Eric Loeffel, Chief Executive Officer
Eric Loeffel has led CompassLearning since 2005. During that time, the company achieved a major turnaround and became recognized as the leading U.S. provider of K-12 educational software, winning the 2008 and 2009 EDDIE awards and the 2009 BESSIE award. He led CompassLearning’s relocation to Austin, Texas, in 2006, and most recently led it through its change of control to Marlin Equity Partners from Readers Digest Association. Prior to joining CompassLearning, Mr. Loeffel was president and CEO of Isochron Data Corp., a venture capital-backed software company in Austin, Texas. He enjoyed similar success as the president and CEO of OnQ Technology, Inc., a private international semiconductor services company. Prior to that, Mr. Loeffel held various positions at Intuit, the makers of TurboTax, Quicken, and QuickBooks. Mr. Loeffel earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from San Diego State University and an MBA from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA.
Trey Chambers, Chief Financial Officer
Trey Chambers was appointed CFO of CompassLearning in May 2010. He brings more than 16 years of financial management and technology industry experience to CompassLearning, as well as relevant public company experience. Prior to joining CompassLearning, Mr. Chambers was vice president of operations and CFO at Reddwerks Corporation, a leading provider of warehouse performance management solutions for some of the world's largest companies. Before that, he served as CFO for the $2.6 billion Transportation and Standard Products segment of Freescale Semiconductor, a multi-billion dollar provider of semiconductors for the transportation, networking, and wireless markets. During his tenure at Freescale, Mr. Chambers also served as the corporation's chief audit officer. Prior to his time at Freescale, he was controller and later vice president of finance at Metrowerks, a global provider of software development tools. He also was in audit at PriceWaterhouse. Mr. Chambers is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting and a Bachelor of Arts in Plan II, a liberal arts honors program. He is a CPA.
Ann Henson, Vice President of Curriculum & Instruction
Ann Henson oversees the development of curriculum and instruction materials for all CompassLearning courseware and assessment solutions. Ms. Henson offers a wealth of curriculum and instruction knowledge developed throughout her 23 year tenure at CompassLearning and her prior experience in public education. At CompassLearning, she has worked in the area of professional development as an education consultant, supported sales activities as a senior curriculum and instruction specialist, and managed and worked a sales territory as an account executive. As vice president of sales operations, she led a sales support team responsible for pre-sales support activities, development of sales tools, and sales training, and served as primary liaison for sales to other departments within CompassLearning. Prior to joining CompassLearning, Ms. Henson was a high school math and computer science teacher and worked at a district level on curriculum development. Her final role in public education was director of instructional technology for a K12 school district where she not only was responsible for a district-wide technology plan but also experienced CompassLearning from a customer viewpoint. Ms. Henson holds a bachelor's degree in secondary mathematics education from Oklahoma State University and has completed graduate work in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis on elementary mathematics.
Rick Perez, Vice President of Sales
Rick Perez comes to CompassLearning with more than 25 years of expertise in the areas of sales, technology, and education. Most recently, Mr. Perez managed product sales, accounts, and proposal development as vice president of sales at Riverside Publishing. Prior to that, he was vice president of the western region of CTB/McGraw-Hill and held senior-level positions with Plato Learning & Lightspan and Apple. Mr. Perez also gained education experience as a teacher, principal, and superintendent in the Texas public school system. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics and a master's degree in educational administration from Pan American University in Edinburg, Texas.
Quannah Hopper, Vice President, CompassLearning Impact Teacher Academy
Quannah Hopper oversees CompassLearning’s professional development programs and implementation solutions. Ms. Hopper’s multifaceted background in education continues to enrich her 15-year career at CompassLearning, during which she has focused primarily on curriculum alignment and professional learning. As an elementary school teacher and district technology leader, she was responsible for establishing best practices for technology integration. Ms. Hopper’s CompassLearning career journey began in 1995. Her responsibilities at CompassLearning have included directing both content alignment and the development of assessment products; as well as serving as an education consultant, regional professional development director, and a member of the sales team. Ms. Hopper earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in education, specializing in curriculum and instruction, from Oklahoma State University.
Rebecca Bristol, Vice President of Product Development
Rebecca Bristol oversees technology development across all aspects of CompassLearning, from the engaging, industry-leading content to the algorithms behind personalized learning path prescriptions. As an evangelist for innovation, she focuses on shaping the company's technical strategy. Since joining CompassLearning in 2004, Ms. Bristol has held various positions, including director of engineering, where she managed a team of engineers responsible for the company's software architecture, design, development, and quality assurance. Ms. Bristol is a seasoned software veteran with more than 13 years of experience in the defense, communications, and consumer industries. She has served in engineering and consulting positions at the NSA, Nortel Networks, Dell Computers, Southwestern Bell, Mary Kay, and Ford and has instructed computer programming classes at Austin Community College. Ms. Bristol holds an MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, a master's degree in software engineering from UT Austin, and a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.