Nick Zurlo
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Credentials
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Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®)
Scrum AllianceMar, 2021- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Crocus, LLC
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United States
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Education Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Business Analyst
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Jan 2021 - Present
Crocus is a Latina-owned technology firm, a new venture from UPD Consulting. We build resilient capacity in education organizations to grow using data to embed equity into decision making. We do enterprise data integration, systems and data management. Crocus is a Latina-owned technology firm, a new venture from UPD Consulting. We build resilient capacity in education organizations to grow using data to embed equity into decision making. We do enterprise data integration, systems and data management.
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UPD Consulting
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Consultant
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May 2020 - Jan 2021
UPD Consulting is a Baltimore-based public sector management consulting firm that helps publicschool districts, state education agencies and local government agencies transform intoorganizations that manage performance for better outcomes.• Conduct district and state level data diagnostics • Serve as a Technical Analyst within university, district, and state level Ed-Fi implementations including requirements gathering, data mapping, updates and changes to cloud-based data storage solutions, updates and changes to data models, and the creation of user-focused dashboards• Lead stakeholder engagements to summarize and prioritize organizational data collection and change management needs• Lead data analytics and continuous improvement projects for district level initiatives• Conduct training for optimizing data visualization needs in PowerBI and Tableau Show less
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Associate Consultant
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Aug 2018 - May 2020
UPD Consulting is a Baltimore-based public sector management consulting firm that helps publicschool districts, state education agencies and local government agencies transform intoorganizations that manage performance for better outcomes.
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Data Analyst
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Jul 2017 - Jun 2018
Turnaround For Children is a nonprofit that translates neuroscientific research into tools and strategies for schools with high concentrations of students impacted by adversity to accelerate healthy development and academic achievement. • Lead data strategy, collection, and reporting for Turnaround’s involvement in the Building Equitable Learning Environment network sponsored by the Raikes Foundation. • Observe, train, and master code Turnaround’s school environment assessment tool across seven schools. • Manage and report thematic analyses and qualitative data repositories for trainings of 48 school leaders. • Strategize with leadership in shifting implementation measures to continuous improvement measures. • Lead monthly data workshops with seven staff working across 20 school to strategize coaching goals, create practitioner presentations, and determine organizational impact within each school. • Generate demographic and descriptive statistics for grant reports and organization impact and learning presentations. • Create, administer, and report surveys to 48 school leaders. • Serve as data liaison for seven school based staff implementing Turnaround trainings across 20 schools. Show less
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Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Post-Baccalaureate Fellow for the Student Agency Improvement Community (SAIC)
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Jul 2015 - Jul 2017
SAIC is a Networked Improvement Community dedicated to equipping students to persist in the face of rigorous learning challenges. Serving as a central hub for coaching, coordinating, and disseminating information, SAIC works with over 30 schools across six networks nationwide to bring academic research on the psycho-social factors that affect learning together with the discipline of improvement science methods to design classroom experiences. The Post-Baccalaureate fellowship is a two-year program for recent college graduates to learn, teach, and apply improvement science. • Lead the administration and reporting of surveys to 5,000 students across 15 schools. • Develop programming script using R to automate the generation of hundreds of data reports. • Collaborate with over 20 school leaders to interpret and use survey results to guide improvement efforts. • Coordinate, develop curriculum, and assess improvement science methods to internal staff. • Create an organized system to enhance connectivity and sharing between networks for over 300 rapid testing cycles. • Coordinate with internal team and schools to develop Carnegie’s online knowledge management system. • Develop a curation system to share and connect 20 teachers testing promising practices across diverse contexts. • Lead the design and prototyping process for document synthesis with internal and external staff. • Conduct interviews with school administrators, teachers, and students for case studies and promotional materials. Show less
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James Madison University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Assistant
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Oct 2013 - Jul 2015
The Motivation Research Institute (MRI) of James Madison University, is one of five nodes in the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's Student Agency Improvement Community. The MRI seeks to improve teacher and student motivation, improve school outcomes, and address other psycho-social topics in hopes to increase the number of students who aspire for higher education past high school. • Developed, implemented, and analyzed data of motivational interventions and surveys for more than 100 middle school students.• Educated middle school students on growth and fixed mindsets, which are correlated to learning success and motivation.• Created weekly developmental goals with faculty and lead researchers.• Implemented qualitative data collection and surveying within the classroom utilizing a motivational software application.• Empowered teachers to utilize small iterative testing cycles, such as the Plan, Do, Study, Act cycle (PDSA) in the classroom.• Conducted classroom observations to monitor PDSAs and perform collaborative feedback with faculty.• Assisted in creation of documents pertaining to research to be presented at conferences, convenings, and administrative meetings. Show less
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Site Manager
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Apr 2014 - May 2015
