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Vice President Business Development- Partnerships and Alliances

Create and manage Blackboard's partnership and alliance program to ensure a superior experience for clients and learners. Develop a strategic partnership framework and create alliances to accelerate development of LMS and Mobile user experience

Executive Director

Develop new education and business models with higher education leadership to achieve institutional and state-wide financial and strategic goals. - Signed over $80m in contracts ($30M incremental) - Developed and launched multiple online programs - YOY goal achievement - Exceed revenue goals by 50+% - Create new business models to drive revenue through long-term agreements for institutional services, technology, and content.

Director of Marketing, Health Science

Lead a marketing and sales team to ensure compelling and executable strategies that resulted in an 80%, five-year growth rate. - $80 million multi-channel health science portfolio with double digit growth - Hired, trained, and developed a 20 person sales and marketing staff - Conceived and implemented a new business model, including pricing and sales models, sales training, and unique customer support programs to drive new technology platforms. - Drove shifts in teaching and….

Director Market Development

Identified, developed, and implemented strategies to drive revenue from existing product in new markets/channels.

Product Team of the Year

Recognized as the best product development and launch throughout the entire organization. This is. selection of from hundreds to products.