Experience

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  Texas a&m health science center

  Aug 1998 - Feb 2001

  Lab manager

  Managed laboratory for four principal investigators. Conducted research using activated neutrophils to induce hyperpermeability in microvessels. Performed tissue culture of human vascular endothelial cells (HVEC). Served as liaison to animal oversight committee and safety oversight committee to ensure lab compliance. Copyedited research grants and journal manuscript prior to submission. Performed technical support for computer and lab equipment.

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  Houghton mifflin harcourt

  Feb 2001 - Feb 2023

  Rotation 3 – Customer Fulfillment Services; 2/22 – 7/22: Improved efficiency and visibility into stock reservation process by creating automated Smartsheet workflow with Order Management, Supply Planning, Order Entry, Sales and Concierge stakeholders. Improved planning and clarity for print subscriptions fulfillment by creating a Smartsheet end-to-end process. Created communications and talk-tracks for Sales and Customer Service teams related to product availability for BTS ’22.Rotation 2 – Services Business Management; 8/21 – 1/22: Improved process for Business Management and Services Operations by spearheading initiative to transition ICLE services delivery forecasting from manual double-work to one-time effort directly in Salesforce, resulting in significant monthly time-savings, error-reduction, and team satisfaction. Automated monthly author royalty reporting, saving 72 hours per year. Visualized teacher interview data in Dovetail to support prototype development.Rotation 1 – Product Management & Strategy; 1/20 – 7/21: Strategized a low-cost/high-value product offering to meet Ohio customer needs using existing Fusion digital content blended with Science Dimensions on Ed: cost $800, >$2 million in sales. Created Open Territory science solutions using Dimensions/Fusion solution that has generated more than $1.7M sales. Improved customer ease of use for Dimensions/Fusion solution by creating Pendo-like PDF guide. Show less Lead an agile, cross-functional, team to develop a digital-first science assessment system for kindergarten through 12th grade to meet California teacher needs. • Strategized scope, process, and staffing of California NGSS project that resulted in a 20,000 item K-12 assessment system submitted on time and withing a $22,000 budget• Scaled assessment content management to cut development time from 2 years to 1 year• Created innovative CA NGSS test prep that prepares students for state assessment and offers review option to address Covid learning-loss for both CA and National NGSS customers• Developed and led hands-on workshops for the California Science Teachers Association Convention and the HMH CA STEM Summit on using performance-based assessment to support teachers struggling to implement the CA NGSS standards.• Created and delivered CA NGSS assessment presentations for CA Sales teams• Streamlined Word template to reduce cost and time to generate editable and printable assessment guide• Strategized assessment scoring enhancements to improve teacher and student experience Show less Built and led a high-functioning, cross-departmental team pioneering collaboration between Core and Assessment Solutions & Design. Used Lean Product principles to develop assessment strategy for K–12th grade NGSS digital-first assessment. • Managed scope and staff to produce new NGSS assessment package that delivered 20,000 assessment items on time and within a $50,000 budget• Strategized key components for content reuse to cut new item development by 5,000 items• Strategized process for vendor item correlation that resulted in 6,500 item correlations in 2 months• Innovated use of Learnosity technology-enhanced items to create digital versions of performance-based assessments and eliminate reliance on printed activity pages• Pioneered conversion of technology-enhanced digital items to printable equivalents to meet teacher needs and provide equitable access• Developed coding system allowing teachers to measure growth on all dimensions of NGSS Show less

  • Director, Core Standards and Assessment

    Aug 2022 - Feb 2023

  • LEAD Connected Manager

    Feb 2021 - Aug 2022

  • Managing Learning Architect, Science Assessment Project Lead

    Apr 2017 - Feb 2021

  • Senior Learning Architect, NGSS Assessment Project Lead

    May 2014 - Apr 2017

  • Editor/Learning Architect, Assessment Project Lead

    Dec 2011 - May 2014

  • Editor; Associate Editor

    Jan 2006 - Dec 2011

  • Associate Editor

    Feb 2001 - Jan 2006
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  Austin community college

  Aug 2010 - now

  Assistant instructor

  Serve as assistant instructor teaching Tai Chi Ch’uan in a community college setting and primary instructor of my work-based Tai Chi class. Currently teaching Tai Chi online for HMH via Teams and ACC via Zoom.

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  Great promise for american indians

  Jan 2021 - now

  Board member

  Vice-chair of the board of directors for Great Promise for American Indians, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation dedicated to preserving traditions, heritage, and culture of American Indians, and to supporting the health and education needs of youth and families.

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  Hmh

  Feb 2023 - now

  Director, digital operations

  Streamlining our digital fulfillment process to bring automation, speed, and agility to our digital order-to-cash process. Analyzing processes to ensure frictionless fulfillment and improve customer experience with our award-winning digital products.