Andrew Coulson

Chief Data Science Officer at MIND Research Institute
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Irvine, California, United States, US
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Credentials

  • Data Analytics
    eCornell
    Jul, 2018
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • MIND Education
    • United States
    • E-Learning Providers
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Chief Data Science Officer
      • Sep 2016 - Present

      Leveraging an orthogonal plus best-of-breed effective instructional software program with >10 years of use and >1M concurrent students to gain learning science and digital program implementation insights, in partnership with other leading ed researchers and organizations.

    • Chief Strategist
      • Jul 2013 - Sep 2016

      Responsible for operational strategy, product usage & outcomes data & evaluations.Synthesized cohesive annual strategic plans illustrating corporate and department level goals, strategies, and objectives.

    • President< Education
      • Dec 2001 - Jul 2013

      Responsible for Scale-up of Sales, Fundraising, Marketing, Customer Support, and Research & Evaluation.Create sustainable business models and scale up operations at K-8 education digital content company. Spearhead program evaluation of uniquely innovative product. Develop successful financial processes, overseeing successful fundraising, sales, marketing, and customer support efforts. Design sales strategies to effectively market products to key decision makers. Hire, mentor, and manage 100+ high-performing employees and executives. Effectively expand product footprint and grow both sales and fundraising revenue. Initiate and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, including politicians, software companies like Cisco, and corporations like Price Waterhouse Coopers. Create industry-leading customer support process, gaining buy-in from teachers and adopting new, more effective teaching methodologies. • Successfully increased software footprint from 4K students in 30 schools to 500K students in 1,500 schools across 26 states, including most major urban districts.• Increased fundraising from less than $1M in 2001 to $6M in 2011• Increased sales from less than $200k in 2002 to $15M in 2012.• Achieved 90% renewal rates due to product success and outstanding customer satisfaction.• Tripled revenue ramp by developing scalable sales model and recruiting experienced sales reps.• Developed innovative research methodologies, which established the product’s ability to significantly increase student performance and create robust growth in standardized test scores.• Revamped Board, adding key executives, improving fundraising efforts, and growing sales. Show less

  • Broadband Interactive Group
    • Irvine, California
    • CEO
      • Mar 2001 - Nov 2001

      Do you remember the Bugs Bunny cartoon where the WW2 airplane is in a screaming dive into the dirt at 500mph and just before it hits, it runs out of gas and stops? Well this one ran out of gas but didn't stop. Managed operations for startup focused on providing interactive action-sports content for television and online production. Supervised 100 employees and managed finances. • Re-focused company on income generating business and increased productivity by 30%. • Improved TV ratings by 35%, doubled syndication revenue, and multiplied TV ad revenue 10-fold. • Created innovative near-real-time interactive athletic and audience participation events. Show less

  • Samueli Foundation
    • Newport Beach, California
    • Program Officer
      • Jan 2000 - Mar 2001

      Developed a successful social investment strategy focused on educational reform. Selected programs for investment, including new K-2 charter schools and undergraduate software and IT design degree. Developed a successful social investment strategy focused on educational reform. Selected programs for investment, including new K-2 charter schools and undergraduate software and IT design degree.

  • Monitor Labs
    • Englewood, Colorado
    • Vice President, Systems and Operations
      • Oct 1994 - Nov 2000

      Provided strategic planning and product management for manufacturer of pollution monitoring instruments. Oversaw R&D, engineering, order fulfillment, and ISO 9001 compliance. • Developed effective business plans, streamlining strategic goals. • Proposed budget pricing option, converting a multi-year 50% decline to a 25% rate of growth. • Licensed intellectual property in a profitable international joint venture. • Successfully formalized ad hoc customer service process, halving the number of complaints. Show less

  • ZF Group
    • Germany
    • Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Department Manager
      • Nov 1983 - Jul 1994

      Program Manager, Device Engineering Department Manager, Productization Manager, Technology Engineering Section Head, and Process Engineer for TRW Space and Electronics Group. Program Manager, Device Engineering Department Manager, Productization Manager, Technology Engineering Section Head, and Process Engineer for TRW Space and Electronics Group.

Education

  • University of California, Los Angeles
    Masters, Physics
    1982 - 1984
  • UCLA
    Bachelors, Physics
    1977 - 1981

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