What Happened?
Indianapolis, IN-based Project Lead the Way has Appointed Valerie Osinski as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
PLTW is an organization focused on empowering students and transforming the teaching experience – a proud tradition from the start of the organization that continues today. Since 1997, we have grown from a high school engineering program to offering comprehensive PreK-12 pathways in computer science, engineering, and biomedical science. PLTW`s world-class, activity-, project-, and problem-based curriculum gives students a chance to apply what they know, identify problems, find unique solutions, and lead their own learning, rather than be passive recipients of information in a question-and-answer, right-or-wrong learning environment. In addition to our innovative curriculum, one of the most unique aspects of our programs is the engaging, rigorous professional development for teachers. We offer five programs of study: PLTW Launch (grades PreK-5), PLTW Gateway (middle school), PLTW Biomedical Science (high school), PLTW Computer Science (high school), and PLTW Engineering (high school). PLTW has 14,000 programs in 11,500 schools, serving millions students and training over 55,000 teachers.
About the Person
Valerie Osinski is responsible for leading PLTW’s technical vision, including applications and systems development, infrastructure, quality assurance, business analytics, and emerging technology. Valerie is passionate about driving innovation as a foundation for the continued success of Project Lead The Way. Prior to joining PLTW in March 2014, Valerie served as the Chief Information Officer for First Advantage, where she oversaw the strategic and technical aspects for a firm that delivered technology products and business solutions for worldwide enterprises. Valerie led numerous business expansion initiatives, acquisitions, and data center centralization and consolidation efforts. Valerie was also responsible for leading global infrastructure and product management, implementation, and development functions. Valerie has held numerous executive IT leadership roles in her career, serving as President of Hiring Solutions Group, Senior Vice President & Executive General Manager at North American Screening Solutions, and Vice President at Kronos Talent Management. Valerie holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from The Ohio State University.
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