With over 20 years of experience in the for-profit and non-profit education space, Albert Chen is an experienced operations and strategy officer with a proven record of revenue growth, business planning, and organizational transformation; he became the chief operating officer of PDK International on February 22, 2016 after a stint in operations and. strategy consulting.. Mr. Chen’s operational and strategic career began as a part-teacher at Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions (KTPA) and quickly rose through the ranks to become Executive Director of a number of different departments in the graduate division. Over his 12 years at KTPA, he was tapped to effect change and growth in a number of different departments and areas including marketing, academics, product research and development, field execution and brand management. Notable were the double digit year over year growth, development of presenter training, and the inception of Kaplan’s then Lessons on Demand.
