EdNet/LAI Lean Academy Director Named

Jacqueline P. Candido, an MIT research affiliate, has been named to lead the educational programs for the Lean Aerospace Initiative, including EdNet and the LAI Lean Academy™. Her appointment is effective Monday, 2 May.

Ms. Candido spent more than sixteen years with Hewlett Packard (1983-1999) in various positions including systems engineer, technical consultant, learning technology specialist, and education program manager. She has managed complex global programs including instructional design and delivery in the US, Europe and Asia, and has created educational curriculum for industry, government and academic settings, using a variety of technology. including online distance education. Ms. Candido has extensive experience facilitating dozens of courses on a variety of topics.

In addition to several consulting projects, she also worked for Gartner as a director of sales training programs and at Millersville University as assistant director of distance learning.

Ms. Candido is a Ph.D. candidate at Drexel University in Philadelphia, in the program of Educational Leadership and Learning Technology, and holds a BS degree in Information Systems and an MS degree in Education, both from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.