Your partner in the work.

My name is Adam Jimenez-Schulman. I am committed to supporting you and your team in a personalized way, in service of the important work you do and strive to do each day.

  • Originally, a strategy and M&A consultant at PwC, supporting clients in evaluating growth opportunities, assessing challenges, and strategically planning across industries, including government, consumer goods, and finance.

  • Network and school operations leader as part of Explore Schools, a free public charter school organization serving K-8 students and families in central Brooklyn, NY.

    Network responsibilities included operations, data, compliance, and facilities oversight, along with supporting and developing school operations staff across the 4 elementary schools and 4 middle schools.

    As a Director of Operations and Assistant Principal of Excel Charter School, an elementary campus, responsibilities included leading and developing the operations and culture teams, along with overseeing school-wide systems, stakeholder and vendor relationships, and the budget.

  • Serving in a consultant capacity for public-good organizations since 2019. This work has focused on the core of what Solutions Oriented Consulting offers: leader, team, and organizational development and coaching.

    BS Business from Cornell University’s Dyson School.

    MSc Business Administration, with a specialization in Leadership and Change Management from Vrije Universiteit Amstedam.

Stories of our support in practice.

Leadership Development

The State of NH Department of Education recognized a need for additional support and development for the Boards and Leaders of its free public charter schools.

Through a partnership with ResultsAhead, we are providing personalized, milestones-driven 1-on-1 leader coaching to a new Principal in year 1 of her alternative high school’s founding and an Executive Director in year 2 of her school, which is in the midst of growing into a full K-12 program. The two leaders come from very different professional backgrounds and need differentiated support. Work with one leader is focused on establishing and refining systems and fostering accountability with students and staff. Meanwhile, support for the other leader is focused on the Board - defining roles and responsibilities and building partnership - and on navigating organizational growth and strategic planning.

The broader partnership also includes Board training and development, along with co-facilitating a series of leader retreats for a broader cohort of School Leaders. Points of emphasis include systems thinking, effective and tailored communication, and connecting mission to practice.

Fractional Leadership

The NYC Charter School of the Arts was in the midst of serving high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic and was confronted with a mid-year transition of their Director of Operations.

We stepped in to provide a few layers of support. First, we served as a thought-partner for the Board Chair and Head of School, working collaboratively to assess the real-time needs for school operations and develop a plan for the revised strategy and structure of the school’s Operations team. Second, we stepped in to provide Interim Leadership for the Operations team, leading weekly meetings, overseeing all projects, and supporting individual team member development. Third, we provided a third-party perspective on operations leader candidates, developed and facilitated an onboarding plan, and provided initial coaching for the new Managing Director of Operations.

The result was immediate interim support and stability for the school’s Operations team, paired with greater clarity of team skills, capacity, and needs, which helped inform the team’s restructuring and set a clear pathway for the new leader to follow.

Testimonials about the work.

“Adam is extremely conscientious. He has provided us with thoughtful, highly principled leadership and has demonstrated great versatility, supporting us on a range of issues spanning HR, Operations, Finance, Culture and Strategy. Adam quickly built strong relationships at all levels of the organisation and has become a trusted and valuable member of our team”

G. Cowell, Chief Strategy Officer

“Adam is a very strategic thinker, a strong systems builder, and a great thought partner. Throughout all of his work and coaching, he has provided sound counsel, leveraging his deep understanding of how schools operate, as well as his strong communication and design skills. We are excited to continue our partnership.”

C. Mauer, Executive Director

“When I unexpectedly had to manage a middle school mid-year without a Director of Operations, in the midst of COVID-19, Adam stepped in quickly and ascertained what was needed to keep the school running smoothly. The Operations team worked extremely well under his clear, well-organized, and calm direction. As he managed the team, Adam also worked with the Board Chair  and me on strategic planning. I had an extremely successful year running the school in remote and hybrid configurations because of Adam’s ability to quickly figure out what was needed and provide that support.”

E. Murphy, Head of School

Our partners and their impact.

  • Mission | Create schools that open doors and change lives.

    Community | Rising currently serves ~250,000 pre-K through 12th grade students across Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, and Uganda.

    Learn more about Rising

  • Mission | Help schools and students thrive by leveraging proven management techniques and education best practices to raise student outcomes.

    Community | DMGroup has partnered with hundreds of school districts of all sizes and demographics across the United States, reaching ~280,000 students, K-12.

    Learn more about DMGroup

  • Mission | Link academics, values, and community to graduate scholars who learn and serve in their communities.

    Community | Harlem Link serves ~400 Pre-K-5 students in Harlem, NY.

    Learn more about Harlem Link

  • Mission | Serve as a leading community support organization that exists so that people can lead positive lives, to create their best future, their way.

    Community | Melbourne City Mission works to create inclusive, fair and just communities across Victoria, to ensure all people have equal access to opportunities.

    Learn more about MCM

  • Mission | Provide its students with the academic skills and critical thinking abilities they need to succeed in a college-preparatory high school.

    Community | Explore serves ~2,000 K-8 students across central Brooklyn, NY.

    Learn more about Explore

  • Mission | Equip students confronting systemic barriers to earn a bachelor’s degree in pursuit of a life of opportunity, choice, and power.

    Community | CT currently serves ~2,400 high school students across 5 regions and 12 sites throughout the United States, and it continues to support students through college graduation.

    Learn more about College Track

  • Mission | Inspire a diverse community of young people to engage with the arts as a pathway to rich and rigorous academic scholarship and a creative, purposeful life.

    Community | CSA currently serves ~250 middle school students in NYC.

    Learn more about CSA

  • Mission | Provide a rigorous education that equips each student with the ability to succeed in life and in college. MESA students will develop a passion for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and through an intensive college readiness program, develop critical thinking and self-advocacy.

    Community | MESA serves ~500 high school students in Brooklyn, NY.

    Learn more about MESA

  • Mission | Help schools and organizations get better.

    Community | ResultsAhead serves schools across the United States For this project, it serves New Hampshire’s DOE Charter School program, which has 36 public charter schools serving ~5,000 students K through 12th grade.

    Learn more about ResultsAhead