Jeff Harr
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Prior to Jeff's arrival as our Director of Admissions at Hack Reactor, our admissions process was, to put
it kindly, a bit of a mess. We had just acquired MakerSquare and merged the admissions proc...
Engineering at Coinbase
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Jeff is a dedicated team member and committed to growth oriented systems/processes. He has
coached me on dashboards and spreadsheets in order to help me gather data in regards to recruiting.
He contin...
People Programs & Al Enablement Leader | Harvard ALM Candidate (I/O Psychology)
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In the past year and a half I've seen Jeff quickly rise through multiple promotions, each time stepping
into the new role without missing a beat. His leadership skills have helped disorganized departm...
Lead Solution Engineer @ Salesforce
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Jeff was the advocate the Admissions department needed. His vision and goals helped to change the
nature of our department in a time when there was little oversight or structure. Jeff is extremely det...
Talent Advisor | DEI Champion | Recruitment Partner
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Jeff is not only brilliant, but dedicated and focused as well. He is fantastic at managing tasks, an in-
credible problem solver and a wonderful people person who always gets the job done. It's always...
Business Development
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Over the past two years I've had the privilege of seeing Jeff leverage data and business analysis tools to come up with unique, effective solutions to some major business challenges. Not only is he ad...
Philanthropy & Engagement Leader | Aligning Strategy, Data, Community, and Relationships to Deepen Engagement and Giving
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One of the first things I learned about Jeff from working with him is that he has very clear, evidence- based opinions about best steps, processes, and expected outcomes. He drives projects with that ...
Proven Leader | Sales, Strategy and Operations Expert | Passionate about Education!
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I continually am blown away by Jeff's ability to develop tools to gather and visualize data. His spread- sheets are beautiful, complex, and grand. He also has an innate understanding of the limitation...
Innovative Ed-Tech Leader | Ex-Meta, Google, Amazon | Building the Future of Learning
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Jeff and I worked very closely every second of our working relationship when he was the Director of
Admissions at Fullstack Academy. He was one of the best supervisors and mentors that I've had the
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Engineering Manager @ Monzo
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Jeff was my director supervisor on the admissions team at Fullstack Academy, and I can't say enough
good things about him!
As a business-minded person, Jeff revolutionized the way our organization vie...
Sr. Associate Director of Operations | MBA, ex-McKinsey
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I worked closely with Jeff during his time as Head of Admissions at Fullstack Academy. During this
time, Jeff designed new processes and reporting structures that we continue to rely on to this day. I...
Director of Engineering
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Experience
Palo Alto University
Senior Director of Institutional Research and Digital Transformation
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Strategic advisor to the President leading enterprise data architecture, systems integration, and digital transformation across the university. Direct institutional research function, technology roadmap execution, and cross-divisional systems strategy. Architect comprehensive technology platforms and enable data-driven decision-making at the executive level.
- Enterprise systems architecture and integration (SIS, CRM, LMS, HRIS, financial systems)
- AI integration leadership and org-wide initiatives
- Predictive analytics and decision intelligence for enrollment, retention, and resource allocation
- Data governance, quality frameworks, and master data management
- Executive dashboard development and business intelligence
- HubSpot CRM platform administration and revenue operations
- Technology evaluation, vendor management, and implementation leadership
- Cross-functional workflow optimization and change management
Palo Alto University
Assistant Vice President, Growth and Revenue Operations
Sep 2023 - undefined NaN
Lead half of the BISA (Business Innovation / Strategic Advancement) division, including:
- Divisional infrastructure: OKRs/KPIs, org design, strategy
- Functions led: Admissions, BizDev, Creative Services, Growth (including credit and non-credit programs), and Institutional Research
- Technology vision: Architecture, administration, user management, and configuration of LMS, CMS, CRM, and application systems as well as additional tech stack items focused on Hubspot as a full-service platform. In 2023 I comprehensively mapped the university's technology systems and developed a roadmap for technology comprising multiple centralizations, consolidations, and cost-savings of $200k+ a year. In 2025, I completed a centralized front-end technology stack project integrating PsyCAS and Hubspot as a single source of truth for the lead generation and enrollment funnels, including real-time reporting that empowers our leaders to make effective and fast decisions - breaking a decade-long deadlock on technology progress in enrollment. In 2025, I also completed a complete overhaul of the university's website, migrating from Drupal and EMP to Hubspot CMS.
- University leadership projects, workgroups, and hiring committees
Palo Alto University
Managing Director, Continuing and Professional Studies
Aug 2021 - Sep 2023
Led and built operational excellence with a team of top notch experts in mental health:
- Implementation of a business operating system, including roles, people, and platforms
- Guiding the strategic process towards traction using OKRs
- Developing talent, facilitating product management and growth management
- Led scoping, design, and implementation of Hubspot CRM+CMS including data architecture
- 2022-23 Team Award for "Outstanding Innovation in Advancing the University’s Strategic Plan"
Institutional Research:
- Led comprehensive technology platforms and critical reporting review
- Produced a visual map of data and integrations at the university to facilitate improvements
Palo Alto University
Director Of Operations, Continuing and Professional Studies
Jul 2020 - Aug 2021
Joined during COVID to build CAPS (Continuing and Professional Studies) operational infrastructure from the ground up. Scoped and launched the division's CRM, reporting workflows, and business operating system. This role grew into the Managing Director position as the division expanded.
