Shezadi Kara

Shezadi Kara has an extensive work experience in the education technology industry. Shezadi currently serves as the Director of Platform Product Management & Marketing at Savvas Learning Co (formerly Pearson K12 Learning), where they focus on strategy development for platform rostering integrations, identity, access, and authorization. Shezadi is also responsible for ensuring student data privacy and security and delivering user-centric features.

Prior to their current role, Shezadi held various positions at Pearson School Systems, including Director of Product Management and Senior Product Manager. In these roles, they led a team of Product Managers and Business Analysts, managed the portfolio of products in the School Systems division, and prioritized customer satisfaction and retention. Shezadi also developed product roadmaps based on market research and customer feedback, and successfully executed on roadmap deliverables.

Before joining Pearson School Systems, Shezadi worked at Chancery Software as a Requirements Analyst. Shezadi conducted focus groups to gather business and system requirements for educational software and collaborated with User Interface Specialists to design user-friendly interfaces. Shezadi was responsible for delivering comprehensive requirements specifications to engineering and quality assurance teams.

Shezadi's career in the education technology industry began at Blackboard (formerly WebCT), where they worked as a Business Operations Analyst. In this role, they reported financial and business metrics to senior management and established a proprietary database to support operations and tracking.

Overall, Shezadi has a strong background in product management, business analysis, and operations in the education technology sector. Shezadi is dedicated to delivering customer-centric solutions and ensuring the privacy and security of student data.

Shezadi Kara holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology / Genetics from The University of British Columbia. The exact duration of their education and whether they pursued any other degrees or fields of study are not specified.