SASNational Lead, Academic Program
Mar. 2012 - Mar. 2023Toronto, Canada AreaTasked with initiating Innovation, and Data Science/AI partnerships across Canada creating users and helping clients with SAS-trained candidates to succeed. Responsible for program strategy, design, and implementation.
- Promoted to National Lead from manager role within 3 years ; expanded reach from three to 70 colleges and universities in Canada within four years. - Acted on vision and experience to revitalize flagging academic program; reached 80% market share in three years. Initiative referred to as World Class by SAS Canada President.
- Customer Success and sales lead for Education sector managing renewals, upselling, technical support, GTM and license agreements. 70+ accounts ~1.5M. - Gained global approval to drive the creation of simulation game in partner collaboration. Designed, branded, tested, and delivered to market in 18 months. Achieved 300% revenue growth in first two years. - Released analytics simulation game called Cortex www.sas.com\cortex which reached over 15,000 academic & commercial players and $5M in sales leads in 2024. - Managed strategic partnerships with Innovation and Corporate Research sectors to create specialized AI Research Platforms for Fraud, Marketing AI, Human Trafficking and Anti-terrorism. Helping drive brand awareness and deepen relationship with customers. Raised over $5M in grants and funding.
- Designed and delivered hundreds of innovative Analytics and AI curricula, spearheaded global thought leadership initiatives, and led impactful hackathons for corporate and academic clients worldwide.