Aaron Dewald, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Park City, Ut, Us

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* Tapped by CEO to take over leadership of product suite with YoY annual growth ranging from 10 – 100%.* Expanded revenue stream by leading ideation and launch of 2 new product verticals (bar exam preparation and continuing legal education) that expand our total addressable market; each product has seen 2X YOY growth.* Sharpened executive decision-making by developing an idea management prioritization framework to evaluate and rank ideas for strategic planning.* Developed and implemented a template for writing product epics / stories that streamlined product development and reduced the amount of back-and-forth between product and development teams through clear, concise language.* Responsible for the product design team that is well-regarded by users as well as oversee design system management and product design workflows.* Ranked as highest-rated leader across all groups on Gallup workplace survey; oversee a team of up to 8 Instructional Designers, 1 Instructional Design Manager, and 2 UX/UI designers.* Spearhead collection of qualitative and quantitative data from our customers through surveys, interviews, behaviors, UX/UI analysis, and pricing research; analyze and translate results to inform future product and content feature development. Use SQL and Excel/Sheets to create easy-to-read analysis to inform business and product decision making.

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* Established and lead process for instructional video development workflows across SMEs, instructional designers, and graphic designers that increased video development volume 10x without sacrificing educational outcomes.* Established and lead the product design team to build scalable repeatable processes that allow the product development team to quickly and thoroughly build features that continue to delight a passionate user base.*Shaped strategic business development by leading qualitative and quantitative survey instruments, coding data, interpreting results, and creating reports for stakeholders to identify trends and opportunities.* Represented brand at conferences and events to connect with users, gather data through conversations and presentations, and advance brand reputation.

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* Plan lectures, assignments, and experiential projects that promote deep comprehension as well as the ability to transfer knowledge to solve real-world problems.* Provide detailed feedback to students to promote their understanding and comprehension of the course content.* Teach three classes in the Instructional Design & Educational technology M.Ed. program to a diverse population of students with a wide variety of educational backgrounds and experience.* Classes taught: - Human-Computer Interaction - Advanced Instructional Design - Web-based Tools in Education

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From time to time, I taught as an adjunct/graduate instructor at the College of Education

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

I co-taught the Counterterrorism simulation course with Professor Amos Guiora. I worked with the students on designing learning objectives and then created an immersive simulation where the students learn how to apply and synthesize the law based on those objectives.

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Part of my capacities as the Associate Director of the Center for Innovation in Legal Education asked me to do instructional design work in partnership with faculty at the CoL. As an instructional designer, I worked with faculty on optimizing their classroom - from presentation/lecture tips to active learning experiences to implementation of blended learning. Part of my work led to the creation of TheFirstYear.org, an online supplement to the first year of law school.

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

My role as Associate Director of the Center for Innovation in Legal Education was multifaceted. Learning Materials: I had created and maintained a very popular YouTube page that consisted of my work as an instructional designer and educator. In just over two and a half years, I had gained nearly 5000 subscribers and a half million views - with minimal advertisement. I based my work in multimedia theory and have a knack at straddling the line of theory and practice.App Development: I drove the site development for TheFirstYear.org (since disbanded), an asynchronous learning website that consists of videos specifically made for the first year of law school. I was responsible for creating the videos, advising on the assessments, and also for coding and database design and development. I had also built item response systems to analyze the efficacy of our multiple choice, true-false, and other assessments.Pedagogical Design: I overhauled the Counter-terrorism Simulation Design course in collaboration with Professor Amos Guiora to make the course more pedagogically effective. We had effectively designed an active, experiential learning experience that was replicated for other classes and organizations. Also, I worked with faculty on making more effective teaching materials. For example, I worked with numerous faculty on updating and revising their syllabi, teaching presentations, in-class multimedia, and also their assessments used in class.Outreach: Finally, I expanded the reach of CILE by presenting to faculty at other law schools and at legal education conferences across the nation. Most notably I spoke at Denver University, Harvard University, and have presented as part of ExamSoft's webinar series.

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Enhance efficiency in administrative services to faculty and students. Inform pedagogical progress with the latest in learning science research. Expand globally the presence, visibility, and access to the College of Law’s topical contributions and educational innovation. Advance students’ learning objectives through innovative learning and classroom technologies.* Work with faculty to introduce new technologies to the classroom to assist the pedagogical objectives of faculty* Developing a web-based student assessment tool and study aid for law students* Increase visibility of the College of Law by integrating multimedia with the user’s web experience

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Work in an academic environment conceptualizing, designing, developing, and implementing web-based systems and applications for faculty, students, staff, and alumni.* Conceptualized, designed, developed, and implemented ‘Joe’: a custom-built content management system/social network that also serves as an application portal for faculty, staff, students, and alumni.* Conceptualized, designed, developed, and implemented ‘DAN’: a web-based information display and alert system used to inform faculty, staff, students, and visitors of special events and other information. (subsequently spun-off into own company, Akadi Technologies)* Conceptualized, designed, developed, and implemented a new dynamic website that features some of the latest Internet technologies such as: reader comments, blogs/video blogs, dynamic news feeds, calendar/room reservations, online registration and payment, Flash video, XML/RSS feeds, pod/vod casts, dynamically driven profile feeds, and integrated web content management into aforementioned ‘Joe’ application* Provided leadership for the College with regards to strategic direction of the College Website and other digital assets.

Bloomington, Minnesota, Us

Upgraded the entire web presence for United Bankers’ Bank; conceptualized, designed, developed, and implemented an online banking and report delivery application using the latest technologies in biometric security (Digital Persona).

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Learned how to program in Active Server Pages, HTML, and also learned a bit of MSSQL. Was a requirement as part of my undergraduate degree.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Educational Psychology

Master Of Science (M.S.), Educational Psychology

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Instructional Design / Educational Technology

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Management Information Systems

High School Diploma