** SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON (SCE): One of the nation’s largest electric utilities bringing clean and renewable sources of energy to over 15 million people. As lead instructional designer worked directly with leadership, SMEs, and classroom instructors to develop a brand new Substation Operator Curriculum which consisted of 31 modules developed for both online and classroom instruction.** FIRST ENERGY (Akron, Ohio): One of the United States' largest investor-owned utilities involved in the distribution, transmission, and generation of electricity, as well as energy management and other energy-related services for over 6 million customers.Software and Leader-led Training development: Created varying content for a high importance/company-wide training initiative. This involved the integration of three software programs (Cascade, PowerBase & RTS) which are essential to the management of devices within the electrical grid and in meeting government critical infrastructure protection (CIP) requirements. ** DOMINION ENERGY (Boston Heights, Ohio): A multi-regional power and energy company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia that supplies electricity and natural gas to Nearly 7.5 million customers throughout the United States.Job Role & Task Analysis Consultation and Leadership: Consulted with various levels of business leadership to totally redevelop the Field Metering Services (FMS) training from scratch. This included full-scale needs and task analysis of every job role.Curriculum Development: Led FMS subject matter experts to develop content for a robust curriculum implementation from scratch for their Field Metering Services. Also developed a full range of real-world training exercises utilizing laboratories and an outdoor environment known as “Gas Town".

Deeply involved in iterative User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure a wide array of the main website features were functioning properly and followed a logical and accessible path that users could follow in their investigative and potential purchasing journey.Developed a wide array of training videos and articles for the IT, Digital Marketing, & Customer Experience teams.Content contributor for the main website via the CMS (Sitecore).

Anthem: A top provider of health insurance in the United States. It is the largest for-profit managed health care company in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.My contributions included:Program Management: Training and development ownership of the Disease Management Division (DMCCU) which included GBD Facets (claims processing software). Computer Based Training: Developed instructional materials using software such as FS Pro, Articulate Studio, Camtasia, Captivate, Audacity, Snagit, and MS Suite.Project Management: Maintained oversight and/or development of multiple simultaneous projects while always meeting deadlines.Blended Learning and Course Development: Designed and developed facilitator and learner guides, job aids, procedures, micro-learnings, flipped classroom material, instructor led training, storyboards, and e-Learning courses.Testing and Evaluation: Created Level I and Level II assessments and utilized various other methods for evaluating training effectiveness.Onboarding Mentor: Mentored new hires on processes and procedures used in the learning and development organization. Also, made them feel welcome and was available to assist in a wide array of areas as the new hires got oriented to the company and their roles.LMS Administration: Developed, updated, and posted various curricula and deliverables in the Learning Management System (LMS).Acquired "Certified Performance Consultant" Certification via Langevin Learning Services.

Some of the companies I consulted for during this period included Amerigroup, eVariant, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, The UPS STORE®, and Cornerstone Mortgage.My contributions included:Point of Sale System Training: Developed simulation based courses to instruct associates in how to utilize a new Point of Sale (POS) system.LMS Conversion: Assisted in preparing and transfering over 125 lessons for conversion to a new Learning Management System using Adobe Captivate and Lectora applications. Also provided critical support as a help desk consultant, tackling critical issues from over 4000 store associates.Webinar Development: Translation of conference calls into online training courses including synching audio to content.Criterion-Referenced Based Testing: Designed legally defensible testing questions for all courses while working with company’s legal department.Technical Writing: Proofreading and editing of all documentation to improve quality, readability, consistency, and effectiveness of documentation.Book Development and Publishing: Authored a book and was consequently involved in all aspects of the book publishing process including concept, layout, graphics, editing, printing, marketing, social media, and website design.Tools Used: SCORM, Dreamweaver, Lectora, Articulate, Storyline, Captivate, MS Word, PPT, Excel, PDF, MICROS POS, LMS (Sum Total and Success Factors).

Washington Mutual (WaMu): Was a savings bank holding company and the former owner of WaMu Bank, which was the United States' largest savings and loan association until its collapse in 2008.My contributions included:Course Request Evaluation: Responsible for evaluating and analyzing requests for e-Learning products and development. Also, was the lead in determining whether an e-Learning solution was appropriate.Course Development: Developed a wide array of interactive, scenario-based mortgage related courses as well as sales training courses.LMS Deployment: Deployed courses on various SCORM-compliant LMS’s and supported the product through upload, including trouble-shooting and ongoing client support.Vendor Management: Managed varied project schedules and deliverables with vendors, as well as client, vendor, end-user and subject matter expert (SME) relationships.Quality Control and Course Evaluation: Evaluated performance of leader-led and eLearning materials via classroom observation and feedback from users to ensure learning objectives were met and the content was effectively delivered. Used instructional design expertise to design efficient and effective learning and e-learning solutions based on the ISD model, following the ADDIE process with S.M.A.R.T objectives.Testing Development: Developed and implemented pre and post-training assessments to measure participant satisfaction, mastery of learning objectives, on-the-job performance, and organizational/business impact.Tools Used: Developed compliant packages for Cornerstone and Accenture (SumTotal) LMS. For Flash courses, a SCORM content packaging tool called Reload Editor was used to create and edit the manifest file. Captivate, Fireworks, Photoshop, Presenter, Web-Ex, Snagit, and Flash were primarily used as the development tools.

AT&T: A leading telecommunications corporation which focuses on wireline, wireless, digital television, satellite television, fixed line telephone, mobile phone, broadband, home security, IPTV, OTT services, network security, and pay television offerings, as well as business applications.My contributions included:Leader-led Course Material Development: Produced a wide array of instructor-led technical course books, self-paced blended learning, and various job aids.Performance Standard Development: Closely worked with business leadership, SME’s, and field personnel in determining performance standards/objectives and skill/knowledge requirements needed for workers to effectively perform their job requirements.Project Management: Negotiated project milestones, support requirements, and deliverables with vendors, requestors, and SME’s from multiple regions and departments.Train the Trainer (TTT) and Pilot Course Evaluation: Frequently worked alongside classroom and field instructors (including “train the trainer” sessions and pilot courses) to test the validity of all new training materials. Conducted follow-up with clients to determine the ongoing effectiveness of the training provided.Curriculum and Program Management: Re-evaluated existing training programs on a regular basis to ensure they continued to be effective and consistently delivered and met the stakeholder’s objectives.Industry and Technology Contributor: Frequently shared industry best practices and learning tools that were related to current and future tasks.Environment: Developed compliant packages for Talent Builder (LMS). Primary development tools were Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Snagit, Camtasia, Authorware, MS Word with Information Mapping, and various pre-developed company templates.