Experience

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  The daily texan

  Jan 1987 - Jan 1989

  Associate editor, wire editor, reporter
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  Houghton mifflin harcourt / holt mcdougal

  Jan 1991 - Dec 2008

  • Associate Director/Science & Health

    Jan 1991 - Dec 2008

  • Associate Editorial Director, Science and Health

    Jan 1991 - Dec 2008
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  Holt, rinehart, and winston

  Jan 2000 - Nov 2006

  Executive editor
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  Six red marbles

  Mar 2009 - Jun 2015

  • Executive Director, STEM

    Feb 2011 - Jun 2015

  • Managing Director, Instructional Design

    Mar 2009 - Jan 2011
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  Houghton mifflin harcourt

  Jun 2015 - Oct 2018

  Senior director, k-12 product management and strategy

  Overall end-to-end ownership of product line and solutions, including product visioning, product creation, product and lifecycle management, pricing and offerings, and roadmaps.Defined market and its needs based on research and customer/user insight analysis to drive strategy and product development, from high-level key customer accounts to targeted market research activities.Collaborated with functional leaders to manage the product line P&L, through market opportunity analysis, capital requests, budgeting, product configuration decisions, and program price points.Served as in-person representative of company in public settings, such as before State Boards of Education, State Department of Education staffers, and similar situations. Show less

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  Hmh

  Nov 2018 - now

  Vice president, learning experience design • core • science

  Lead cross-site team in developing K-12 STEM interactive digital curriculum. Monitor capital spending, staffing levels, and overall quality. Function as advocate for product line and its needs both within organization and with customers and other external stakeholders. Collaborate with others functional leaders to manage product line P&L.