806 Technologies, Inc.

Work with corporate CEO and leadership team (sales, marketing, professional learning) to strategically enhance sales efforts and the overall impact of our solutions on education administration, teaching and learning.  My support efforts are especially focused on supporting the strategy to increasingly support California educators and expansion of the 806 Technologies district partnerships in that state. A special area of passion involves introducing district leaders to the exceptional leadership training we now offer.

Attend conferences and meetings to support the coordination of partnerships with state and local education agencies and professional organizations.

Oversee the coordination of an annual nationwide 806 Learning Summit with a focus on Instructional/Transformational Leadership,  Mental Health & Wellness, Continuous Improvement, and best practices for the use of Plan4Learning and Title1Crate.

Devote significant energy and effort to supporting our corporate mission to create a world of innovative schools.

Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)

zSpace, Inc.

Contributed to corporate efforts to make zSpace THE catalyst for education.  Worked with Texas Regional Director and zSpace Channel Partners, as well as directly with educators, to support school/district improvement efforts through the wonder of our AR/VR learning platform.  Directly supported partnerships 
with national educational organizations, such as the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents.

Partnered with ESCs, Districts, and Schools insure the integrated the use of zSpace in a manner that equips educators to more effectively engineer student learning and address their school's/district's identified needs, especially in the areas of STEM/CTE.  Also built and fostered partnership with grant writing organization, Educational Research Institute.

Attendedstate and national conferences to build brand awareness and introduce educators to the AR/VR experiences the zSpace learning platform offers. Facilitate partnerships with state/national educational organizations. Prepared and led presentations at many of these conferences as well.

Work with the Client Services and Education division to coordinate training, support, and THINK TANK sessions.   Worked with Marketing to establish a Facebook group, zSpace in Texas.  Maintain, oversee, and provide daily content for this group.

Worked with team to build and oversee the strategy for top sales production by state year over year during my tenure at zSpace. Collaborated with Client Services to implement a zSpace Training of Trainers to build capacity in zSpace schools/districts and insure more effective, impactful integration/implementation.

Supported educators' efforts to more effectively engineer student learning using our innovative, engaging, learner-centered ARVR learning platform.  Demonstrated how our learning platform supports face to face, blended, and/or distance learning.

Senior Director, Sales

Thinking Maps, Inc

A former teacher and principal, who then served educators through my work with Thinking Maps, Inc. for 17+ years. As the Director of Business Development my role includes:
Serving as part of company's Advisory Council comprised of directors and company owners 
Providing sales representation for Texas, as well as 13 US states  and Clark County
2016 Exceeded $2 Million in Sales
2015 Million Dollar Sales Club
Working at the school, district, regional, and state levels to create plans of action designed to support the achievement of their goals  
Establishing and enhancing relationships with national educational organizations, such as Learning Forward, Schools That Can and ALAS
Seeking and fostering foundation support of Thinking Maps implementations through partnerships with schools/districts and Thinking Maps, Inc. Such partnerships are designed to ensure that educational efforts are resulting in the students' development of necessary 21st Century life/career skills that will lead to employment beyond high school/college.

Director of Business Development

Work with representatives to establish and monitor sales goals; provide ongoing support and feedback to sales force;  write and distribute quarterly sales reports and bi-weekly Sales Matters newsletters; assist with the planning of regional value-added awareness sessions;  attend monthly Advisory Council Meetings;  attend state and national education conferences;  collaborate with Directors of Consulting,Technology and Marketing, as well as Project and Social Media manager; assist with review of new products and processes; work with leadership team to plan/oversee annual sales meeting; and coordinate collaboration with national educational organizations such as: Learning Forward, Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents, National Alliance of Black School Educators, as well as numerous state educational organizations.

National Director of Sales

Oversee sales and marketing for the western United States
Manage sales staff for western US
Top Company Sales Representative 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Provide direct sales support to customers in North Texas and unrepresented western US states such as Hawaii, Alaska, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Minnesota
Work collaboratively with company consultants
Serve as member of company's Advisory Council

Western US Sales Manager

Top Company Sales Rep 2003, 2004, 2005.  
Established partnership with the Oklahoma Board of Higher Education through statewide GEAR UP grant.
Coordinated National/International Thinking Maps Conference to provide forum for sharing of best practices and opportunity for networking Thinking Maps practitioners across the nation.

Southwestern US Regional Manager

Developed sales territory
Grew annual sales in territory to over $2 million in about three years
Coordinated state conference that developed into national/international conference
Established partership with the Texas Education Agency's Center for AP/IB Initiatives to work with high schools throughout the state
Wrote, published, and distributed newsletter bi-annually to trained trainers throughout the state

Texas Consultant/Sales Representative

Irving ISD

Title I/Bilingual campus
Reading Recovery/Descubriendo la Lectura
State of the art sudent-run television station

Principal

Fort Bend ISD

Principal (3 years) E. A. Jones Elementary (Title I/Bilingual campus) - Trained in Seven Habits of High Effective People, Dupont Training, TQM Training. Started Odyssey of the Mind team, student-run bank, and led highly successful Reading Recovery/Descubriendo la lectura campus.
Assistant Principal (3 Years) Mission Glen Elementary - Trained in Gallup Urban Teacher Perceiver 
Fifth grade teacher, GT Certified (2 years) Quail Valley Elementary

Principal/Assistant Principal/Teacher

Bedford, MA Public Schools

Teacher

806 Technologies - 1+ year
zSpace - 4+ years
Thinking Maps, Inc. - 17+ years   
Public school educator (Principal & Teacher) - 17 years Texas/Massachusetts     

Visionary, strategic systems thinker 

Specialties: Ed Tech, Software and Professional Learning Solutions, AR/VR, Sales, Networking, Management/Administration, Organizational Goal Setting/Planning, Hiring/Developing Staff, Curriculum/Instruction, Leadership training, Creative Marketing Strategies, Building Community, Leading Teams, Establishing collaborative partnerships with other organizations

Son, husband, father, brother, uncle, cousin, and nephew of educators

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