Lynelle Morgenthaler

About Lynelle Morgenthaler

Commercial and mission-driven EdTech executive with 20+ years leading enterprise K–12, higher education, and, and adult learning portfolios with full P&L accountability through growth, modernization, and transformation. Proven builder–operator translating market opportunity into monetization strategy, portfolio optimization, and sustainable revenue growth across digital platforms, CMS, and LMS. Deep expertise in K–12 district and state-level adoption, higher education, accountability, and institutional buying dynamics, with a track record of aligning product investment decisions to long-term growth and durable market position. Known for scaling empowered product organizations. Trusted executive leader to senior leaders and boards across PE-backed, nonprofit, and scaled commercial environments.

Experience

1. Chief Product and Strategy Officer

   Smarter Balanced

   Jun 2022 — Present · Santa Cruz, CA, US

   Provides enterprise portfolio stewardship in K-12 nonprofit embedded within a public R1 university, serving 13 states and 6M students. Leads 40+ across product, technology, reporting, and curriculum in assessment & learning platform development.| Enterprise portfolio strategy across summative, interim, and formative assessments.| Digital platform development, including CMS, within a university setting.| Portfolio funding, investment planning, tradeoff analysis, and business cases.| Built/scaled product management organization.| Revenue expansion through professional learning, K–2 partnership, and technology platform unified user experience.| Voice-of-customer discovery.| Brand positioning.| AI initiative in partnership with IBM.| Director of nationally competitive innovation grant (CGSA) on student-centered assessment models.| Presentations to technical advisory committees and boards.

Education

• Swarthmore College

  Bachelor of Arts with Honors (B.A.), Linguistics

• University of Pennsylvania

  Master of Arts - MA, Education & Linguistics

• University of Pennsylvania

  Master of Arts (M.A.), Education and Linguistics (Second Language Acquisition)

Skills

• Strategic Partnerships
• Product Development
• Curriculum Assessment
• Competitive Analysis
• Career Education
• Editorial Process
• Curriculum Innovation
• Product Management
• Business Strategy
• Cost Reduction
• E-Learning
• Business Requirements
• Executive Management
• Publishing
• Curriculum Development
• Strategy
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• Management
• Project Planning
• Public Speaking
• Training
• Educational Technology
• Market Research
• Editing
• Business Process Re-Engineering
• Content Development
• Business Development
• Leadership
• Instructional Design
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Team Leadership