CEO at Transeo 🔹 On a mission to close the skills gap by unlocking work-based learning opportunities for all 🔹 Innovative & Entrepreneurial COO (2x Exited) 🔹 Bridging Education to Workforce

I'm Cecilia Retelle Zywicki, the CEO and Co-Founder of LearningSpring.

As an education innovator and a parent myself, I founded LearningSpring to answer the critical question that many families face: How do parents find the right educational fit for their child amidst the complexity and confusion? 

Our North Star is simple: to simplify school choice, so every family can easily discover, compare, and access schools that fit their needs and values.

LearningSpring is an AI-powered platform that’s built by parents for parents. We’ve designed it to empower families with transparent information, personalized guidance, and user-friendly tools. I lead a team committed to accessibility, equity, and practical solutions, bridging the gap between federal/state programs, schools, and real family needs.

My belief in parental empowerment as an essential to student success drives my work. I bring extensive operational and strategic leadership experience from the EdTech and HealthTech sectors, along with a proven ability to scale impact. I hold a JD from the University of Denver and a BS/M.Ed. from the University of Minnesota.

I am passionate about advancing educational opportunity for every child, partnering with states, schools, and families to help them confidently chart a path to a brighter future.

Let's connect to discuss how we can build a compliant, equitable choice infrastructure for your state!

Cecilia Retelle Zywicki 🖥

Imagine there was only one national entrée.

Chicken. Everywhere. Forever.

My husband is a great cook, but if he tried to serve our daughters chicken every single night, there would be a revolt by Thursday.

It wouldn’t matter how well seasoned it was. Or how beautifully plated. Or how many times he explained that chicken is healthy and widely approved.

Even worse, what if there WERE other options, but not everyone could get them?

If you happen to live in the right ZIP code, you get a menu. If not, chicken again for you!

We would not accept that in food. We would not accept that anywhere.

And we are beginning to not accept it in education, either: school choice is the strongest it has ever been, with roughly 75% of voters (and even higher shares of school parents) saying families should be able to choose the school that fits their child’s needs.

Parents are signaling that access to a single model is no longer enough. 

A healthy system offers variety. 

We aren’t attacking the default. Chicken is a good thing. We simply recognize that human beings are not identical, and systems built for millions of children should reflect that reality.

Kids are awesome little people. Here's one of my girls with our new Chihuahua... we just got the results of her age test back and she's three & 1/2 years old!

Cecilia Retelle Zywicki, Esq., M.Ed. 💧

CEO & Co-Founder of LearningSpring.com 🔹 School Choice Advocate 🔹 Parent-Driven Leader 🔹 Building Scalable Solutions for Families & Impactful Growth

Helping Overwhelmed Managers Become Impactful Leaders - Faster | Mom, Entrepreneur & MGMT Co-Founder

Promotion is not preparation. Most managers step into leadership having mastered their craft, but with no training in the actual job of managing people.My husband Dave and I built MGMT Accelerator and MGMT Fundamentals to fix that. Together we've coached 1,400+ managers into leaders their teams actually want to follow. From Google, Goldman Sachs, Bridgewater, Nvidia, Amazon, and Uber to managers at a range of start-ups and small businesses.Two coaches. 30+ combined years of experience. One approach: live, practical, frameworks to help you deliver and get home for dinner.My own training ground? I started as an engineer who preferred to present. A Wall Street chapter immersed in high performance. Craved sales experience and joined Google. Becoming a parent made me a more patient and thoughtful leader. And I study teams and locker room speeches. Sport is management with a scoreboard.Each week we send The MGMT Playbook to 57K leaders. Practical insights and systems you can use the same day.Become the leader you would follow. Faster. Start with MGMT Fundamentals or apply for MGMT Accelerator. Links in my featured section.DM me with any questions.I use AI to create time. I use that time to respond to notes. No bots. Just me. After all, management is personal.Helpful links:MGMT Playbookhttps://mgmt.beehiiv.com/MGMT Fundamentals (new managers)https://maven.com/dave-kline/mgmt-fundamentalsMGMT Acceleator (experienced managers)https://maven.com/dave-kline/mgmt-accelerator

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"Fine" was never the goal.
Everyone's quick to point fingers.
Few are willing to roll up sleeves.

It can be easy to walk past a problem.
Or whisper a complaint.

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In the gym, they don't practice just to practice.
They endeavor to improve.

When projects fall behind, they step up.
When quality slips, they raise the bar.
When someone's struggling, they make time.

This isn't about doing everyone else's job.
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This isn't blind optimism.
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Use your courage and creativity.
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You may have learned through hazing and late nights.
But is that the best way?

Help someone skip mistakes.
Challenge the process that wastes everyone's time.

The world has enough people who shrug and say "not my problem."

Be someone who makes those around them better.

Because fine was never the goal.

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