The assignment
I joined The Academy Group while it was still a small-scale startup. As its first Project Manager, I built and ran the organization’s first project-management system.
I also supported cross-functional development of a student and educator portal, CRM, and gradebook serving more than 120 students and 15 partner organizations.
Two connected systems
The role connected two kinds of work: running projects across the organization and helping user needs become shipped improvements.
Retrospective process diagram
DESIGN THE SYSTEM → IMPLEMENT THE SYSTEM → MANAGE THE SYSTEM
Design, implementation, and day-to-day management formed one operational lifecycle.
Translating needs into delivery
For the student and educator platform, I translated user needs into requirements, prioritized improvements, built testing workflows, and supported launch.
USER NEEDS → REQUIREMENTS → PRIORITIES → TESTING → LAUNCH SUPPORT
Outcome
The verified result was a new project-management foundation alongside launch support for systems used by more than 120 students and 15 partner organizations. The reconstruction stops where the surviving evidence stops, so it does not claim undocumented tools or adoption.