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Education
University of California, Berkeley
Master of Science, 1995
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Emphasis: Design
Thesis: The Design, Development, and Assessment of the Vibrating Beam Experiment Multimedia Instructional Courseware
Research Advisor: Pamela A. Eibeck
Management of Technology Certificate, 1995
University of California, Berkeley, College of Engineering and Haas School of Business
Bachelor of Science, 1993
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professional History
Years
2009 – 2026
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Senior Associate Director, Projects, MIT Open Learning (2024-2026)
Associate Director, Projects, MIT Open Learning (2017-2024)
Associate Director, Strategic Education Initiatives, Office of Digital Learning (2015-2017)
Assistant Director, Strategic Education Initiatives, Office of Digital Learning (2014-2015)
Sr. Educational Technology Consultant, Office of Educational Innovation and Technology (2011-2014)
Sr. IT Consultant, Office of Educational Innovation and Technology (2009-2011)
Key Accomplishments:
- Account managing a 9K learner per year reseller agreement for Universal AI.
- Building local machine transcription and summarization pipelines for 17,000 historic videos saving $400K.
- Product managing OCW To Go, an innovative app enabling offline mobile use of curated MIT OpenCourseWare courses.
- Managed and co-led a 5-year engagement and a 4-year, $2.2M dollar project that established the Itz’at STEAM Academy in Belize. Led overall project management, project reporting, open education, technology and infrastructure. (SLS)
- Product managed the Learner Credential Wallet, a best in class, open-source mobile wallet for digital academic credentials for the Digital Credentials Consortium. (DCC)
- Managed the relationship with an international company utilizing MITx online courses generating $489K in sales.
- Led a 2-year, $1.1M dollar project providing curriculum support for a Master’s degree in Data Science in Uruguay, including generating $201K in sales. (CoLAB)
- Managed a 4-year, $4.1M education technology and curriculum development project in K-12 education in 4 states in India for 60,000 students, 3,300 teachers and 478 schools. Co-Led tech development for curriculum, a content player and assessment engine. (CLIx)
- Led and managed a portfolio of multimillion-dollar education technology and curriculum development projects within a complex organization structure using influence and coordination to successfully complete multi-partner, team-based projects. (SLS, DCC, CoLAB, CLIx, OLS, Online Teacher Education)
- Managed education technology & curriculum development projects in nine countries: U.S., Belize, India, Uruguay, Egypt, Lebanon, Pakistan, Japan and Haiti. (SLS, CoLAB, SRM, CLIx, OLS, Online Teacher Education, 3.003, MIT-Haiti)
- Negotiated multimillion-dollar fee for service agreements with international universities and other organizations. (SLS, CLIx)
- Licensed MITx courses and sales of MITx MicroMasters program coupons. (CoLAB, SRM, OLS)
- Provided strategic consulting in contemporary learning technologies to organizations and countries exploring the development of new international universities.
- Supported the transformation of a technology team from academic research to professional software development. (CLIx)
Years
2004 – 2008
Utah State University
Associate Director, Center for Open and Sustainable Learning (COSL) (2005-2008)
Project Director, Open Sustainable Learning Opportunities (OSLO) Group, Department of Instructional Technology (2004-2005)
Key Accomplishments:
- Nurtured the development of the international Open Education / Open Educational Resources community. (OpenCourseWare Consortium (now OE Global, was Open Education Consortium), OpenEd Conferences)
- Co-founded a research center focused on open and sustainable learning.
- Managed multi-million dollar education technology projects.
- Supported a high-performing team that demonstrated high velocity software development and the value of small pieces loosely joined.
Years
1995 – 2004
University of California, Berkeley
Project Director, smete.org (1998-2004)
Project Director, NEEDS (1998-2004)
Consultant, UC Teaching, Learning, and technology Center, University of California Office of the President (2001-2004)
Project Manager, NEEDS (1995-1998)
Director, Berkeley Instructional Technology Studio (1995-2004)
Instructor, Department of Mechanical Engineering (1994-1999)
Key Accomplishments:
- Conceived, designed and successfully developed two multi-million dollar educational digital libraries, one for engineering education and one for STEM education. (NEEDS and smete.org)
- Convened a national collaborative of over thirty STEM education digital libraries, professional societies and other partner organizations. (SMETE Open Federation)
- Managed national award competition for outstanding engineering education courseware. (Premier Award)
- Participated in the development of two international learning technology standards. (IEEE LOM)
Years
2002 – 2004
California State University Office of the Chancellor
Director of Alliances, MERLOT (2002-2004)
Key Accomplishments:
- Developed alliances with partner organizations.
- Promoted federated search (distributed) over union catalogs (centralized) for technical collaboration between educational digital libraries.
Project Funding
Much of my 25+ year career has been based on projects with grant, gift, fee for service or institutional funding. For more details, please see my Project Funding page.
