Erica Pon
About Erica Pon
Erica Pon is a Senior Digital Product Manager at Great Minds, where she has worked since 2023. She has a background in education and anthropology, with previous roles at Imagine Learning and Newsela, and has successfully implemented strategies to support multilingual learners.
Work at Great Minds
Erica Pon currently serves as a Senior Digital Product Manager at Great Minds, a position she has held since 2023. In this role, she has successfully driven the engineering costs of stakeholder metadata management to net zero. Additionally, she developed a strategic approach to meet the diverse needs of multilingual learners, enhancing the overall product experience.
Previous Experience at Imagine Learning
Prior to her role at Great Minds, Erica Pon worked at Imagine Learning as a Product Manager of Student Experience from 2021 to 2022. During her tenure, she focused on improving the student experience through product management strategies, contributing to the development of educational tools.
Background in Education and Instructional Design
Erica Pon has a diverse background in education and instructional design. She worked at Newsela as an Instructional Designer from 2019 to 2021, where she developed educational content and resources. Before that, she served as an Elementary School Teacher at Los Altos School District from 2011 to 2016, teaching at Loyola Elementary.
Educational Qualifications
Erica Pon holds a Master's Degree in Education from the University of California, Davis, which she earned from 2010 to 2012. She also has a Bachelor's Degree in Cultural Anthropology from the same university, completed from 2008 to 2010. Earlier, she studied Anthropology at Hartwick College, where she obtained her BA from 2005 to 2007.
Early Career Roles
In her early career, Erica Pon held various roles that contributed to her professional development. She worked as a Project Specialist at Alameda County Fairgrounds in 2006 for four months and at Cisco Systems in 2007 for six months. Additionally, she was an Assistant Director at Steve & Kate's in 2011 for four months, gaining experience in project management and educational settings.