Scott Johns

Current

Manager, Consumer Business at Peterson's

Past

Product Manager, Consumer Products at Peterson's
Product Manager, Test Preparation at Peterson's
Program Manager at Peterson's

Manager of Pre-Health Curriculum at Kaplan , Inc.

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Education

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

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Industry

Education Management

Scott Johns’s Summary

At Peterson’s, we provide products and services that assist students and families in planning and preparing for college, a career, or the military, while also matching students with the college, career, or military choice that fits them best. I provide value to our customers by designing and building solutions that meet a diverse array of educational needs, from test preparation to writing help, from essay editing to professional resume review.

Scott Johns’s Specialties:

product management; project management; e-learning; curriculum design; pedagogical design; managing matrixed teams of developers, business analysts, project managers, QA staff, and subject-matter experts; product analysis; test preparation; essay and resume services; social media

Scott Johns’s Experience

Manager, Consumer Business

Peterson's

(Public Company; Education Management industry)

February 2009 — Present (10 months)
Product Manager, Consumer Products

Peterson's

(Public Company; Publishing industry)

July 2008 — February 2009 (8 months)

Manage the company’s consumer product lines: direct the maintenance and enhancement of application essay and resume products, and provide strategic guidance to and tactical leadership for a line of business owner. Specify market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research. Lead a matrixed team of project managers, developers, technical leads, marketing services, content professionals, and QA staff through envisioning, planning, prototyping, development, QA, and rollout phases of product development. Gather and prioritize feature requests from stakeholders. Perform periodic competitive analysis within our markets. Determine web analytics strategy for the channel, including conversion funnel analysis, SEO effectiveness measurements, and traffic analysis. Implement online advertising within products. Support ongoing SEO, SEM efforts within the channel.
Product Manager, Test Preparation

Peterson's

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

April 2006 — July 2008 (2 years 4 months)

Product Manager for Test Preparation products. Responsible for the product planning and execution for nearly 150 web-based courses and assessment products. Gather and prioritize product and customer requirements, define the product vision, and lead matrixed engineering, sales, marketing and support teams to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met.
Program Manager

Peterson's

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; E-Learning industry)

April 2003 — March 2006 (3 years )

Responsible for creating award-winning online courses for standardized test preparation. I managed international teams of developers, subject matter experts, and instructional designers in creating online courseware that provides a truly customized experience for each user. I also created practice test products, classroom instruction, and corporate presentations on our products. I managed a team of editors and freelance content creators during this time.
Manager of Pre-Health Curriculum

Kaplan , Inc.

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WPO; Education Management industry)

1999 — 2002 (3 years )

Scott Johns’s Education

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

B.S. , Physics (Mathematics, Economics) , 1991 — 1995

Graduated summa cum laude in Physics with minors in Mathematics and Mathematical Economics.

Authored scientific paper, "Numerical Approximations to the Thermodynamic Integrals", S.M. Johns, P.J. Ellis, and J.M. Lattimer, Astrophys.J. 473 (1996) 1020-1028