The Echo

Welcome back to the second story in our series, Better Know a DOE-Staffer.  Today, we'll take a look at DOE's Peter Shulman,  Chief Officer of the Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Unit.

From the Delaware Department of Education website:  Peter Shulman serves as the Chief Officer within the Delaware Department of Education’s Teacher & Leader Effectiveness Unit. In this role, Peter is tasked with leading the human capital reform strategy outlined in Delaware’s winning Race To The Top application. By working closely with Superintendents and Principals throughout the state, Peter will help ensure that initiatives are implemented in a manner that is addressing the unique needs of Delaware’s schools. Prior to coming to Delaware, Peter served as an Administrative Director within Miami-Dade County Public School’s Human Resources division, focusing primarily on the recruitment, placement and retention of instructional employees. Peter is a graduate of the Broad Residency in Urban Education and holds a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Michigan

C&E 1st Notes on Shulman:

• Shulman is also a board member of the Florida-based SpendforED. SpendforED was created in 2008 by Erik Sussman, Managing Partner of John Hancock Financial Network as a result of a roundtable discussion lead by Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools with members of the business community to address the need for supplemental funding admist a nationwide education funding crisis.
• Sussman mini-bio from SpendforED.org:  

Through John Hancock Financial Network’s involvement with Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Mr. Sussman and many of his South Florida Group associates have become part of a growing movement in educational reform. This reform creates public-private partnerships to provide students opportunities to find relevance in their day-to-day studies. Mr. Sussman serves as the Vice Chair for both the Miami-Dade County Public Schools' Academy of Finance Executive Board and the Miami-Dade County Foundation for New Education Initiatives Fundraising Committee.

• Shulman SpendforEd.org Bio:

Prior to joining the Secretary of Education Office, Peter Schulman supervised the six offices that comprise the Miami-Dade County District’s Employee Services division. Further, Mr. Shulman worked directly with the Chief Human Resource officer and other Cabinet members on District-wide human capital and strategic initiatives.

Mr. Shulman was accepted to and graduated from the Broad Residency, a two-year leadership development program that places participants into full-time high-level managerial positions in school districts. Over his residency period with M-DCPS, Mr. Shulman focused on launching a District-wide integrated technology platform and developing a comprehensive instructional recruitment plan.

Prior to joining M-DCPS, Mr. Shulman served as the vice president of operations for Cityfeet.com, a real estate technology company that he co-founded in 1999 and was acquired by a competitor in 2007. In this role, Mr. Shulman raised funding, supervised operations, managed various internal and client-driven projects and grew the company to sustained profitability. Previously, Mr. Shulman worked as a financial analyst at Rockwood Realty Associates, a real estate investment bank specializing in transactional services. Mr. Shulman holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in business administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Information on the 2007 sale of Cityfeet, the company Shulman co-founded:

From http://apps.shareholder.com/sec/viewerContent.aspx?companyid=LOOP&docid=534160 LoopNet has purchased Cityfeet for an aggregate cash consideration of $15 million, with an additional potential future consideration of $3 million cash if certain performance targets are met. LoopNet expects that Cityfeet will add approximately $1 million in revenues to LoopNet for the remainder of 2007. While Cityfeet has been consistently profitable as a standalone business, LoopNet expects the transaction to have no significant impact on 2007 EBITDA, and to be dilutive to 2007 EPS in the range of approximately ($.02) per diluted share due to various acquisition related expenses. Impact on the Company’s financials beyond 2007 will be incorporated in the guidance given for 2008.

• Shulman in the 2000s: 

From the "Office of the Superintendent of Schools," (Miami Dade County Public Schools)
Board Meeting of August 17th, 2005. 
Subject: Appointments and Assignments of Personnel New to the School District

Mr. Peter Shulman is recommened for appointment to the open budgets position of Executive Director, Budget and Operations, MEP pay grade 22, Business Operations.  Mr. Shulman received a Bachelors of Arts in Economics from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor Michigan.  Mr. Shulman's work history includes Fiscal Policy Intern, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Co-Founder  and Vice President of Operations, CityFeet.com, Inc. New York, New York, and Analyst, Rockford Realty Associates, L.L.C. New York, New York.  Mr. Shulman is a Broad Resident under the The Broad Residency in Urban Education Program. This position was authorized at the July 13, 2005 Board meeting, Agenda Item C-82.
http://pdfs.dadeschools.net/Bdarch/2005/Bd081705/agenda/d22.pdf

Well, folks, that's the second edition of Better Know a DOE-Staffer.  Hope we've helped to fill your empty challace with the sustainance of knowledge!