Vision. Strategy. Growth.
Edtech Accelerate
Edtech Accelerate is a partnership of seasoned edtech executives committed to helping education technology companies scale and accelerate their growth while increasing their efficacy for educators and students. We offer strategic advice and innovative approaches to building your market share through a clear strategy, stronger marketing, improved sales processes, and excellence in customer service and retention.
Key Services
Our key services encompass strategic planning, marketing, sales, and leadership development.
Expert Advice
Our advisory services provide experienced and proven, savvy guidance using best practices for business growth specific to the Edtech industry. We work closely with clients to develop customized strategies and practices that scale your company for growth. We help you transform your organization to prepare for scale and growth.
Strategic Planning
Good planning is essential to a healthy, growing company. Whether it’s organizational management, resource allocation, product development, or building marketing and sales efforts, our years of industry experience can help you become more differentiated and competitive.
Leadership Development
Company growth brings new challenges. Our team offers proven insights and fresh perspectives on managing change in your organization. We help you focus on the leadership qualities needed to lead and manage change as you position your company for measured growth.
Who We Are
Mark Miller
Chief Strategy Officer
A strategic executive with more than 35 years of experience directing and steering organizations in achieving transformation, aggressive growth, revenue generation, business development, market-driven product management, increased profitability, and brand elevation within the technology and digital publishing sectors.
Mark has built, mentored, and led teams ranging from 10 to 150+ people, achieving award-winning revenue gains and top-line responsibility of up to $143 million. He continually works to maintain a keen pulse on market trends, opportunities, and innovation to deliver effective results.
Annie Galvin Teich
Chief Marketing Officer
Annie has spent her career in educational publishing and educational technology with significant experience in editorial, product development, sales, and marketing. An accomplished writer, she has written for education publications in K-12 and higher education and has a passion for literacy education.
Annie advises companies on their marketing strategies and campaigns, sharing her years of content marketing expertise. As a company founder and publisher herself, she understands the unique challenges of founder-led companies.
Mike Bates
Chief Revenue Officer
For 40 years, Mike has worked in Edtech publishing as an accomplished executive business leader, providing in-field leadership development to sales personnel and professional development specialists.
Mike is highly effective in sales operations leadership, with extensive experience in managing teams dedicated to developing effective strategies, territory management, key account management, and driving revenue growth.
In 2009, Mike founded an organizational leadership consulting business providing professional management expertise to organizations.
Joan Sparks
Chief Product Lifecycle Officer
Joan has led product marketing teams for global brands and US startups, launching
new products as well as driving recurring revenue. She is skilled at developing product
roadmaps based on customer insight, competitive research, and product feature usage. Her background in data-intensive industries and analytics enables her to uncover unique insights and present them in compelling visuals to inform strategy.
Joan is currently and has been a mentor in public high schools for more than 15 years,
focusing on low-income, high-potential students. She helps ensure they take the most rigorous courses, including dual enrollment in college.
Kathryn A., EdTech Industry Executive
Annie Teich demonstrates the kind of out-of-the-box thinking, combined with creative and innovative ideas that makes her an ideal addition to any senior management or marketing team. I believe Annie can make the best use of any budget to promote growth and maximize impact. In the education industry it's often hard to differentiate but she has a unique talent to help companies address the question 'what business are you in?'
Andy P., EdTech Founder & Visionary
Mike has a deep understanding of the sales process. He knows that it is not about selling products or services. It is about understanding the needs of the clients and enabling them to solve a problem. Mike teaches that when this is done clients buy instead of salespeople selling. I learned an enormous amount by working with him and he has my highest recommendation.
Debra K., EdTech Strategic Advisor
Mark is a visionary leader who became my mentor and assisted me in crafting a career path. He is a very strategic thinker and and effective sales leader who has the skill set and capacity to build strong, successful and effective teams. Mark is a tremendous asset to any organization and he has an extremly successful track record in his contribution to the overall revenue and company growth. I have worked with Mark as my direct report in 2 organizations and I have personally learned effective leadership skills during my tenure with him.
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