Michael Berendsen Email & Phone Number

Warwick, Ri, Us

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States

Working for Identity Compliance and Automation IT team , automating IT processes and migrating them to Cloud RPA solutions . Developing Chat Bot solutions to streamline IT processes. Providing strategic planning for change management and scalable automation.Working with Power shell, Dot Net, Microsoft power Automate , Microsoft Identity Manager , Easy Vista Platform , and Microsoft Power Virtual Agents to minimize live agent interactions.Training directors on automating their business using power automate to empower them to affect change.

Providence, Rhodeisland

Web Applications Engineer for Talent Development, working with a team of Instructional Designers, Multimedia Specialists and Training Specialists to provide IGT with efficient and innovative solutions to increase employee engagement and talent retention focusing on Automation.-Created Automated Dashboards in Power Apps for Compliance -Developed an app reservation System using power apps and Microsoft flow that allowed all employees to reserve training , whereby within an automated process simplified Udemy licensing and access by the week. -Microsoft Power Apps development with Sharepoint -Microsoft azure chat bot development for Qna interaction-Technical lead for troubleshooting Course Issues in LMS, developing debugging tools to identify completion and SCORM issues -Automating work flows by creating Windows Applications using Visual Studio and C#-Creating HTML5 games using Phaser 2 Library-Automating reports using Excel Interop API and OpenXml API with C# based Windows WPF applications -Technical lead Automating SuccessFactors LMS migration from two legacy SF instances into combined instance-Automated SuccessFactors learning history Migration , iContent file migration , Item and Content Object Migration using Visual Studio C# to create windows platform Applications-Automated conversation of Legacy SuccessFactors Quizzes into GIFT format for import into Adobe Captivate with C# windows Application-Technical Lead for Angular JS E-learning framework -SuccessFactors Admin for LMS module , including course upload , item and content object creation , QA testing-Creating AICC and SCORM course content and API communication-Developed HTML5 Fallback video player experiences for proposal projects-Engineered an Interactive Automation Application for the windows platform that consolidates and streamlines the production process -Created Captivate/Articulate Course integrations and supplemental API

UX design and Ad design for Staples.com vehicleDesigning and developing Rich Media Applications in FlashCreating media collateral for Staples.com Facebook page

Design and layout of product catalogs* Creative Design of Custom Covers for client* Assisted on production team publications (SBD, Contract, and Canada)* Cross-trained and assisted Image Department, Interactive Department and OPS department* Developed Staples.com home page banner slider in AS3, versioning 3d functionality for both 9.0 -10.0 Flash Player* Working with interactive team to develop Flash ad banners, micro-sites* Created Automation application to process images for Imaging department for CE integration* Creation of Online Ad Banners in Photoshop 2007-2008

Worked with educational and e-learning clients creating Interactive White Board games and applications.Most recently created an interactive flash game for the Show "The Electric Company" for PBS client.

Worked with client to extend and create new functionality for their sales driving Rich Internet ApplicationCreated a 3D interactive navigation for clients site to enable richer experience for the end user.

Resizing layouts and implementing translations in InDesign* Cataloging files and maintaining metadata information on assets in Media Bank* Silhouetting, Retouching and Color Correcting product shots and assets in Photoshop* Updating and modifying existing ads, logos, publications, signage, BRC's, brochures and packaging* Preparing PDF's and packaging assets for prepress and printing vendors * Assisting in the development of ads and partner program logos* Animated GIF's in Flash for Power Point presentations* Created translation workflows using XML with InDesign CS2/CS3* Tagging InDesign files for XML export and import for translations

* Animated scenes using digital software* Cleaned up partially finished files bringing them to completion* Lip synched half of each episode at a rate of 25 seconds an hour* Worked on revisions for animation after receiving notes from PBS

Greater Boston Area

Assigned to shoot corporate relation and corporate affair events in community and internally* Worked with media producer story boarding and brainstorming for conference visuals* Animated a two and a half minute piece about health care; a minute piece for dental care* Assisted on location shoots with media producer, camera operation and set up/ take down

B.F.A, Illustration/Animation

Credited Toward Ba, Filmakers Workshop

Summer Program, Drawing Major