TetherEd

01 / Rolee

Connecting market, product and execution.

Tether Education is a U.S.-based GovTech company incubated at ConsiliumBots, focused on digital infrastructure for school choice, admissions and enrollment.

As Head of Partnerships, I led partnership strategy, business development and expansion across Latin America. I worked with governments, school networks and education organizations, coordinating initiatives across Sales, Product, Engineering, Marketing and Operations to turn opportunities into real adoption.

Direct leadership

Christopher Neilson

Founder & CEO, Tether Education
Professor of Economics and Global Affairs · Yale University

I worked closely and directly with Christopher, aligning partnerships, institutional relationships and expansion initiatives with the evolution of the product.

02 / Scale

Partnerships with measurable reach.

I built and scaled the partnership ecosystem across multiple markets, combining public and private relationships with a commercial operation focused on adoption, visibility and growth.

14+ Organizations connected

20.000+ Families reached

1M+ Applications handled by the platform in 2024

5M+ Profile views in 2024

03 / Product & AI

Bringing market signals back into product.

I worked with Product and Engineering to translate the needs of clients, institutions and families into product improvements and AI-enabled initiatives. The logic was simple: use the market as a source of learning and turn that learning into product.

Applied AI

The work included initiatives developed with OpenAI and, on specific projects, Columbia University and SLEP del Pino, connecting research, institutional needs and implementation.

01

Market signals

Discovery

Turning conversations with institutions and families into useful signals for product prioritization and evolution.

02

Product & Engineering

Translation

Translating commercial and operational requirements into concrete problems technical teams could design, build and validate.

03

Applied AI

Innovation

Connecting AI opportunities with real needs around access, guidance and operations in education communities.

04

Measurement

Learning

Designing operations and processes to learn from adoption, measure outcomes and iterate with evidence.

04 / Selected projects

Product, implementation and transformation at scale.

A selection of initiatives where I worked across product, institutions and execution — from education discovery tools to digital transformation and AI adoption in public education.

01

Product · AI-powered discovery

Virtual School Explorer

An education discovery platform with maps, personalized filters, enriched profiles, availability, admission estimates and an AI assistant that helps families explore and compare options.

Map-based search Admission probability Real-time vacancies AI assistant

View Explorer

My role

I connected institutional and family needs with product and adoption opportunities, bringing market signals into partnership and product development decisions.

02

Public education · Chile · Aug–Dec 2024

Public Education Digital Transformation

I led strategic and implementation initiatives with SLEP del Pino and CORMUN Rancagua to digitize admissions and expand access to digital application infrastructure across public education.

100+ public schools 35,000+ students 2 public education systems

My role

I coordinated public-sector stakeholders, school leadership and internal product teams, translating institutional and operational requirements into scalable implementation strategies.

03

AI · Public education · Chile · Jul–Dec 2025

AI-Powered Education Transformation

An international initiative developed with Columbia University, OpenAI, Tether Education and SLEP del Pino to accelerate responsible and equitable AI adoption across public schools in Chile.

50+ institutions OpenAI Columbia University AI adoption at scale

My role

I led implementation across participating schools, coordinating execution, stakeholders and the connection between research, institutional needs and AI-enabled solutions.

04

AI-enabled product · School operations

Tether Studio

An AI-enabled school photography platform that centralizes portraits, events, yearbooks, consent, family access and school administration in one digital workflow.

−82% operational hours 6 weeks to launch 1 platform · 5 stages 100% auditable consent

View Tether Studio

My role

I worked on product development and positioning, connecting schools’ operational needs with a simpler digital experience for teams and families.

Work in context

Adoption is built with people.

A large part of the role happened outside the pipeline: sessions with internal teams, education leaders and institutions. That’s where real needs became product, implementation and adoption decisions.

Working session del equipo de TetherEd — TetherEd Working session

Work con Crecer con Todos en Santiago — Crecer con Todos Partnership

Encuentro de trabajo con Kiri — Kiri Partnership

Equipo de TetherEd reunido en Santiago — TetherEd Team · Santiago

05 / Operating system

From opportunity to implementation.

My role combined business development, institutional coordination and the building of internal systems so expansion could be visible, measurable and repeatable.

01

Partnership strategy and business development

02

Pipeline, prospecting and negotiation

03

Public- and private-sector relationships

04

Cross-functional execution across Sales, Product, Marketing and Operations

05

Market signals into product and AI improvements

06

CRM, dashboards, reporting and scalable processes

Infrastructure for better choices. And access with less friction.

Connecting market, product and execution.

Christopher Neilson

Partnerships with measurable reach.

Bringing market signals back into product.

Market signals

Product & Engineering

Applied AI

Measurement

Product, implementation and transformation at scale.

Virtual School Explorer

Public Education Digital Transformation

AI-Powered Education Transformation

Tether Studio

Adoption is built with people.

From opportunity to implementation.

Connect stakeholders. Turn relationships into adoption.

Listen to the market. Build better.

Let’s talk.