Tara Cook

Tara Cook has an extensive work experience spanning several companies and roles. Tara currently holds the position of Senior Director, Project Management Office at Aptara since May 2023. Before that, they were the Director Higher Education Publishing Services at the same company from May 2022 to May 2023. Prior to Aptara, Tara worked as the Director, Publishing Services at Straive from June 2019 to May 2022. Tara also served as a Sr PM/Manager, Vendor Project Management at Knowbly Learning Systems from November 2015 to May 2019. Tara was a Consultant, Product Solutions at Academic Benchmarks in 2015. Tara has a long history with Pearson, where they held various managerial positions. Some notable roles at Pearson include Manager, Global Business Process/Enterprise Core Platforms, Program Manager, Content Planning & Learning Architecture/Content Management Services, Manager, Digital Production Services/Content Management Services, Manager, Quality Assurance/Central Media Group, Senior Project Manager, Quality Assurance/Central Media Group, and Digital Production Project Manager - International Division. Tara's work at Pearson involved tasks such as business process framework synthesis, managing services and tools, representing business strategy, leading service groups, improving workflows, managing testing teams, and transitioning to offshore testing vendors. Prior to Pearson, Tara had roles at Pearson Prentice Hall as a Print Production Coordinator in the Business Publishing Division and an Editorial Assistant in the Professional, Technical, Reference Division.

Tara Cook earned a Professional Certificate in Learning Experience Design from Oregon State University in 2020-2021. Prior to that, they studied Political Science and Government at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1992 to 1996. Tara also attended Choate Rosemary Hall from 1988 to 1992, but no specific degree or field of study was provided. Additionally, they obtained a Learning Experience Design Certificate from OSU Professional and Continuing Education in 2021 and became a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) through the Scrum Alliance in July 2020.