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Lubbock, US

Lubbock, US

• As a member of the executive leadership team, developed and maintained the product and curriculum strategy, product and curriculum roadmap, 12 internal development resources, and over 10 external development resources.
• Improved curriculum development team delivery efficiency by over 30%, increasing new product available for market and increased competitive advantage.
• Reduced product team technical debt from over 200 active cases to 20, and tracked via a weekly scorecard.
• Selected, negotiated, and implemented a 3rd Party Assessment engine for the company’s proprietary LMS.
• Delivered the largest 200 hour expansion of curriculum in company history on time and within budget.
• Built a sustainable maintenance program for the company’s over 2000 hours of curriculum.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Fostered the career development of an eight-member, geographically diverse team, through one on one coaching, real-time feedback, goal setting, and evaluation.
• Aligned the curriculum development strategies for Augmented Reality course offerings by maintaining budgets, evaluating course demand, following industry trends and best practices.
• Coordinated with platform development teams to ensure clear system requirements and expectations.
• Managed team productivity in the design and delivery of instructor-led training and eLearning courses, using interactive lab environments, and Articulate 360.
• Managed the development of a new microlearning platform and tutorial framework, through next-generation technology and in-product learning, to support 4.5M users globally.
• Maintained regular strategic meetings with product leadership, company executives and delivery partners, ensuring new products and features have appropriate curriculum coverage.

New York, New York, US

• Design and build interactive sales enablement courses, HR courses, and product knowledge courses, using Vyond (GoAnimate), Articulate 360, and Camtasia.
• Design frameworks for creating a client-facing university.
• Serve as the administrator for automotiveMastermind’s Learning Management System.
• Development of automotiveMastermind’s instructional design framework.
• Managed the migration of automotiveMastermind to a new Learning Management system, and increased employee engagement by 50%.
• Designed and developed automotiveMastermind’s first career development learning plan.

San Francisco, California, US

• Led a team of curriculum developers in supporting the needs of the Commerce Cloud business.
• Managed the design, development and delivery of customer-facing curriculum for Commerce Cloud.
• Collaborated with subject matter experts and management teams to support product go-to-market strategies and new releases.
• Direct hiring, training and performance evaluations of a team of curriculum developers including overseeing their daily activities.

San Francisco, California, US

• Analyzed and built technical elearning and instructor led courses for clients and partners.
• Redesigned department eLearning templates to create a more modern and clean design
• Led the search for a new LMS and managed the migration of over 11,000 users and 50,000 user records
• Served as the main point of contact for technical and functionality needs within the company LMS
• Obtained a power of teamwork award for work on a large scale product implementation
• Led efforts to standardize curriculum across disciplines

Columbia, MD, US

• Earned promotional advancement for top performance and demonstrated ability to master complex concepts, as well as manage diverse responsibilities.
• Currently leading a team of 6 ScrumMasters. Responsible for providing guidance and direction on the management and completion of projects and Agile teams
• Work closely and regularly with Agile Facilitators to provide training on roles and responsibilities in organization, as well as to ensure their team’s adherence to Agile techniques and practices to increase their.
• Responsibility for educating and coaching the Agile Facilitation team on Scrum/Agile processes and software development department policies, as well as assist in defining and implementing policies and procedures
• Fulfill the Agile Facilitator role when necessary, leading Scrum ceremonies and representing the needs of the team
• Consistently manage effective career planning and development of ScrumMasters, as well as complete administrative duties including, but not limited to, one on one coaching, realtime feedback, goal setting and evaluation.

Columbia, MD, US

• Coordinated multiple concurrent development efforts throughout the full lifecycle, including several iterations
• Organized and facilitated project planning, daily stand-up meetings, product reviews, iteration retrospectives and release planning
• Regularly tracked and communicated team velocity and progress to both the team and customer
• Assisted teams with making appropriate commitment through user story selection and task definition
• Worked with other Agile and product teams to identify and address cross-project dependencies, facilitate discussions and proactively resolve conflicts, and if needed, escalate appropriately
• Identified and removed impediments and distractions that interfere with team goals

Amsterdam, NL

• Facilitated and resolved conflicts within team member courses and ensured quality control through testing and review of project team course builds
• Analyzed and built Bachelors, Masters, and Doctoral level college courses
• Served as ISD point of contact for technical and functionality development needs within the online classroom
• Served as Blackboard consultant to ensure the resolution of issues within live classrooms
• Managed multiple course schedules and deliverables throughout the lifecycle of projects
• Maintained effective communication of knowledge, best practices and documentation across all internal teams, senior management, and external stakeholders

Amsterdam, NL

• Completed migration of 1,300 courses from eCollege to Blackboard
• Analyzed and built Bachelors, Masters, and Doctoral level college courses
• Served as team lead on special projects within the company, including the on-boarding of new institutions
• Created and delivered end user training materials to project teams
• Served as a consultant in the development and customization of Learning Content Management System

Provided technical and training support to teachers and various district facultyCreated instructional materials Delivered instructional classes

US

Conducted general site maintenance of HTML and PHP based websites Creation and input of data into DrupalCollaborated with clients on site maintenance

Master'S Degree, Instructional Technology

Bachelor'S Degree, Web Design And Interactive Media

Associate'S Degree, Digital Art