Ann Lopez

After a fulfilling career in education, I made a significant shift into the tech industry in 2019. Since then, I've embraced roles like Project Associate, Learning Experience Designer, and Product Operations Manager, driven by my belief that growth comes from embracing change.

When I'm not immersed in technology, I'm balancing family life as a proud veteran’s spouse and mom of two. I also enjoy working on passion projects to broaden my skills and knowledge. One of my proudest projects is The Pivoter, a web-based application that provided free job search resources to over 15,000 career pivoters.

Currently, I’m working with the Clear Cell Sarcoma Foundation and EXCEL NY Group, Inc., where I’m leading their communications and marketing efforts.

Feel free to reach out or take a look around—don’t forget to check out my portfolio and passion projects. Thanks for stopping by! 👋

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When you work with Ann, you work with a professional who brings her whole self, and experience, to her projects. Ann is a driven and curious team member with the innate ability to find and make the most of her connections. While always focused on her projects and deliverables, Ann also led cultural initiatives, team building events, and influenced project management across our team. As a new team lead, it was a true pleasure to have the opportunity to manage Ann and learn through her ideas, insights, and approach.

Chris Baker, Director of Education Experiences

Ann and I worked together on several projects. Her attention to detail is impressive. Ann did an exceptional job on projects that we worked together on. Passionate, great and creative co-worker. Detail oriented, intelligent, deadline oriented and broad-minded employee; has vast knowledge and is thorough. Ann would be an asset to any team. She is a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend Ann.

Heather Zhou, Global Project Management Professional

Ann is a wonderfully resourceful, talented, and compassionate person, who is not only invaluable in the process of identifying a problem, but also in the conceptualization and execution of related solutions! For my volunteer initiative, Teaching: A Path to L&D, and identified a need for a centralized place specifically for L&D roles, and built a web application to provide that space (see job board here: https://www.teachlearndev.org/resources/job-boards). Additionally, Ann volunteers her time to to mentor teachers looking to transition into the edtech/L&D profession, and is a respected source for guidance and resources within our community. I would highly recommend Ann to any company, as her versatile skill set and passion for solving problems and helping others combine to create an innovative force!

Sara Stevick, President of TPLD

I had the chance to be recruited by an as a volunteer for School Group. During her time, she lead by being an incredible example of dedication, percision and hard work. She made sure all volunteers feel appreciated and motivated. She also initiated the foundation of the human resources department structure and procedures. We have worked closely to implement her well-thought-out onboarding processes into system features and have learned a lot from her experience, knowledge and professionalism. She is the best with no doubt.

Kharaam Sharifpour, Salesforce Database Administrator

I've had the pleasure of working with Ann in the advocacy space with the VirtForce organization for 6 months. Her continued passion and service to active duty military spouses has made a positive impact on the lives of many. Ann's specific skill-set that most impressed me was her ability to brainstorm effective solutions to social problems with which this demographic is faced. Ann also has highly competent Project Coordination skills and always works efficiently and quickly.

Ann would be a valuable asset to any virtual or colocated team. Her passion for helping others succeed makes her a great candidate for human growth and relations, curriculum and educational positions.

Kimber Hill, Founder & Creator of VirtForce

Although I have worked with Ann for only one month, she has already become an indispensable member of our HR team at UPchieve. I feel extremely lucky to get to collaborate with Ann on recruiting Academic Coaches at UPchieve. Ann has been a great team player and fast learner who has been able to master all aspects of recruiting and onboarding very quickly. She has also demonstrated excellent organizational and communication skills, as well as a strong work ethic and dedication to our organization.

I strongly believe that Ann will be successful in whatever new position she will take on in the future, and would highly recommend her to any new teams she will join.

Riley Peng, Recruiter & Talent Acquisition Professional

Featured

Blue Star Families Webinar Guest

As a military spouse who has successfully changed careers, I chatted with Laura Torres, Career Manager of Blue Star Families, about why I chose to pivot out of teaching and into the tech field.

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Ace Awards 2021 Nominee

The ACE Awards (Awesomeness in Customer Education) recognize people who're moving Customer Education forward. The awards are nominated, voted and selected by the members of CustomerEducation.org, the largest community of customer education professionals.

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Podcast Guest

I chatted with Heidi Kirby, the creator and host of BLOC (Building Learning and Organizational Culture) Podcast about how I transitioned from K-12 education and into the Learning & Development sector.

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LinkedIn News Featured

I was interviewed by LinkedIn to talk about my career pivot process as part of their Get Ahead series.

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