During a time of education industry upheaval, Lee Ann ideated, developed, and led a strategy execution roadmap for a newly launched business unit that focuses on high stakes academic testing at the State level. Worked with State Department of Education leaders, market and UX researchers, industry specialists, and research scientists to understand the long-standing market problems of K-12 educators and those introduced by the pandemic conditions. Assembled cross-functional leadership teams to prioritize, define, and design new State testing solutions that provided teachers with at least six additional days of classroom time, replaced spreadsheet-based data exchange with standardized, secure data interoperability solutions, and led the design of immediate, actionable reporting which previously had not been available until the following academic year, when it is not useful to student academic differentiation.
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Educational Testing Software Client
April 9, 2018Senior Delivery Manager and Product Owner for 4 software development scrum teams. Managed full-stack engineers focused on Java, Angular, React technologies, as well as two Artificial Intelligence/AI tools (Gurobi and a proprietary AI solution).

Not-for-Profit organization
July 2, 20047/04-3/08 – President/Member Board of Directors, de-facto Executive Director
Led a 7-9 member board of directors, 4 employees, and 5-10 volunteers of a 501c(3) organization which provides educational and recreational opportunities for people of all ages and nationalities through low-cost, high-quality accommodations and activities. Led the team in an update of a 3 year strategic plan; created an award-winning volunteer management organization and volunteer base; managed development and delivery of educational programs; created marketing plans; launched a comprehensive website aimed at travelers, volunteers, financial donors, and members; developed budgets; managed employees and affiliate relations.
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