Magpie Literacy
Samuel Boakye, PMP, currently serves as a Senior Technical Program Manager at Magpie Literacy, where leadership efforts have led to a 20% increase in productivity and a 15% reduction in project turnaround time. Concurrently, Samuel functions as a TPM Coach at Exponent, guiding professionals in System Design and Program Management. Previous experience includes a role as a Senior Technical Program Manager at Amazon Web Services, where cross-functional relationships were fostered to develop complex cloud-based systems. Samuel also served as a Technical Program Manager at Deloitte, focusing on AI projects that enhanced client satisfaction by 25%. Earlier positions include roles as a Technical Lead, Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer at Mnemonics Inc, Electrical Engineering Teaching Assistant, and Genetic Lab Analyst at the University of Virginia. Samuel holds a Master of Science degree in Artificial Intelligence from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Virginia.
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Magpie Literacy
We are on a mission to unlock the great reader in every child to end illiteracy in our country -- centering the experiences of Black, Latino, and Native American students and students experiencing poverty. We are developing research-based, identity-affirming PK-8+ digital literacy tools that leverage student uniquenesses to help every child master the foundational reading skills needed to become strong, confident readers. We’re currently hiring our founding team of mission-driven individuals committed to helping us develop a scalable, impactful reading product that helps us eradicate illiteracy in America. Magpie Literacy is fiscally sponsored by Cambiar Education (https://www.cambiareducation.org/), a 501c3 that supports transformative leaders of public school systems and educational entrepreneurs to develop innovative solutions that disrupt the patterns of educational inequity.