Mid-senior leadership and management in Academic Affairs at one of the largest U.S. community colleges, with over 31,000 annual students. Provide strategic vision for the eLearning Division, driving technology acquisition, development, and scaling for impactful teaching and learning. Guide the Innovation Lab's research and development to support educational technology across campus and community.Implement strategic plans to integrate technology into instruction, enhancing opportunities for over 100,000 stakeholders. Lead cross-functional teams to develop tech-driven student success initiatives and secure leadership support for institutional scaling. Notable technologies include VR, AR, AI, 3D Printing, Lightboards, and Hybrid Course Technology. Contributed to a Desire2Learn (D2L) Excellence Award-winning project in 2023.Manage a multimedia team producing over 100 video, audio, custom applications, and interactive media annually. Support more than 1,800 faculty and staff with resources, workshops, and drop-in rooms. Lead a team of 10 staff and two managers with a $3.1 million budget.Participate on governance committees, co-chairing initiatives to shape college-wide policy, including accessibility, program reviews, and professional development. Deliver updates to executive leadership and the Board of Trustees, integrating feedback for continuous improvement.Direct Innovation Lab programming, engaging 35,000 users to explore advanced technology, hosting 150+ events for 4,700+ attendees since mid-2024. Represent the college with industry organizations, oversee communications, and manage grants. Led award-winning teams recognized by the Bellwether Consortium, ITC, AECT, and OLC.

Serve as adjunct faculty (rank level II) teaching courses in educational technology, first year experience, Python programming language, C++ programming language, network fundamentals, and project management in IT. Courses designed and delivered in face-to-face, hybrid, online synchronous, online asynchronous, and competency-based modalities. Consistently high evaluations averaging 4.55/5 scale from students.

My job is to provide long-term strategy and vision for both division and college-wide initiatives related to robust eLearning practices. I also oversee the innovation lab, a construct to explore, learn, play, and do to diffuse educational technology for our students currently under development under various learning streams.

Staff level leader/instructional designer responsible for leading the design of eLearning courses in various modalities including face-to-face, online synchronous, online asynchronous, hybrid, competency-based, and those targeted at pre-college and incarcerated populations. Oversaw the design of more than 200 courses in these formats aligned with best practices, institutional goals, student preferences, and other metrics.Honed skills as a project manager on course development and other related eLearning projects including co-development with faculty partners of the college’s revised hybrid learning policy in 2016 later adopted by the Board of Trustees. Created and delivered just-in-time and formal training courses and workshops through the college’s Center for Teaching and Learning and other offices. Served on nine hiring committees for positions ranging from part-time casual staff to executive, and supervised student workers. Interim manager as designated.Included emerging and modern technology into course design in support of enhanced pedagogical strategies and student engagement for accredited instruction and support of faculty efficacy and success. Oversaw onboarding and execution of Rapid Prototyping instructional design strategy for the division, virtual technology (VR/AR/MR/XR) development software, and test management programs for all faculty and staff.Participated in numerous outreach activities and committee assignments to college and external agencies including accessibility and section 508 compliance, Student Welcome Week, and Fall Professional Development Day activities. Served as Quality Matters (QM) Peer Reviewer, Master Reviewer, and APPQMR Facilitator. Presented and received awards at national and regional conferences including the League for Innovation, Instructional Technology Council (ITC), Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), and D2L Fusion.

As a GLG Network Member, I bring nearly 20 years’ of experience in education to help clients solve some of their toughest challenges in the sector including eLearning, planning and strategy, curriculum, assessment, and other pertinent areas. GLG is the world’s insight network. It connects decision makers to the right experts so they can act with the confidence that comes from true clarity and have what it takes to get ahead. Its network of experts is the world’s largest and most varied source of first-hand expertise.

SPORTS OFFICIAL: Officiate intercollegiate (junior college to Division I), interscholastic (all levels), and youth and adult amateur games for various leagues, conferences, and organizations in six states in baseball, basketball, football, and soccer. Multiple selections for NCAA Division III postseason, the National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association College World Series (twice), and OHSAA post-season (including two state finals appearances in baseball). Also selected for various amateur level tournament assignments and honors.CLINICIAN AND TRAINER: Train and mentor officials from entry-level to veteran status, utilizing technology to develop effective training materials and aids. Published three officials videos for the Ohio High School Athletic Association for pre-season training meetings and served as regional and state evaluator of officials and tournament officials selection committee member.ASSIGNOR OF OFFICIALS: Serve as conference or organization coordinator for more than 200 clients including six OHSAA member school conferences, independent schools, local college non-conference games, and amateur contests and leagues. Responsible for assigning, training, and evaluating officials in basketball, football, volleyball, baseball, and softball for contracted organizations.

Serve as adjunct faculty teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses in educational technology, instructional design, curriculum design, teaching methods, and specific learning technologies. Courses designed and delivered in face-to-face and online synchronous modes. Consistently high evaluations averaging 4.73/5 scale from students.

(Part-time)Using provided topics, author lessons for a variety of audiences at the high school and college levels. Lessons follow a concise, remediation-style format and are peer-reviewed. Include self-created and open source graphics as well as assessment questions for gauging of concept mastery.

(Part-time)Review content resources, lessons, e-textbooks, curriculum, and courses for social studies teachers as aligned to the Ohio New Learning Standards (ONLS) and Common Core (CC) frameworks. Use a web-based cataloging system.Book Review: Allen, J., & Landakaer, C. (2005). Reading history: A practical guide to improving literacy. New York: Oxford University Press.

Taught sixth grade study skills elective course, seventh grade social studies (World History 2000 BCE-1700 CE), and eighth grade social studies (American History 1600-1876 CE) to approximately 175 students per year. Planned, delivered, assessed, and evaluated all curriculum for students of diverse backgrounds and abilities. Teacher of the Year Finalist in 2014.Served as technology administrator, handling network infrastructure, hardware/software support, printer maintenance, and training on tools like Google Apps, online gradebooks, and website design.Served on major district and state-level committees including Professional Development, First Year Mentoring, Compensation, Curriculum, and Ohio Academic Content Standards Reviewer. Sought and received approximately $100,000 in funding for technology in 2013.

Head or assistant coach for football, basketball, and golf teams at varying levels. Responsible for student-athlete wellbeing and academic performance, practice planning, equipment and uniform management, and in-game coaching. Managed middle school athletics across seven sports, overseeing coaches, equipment procurement, fundraising, game day operations, and coordination of officials. Hosted multiple league volleyball and basketball tournaments. Supported high school athletics and attended league meetings.

Supported Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Education (GEARUP) grant program in partnership with local universities and the United States Department of Education with the goal of completing high school students in need of remediation with the eventual goal of college attendance. Successfully collaborated with teachers to see 85% of students taking sections of the Ohio Graduation Test (OGT) pass on their second attempt. Served as data analysts and project staff as directed along with weekly substitute teaching and test review sessions for students. Assisted with raising the school’s state achievement level from Academic Watch (D letter grade) to Continuous Improvement (C letter grade).