30 years in Early
Childhood Education.
If you review the history of Cleverex, you will find that impacting children and families is always the goal.
Yvonne B Maryland
19??
Our Chief Systems Architect, Lihong Ma, is born into poverty and becomes the first child in his village to attend college. All his life, he will be motivated by dedication to helping families like his.
1991
Lihong is the lead programmer for data capture & analytics in the Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP), an experimental project that serves infants, toddlers, and pregnant women. DID YOU KNOW CCDP is the foundation for today's Early Head Start Program?
1993
Lihong is the lead programmer for data & analytics for the national PIR.
1997
Lihong founds Cleverex!
1997
Cleverex builds Head Start Family Information Services (HSFIS), a case management system free for all agencies. Soon, 1,600+ agencies, serving 400,000+ children, are using HSFIS.
2002
Cleverex builds Fiscal Assistant, a free tool for Head Start agencies to learn about the administration and management of Head Start funds.
2003
Cleverex builds Grant Application Budgeting Instruments (GABI) and Program Review Instruments for Systems Monitoring (PRISM), which allow Head Start grantees to check staffing and budget applications themselves.
2003
Cleverex builds the Transportation PathFinder, a free tool for Head Start agencies to view federal, state, and local information about safe transportation programs for their kiddos.
2004
Cleverex builds the Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center (ECLKC), an information hub and collaboration platform for the Office of Head Start, regional offices, T&TA Networks, and grantees nationwide.
2004
Cleverex builds S*M*A*R*T, a fully integrated family information system that satisfies the performance requirements of the Success by 6® initiative, Healthy Families of Maryland, and Head Start.
2004
Data management software is privatized and the HSFIS contract ends.
Cleverex develops HSFIS into Program Resources and Outcomes Management Information System (PROMIS 1.0), envolving the capabilities into a web-based system.
2005
Cleverex builds Subcabinet for Children, Youth and Families Information System (SCYFIS), a secure web-based case management information system.
2012
Over 8 years, Cleverex continually enhances, invents, and innovates PROMIS 1.0, which grows into PROMIS 2012.
2013
Cleverex releases a sleek, state-of-the-art upgrade from PROMIS 2012, code name P-Lite. But what is it a code name for? There's still a secret surprise in the works behind the Cleverex curtain...
2016
The secret is unveiled! Cleverex releases myHeadStart, a powerful software equipped with dozens of revolutionary features utilizing cutting-edge technology.
Cleverex turns its strongest focus yet to continually improving, updating, enhancing, and modernizing
Our Leadership Today
Lihong Leon Ma
President & CEO
Sari Schray
Project Director
Xiubin Luo
Technical Director
Thalsidia Mena-Garcia
Help Desk Manager
