Steve Ostler
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Experience
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LinkIt!
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United States
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E-Learning Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Marketing
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Feb 2023 - Present
United States LinkIt is a mission-driven education partner helping school districts to use data to improve the lives of students and teachers. I'm proud to be a part of this team!
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Finalsite
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United States
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Software Development
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300 - 400 Employee
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Senior Director of Product Marketing
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Sep 2022 - Sep 2022
Utah, United States
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Blackboard
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Sr. Director of Product Marketing
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Mar 2021 - Sep 2022
Provo, Utah, United States As the Sr. Director of Product Marketing at Blackboard, I have the privilege of working with an amazing team of individuals who are passionate about education. My team of Product Marketers coordinates the knowledge, content, and enablement for the suite of products spanning our Student Success, Teaching and Learning, and Community Engagement solutions. These solutions comprise the only true EdTech platform that advances learning both inside and outside of the classroom.
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Blackboard K-12
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sr. Director of Marketing
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Apr 2019 - Mar 2021
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Director of Marketing; K-12 Parent Engagement
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Nov 2014 - Apr 2019
Provo, Utah Area I work with a great team of industry professionals to oversee the go-to-market activity within the K-12 Parent Engagement segment of Blackboard, Inc.'s business. We are passionate about bringing the best solutions to educators so that student outcomes improve.
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ParentLink (Acquired)
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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VP of Sales, Midwest/Northwest Areas
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Dec 2013 - Dec 2014
Provo, Utah Area -Oversight of all sales activities in the Midwest and Northwest sales regions -Co-ordination of sales to client services activities -Sales staff development -Organization of sales territories -Assist in sales pipeline strategy and development
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MemberSpark Product Manager
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Jun 2013 - Dec 2013
Provo, UT Maintain and expand existing vertical markets, create growth in new vertical markets, provide support and integration for all customers in new vertical markets.
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Regional Director; Vertical Manger
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Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
Provo, Utah In this position I'm able to work with the best team of sales, account management, project management, and training professionals to build our California and Arizona areas, as well as improve our operations nationally in our Cloudspeaker (city and government) and MemberSpark (associations) verticals. This unique position let's me affect change at all levels of our operation, from the first sales visits and initial strategy, to client implementation success and ongoing relationship management.
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Manager, Support and Integration
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Jun 2012 - Jun 2013
I currently manage our help desk operations and new customer integration services. This involves both strong technical background as well as good customer relations skills. As the front line for all of our customer interaction, these departments must be motivated to provide quick, friendly, and accurate responses to our customers.
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Manager, MIS and Product Testing
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Jun 2009 - Jun 2012
I now manage a team of MIS professionals and Quality Assurance product testers.
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Director of Marketing
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Mar 2003 - May 2009
While I served as Director of Marketing I built a marketing team from scratch. I designed many of the practices and procedures that are still in use today, and laid the groundwork for my company's first actual marketing department. This involved developing a tradeshow strategy, building boilerplate templates for bid responses and sales collateral, overseeing a complete re-branding project, and product management.
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Marketing and Bid Writer
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Aug 2002 - Sep 2003
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Director of Testing and Product Management
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2009 - 2009
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Education
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Utah Valley University
IT, Information systems