Ray Henderson

Ray Henderson Ray has a openLink account Ed-Tech Investor/Advisor Carmel, Indiana, United States 500+ connections Contact info HelioCampus Trinity University About Ed-tech operating veteran turned investor/advisor. I invest in select seed stage firms through my holding company Lessons Learned Ventures LLC. I also advise growth stage firms for professional investor groups, typically as an independent board member. Featured ATTACKING ENROLLMENT DECLINE LIKE A BOSS: Frostberg State knew they had issues and with the aid of sophisticated data science and decision support achieved sustainability. A data-informed strategy educationdive.com • 3 min read LIKE 26 Activity 3,758 followers No alternative text description for this image True innovators are rare. #Acadeum has created a platform that allows consortia to share online course inventory fluidly with high trust between parties. For each member, this extends the availability of courses that are hard to get amidst pandemic and helps them take steps to improve the pathways to skilling and graduation they need. Thousands of students have improved their education outcomes amidst pandemia alone and they're just getting started! Ray shared this 5 Reactions 1 Comment No alternative text description for this image What a great demonstration of real market leadership for #AEFIS. Congrats team! May the rest of the market follow fast and help enable comprehensive learner record and portable credentials across the learning ecology! Ray commented Ed-tech firms often market their support for key tech standards. It's rarer to see true priority assigned to this, where support for standards is a key part of strategy and brand. The Comprehensive Learner Record is step 1 in delivering broadly portable credentials and a keystone in learner agency. We have the #IMSGlobal to thank for their stewardship of this key standard. And I'm proud to see institutional assessment growth firm #AEFIS score such a noteworthy industry first. Ray shared this 37 Reactions 1 Comment Data science is fulfilling the promise of aiding educational leadership. Clark University shows how their data platform helped plan for covid, and underscores a growing trend that uni's are moving towards more sophisticated financial planning & analysis with the help of key partners. Ray shared this 10 Reactions See all activity See all activity Experience HelioCampus Chair / Board of Directors Company NameHelioCampus Dates Employed2020 – Present Employment Duration1 yr HelioCampus is a tech-enabled services company that provides strategic decision support tuned specifically for higher ed and it's unique blend of mission and sustainability. The company has developed a proprietary data model, data platform, and cost-benchmarking products that combined with data science expertise leads to improved decision making. AEFIS Chair / Board of Directors Company NameAEFIS Dates Employed2020 – Present Employment Duration1 yr AEFIS delivers a comprehensive assessment platform for higher education under a SAAS business model. Their platform links accreditor/institutional/and program objectives to evidence of student work. It excels in blending insight from curricular and co-curricular activities holistically for both educators and learners. The company is committed to open standards and implementing them creatively for student agency and improved integration. … see more Acadeum Investor / Advisor Company NameAcadeum Dates Employed2019 – Present Employment Duration2 yrs Acadeum provides education providers a platform to create and manage consortial sharing of online course inventory. The demand for online courses is higher than ever. There's un-used inventory nearly everywhere. Acadeum is the platform that brings those interested parties together in ways that reflect the values of educators. They're helping to accelerate paths to graduation for learners and generating additional revenue for those who create online courses. … see more Lumen Learning Investor / Advisor Company NameLumen Learning Dates Employed2016 – Present Employment Duration5 yrs Lumen Learning is a pioneer the Open Educational Resource (OER) arena, as well as being at the vanguard of price disruption hitting a market that relied on endless annual price increases till it blew up its birthright and ushered in those with not only lower prices but better products and culture of support for education innovators. My mentor, Tim Oreilly, has told me the secret is to "create more value than you capture." This is a company with real bonafides in their community for creating a high quality digital alternative to traditional course materials. They disposed of the heavy marketing approach of traditional competitors, but shifted investment into product. They've grown steady and every season have a more formidable offering and larger community of supporters. … see more MetaMetrics, Inc. Lead Director / Board of Directors Company NameMetaMetrics, Inc. Dates Employed2015 – 2019 Employment Duration4 yrs MetaMetrics is an intellectual property company serving the global K12 community. It creates and manages scientific measures of student achievement