University Recreation (UREC) at James Madison University not only serves the university's recreational and activity center but also educates employees and members about long-term healthy lifestyle choices.• Provided guidance and support for safety protocols during extracurricular events.• Managed participants, medical emergencies, facilities, and customer service during university sponsored intramural sports.• Proactively identified and mitigated risky activities to ensure the safety of participants.• Held weekly office hours to provide customer service and record all weekly documents. • Generated accurate records of all on-shift activities.• Conducted nightly performance evaluations of staff.• Developed and led training clinics and program presentations for 100 staff members.• Fostered a positive and developmental environment for employees and students. Show less
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Operations Assistant
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May 2014 - Sep 2014
The Student Success center facilitates student-faculty interactions at James Madison University and houses campus engagement offices, such as the Health Center, Disability services, and the office of Restorative Justice.• Served as a stand-in for the building manager and scheduler. • Communicated with faculty, deliveries, and construction facilitation in their absence. • Transitioned 20 JMU departments into new offices and meeting spaces.• Provided scheduled and impromptu tours of the facility to faculty, staff, students, and guests.• Created and facilitated guidelines for building inventory and quality control.• Greeted guests, provided directions, and answered customer service-related questions.• Maintained safety and security of building, faculty, staff, and students. Show less
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Research Assistant
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2013 - 2014
Conducted psycholinguistic research in testing the effects of accented vs. native english speaking stimulants on long-term and short-term memory. This included data collection, data analysis, assisting in the creation of experiments, sound file cutting, and interpreting data within the context of our hypothesis
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JMU SafeRides
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United States
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Public Safety
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Operations
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Jun 2014 - Jun 2015
SafeRides Inc. educates the community on alcohol awareness, intoxicated driving prevention, and provides rides to students to encourage safe alcohol practices every Friday and Saturday night between 9pm-3am. • Continually ensured SafeRides adheres to risk management policy and emergency protocol. • Established, reviewed, and amended standard and emergency protocol in accordance with federal, state, local, and organization precedent, policy, and protocol. • Collaborated with the SafeRides Executive Board, advisers, University Administration, and the community to reduce the amount of risk associated with SafeRides service. • Coordinated all aspects of nightly operations, including general management of the computer software, phones, car rentals, and member scheduling. • Created, managed, and evaluated nightly operation documentation reports. • Analyzed operation protocols to share strengths and areas for improvement with the Executive Board, advisers, general body, and community partners. • Consistently communicated with volunteers to improve organizational quality and asses customer service during nightly operations. • Led the Incident Review Board to determine appropriate organization action and prevention measures. • Conducted focus groups with the university community to discuss future changes. • Designed and delivered semi-annual training sessions for over 300 members. • Served as a consultant between the university and external partners. • Serveed as a liaison between partners and University Tech Support, Legal Counsel, and Department of Risk Management. Show less
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Director of Membership
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2013 - 2014
SafeRides Inc. educates the community on alcohol awareness, intoxicated driving prevention, and provides rides to students to encourage safe alcohol practices every Friday and Saturday night between 9pm-3am.• Recruited and led two committees responsible for planning, publicizing, and coordinating member recruitment, application reading, and interviewing prospective new members to SafeRides.• Led a school wide recruitment campaign using traditional and social media to receive over 150 applications.• Conducted interviews of over 100 applicants for approximately 40 positions. • Led initiatives to establish a new, standard member retention rate of 95%.• Facilitated training and workshops over the summer for all committee members.• Conducted internal and external education and training sessions with community members to promote organization value and interest.• Oversaw and maintained points system which determined good standings with each member.• Oversaw the exit process for members and all necessary interviews, surveys, and debriefs. Show less
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Team Lead
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2012 - 2013
Team Lead, SafeRides Inc. 2012- 2013Harrisonburg, VA SafeRides Inc. educates the community on alcohol awareness, intoxicated driving prevention, and provides rides to students to encourage safe alcohol practices every Friday and Saturday night between 9pm-3am. • Facilitated weekly discussions about organizational modifications • Developed ten goal-setting, mission-oriented activities for team members.• Ensured optimum internal customer service by creating transparency between the executive board and general body and answered all questions of any member.• Communicated information between the Executive Board and members.• Formed a coalition with a separate team to organize a fundraising campaign earning SafeRides Inc. approximately $1,200. Show less
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Camp Playland of Redding
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United States
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Senior Camp Counselor
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Jun 2011 - Jul 2013
Senior Counselor, Camp Playland of Redding 2011-2013 Redding, CT Guided over 40 children ages five to seven through daily activities and team building exercises. Mr. Zurlo directly impacted the safety and well-being of all campers and created a friendly day camp environment for a sleep away camp feel. • Selected to lead two campers in need of special, one-on-one accommodations. • Counseled campers through challenging conversations . • Ensured the safety all of children. • Mentored five junior counselors who later advanced to senior counselors. • Planned and initiated engaging, team building activities. • Assisted in maintenance of the campgrounds and equipment throughout the year. Show less
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Education
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2011 - 2015
James Madison University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Psychology with minor in Statistics
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