Clarity Innovations is based in Portland, Oregon employing a network of dedicated engineers, experienced content writers, and talented instructional designers that extends across the country.
We’re a band of brave innovators exploring new forms of deepening and extending learning experiences across multiple media platforms. In fact, we view the entire world as a potential classroom, a venue ripe for participatory learning. The key is in connecting with a learner on a meaningful level. To do this, you must engage them with an alternative to the traditional while helping them to unlock new creativity, wonder, or knowledge within themselves.
We are always seeking individuals that share our vision, have passion for education, and are comfortable with working in a dynamic organization that achieves results for our clients and makes a difference for educators.
Agility. Advocacy. Efficiency. Affinity. Amazing things happen when engineering and humanity come together. Zenzi understands the power of high-quality engineering products and their significant role in driving the modern world. But she also understands the need for clear communication when developing and implementing this technology so that it can better serve very human needs such as education. Read more
Making websites scale in terms of usability and performance has always been a part of what Frank does. Frank is an enthusiastic devotee of Drupal, the widely used open source content management system known for its flexibility and versatility at creating a wide range of solutions. Frank applies his deep expertise in the architecture of Drupal to make solutions accessible, responsive and successful. Read more
Dale is an award-winning writer, author, and content developer with twenty years of professional experience in journalism, advertising, marketing, publishing, technology and education. He’s gifted at providing creative, authoritative content and strategy that spans a diverse range of needs, circumstances, formats and audiences. Read more
Steve oversees the development of new solutions for Clarity's clients. This process typically involves blending research-based practices with emerging technologies. He's paying a lot of attention right now to the education potential of emerging ecosystems as well as how changes in digital publishing are affecting teaching and learning. Having worked with educators and students for over two decades, Steve is skilled in understanding a wide variety of technologies and their application. Read more
Deeply engaged. Voraciously curious. Eager to share. Talks the talk. Walks the walk. Tavia has nearly two decades of invaluable experience in coaching, leading, creating and developing learning experiences using innovative pedagogical methods, and in fostering powerful face-to-face and online learning opportunities. Read more
With a background in technology spanning nearly 30 years, John brings a range of experiences and demonstrated success in developing software and websites for both children and adults. During this time, he has developed products in consumer, education and business markets, resulting in more than 25 major releases. Read more
Kelly takes her deep knowledge as a software engineer and deftly merges that with her in-the-trenches experience as a classroom educator and reading specialist. This is why she’s so brilliant at creating technology that helps make learning accessible and engaging for educators and the students they serve. Read more
With a background in early childhood education and instructional technology, Lisa brings a diverse wealth of knowledge to her position as an instructional designer. In her 10 years of experience as a classroom teacher, Lisa knows first-hand how technology can be used to develop early literacy, math, and science skills. She was a leader in her district for educational technology, writing grants and piloting technology programs in her school. Read more
Jon maintains all aspects of our technology infrastructure: servers, applications, processes and support. His effort enables us to collaborate, grow and adapt to emerging trends in technology. When he’s not managing Clarity’s infrastructure systems, he advises clients about best practices for system design scale and support. Read more
Jake views the creative challenges facing Clarity clients as exciting opportunities to employ his formidable visual communication and problem-solving skills. He treats the design process as a deeply collaborative blend of unique consideration and careful planning, so that his graphic design solutions are always the perfect match for a client’s objectives. Read more
How does one manage the multiple forms of design: visual, interactive, learning, user experience, information, and instructional design? Just ask Stacy Hawthorne. She leads our team of creatives and former classroom practitioners and supports them in doing the best work of their careers, designing powerful learning experiences that make a measurable difference in the lives of learners, educators, and the organizations that they serve.
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For more than 25 years, Jonathan has created groundbreaking educational and entertainment media for children. His early career started in the computer gaming industry as an art director, before designing and producing games for preschool and elementary audiences. Over the years his focus has turned to educational titles and tools for grades K-12, as well as writing and consulting on children’s books and instructional products. Read more
Maya specializes in the end-to-end development of elegant and straightforward user interfaces. Her combination of software engineering skills and user interface design skills give her a special perspective on bringing an app or website to life. Maya thoughtfully designs interfaces that won’t confuse or overwhelm users—especially when those users are children still learning how to read. Read more
John works behind the scenes with financial and operational acumen to ensure Clarity's long-term success and growth. When joining Clarity in 2002, John brought with him extensive finance, operations, and customer support management experience within the banking, telecommunications, and e-commerce industries. Read more
No matter how robust an ed-tech tool may be, if it doesn’t support learning in the trenches (that is to say, in the classroom) then it’s useless. Thank goodness for Clarity’s assurer of maximum technical quality, A.J. McGladdery. Read more
Jeff sees the Web as a vast, digital tool belt: a launching pad for highly functional software that solves problems and reveals new possibilities. That’s why he is dedicated to creating powerful user experiences with every project—for organizations both large and small—that crosses his path. Read more
Allison works at the intersection of content, design, and engineering, keeping all of her diverse projects running smoothly with no traffic snarls. Her varied experience has made her something of a liaison between the various Clarity teams and disciplines, giving her unique insights into implementing the visual designs for numerous cutting-edge websites, applications, and learning experiences for our clients. Read more
Thor Prichard leads Clarity Innovations and its team of education practitioners, designers, and technology professionals using their blended expertise to help clients improve the process and practice of teaching and learning in a global society. Read more
Finding a gifted iOS Software Engineer is one thing. But finding one with a Masters in Education is something else entirely. Clarity struck ed-tech gold when we found Tim! Read more
Innovator. Educator. Wonderer. Wanderer. Passion and compassion in equal measure. Emily’s commitment to relevant, accessible, and engaging learning experience spans decades. Her joy in working alongside educators and students is evident in every project she undertakes: helping to instill a lifelong love of learning through the powerful pairing of innovative curriculum and smart technology. Read more
Marc is comfortable working in a variety of development environments such as Java (Android), C++, JavaScript, HTML and PHP. His engineering expertise is invaluable in Clarity’s mobile apps efforts, as well as supporting the growing number of Drupal web applications we have created. Read more
Inspirational. Aspirational. Dreamer. Doer. Whatever it takes to make a difference. Adam has devoted the last decade to education in all its forms: in the classroom, in the boardroom, in conferences, and in communities. He views classrooms as sacred places of sharing, where the learning is immersive, and the teacher often learns as much as the student. Read more
Cecilia takes complex ideas and communicates them with powerful visuals that engage, educate and inspire. She designs and produces digital and print materials for a wide variety of clients, programs, multifarious uses and media. Read more
Greg has worked with educators and technology for over fifteen years. He loves the process of learning new technologies and using them to pragmatically solve real-word problems in education: working with educators to understand what they need, communicating possible solutions, and building tools that are simple-to-use. Read more
After three years of leading our quality assurance processes, Simone quickly expanded her expertise into software engineering, theming, and accessibility, and now serves as one of our full-time software engineers. Simone is involved in a variety of client projects, contributing to the coding, debugging, and troubleshooting the solutions we build for clients. Read more
We help our clients improve the process and practice of teaching and learning. We identify and research the effectiveness of promising technology years before market adoption. We apply this expertise to help clients with product and marketing strategy, content development, and rapid prototyping.
Toll-free: (877) 683-3187
Fax: (503) 224-4987
160 NE 6th Avenue, Suite 300
Portland, Oregon 97232