Chuck Bratton
Digital Solutions
Build, lead, and manage strategic growth opportunities by developing, and delivering innovative digital solutions.
01 PROFESSIONAL
My Knowledge and Skills
Summary:
An award-winning leader in the development of innovative products and platforms for education, healthcare, and career readiness. A data-oriented individual who enjoys discovering impactful solutions, inspiring people to imagine greatness, and delivering the ah-ha moment in a mesmerizing presentation. Thoroughly enjoy cultivating a happy, well-organized, and successful team. An inventive thinker with the skills to bridge the organization’s tactical needs to its strategic goals.
Core Skills:
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Brainstorming solutions and rapidly prototyping complex applications by asking questions and using data to drive decisions.
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Intuitive at understanding client needs and stakeholder commitments.
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Certified Agile practitioner, University of St Thomas, MN
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Mini Masters in information technology, University of St Thomas, MN
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Skilled in:
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Jira, Confluence, AHA!, Wrike, Trello,
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MS PowerAutomate, SSMS, MS Planner, MS Office Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & Access.
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Articulate 360, Adobe Captivate, Camtasia, & Audacity
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API: Restful, SOAP
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SCORM, AICC, & LTI
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Moodle, BlackBoard, Desire2Learn, & Canvas
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AWS Cloud Services
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MS Azure, Cloud Computing Services
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Mobile app development, IOS & Android
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Data Literacy:
Partner with stakeholders to gather and analyze data, formulate KPI’s, define data quality matrix, user stories and epics. Experienced at analyzing big data to track usage, trends, and what-ifs.data management, and data governance.
Strategy Experience:
Leader of many on-and-offshore projects. Analyze performance data, market funneling, and A/B testing. Acutely aware of the many compliance obligations for ADA, WCAG, HIPPA, FERPA, PCI, and GDPR. Fluent at presenting complex technology solutions to clients, stakeholders, and executives
Project Work:
Created a wide variety of products and services for web, desktop, and mobile. Researched, recommend, and implemented many 3rd party solutions. Delivered multi-million-dollar projects simultaneously within a complex matrix organization utilizing onsite and offshore vendors.
Soft Skills:
Effective leader, manager, innovator, and technologist, with excellent verbal and written communication skills. Highly skilled at developing and nurturing long-term relationships with stakeholders and vendors. Mentor staff with thoughtful leadership, personal growth, and compassionate communication.
02 recent work
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Cirrus - Large-scale cloud-based SaaS platform for Higher-Ed (Award-Winning)
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Passport – Large-scale cloud-based CMS platform for K12
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SNAP 2016 - Large-scale cloud-based LMS platform for K12 and Higher-Ed
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Navigator+ - Unique health career CMS cloud-based platform
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Course Navigator – First-of-its-kind cloud-based health care LMS platform
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JIST Gateway – Unique Career readiness web-based CMS platform
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Pronunciation Coach – Web-based application to train health professionals and students to pronounce medical terms.
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Pharmacy Labs – First-of-its-kind pharmacy simulation for healthcare workers and students.
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Drug & Terms App – Created a mobile app to search and review drugs
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Certification Exam Review – Assessment platform for pharmacy technicians
Awards:
2020 The Edtech Cool Tool Awards
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Digital Course Solution
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eLearning, Blended, or Flipped Solution
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New Product or Service
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Online Courses / MOOC Solution
03 Recommendations
Chuck is an excellent team leader, developer, and product visionary. More...
I've built software products with Chuck for 15 years and there are two overriding traits that everyone who works with Chuck learns. More...
Chuck Bratton is someone who brings a wealth of knowledge in digital products and educational technologies. More...
I worked with Chuck Bratton for nearly 20 years. He not only ran, oversaw, and managed a team to run the IT systems More...
I’ve collaborated with Chuck over the last 19 years on many projects that drove revenue through customer success. More..
Chuck has a brilliant and innovative mind, and the drive to get his ideas made into reality. More...
Chuck is equal parts vision and execution. More...
Chuck is the most insightful person I know in the ed tech industry and is very knowledgeable More...
Chuck has a deep understanding of the education markets and has continued to build innovative digital solutions... More...
04 Experience
May 2020 - Dec 2021
Director of Learning and Design, Knowfully Learning, Randor, PA
At Knowfully Learning, I was the product manager responsible for the development of adult TechEd software applications used by professionals for continuing education and career licensing.
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Partnered with customers, vendors, and business stakeholders to define requirements and create a strategic plan.
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Worked directly with the software development teams, locally and off-shore in the production, delivery, and support of a variety of software applications for web and mobile.
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Reported to the business on strategic goals, project priorities, ongoing development, and budget alignment.
June 2006 - March 2020
VP Digital Products, Paradigm Education Solutions, Bloomington, MN
My role at Paradigm Education Solutions focused on the digital product roadmap of software applications for education, healthcare, and career readiness. Managed a team of 4 product managers and 15 technology specialists.
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Partnered with clients, marketing, sales, and management to define product requirements, set expectations, and create a business plan.
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Performed market research, SWOT analysis, competitor analysis, and define ROI.
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Led development strategy, discovery, planning, budgeting, requirements, compliance, and KPI alignment.
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Presented software application concepts and strategies to stakeholders.
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Presented products to clients, at trade shows, and at corporate events.
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Led development teams using Agile methodologies, DevOps culture, and CI/CD practices. Developed, deployed, supported digital assessment products for desktops, web, and mobile.
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Implemented large-scale SaaS AWS cloud solutions and managed many third-party integrations.
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Extensive technology expertise using web/desktop frameworks and database platforms.
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Managed budgets for software development, hosting, and CapEx.