Tim Schwichtenberg

Director, Learning Technology & AI Strategy Leader

Results-driven technology leader with 14+ years at the intersection of education, software development, and AI innovation. U.S. Army veteran.

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Results-driven technology leader with 14+ years of experience at the intersection of education, software development, and AI innovation. Proven track record of delivering enterprise-scale platform migrations, custom application development, and data-driven solutions that directly impact organizational efficiency and learner outcomes.

Combines deep technical expertise in LMS administration and educational technologies with strategic business acumen to drive cross-functional initiatives that have generated over $500K in annual cost savings. Independently builds AI-powered platforms and tools, including a SaaS document intelligence product and an LTI-integrated educational simulation engine.

Recognized industry thought leader and U.S. Army veteran.

Experience

$519K

Annual Cost Savings

1,000%

Course Operations Scaling

600+

Courses Scheduled FY2025

CFA Institute

Remote

Director, Learning Technology

January 2025 – Present

Senior Manager, Learning Technology

May 2023 – December 2024

Spearheaded the enterprise LMS consolidation from BenchPrep to Canvas, delivering all Certificate Programs and CFA Program on time, on scope, and within budget.
Scaled live course operations nearly 1,000% — from 55 courses in FY2024 to 600+ scheduled in FY2025 — by collaborating with engineering teams to design automated course creation and content deployment workflows.
Drove $519K in combined annual cost savings through strategic technology decisions: led evaluation of 6 coding platforms, selected and implemented Vocareum ($269K/year savings); built a custom flashcard tool for Canvas LMS, eliminating a third-party vendor ($250K/year savings).
Led the Canvas data analytics workstream, partnering across the institution to architect new data pipelines for learner analytics, informing program strategy through Tableau dashboards and ad hoc reporting.
Designed and developed custom software applications to address niche business needs: built a QA evaluation tool enabling quality review teams to efficiently assess CFA program assessments in-platform, directly enabling on-time program launch; collaborated with Instructure to deliver a custom performance/progression dashboard and practice assessment tool for the CFA program.
Partnered extensively with data engineers, data analysts, software engineers, and product managers to deliver learning platform initiatives — from defining enrollment automation requirements with engineering teams, to consulting data engineers on learner data pipeline architecture, to advising product managers on platform capabilities and technical feasibility of proposed solutions.
Represented CFA Institute on the Canvas Career Product Council, providing strategic feedback that shaped product roadmap features including built-in skills capture aligned with institutional goals.
Presented at InstructureCon two years in a row, most recently delivering a session on an AI evaluation framework for educational technology.
Led research, evaluation, and implementation of emerging technologies including coding platforms, AI integrations, and LTI tools — conducting vendor demos, VPAT accessibility analysis, and technical viability assessments.
Championed accessibility standards across all learning platforms, conducting hands-on audits of course content and assessments, evaluating new technologies for WCAG/Section 508 compliance, and providing guidance to cross-functional teams on accessible design practices.

Adtalem Global Education (Chamberlain University)

Remote / Addison, IL

Curriculum Technology Manager

July 2018 – February 2022

Instructional Technologist / Web Developer

September 2017 – July 2018

Course Producer I – Course Producer II

May 2012 – August 2017

Managed instructional design and technology integration for 11 undergraduate courses spanning Math, Computer Science, Business, and Sciences — overseeing media development, copyediting, and LMS content deployment.
Administered and integrated multiple third-party LTI education platforms, including adaptive learning technologies, across the General Education program.
Served as primary technology consultant for the department, evaluating and recommending integrations, and working directly with faculty to develop solutions that improved course outcomes and operational efficiency.
Developed responsive web-based business applications and educational content for delivery across online, mobile, and blended modalities using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AngularJS, Firebase, SQL, and DynamoDB.
Taught COMP150 as Visiting Professor, covering operating systems, Microsoft Office Suite, and collaboration tools.

Projects

AI-powered platforms and tools built independently.

IntelliRepo

Live

intellirepo.ai

A multi-tenant SaaS platform enabling organizations to upload documents into collections and query them using AI-generated answers with source citations, powered by a RAG architecture with semantic search and vector embeddings. Features role-based access control, organization management, audit logging, usage analytics, RESTful API, JavaScript and Python SDKs, an embeddable chat widget, and Slack integration.

NodeNext.jsFastAPIAWS RDS PostgreSQLS3BedrockCognitoEC2

AI Educational Simulation Engine

In Development

An AI-powered educational simulation platform that enables instructors to create structured simulation scenarios with AI personas, scenarios, and rubric-aligned assessment criteria. Students interact with AI within guided, pedagogically scaffolded experiences. Architected for LTI 1.3 integration with Canvas LMS, supporting authenticated launches, per-lesson context, human-in-the-loop workflows, and interaction logging for assessment.

NodeReactExpressPostgreSQLAWS BedrockApache