Steven Bailey

Steven Bailey has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries and roles. Steven is currently working as the Vice President at Ivy.ai, where they oversee the highly configurable higher education-focused automation and communication platform. Prior to that, Steven served as the Senior Vice President Sales & Diversity Champion at Academic Partnerships, where they led a team of 70 sales professionals across three industry verticals.

Before joining Academic Partnerships, Steven held various positions at Texas Instruments, including Executive Director of Business Development & Education Sales. Steven also served as the Director of Business Development for North America & Middle East, Business Development & Publisher Relations Manager for North America & Asia Pacific, and Product Development Manager - Online.

Steven also has experience at Ignite! Learning, where they worked as the Director of Sales Support. Steven previously held the role of National Training & Business Development Manager at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (dba) Riverdeep Interactive Learning and National Sales Support Manager at Josten's Learning.

At the start of their career, Steven worked as a Classroom Teacher for Texas Independent School Districts. Throughout their career, Steven has demonstrated strong leadership, revenue generation, market development, and employee development skills.

Steven Bailey has a bachelor's degree in Education from Texas Tech University. Steven also holds an executive management certificate in Strategic Negotiations from Harvard University, an advanced certificate for executives in management in Innovation & Technology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an executive honors certificate in Leadership Essentials from the University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business. In addition to these educational accomplishments, Steven has obtained several certifications, including "Confronting Bias: Thriving Across Our Differences" from LinkedIn, obtained in June 2020; "Digital Body Language" from LinkedIn, obtained in March 2020; and "Listening to Customers" from LinkedIn, obtained in March 2020.