Agile, Scrum, UX, UI, Mockups, Storyboarding, User Stories, Show less • Hire, train, and manage authors for textbook support products; • Budget, plan, schedule, and manage development of digital ancillaries; introduce cost and time efficiencies. • Research and evaluate competing products and present findings to executive management; • Work closely with authors to communicate course needs and recommend product enhancements; • Assist with creating better test questions and question creation process. • Manage administration of K12 Computing team, including maintaining product databases, drafting contracts, invoicing, and handling sales and customer queries. Achievements: • Help design, write and build 1st Whiteboard product for our series; • Assist with writing a Department of Defense 1+ million dollar contract; • Help move K12 computer textbooks into the digital market; • Led the editorial review for our first digital platform. Show less

  • Product Manager, OER Initiatives - Content Strategy Team

    Jan 2017 - Oct 2018

  • Learning Design & Research Manager - Content Strategy Team

    May 2016 - Jan 2017

  • Content Developer / Product Manager - Art and Music

    Aug 2012 - Apr 2016

  • Associate Product Manager - Computing Team

    Mar 2011 - Aug 2012
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  Chadco

  Apr 2019 - now

  Real Estate Investor