Sean Michael Morris

Vice President, Academics

Multi-brand education technology company serving 100M+ monthly users, including high school and undergraduate learners.

Recruited to own academic content strategy, curriculum direction, and educator engagement across a multi-brand portfolio. Built and led a cross-functional team (growing to 5 direct reports), coordinating product, content, marketing, design, and research as a single production engine.

• Delivered AI Academy, a multi-part instructional program on responsible AI use in teaching and learning — winner of the Anthem Award for Best Use of AI in Education.
• Directed curriculum and content strategy for educator-facing programming with downstream impact on millions of high school and college students using the platforms.
• Set and defended the content quality bar: reversed Net Promoter Score from –50 to +60 through restructured academic programming, content quality improvements, and curriculum redesign.
• Drove a 200% increase in target-audience engagement and 41% year-one audience growth through a unified content, events, and partnerships strategy.
• Produced large-scale live learning experiences (8K–10K participants per event), growing the educator community by 150K over three years.
• Established institutional reputation for curricular innovation through national coverage in Forbes, NPR, and The Guardian.

Head of Pedagogy (Fractional)

AI integrity company supporting responsible AI adoption and authentic human expression in education.

Designed and executed the company's inaugural professional learning program on responsible AI integration in instruction — owning curriculum design, content development, and educator engagement strategy end to end.

• Led curricular research and instructional design for a three-part course series on AI in teaching and learning, prototyping content, sequencing instruction, and refining materials through iterative review.
• Exceeded registration targets by 302% (3,302 against a goal of 1,000) with 66% participant retention across the series (target: 50%).
• Instrumented for learning impact: 48% of participants planned to implement program strategies; 42% were already applying concepts in their teaching.
• Earned a 90 NPS and 97% program satisfaction — educator trust built on content quality.

Director of Learning Design & Innovation (Fractional)

Canadian workforce development organization delivering AI-focused training programs for diverse learner populations.

• Lead end-to-end curricular research and instructional design for AI-focused training programs, applying adult learning theory, accessibility standards, and pedagogical frameworks to a diverse learner population.
• Serve as primary curriculum adviser to researchers, organizational clients, and external design teams — translating complex AI concepts into rigorous, learner-relevant courses.
• Run design reviews and iterative development cycles to hold curriculum quality, pedagogical alignment, and defined learning outcomes.

Founder & Executive Director

Internationally recognized professional learning institute for educators across higher education, K–12, and adjacent sectors.

• Founded and scaled a global curriculum and faculty development institute from 75 participants to 500+ attendees across 20 time zones and 20+ countries, spanning multi-track programming in critical digital pedagogy, instructional design, equity, and learning technology.
• Sustained 95%+ participant satisfaction across a decade of curriculum delivery, with iterative course refinement informed by field implementation.
• Secured institutional partnerships with the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the American University in Cairo, and the University of Mary Washington; grew a volunteer team from 2 to 7 and a breakeven budget to $75K net revenue.

Director of Digital Learning

Public liberal arts university focused on social justice and community engagement.

• Designed and led a yearlong cohort program for 20 interdisciplinary faculty in curricular and instructional design for effective online teaching; established digital pedagogy as a strategic element of the university's instructional model with Provost backing.