Total Funding as
Principal Investigator
Additional Funding as
Co-Principal Investigator
Additional Funding as
Lead Author or Project Lead
Total Project Funding
Received
Sales
Advisory Boards
Current
- Compass: Advancing Earth Education Resource Discovery, Community Discovery Advisor (2021-2025)
- Geoscience Education Infrastructure Planning Meeting, Participant (2019)
Open Educational Resources
- OER Research Hub, Advisory Board Member (2013-2015)
- OpenContent Foundation, Board of Directors (2007-2009)
- OpenCourseWare Consortium, (Founding) Board of Directors (2008)
- Open High School of Utah, (Founding) Board of Governors (2007-2008)
National Science Digital Library
- Policy Committee, Member (2005-2008)
- Content Standing Committee, Secretary (2003-2005)
- Exploratorium Online NSDL Project Advisory Board, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA (2002-2005)
Academic Activities
Conferences & Symposia
Conferences
- OE Global 2026 (2024-2026): Co-Chair (and chief instigator) while at MIT Open Learning
- Connected Learning Summit (2018-2020): Reviewer
- Open Education Conference (2018-2019): Program Committee while at MIT Open Learning
- OpenCourseWare Consortium Global Conference (2011): General Co-Chair while at the MIT Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
- Open Education Conference (2005-2007): General Chair while at the Center for Open and Sustainable Learning, Utah State University
- IEEE / ACM Joint Conference on Digital Libraries: Organizing Committee (2001-2002) while at the University of California, Berkeley
- ACM Digital Library Conference: Networking Chair (1999) while at the University of California, Berkeley
Symposia
- Learning Sciences and Online Learning Symposium (2015): Co-Chair while at MIT Strategic Education Initiatives
- Conversations on Quality (Symposium on Online Learning in K-12) (2011): Co-Chair while at the MIT Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
- MIT-Haiti Symposium (2010): Co-Chair while at the MIT Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
- Dissemination of CCLI Educational Innovations (2010): Co-Chair while at the MIT Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
- Participant Interaction in Digital Libraries (2004): Co-Chair while at Center for Open and Sustainable Learning
Teaching
Harvard University
- Open Education Practice and Potential (EDUC E-107): Co-Instructor (2011), Division of Continuing Education
Utah State University
- Practicum in Instructional Technology (INST 7820): Adjunct Instructor (2007-2008), Instructional Technology Department
- Grantwriting (INST 6760): Guest Lecturer (2006-2008), Instructional Technology Department
University of California, Berkeley
- New Product Development: Course Consultant / Course Chief Technology Officer (2000), Haas School of Business
- Case Studies of Engineering Design (ME 39C) and Management of Multimedia Case Studies Development (ME 139C): Instructor (1994-1999), Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Experimentation and Measurement (ME 107A): Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering
University Service
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Streamlining Open Education and Production Workflows Working Group, Office of Digital Learning, Member (2013-2014)
- Assessment Task Force, Staff Support (2012-2013)
- MIT Council on Education Technology, Staff Support (2010-2014)
Utah State University
- Research Focus Group (2007)
University of California, Berkeley
- Learning Management System Subcommittee to the Educational Technology Committee of the E-Berkeley Initiative (2002)
- Chancellor Search Committee Staff Panel Presentation (1996)
- Instructional Technology Program Courseware Developer Users Group (1995-2001)
- Instructional Technology Program Graduate Student Council (1994-1995)
- College of Engineering Commencement Committee (1994-1995)
- Undergraduate Study Committee, Department of Mechanical Engineering (1992-1993)
- Undergraduate Study Committee, College of Engineering (1992-1993)
Professional Activities
Standards Activities
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- P2881 Learning Metadata Working Group (2021-2025)
- Contributed to the development of 2881-2025 Standard for Learning Metadata Terms .
- Learning Technology Standards Committee
- Treasurer (2004-2008)
- Webmaster (2007-2008)
- 1484.12 Learning Object Metadata Working Group (2000-2008)
- Contributed to the development of 1484.12.1-2002 IEEE Standard for Learning Object Metadata .
- Contributed to the development of 1484.12.1-3-2005 Standard for—eXtensible Markup Language (XML) Schema Binding for Learning Object Metadata Data Model .
Standards Activities (continued)
World Wide Web Consortium
- Verifiable Credentials for Education Task Force
- Member on behalf of the Digital Credentials Consortium including the Jobs for the Future Interoperability Plugfests 1 and 2 in 2022.
- Co-developed the Learner Credential Wallet Specification.
IMS Global Learning Consortium
- Contributing Member (1997-2004)
- Contributed to the development of the IMS Learning Object Metadata specification.
- Developer’s Network Member (2008)
Professional Affiliations
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Lifetime Member (1989-present)
- San Francisco Professional Section (1993-2005)
- Chair (1997-1999)
- Treasurer (1999-2005 and 1996-1997)
- College Relations Chair (2001-2005 and 1993-2000)
- Honors and Awards Chair (2000-2005)
- Webmaster (1998-2005)
- University of California Berkeley, Student Section (1989-1993)
Others
- Institute for Electronics and Electrical Engineers, IEEE, Member (1999-present)
- American Society for Engineering Education, ASEE, Member (1993-2008, 2014-2015)
- Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education, AACE, Member (1999-2001)
- Pi Tau Sigma, Member (1992-present)
- University of California, Berkeley Engineering Alumni Society, Member (1993-present)
Honors and Awards
| 2004, 2002 & 2001 | Region IX, Webmaster Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Old Guard Young Engineer of the Year, Runner-Up, American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| 1999 | Region IX, Young Engineer of the Year, American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| 1998 | Distinguished Service Award, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1993 | Charles Mills Gayley Fellowship, Order of the Golden Bear, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1993 & 1992 | Farbar Award, San Francisco Section, American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| 1992 | Fellow in the Order of the Golden Bear, University of California, Berkeley |