Experience

PBS Western Reserve

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Education Technology Officer

  • Aug 2006 - Present

  Direct and manage the following initiatives from PBS Western Reserve, Ohio’s largest PBS TV station (5.1 million viewers) and one of eight, State of Ohio Educational Technology agencies: Educational Technology Services - a regional and statewide initiative providing educational resources and professional development to educators supporting the integration of educational technology for student success, PreK-16. Ohio Ready to Work - a statewide initiative offering resources and professional development to area workforce development centers assisting clients in career development. Ohio Ready to Learn - a statewide initiative offering resources and professional development to Ohio’s family child care providers in support of the obtaining of Step Up to Quality requirements. Ohio Learns 360 - Statewide collaborative initiative amongst Ohio’s PBS stations with a focus on developing, delivering and marketing resources for families and children in grades K-5. Directly responsible for 1 full-time and 1 part-time employee Accomplishments include: Managed third largest revenue generating department at $760,000- FY23. Averaged a 49% revenue to expense ratio since 2006. More than tripled early learning initiative revenue over the last five years (From $36,000 to $116,000). Provided support to local school districts in the creation, application and implementation of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds which brought in more than $800,000 in additional revenue (2010-2012) accounting for additional services to school districts. Worked with a group of Ohio Edtech Agencies developing rules and regulations, articles of incorporation and final filing with the State of Ohio for the Instructional Technology Integration Partnership of Ohio, a 501c3 non-profit entity, a statewide entity serving the educational technology needs of Ohio’s teachers. Show less



Genesee Intermediate School District

• Flint, MI

• Manager, Interactive Media

  • Mar 2004 - Feb 2005

  Develop, coordinate and supervise the operation of fiber optic educational network capable of analog and digital media delivery to 22 school districts, four special needs facilities, one technical center, two multi-county consortium centers as well as a multi-site, higher education consortium center Develop and implement interactive programming delivered over fiber, ISDN/IP digital codec system, direct satellite downlink, RF broadband, commodity based Internet and Internet2 Developed and delivered training opportunities for faculty and administration on distance learning, collaborative video applications and general edtech integration strategies Show less



Oakland Schools

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Operations Manager

  • May 2000 - Mar 2004

  Monitored installation of county-wide, 14 million dollar fiber optic network for voice, video and data Maintained communication between vendors and providers of network equipment, videoconferencing equipment, video streaming as well as fiber optic installation Worked with Video Networking Quality Circle establishing operating standards, procedures and programming sources for five educational broadcast channels, videoconferencing opportunities and streaming sources available to local school districts, Oakland schools administrators and other educational entities Developed and delivered training opportunities for faculty and administration on distance learning, collaborative video applications and general educational technology integration strategies Show less



Trumbull County Educational Service Center

• Warren, OH

• Supervisor, Broadcast Services

  • Aug 1996 - May 2000

  Developed specifications and monitored installation of Telecommunity Classrooms (distance learning classrooms) acting as broadcast centers and presentation rooms throughout Trumbull County, Ohio Designed and monitored installation of fiber optic network providing service between Telecommunity Classrooms for voice, video and data Developed and broadcast educational programming transmitted over the Telecommunity Classroom Network and to the community via local cable service educational access channels Developed and delivered training opportunities for faculty and administration on distance learning, collaborative video applications and general educational technology integration strategies Show less



Youngstown State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Director, Media Services

  • Oct 1989 - Aug 1996

  Monitored and controlled delivery, set-up and return of campus-wide audio/visual equipment Production of University video material for instructional and promotional use Supervised design and installation of University A/V mediated facilities Coordinated off-campus distance learning sites Established and integrated regional “wireless cable” educational cable channel Developed and delivered training opportunities for faculty and administration on distance learning, collaborative video applications and general educational technology integration strategies Show less