Research & Industry

First Place Team ($3000 prize) in Haas Education Case Competition: Collaborated with Stanford MBA & Ed Policy students to present research-based recommendations to CFO and COO of Aspire charter schools (2014).

Science & Technology Mentor, for Lean Launchpad course at Berkeley Haas Business School, taught by Steve Blank and Jerry Engels (2013). Mentored Ed-Tech & other startups, using the Launchpad Central online tool and in-person classes similar to what the instructors founded as NSF’s Innovation Corps (which teaches scientists to translate research into businesses).

Williams, J.J. (2013) Doing online learning research with both scientific and financial value. [Slides & Audio Presentation]

Indiegogo Crowdfunding Ambassador (2013). Advised Berkeley students on executing crowdfunding campaigns.

Consultant for Pearson (2013-present). Advise on assessing motivation, experiments evaluating social studies curricula.

Online Education Consultant (2012-present). Provide advice to Bay Area startups on software and principles for developing web-apps, business models, customer development, instruction, assessment & pedagogy. (Including: Kizoom, Watttime, EdAppEd). [Request Access for Details]

SF Startup Weekend EDU: Gave pitch & developed prototype of “Learning Assistant” product. (2013).

Haas Business School Coursework (2011). Completed Fundamentals of Business, gateway course for Master’s of Technology.

Collaborated on submission of Small Business Innovation Research grant to Institute of Education Sciences (2013). Advised on and edited grant proposal for development of a web-app for online teacher professional development.