On this episode, I chat with Bill Heuer, an account executive in Ed Tech, about what it means to pre-pivot. Preparing for the pivotal moment before you’re thrown into it is key to survival. So many people fail to prepare and then are playing catch up when they should be thriving in the next opportunity. 

Background on Bill: 

Bill went to school at The University of Alabama where I received a degree in communication studies and a masters in marketing. He was recruited out of the university sales program for my first job with a small Education Technology company LTS Education Systems based in Birmingham—very randomly stumbled into this industry.

In about a year I was moved to Houston for a promotion where I didnt know a single person in the city, nor have I ever even been to Houston. 

Two years later took another promotion to move back to NJ to essentially start our northeast territory, however that was a bit short lived as our small company was acquired by my current company K12 Inc (now called Stride). Spent about a year with the larger company but ended up leaving the industry for a leadership position in the healthcare Tech industry. The same person who recruited me out of college also recruited me to this role, meaning wasnt really planned to enter that industry either.

Spent two great years there but didnt seem like a great career fit. Just wasnt passionate about what I was doing and quit WITHOUT a plan or job lined up. (Long story but had to give them extended notice which made job searching tough)

Ending up deciding to go back into the Ed Tech industry since that was all I have really known, which eventually led me back to that original company K12/Stride which is where I am now. They have really thrived throughout COVID with the explosion of virtual learning which made it a great career choice, even if it wasn’t the dream.