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Lititz, Pa, Us

Public Consulting Group // Quality assurance, technical writing, and training specialist delivering application and solution enhancement, maintenance, and process re-engineering services to Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services.

Integral to the buildout of newly formed internal project management organization (PMO) for leader in exam preparation and continuing education technology categories. Led new business merger and acquisition activities ranging from corporate integration to technology implementation and website design and deployment.-Managed three highly visible website development projects across teams including leadership, front-end design and back-end development partners, and internal marketing-Drove process improvement through development and implementation of new project artifacts and templates that were adopted across the organization-Onboarded four newly acquired businesses onto company shared services including accounting and finance systems, web operations, and proprietary software platforms-Managed LMS integrations for new and existing internal business units by assessing business needs vs. existing capabilities, coordinating enhancements, and creating workflow for content and data migration-Led status meetings across projects to solve for issues and risks, and facilitate team collaboration; communicated progress and results to senior leadership

-Managed project plans and workflow for the creation and delivery of various e-learning tools, including 450+ lesson and assessment modules in Chinese, Dari, Pashto, Russian, and Vietnamese for use in a major government agency’s language school-Recruited, trained, and managed external consultant Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to work in conjunction with internal functional units-Oversaw SME tasking, project plans, timelines and budget; kept content intake and development on track-Took a hands-on approach to review and refinement of delivery assets, content objects and media components-Co-authored project handbooks, guides and other resources-Ensured compliance with all aspects of client specifications. Identified and curated lessons learned and process improvement strategies

Ensured the success of STARTALK Summer language programs by performing crucial program implementation tasks such as invoicing, coordinating site visitor travel, and maintaining strong communication between program representatives and STARTALK Central

-Coordinated the successful delivery of 100+ transcript and translation tests across 30+ languages, including such uncommon languages as Maiduguri Kanuri and Adamawa Fulani, and five dialects of Arabic-Ensured compliance with all aspects of client specifications by recruiting, training, and managing subject matter experts, and by extensively reviewing and editing each test delivered to the client -Composed item sets of test questions for Russian, Pashto, and North Korean audio- and text-based foreign language learning tools-Co-authored the handbook for a Learning Object “Refresh” project: revisiting and updating NFLC assets from 2003 to 2010, and managed the development of Russian learning objects identified for “refresh”-Served on Strategic Planning and Process Improvement: Recruiting committees

-Co-managed the production and delivery of 2750+ foreign language learning modules that, in addition to including conventional item sets, incorporated social media and “distorted-image”-based tasks-In addition to Second Language Acquisition Specialist responsibilities, planned and conducted 50+ training seminars on content development, task design, and other client specifications for 100+ subject matter experts-Managed subject matter expert schedules and served as their liaison with upper management-Recruited and hired subject matter experts to meet project needs-Co-wrote project specifications and documentation

-Coordinated freelancers, linguists, and translators to develop audio- and text-based foreign language learning materials-Ensured compliance with all aspects of client specifications by extensively reviewing and editing project assets-Designed and implemented detailed project documentation and guidelines

-Wrote item sets from English translations of foreign language transcripts to be used as learning tools-Performed many duties as necessary, such as data entry, file set maintenance, and product testing for completed deliverables

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa), Creative Writing

Activities and Societies: Host - Mock Turtle Reading Series

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Literature

Activities and Societies: President - Literature Club