Specializing in education technology, product management, and data analytics, I’m passionate about transforming data into valuable insights, actionable decisions, and innovative products. My extracurricular activities include running, biking, surfing, tennis, pickle ball, photography, and any outdoor activity that I can capture on my drone and/or GoPro.
Maxwell and I, Waterloo Park, Austin. October 2022
A former US Peace Corps volunteer and university instructor, Eric is passionate about tertiary education, information and communication technology, and product development. Prior to joining Podium Education, Eric received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Tulane University, where he taught both upper- and lower-division courses. He also worked for eight years at ISA, an education abroad provider, first in the Academic Affairs department, and then as the Associate Vice President of Research and Data Analytics. While with ISA, Eric played a key role in creating a data-driven culture by implementing the use of business intelligence platforms into decision-making protocol.
Currently, Eric serves as Podium Education’s Head of Academic Operations, a role which allows him to collaborate with the curriculum, product, and technology teams. Podium Education partners with universities to offer tech-based curriculum to a diverse student population with the primary goal of providing students with applicable hard skills that increase employability and career growth.
In the summer of 2021, Eric helped Podium scale to serve 10x the number of students, year-over-year, by streamlining platform delivery, modifying communications protocol, and managing a team of three full-time colleagues, and ten academic support specialists.
Head of Academic Operations
Podium Education
September 2022 to Present
Director of Product Delivery
Podium Education
June 2020 to September 2022
Associate Vice President, Research and Data Analytics
International Studies Abroad
April 2019 to June 2020
Director, Academic Resources and Assessment
International Studies Abroad
August 2014 to March 2019
Curriculum Specialist
International Studies Abroad
June 2012 to August 2014
Short Term Rental Super Host in Austin, TX and Nosara, CR
AirBnB
November 2013 to Present
University Instructor: LAST101-102, LAST320
Tulane University
Aug 2008 to May 2012
Peace Corps Volunteer, the Dominican Republic
United States Peace Corps
Feb 2002 to April 2004
M.A. Latin American Studies
Tulane University
Aug 2006 to May 2008
Ph.D. Latin American Studies
Tulane University
Aug 2008 to May 2012
B.A Spanish
The University of Texas at Austin
Aug 1998 to Aug 2002
B.A Economics
The University of Texas at Austin
Aug 1998 to Aug 2002
Intro to Programming Nanodegree Program
Udacity
Oct 2015 to Mar 2016
Intermediate Digital Photography
Austin Community College
June 2019 to Aug 2019 (Certificate)
Data Foundations Nanodegree Program
Udacity
Oct 2017 to Dec 2017 (Certificate)
Beginner Digital Photography
Austin Community College
June 2018 to Aug 2018 (Certificate)
HTML + CSS
SiteCore
Marketo
Python
LMS Administration (Canvas, Schoology, Moodle)
GoToWebinar Administration
Jupyter Notebooks + Google Colab
Asana (Project Management Software)
Spanish (Fluent)
Portuguese (Intermediate)
Microsoft Suite
SQL + SPSS
Final Cut Pro + Motion
Adobe Suite
SurveyMonkey Administration
Pandas
Zoom Administration
Steven D. Bell and Leonard W. Wood Distinguished Professor in Real Estate; Professor of Finance
UNC, Kenan-Flagler Business School
