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Rochester, Ny, Us

Brockport, Ny

• Create custom learning systems and content (animation, video, e-learning, journal articles, training manuals, technical documentation, and software) • Provide consulting and services on change management, enablement, and process improvement.• Author technical manuals, instructor-led courses, e-learning, animations, and performance support.• Assist customers in implementing learning management systems and integrating e-learning content.• Author textbook course packs and supplemental web content for college, K-12, and adult education.Customers have included Bristol-Myers Squibb, Sara Lee, American Chemical Society, Pearson Custom Learning Solutions, Element K / Element K Journals, Eastman Kodak, Xerox, and others.

Rochester, New York

• Authored training materials within an agile, iterative course development process.• Wrote course content using Oxygen XML Author (DITA) and associated publishing tools. • Developed courses for ILT, virtual ILT, and self-paced e-learning (virtual labs) delivery.• Created supporting media, including slides, animations, illustrations, electronic kits, example code.• Led contract authors, facilitated test classes, led review process, and delivered training sessions.• Introduced a sales playbook concept to help sales reps overcome objections and increase sales.• Developed macros to improve the quality of images exported from PowerPoint slides to use as figures in training manuals, doubling the best image resolution possible using PowerPoint’s native exporter.• Developed assessments and assisted in job task analyses for certification programs. • Designed and prototyped a new virtual ILT course delivery platform using Node.js.

Rochester, New York Area

• Managed the LMS and e-learning team responsible for Epic medical records training.• Collaborated with stakeholders to plan training logistics for hospital staff.• Created an automated data pipeline and reporting tools to reduce the effort to perform daily class scheduling and reporting tasks.• Worked in close coordination with the project director, LMS administrators, principal trainers, e-Learning developer and other departmental staff for project planning and direction setting.

Cary, North Carolina, United States

• Developed custom e-learning courses and interactive media for a variety of customers in manufacturing, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and other industries.• Developed custom development tools used by the e-learning team, including e-learning frameworks, simulation/game engines, authoring tools, and LMS content integration and testing tools.• Supervised instructional design, production, and quality assurance teams.• Implemented process changes to improve consistency and quality in printed manuals and PDFs.• Customized the SCORM APIs for the company's learning management system (Oracle) to improve the user experience and eliminate the need for Java applets.• Developed and maintained relationships with enterprise learning technology partners.• Led initiatives to improve quality and efficiency in publishing processes.• Selected and oversaw implementation and management of the team’s development repository (SourceGear Vault). • Developed custom e-learning courses as needed.• Performed other instructional analysis, design, writing, and content development tasks as needed.

Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States

• Led instructional design for multiple projects in government, military, and healthcare industries.• Developed frameworks, simulations, learning games, and tools for e-learning modules.• Served as mentor and advisor to junior instructional designers and developers while assigned to multiple projects.• Worked closely with clients to identify their requirements.• Led the development and rollout of new training programs based on those requirements.• Wrote proposals, training storyboards, and style guides.• Designed advanced distributed learning and knowledge management technologies for federal agencies and civilian authorities responsible for homeland security.• Designed and developed authoring tools used to create simulations, learning games, and e-learning modules.• Served as interim manager of the software development team for 11 months.

Hoboken, New Jersey, United States

• Designed and managed the development of Wiley’s distance-learning platform (SaaS LMS/LCMS).• Coordinated development through authors, editors, and developers in the USA, UK, and Russia.• Demonstrated the product at trade shows and customer sites.• Applied principles of user-centered design to design, test, and improve a major distance-learning platform that addressed the needs of students, professors, and university IT departments.• Researched the higher education market to identify needs of distance-learning educators, staff, and students.• Worked with a consortium of distance-learning educators to identify customer needs, which drove software requirements. • Conceived and prototyped the general design of the platform.• Wrote software requirements and co-wrote specifications.• Specified design requirements for content.• Created design templates and storyboards for interactive content.• Worked with instructional technologists in colleges and universities (customers) to plan integration of the WeL platform into their existing internal processes and systems.• Collaborated with a geographically dispersed team that included authors, editors, and offshore developers (Korolev, Russia, and Kingston, UK). • Supervised a team of internal instructional designers. • Demonstrated the product at trade shows and various universities, colleges, and corporate training departments.• Worked with Editorial and Production groups to define processes and to develop tools through which content is developed, produced, and rolled out to universities.

Rochester, Ny

• Developed concepts and designs for new e-learning product lines, and pitched them to senior managers, partners, customers, and other stakeholders.• Developed prototypes and initial production runs for new e-learning product lines.• Served as liaison between sales, customers, and the custom development team to translate customer needs and requirements into actionable development plans, ensuring solutions would be pedagogically sound and technically feasible.• Provided enablement services (training and consultation) to internal content developers, programmers, production staff, sales reps, and customers to ensure successful implementation of new products.• Designed and developed a system for authoring, customizing, and network delivery of Authentic Assessments to automate testing of users’ software skills within actual applications such as Microsoft Excel, Word, Lotus Notes, and so forth.• Developed software tools to streamline course customization processes, improving quality, consistency, and timeliness.• Represented the company at SCORM PlugFests and participated in a discussion panel on converting legacy e-learning content to SCORM.

Master Of Science - Ms, Instructional Technology, Executive Leader

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, English, Education