When I was 10, my father taught me how to mountain bike.

Mountain biking required that you look at multiple ways to get through each difficult section of a trail as fast as possible. You had to problem solve quickly to find the smoothest way to the next part of the trail, while analyzing the pros/cons of each possible way. This mindset has been applied in every facet of my life.

In 2004, I shattered my left femur in a downhill mountain bike run. I was unequivocally told, “You will not walk again.” I asked about different types of physical therapy, and was repeatedly told, “No, there are no solutions.” I knew there was a solution, and it took reaching out to many practitioners across the country, but with their feedback and advice, I did not just walk again, I was racing bikes again. I essentially developed a research process to get to a clear endpoint and I was successful.

Across the educational technology, start-up, research, non-profit and educational arenas, I have successfully recognized the problem(s) at hand, identified research questions that will answer the problem(s), and pinpointed the research methods to use to efficiently answer those questions.

I am keenly aware of the needs of all stakeholders, and I am exceptionally skilled at synthesizing data to meet their needs.

Just like there are multiple ways to a finish line of a mountain bike race, there are multiple ways to solve each problem and the data will guide us there.