About Us

Scott B. Crowder
CEO

Mr. Crowder serves as product development director, facilitator, and chief executive officer for EVI. He heads the EVI programming team, which developed DataMate, AIMS, SEMS, and many other EVI software solutions for educators. In addition, he works with school districts in the design and scoring of assessments through the ELITE assessment software system. He brings 30+ years of technical experience in the design, delivery, and training... More

Dr. Bruce H. Crowder
Senior Researcher

Dr. Crowder is a former NYS Assistant Commissioner of Education for Quality Assurance and the State’s Excellence and Accountability Program (EAP). IBM and the NYC Chancellor employed him to guide a major educational initiative in the poorest district in the City. Also, he was superintendent of schools for the Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery CSD where the United States Military Academy at West Point is located, assistant superintendent... More

BethAnne C. Hutchinson
Manager, Assessment Services

As EdVistas’ Assessment Services Manager, BethAnne leads our team of assessment developers, scorers and scoring leaders, and assessment materials support staff. She is the primary contact for NYS assessment scoring services, as well as benchmark and pre-testing services. In addition to her role in assessment, BethAnne has played a role in programming and software support on our RIMS (Curriculum Developer), ELITE Assessment Data Reporting System, and AIMS (AIS/RTI) programs. She has worked alongside Dr. Crowder in curriculum writing sessions... More

Bill Bouchard
Solutions Architect & Data Manager

Mr. Bouchard is a Solutions Architect and Project Manager for EVI. He works with EVI’s Programming team to address customer needs and oversees the Product Support team, Data capture, and the Key Punch Staff. In addition, he works with school districts to process their data to be loaded into various EVI products. He brings 25+ years of IT and technical experience in the design, implementation, delivery, and training related to software solutions. His experience includes business management, data and data center management, IT Staff management,... More

Dr. Peter Kline
Senior Researcher

Peter Kline is a broker and developer of state of the art learning systems. He has authored over 15 books and many articles on education, literature and the arts. He is a founder of The Thornton Friends School, one of the leading private schools in the Metropolitan Washington D. C. area. This school is the main subject of a chapter entitled “Creating Great Schools” in Reclaiming Our Children by Peter R. Breggin, M.D. For the past twenty years, he has been involved with various innovative learning programs, especially.... More

Dr. Jason Wang
Senior Architect

Entrepreneur, founder, president and current CEO of Worldwide Learning Services, Incorporated, Dr. Jason Wang is the first appointee to The Deans’ Advisory Council for The School of Management and special Advisor to the President at The Sage Colleges. In addition to his work at Worldwide Learning Services, which creates comprehensive software packages for the education, health and financial industries, Dr. Wang has served in a number of capacities with New York governmental... More

Cynthia E. Gallagher
Coordinator of Early Education Systems

Ms. Gallagher was President of the National Association of Early Childhood Specialists for two years and currently serves on its Executive Committee. She is on the Advisory Board of the National Center for Research in Early Childhood Education and was a member of the US Department of Education Implementation Task Force for Reading First. Most recently, she was asked to be part of an advisory group... More
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