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Jody Novakoski
Executive product leader specializing in EdTech and AI-native learning platforms
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Education product leader who has built and rebuilt large-scale learning platforms from the ground up, including GamED Academy, a Minecraft-based K-12 platform that grew to 6,000+ active students per cycle and produced IP tied to a Microsoft/Mojang exit. Particularly compelling for mission-driven edtech roles: combines curriculum, UX, platform, and AI product leadership with a clear philosophy that technology should amplify human teaching relationships rather than replace them.
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Key Strengths
- built and scaled GamED Academy into a multi-million dollar platform serving 6,000+ active students every six weeks
- end-to-end product builder across platform, curriculum, infrastructure, and team formation
- strong human-centered AI product judgment in education
- deep expertise in designing for neurodiverse learners, including autistic students
- translated static compliance reporting into natural-language AI decision support for school districts
- balances AI flexibility with trust, validation, and auditability
- materially improved student satisfaction from 2.5 to 4.8 across ~6,000 surveys
- raised curriculum satisfaction from 2.8 to 4.2 and learning outcomes to 3.9-4.9
- reduced instructor prep-hours by 78%, improving margins and delivery consistency
- rebuilt inconsistent curriculum into a scalable, structured instructor-led experience
- led complex stakeholder alignment under time pressure using phased roadmaps
- replaced a failing tutoring vendor with an in-house model that became the most profitable business unit at 47% lower cost
- effective builder of cross-functional ownership across product, curriculum, and engineering
- strong team development and retention focus with contributors still engaged and performing
Reference Highlights
- led product and engineering teams
- owned the entire product roadmap
- strong strategic decision-making
- effective cross-functional collaboration
- aligned well with sales and operations
- improved operational efficiency
- ensured instructors were prepared from day one
- built critical system integrations
- launched an entire catalog of new courses
- improved company credibility
- boosted sales, especially in STEAM
- identified issues early
- thorough planning
- tested along the way
- used customer pilots effectively
- followed through with surveys after rollout
- hands-on with AI initiatives
- created a widely used internal GPT tool
- positive internal user feedback
- strong product design instincts
- empathetic to end users
- balanced structure with flexibility
- smart
- direct and friendly
- gave clear direction with autonomy
- advocated for her teams
- focused on product and content quality
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