that are critical infrastructure for K12 assessment. Their scales for reading and math learning growth (Lexile and Quantile) are key benchmarks for K12 state superintendents and policy makers, and have been widely adopted by digital curriculum platforms to tailor their product to individual learners. (Acquired by Apax Digital). … see more VeriCite Chair / Board Of Directors Company NameVeriCite Dates Employed2017 – 2018 Employment Duration1 yr Vericite provided an easy and affordable way to verify the originality of student work. The company developed a unique strategy built with an assumption of open technology standards, and delivering an extremely easy to adopt/use product that relied on them. This innovation allowed us to enter a niche dominated by well funded competition and achieve rapid profitability. (Acquired by Turn-It-In/Insight Partners) … see more Nobel Learning Communities Independent Director / Board of Directors Company NameNobel Learning Communities Dates Employed2017 – 2018 Employment Duration1 yr Nobel Learning (NLCI) is the largest provider of early education nationally, operating under a variety of local brands with shared infrastructure. It's also a leading K12 online school with the widely admired Laurel Springs School brand, reshaping expectations of quality and personalized attention online. (Acquired by Spring Education / Primavera Capital Group). … see more Redbird Advanced Learning Independent Director / Board of Directors Company NameRedbird Advanced Learning Dates Employed2014 – 2016 Employment Duration2 yrs Redbird was a unique seed stage opportunity, as it began life with pedigree and product-market fit sorted. It was the commercial re-branding of the esteemed Stanford Math (tm). The Redbird team took these good bones and created a modernized SAAS offering, packaged it for the institutional K12 market, and developed its global potential. (Acquired by McGraw Hill.) … see more Blackboard President, Learning Platforms Company NameBlackboard Dates Employed2009 – 2013 Employment Duration4 yrs LocationWashington DC As president of a public company division with $400m ARR / 1000+ employees, this was my highest profile operating role. The fundamentals--committed client focus and communication, innovating with a clear vision for education, and developing future leaders was my focus. (Acquired by Providence Equity) ANGEL Learning Chief Products Officer Company NameANGEL Learning Dates Employed2005 – 2009 Employment Duration4 yrs LocationIndianapolis I joined ANGEL Learning during its early maturation and led product development and go-to-market strategy, alongside capable collaborators. The company developed an LMS market alternative with distinctively simple UI/UX, yet powerful in critical areas of content management and learning design overlooked by larger competitors. A uniquely strong committed to open standards aided this, and we punched well above our weight class. (Acquired by Blackboard). … see more Pearson President, Digital Products Group Company NamePearson Full-time Dates Employed2000 – 2005 Employment Duration5 yrs The digital products group was formed amidst a Cambrian explosion of hybridized print - digital products in the industry. The group consolidated experiments, morphed them along a shared service model, while also launching a few pure digital offerings. The most important of the latter was likely Safari Books Online (in cooperation with partner O'Reilly & Associates). … see more eCollege SVP Product & Technology Company NameeCollege Dates Employed1998 – 2000 Employment Duration2 yrs eCollege was an early entrant in the ed-tech markets. It provided a cloud hosted LMS bundled with a collection of course development and online transformation services. The company thrived amidst a stampede online, went public amidst the boom, struggled through the lean years, and then emerged with committed clients and a well differentiated offering. (acquired by Pearson Education) … see more Prentice Hall / Simon & Schuster Higher Education Group Early Career Company NamePrentice Hall / Simon & Schuster Higher Education Group Dates Employed1988 – 1998 Employment Duration10 yrs I began my career as an educational publisher. l apprenticed in marketing and product management. The PH culture was famous for distributing P&L responsibility to product management roles, and this provided me business fundamentals. It's here that I developed new product models that blended texts with technology, and achieved early bonafides in the developing ed-tech arena. … see more Clueless Inc. Pre-Professional Era Company NameClueless Inc. Dates Employed1983 – 1988 Employment Duration5 yrs While seeking an education I was variously a custom wheat harvester, biology lab tech, hospital orderly, bar tender, and philosophy TA. My objectives were funding my education, fly-fishing adventures, and the pursuit of Mrs. Henderson. I learned Coach Wooden's focus on fundamentals and clear accountability are a great path to results. Show fewer experiences Education Trinity University Trinity University Degree NameB.A.Field Of StudyPhilosophy / Biology Dates attended or expected graduation1983 – 1987