Stephanie Doran has been in education for over twenty years, as a classroom teacher, program coordinator, and district specialist. She has been with Carnegie Learning since 2013, beginning as a Project Manager partnering with a large district to set goals, develop collaborative math classrooms, deepen content knowledge, and understand how to analyze data to help make instructional decisions. She now serves as the Director of Customer Success and appreciates the opportunity to partner and collaborate with schools and districts in Texas.

Katie joined the Carnegie Learning Ed Services team in 2016 and has supported teachers across the country. Prior to joining Carnegie learning, Katie worked as a High School Math teacher. Katie’s teaching experience ranges from co-taught classes to AP statistics, and a little bit of everything in between. She is passionate about math education and student success. Katie resides in McKinney, TX with her dog Wrigley. She is now the Director of Sales Empowerment for Math, and supports many of our Texas customers.

Jessica is the Vice President of Custom Publishing for Carnegie Learning. She leads the current Texas Custom Solution team in developing and continuously improving our Texas Math Solution and previously led the Carnegie Learning Philadelphia Custom Services Team, partnering with district-level leaders in the eighth largest school district in the country to set a shared vision for improving student achievement, engage all stakeholders, and facilitate extensive program management services, ensuring that project outcomes were consistently and efficiently achieved.

Courtney joined the Carnegie Learning team at the beginning of 2019 to help spread her love for mathematics and collaborative learning. She is currently a Senior Custom Solution Project Manager leading a team to develop products for the state of Texas at the highest quality. She truly believes that every student has the ability to love math and every teacher has the ability to help their students grow this mindset. She hopes that her passion can be shared with her team to improve project outcomes in order to give teachers resources that will allow them to see student success in math classrooms across the state of Texas, and hopefully beyond that!

Cassie has been designing and facilitating impactful professional learning experiences at Carnegie Learning since 2007. She serves as a thought partner, coach, and mentor for districts as they implement Carnegie Learning Resources and Professional Learning services. Cassie supports Texas in a variety of ways—you might see her facilitating initial training workshops, engaging in data conversations, or demoing an upcoming lesson. Regardless of what she’s doing, we can guarantee that Cassie will be supporting you with a smile!

Steve Ritter is Founder and Chief Scientist at Carnegie Learning. He has been developing, analyzing and evaluating educational technology for over 20 years. He earned his Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University and was instrumental in the development and evaluation of the Cognitive Tutors for mathematics. He is the author of numerous papers on the design, architecture and evaluation of Intelligent Tutoring Systems and other advanced educational technology. He currently leads the research team at Carnegie Learning, focusing on improving the educational effectiveness of its products and services. Each year, over 500,000 students use Carnegie Learning’s mathematics curricula.

Chris Bolyard is a veteran educator and native Texan. He served in many teaching and administrative roles in Pasadena ISD before moving into educational sales. Chris is passionate about helping schools and districts find the right curriculum solutions to meet the ever-changing needs of the student body.

He lives in the Houston area with his wife, four daughters, and three dogs. He services districts in Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.