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Strategic leadership in relation to technology operations and digital initiatives.Oversight and support of 4 operational units focused on technology and training:- UW SON Learning Technologies- UW SON Simulation Center, which provides in-patient & out-patient skills training, and hi-fidelity health care training simulations- UW SON Information Technology- Continuing Nursing Education (uwcne.org), a self-sustaining unit providing conferences, specialty programs & online education CE for nurses and other health professionals- Involvement with other special projects and initiatives as needed- Combined annual budgets $4 million & 30 total FTE

Leadership of the technical and instructional service teams providing support to all units and departments of the School of Nursing.- Information Technology: Service Desk, Application Development, Infrastructure, A/V- Learning Technologies: Training Development, LMS, Video Production, Event Support- Internal & external communication to administrators, Faculty, staff and UW partners- Resource Alignment to meet the needs & strategic goals of the School of Nursing- Vendor management and partnerships- Organizational & Staff Development, Coaching and Mentoring- Liaison to UW-IT & Seattle campus resources- Financial management of 1.5m annual budget- Personnel management, hiring, evaluation & staffing of 16 FTE with 5 direct reports

Management of a media team (4.5 FTE) providing lecture capture, video production, web conferencing and interactive development.Faculty consultation on the use of Educational Technology

Curricular technology support of Master's in Teaching and Master's in Public Administration programs.Support of Adjunct Faculty in Evening and Weekend Studies Support of 100 undergraduate Faculty and their studentsInterim Manager of the Academic Computing Center (8/11 - 8/12)

Developed pilot projects, including corporate training. Coordinated Learning Object Repository development. Recommended system and content purchases. Provided consultation to higher ed. administration regarding curricular technology and faculty development. Workshops and presentations for Faculty at multiple campuses. Collaborative development with multiple workgroups and third-party development teams.

Freelance development of two PDA-based Courses used initially with the Coast Guard and then other military branches.

Innovations in Technology & Teaching Congressional Award, College of Public HealthThis grant supported the conversion of existing graduate courses at USF to fully online programs. As part of a team of instructional designers, I worked with Faculty (SMEs) in Education, Music and Public Health in the creation of these graduate programs.

As part of the Office of Community Arts Partnerships, developed and delivered tecnology-based educational projects in partnership between local non-profits, k-12 schools and Columbia College Chicago

Courses taught: Interactive Immersive Environments, Computer Graphics and Animation for Interactive Multimedia, Web-Based Animation I

Taught coursework in Interactive Design, Information Design, Flash Animation, and Immersive Environment to award winning students. Additionally provided program development, advisement, and capstone project classes for majors in Interactive Design.

Courses taught: Interdisciplinary Multimedia Seminar, Advanced Web Authoring, Web Authoring, Intro to the Internet, Educational Technology, Intro to College Computing. Hiring Committees, Faculty Senate participation, Student Club support.