Organizational Designer, Strategist, and Facilitator
Feb 2019 - Present
I take consulting engagements focused on data infrastructure, CRM architecture, operational systems, and org design.
Past clients include ed-tech companies, bootcamps, and cybersecurity training firms. If you're trying to figure out why your systems aren't talking to each other or why your team is making decisions without good data, that's my wheelhouse.
Open to fractional and project-based work.
ThriveDX (formerly HackerU)
Organizational Designer and Strategist
Sep 2020 - Nov 2021
- Championing and facilitating business alignment through functional analysis and metric design
- Implementing OKRs and other strategic initiatives
- Consulting on operations execution
Singularity University
Director of Product Operations
Dec 2018 - May 2020
- Increased cross-product sales visibility by onboarding additional B2C and B2B products into the unified platform I built and launched in 2019
- Consulted with each operational section of the organization on workflow design, process improvement, and systems consolidation - including standardizing on Asana for work ticketing, roadmaps, and resource allocation
- Advised Revenue and Expense Reporting workgroup, Technology Portfolio workgroup, and other units on macro level operational vision and gap analysis
- Drove a strategic vision for centralized product operations and services throughout the organization and defined product operations models we support
- Created a roadmap of sprints and milestones for the operations side of the business
- Managed and developed the Product Operations team and coordinated associated stakeholders in sales operations and marketing operations to enable product launches
- Managed, developed, and expanded the Admissions Team while streamlining workflows and business processes and achieving enrollment targets for our open enrollment programs
- Piloted the creation of an Enrollment Advising capacity and defined admissions-centric customer service models
- Overhauled participant data collection at SU to become GDPR and CCPA compliant ahead of requirement
Fullstack Academy
Director Of Admissions
Sep 2017 - Dec 2018
- Improved applicant-to-enrollment conversion from 15% to 27%
- Scaled admissions team from 2 to 6 FTE; built and managed remote Student Advisor team
- Built the organization's first analytics infrastructure from scratch: HubSpot, Stitch, BigQuery
- Achieved Fullstack's first-ever 50/50 gender cohort through the Grace Hopper Program
Moringa School
Admissions Operations Consultant
Jul 2016 - Aug 2017
I consulted for Moringa school to help them develop data-driven approaches to Admissions and their other related operations.
Hack Reactor
Director of Data Analytics
Mar 2016 - Nov 2016
At Hack Reactor, I filled several roles - starting as Director of Admissions for our original campus, then scaling us up to 9 campuses. As Senior Director of Data Analytics, I:
• Built the business intelligence team and company approach to data-driven decision-making from scratch
• Migrated the entire business from ad hoc spreadsheets to SalesForce as a single source of truth
Hack Reactor
Director of National Admissions
Oct 2015 - Mar 2016
As Director of Admissions for our nationwide campuses, I:
• Expanded admissions operations to cover nine schools as we grew from 350 to 2000 students per year
• Directly managed and developed a team of ten admissions personnel, including two managers
Hack Reactor
Director of SF Admissions
Apr 2015 - Oct 2015
As Director of Admissions for our original campus, I:
• Increased application rate, acceptance rate, and successful outcome rate by improving admissions tooling
• Implemented Stripe, HelpScout, YouCanBookMe and tooling for cheat-proof interviews
Ship.io
Growth Manager
Sep 2014 - Apr 2015
Ship.io was a continuous integration (CI) solution for mobile development. Coming on board as the first non-technical hire, it came down to me to gain insight into our customer funnel and the way our users interacted with our product.
As the sole owner of Ship.io’s customer-facing marketing, events planning, social media, and growth strategy, I:
• Defined and instrumented the customer acquisition funnel from scratch
• Presided over a 700% increase in all relevant metrics: signups, twitter followers, unique traffic, blog traffic
• Served as the primary marketing writer, including blogging, newsletters, and white papers
UI
UniversityNow, Inc.
Program Manager
Oct 2013 - Feb 2014
UniversityNow is an organization providing accredited online courses and a pioneering hybrid physical/online degree with their university, New Charter, in Oakland.
As a Program Manager, I:
• Built a team of 40 course designers and PhD experts to develop all MBA and MSCJ curricula
• Created the organizational tools that powered the course development process
Clicktime.com, Inc.
Account Executive
Jun 2011 - Jul 2013
Clicktime is a SaaS suite used by companies that need specialized, accessible, and easy to use timekeeping.
As an Account Executive, I:
• Owned small business and nonprofit sales for our flagship B2B product
• Identified a business opportunity to integrate with QuickBooks, which helped drive new business