Customer Education Manager

Customer Education Manager

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericmistry

Education

MBA, The College of St. Scholastica

M.A., Educational Technology Leadership, George Washington University

B.A., History & Technology Studies, Grinnell College

Expertise

Customer education strategy and automation

Scalable training workflows with AI

Instructional design and LMS optimization

Cross-functional enablement and change management

Future-of-work and remote collaboration

Eric Mistry is a customer education and automation expert with a decade of experience helping people and technology work better together. As Customer Education Manager at Smartcat, Eric is building the company’s education programs from the ground up—empowering users to thrive in agentic AI workflows and fully leverage Smartcat’s Global Content AI Platform. A lifelong educator and technologist, Eric blends deep instructional design knowledge with systems thinking to create scalable, AI-enhanced learning experiences. He has led content automation and onboarding programs at Heap, Contentsquare, and higher education institutions, consistently reducing manual effort and increasing learner impact. At Smartcat, Eric’s work equips global teams to partner confidently with expert-enabled AI agents, transforming traditional onboarding into immersive enablement experiences that scale as fast as the content lifecycle. He’s also known for his curiosity, creative energy, and dad-level pun game.

Experience

Strategy & Shared Services Ops Manager at Contentsquare (formerly Heap)

Mar 2024 to Jan 2025 · 10 mos

Customer Education Operations Manager and Senior Instructional Designer at Heap

May 2023 to May 2024 · 1 yr

Instructional Technologist at The College of St. Scholastica

Mar 2017 to Nov 2023 · 6 yrs 8 mos

Academic Technology roles at Carleton College and Grinnell College

Jul 2015 to Mar 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos

Founder, Enigma Design Studio

Jan 2011 to Jan 2016 · 5 yrs

Education

MBA, The College of St. Scholastica

M.A., Educational Technology Leadership, George Washington University

B.A., History & Technology Studies, Grinnell College

Expertise

Customer education strategy and automation

Scalable training workflows with AI

Instructional design and LMS optimization

Cross-functional enablement and change management

Future-of-work and remote collaboration

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