GPS 2015 Presentations

General Session Presentations

Student Welcome
Bob Whelan, President & Chief Executive Officer, Pearson VUE

Keynote
Bob Whelan, President & Chief Executive Officer, Pearson VUE

Certiport Vision and Goals
Aaron Osmond, Vice President, Global Certiport Offering

Partner Best Practices
Fiona Collins, Vice President, Market Development, Pearson VUE

Certification Practice Tests - Part 1
Certification Practice Tests - Part 2
Thor Christensen, GMetrix
Sam Brocal, MeasureUp

Autodesk
Reid Johnson, Program Manager

IC3 Digital Literacy – Global Standard 5 Announcement
Nich Haber, Global Leader IC3

Certiport/Pearson VUE Partner Program
Fiona Collins, Vice President, Market Development, Pearson VUE

Expand Your Portfolio with Professional Certification
Ray Murray, Vice President, Business Development, Pearson VUE

Breakout Session Presentations

Helping Your Educators to Recognize Student and Classroom Success
John Medved, Product Marketing Manager
Jennifer Stubblefield, Teacher

The new Certiport Console: Deep Dive into Console and Certiport Certification Exams:
Justin Partridge, Product Owner, Certiport Systems
Jeffrey Lewis, Director, Product Management, Certiport

Sales and Marketing Strategies for MOS and preparing for MOS 2016
Mark Harris, Product Manager, Certiport
Peggy Hayes, Product Marketing Manager, Certiport

Understanding a Best Practices Sales Model: the Structure, Operational Processes, and Incentives used by Certiport’s NOAM Sales Group
Lori Monson, Regional Director NOAM Sales, Certiport
Eldon Lechtenberg, Regional Director, NOAM Sales, Certiport

Introducing new Certiport Authorized Testing Center Resources and Deployment Best Practice Materials
Amy Sanford, Senior Account Executive

The new, updated Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Exams for Creative Cloud
Ben Smith, Account Executive, Certiport
Brandon Jackson, Product Manager, Certiport

Building your MTA Business
Kris Morris, Product Marketing Manager, Certiport
Mark Harris, Product Manager, Certiport

Helping Educators Prepare Students for Certification by Selling Superior Curriculum, Lesson Plans, and Practice Tests
John Medved, PMM, Learning Products
Thor Christianson, GMetrix
Sam Brocal, MeasureUp

Step-by-step Session on How to Run Effective Demand Generation Campaigns (and All the Necessary Tools)
Ben Lambert, Director, Field Marketing, Certiport

IC3 Digital Literacy – Success Stories and Successful Strategies
Nich Haber, Managing Director IC3, Certiport
Kris Morris, Product Marketing Manager, Certiport

Expanding your business with the Autodesk Certified User and the Autodesk Certified Professional programs
Ben Smith, Account Executive, Certiport
Brandon Jackson, Product Manager, Certiport
Peggy Hayes, Product Marketing Manager, Certiport

Testing Center Best Practices: Ideal Setup, Maintenance, Dealing with Test-Day Problems
Diane Malachowski, Manager Channel Operations, Certiport

Step-by-step methods for running the MOS, ACU, and/or ACA Championships (and tools for 2016)
Hannah Crepeau, Competitions Manager