Marc Miller Email & Phone Number

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Marc Miller, an Austin based Career Design Specialist and a baby boomer, has changed careers six times for many of the same life changing others have experienced. Marc has worked for large companies including IBM and Lucent as a programmer, engineer, help desk support, trainer, marketer and IT consultant. He has been involved with two successful high tech startups, Agere Inc. and LifeSize Communications developing training programs. He has delivered training in 40 different countries.What sets Marc apart is he has experienced multiple life-changing events followed by a career change. Just one of those happened in 2002. While riding his bicycle he hit an automobile head on where the combined speeds exceeded 50 miles per hour. Even though he spent five days in a trauma center, he was back on a bicycle in ten weeks. At those speeds, there is a 10% chance of survival The following year he decided to get his Texas High School Math teacher certification and taught Algebra I and II in an inner city high school for two years. Marc and his wife Lotus are now empty nesters and have now downsized their home and their lifestyle to enable Marc to build a coaching practice based on making purposeful decisions on career and lifestyle.Marc is certified as an About U (powered by the Birkman Method) Advisor. The Birkman Method is a comprehensive assessment that focuses on interests, behaviors, preferred work style, and organizational focus. This is a valuable tool in providing insight into who we are and more importantly what we want.This business is all about coaching clients to purposefully find enjoyable and fulfilling careers that are compatible with their lifestyles.Keywords: Career Coach | Birkman Method | Personal Branding

Repurpose Your Career podcast brought to you by Career Pivot is a podcast for those of us in the 2nd half of life to come together to discuss how repurpose our careers for the 21st century. Come listen to career experts give you proven strategies, listen to people like you tell their stories about how they repurposed their careers and finally get your questions answered. Your host, Marc Miller, has made six career pivots over the last 30 years. He understands this is not about jumping out of the frying pan into a fire but rather to create a plan where you make clear actionable steps or pivots to a better future career. The podcast is available on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play. The Podcast is hosted on Libsyn.com.Keywords: Podcast | Libsyn | iTunes | Career Pivot | Career Change | Repurpose Your Career

On September 19th of 2023 my wife of 42 years had open heart surgery in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico to replace her mitral valve. The surgery was a success except ... she suffered a significant sized stroke that has left her with paralysis in her left leg and arm. I have dropped everything to manage her recovery. She passed away on September 10th of 2024. We held a wonderful celebration of her life on November 15th of 2024. Her ashes will be scattered in the mountains above Ajijic, Jalisco Mexico in January of 2025.

Launch Pad Job Club is a 501c(3) non-profit and is the largest job networking and support group in Austin with over 15,000 members. It has been supporting the Austin unemployed for 10+ years with unparalleled success.Keywords: Non-profit | LinkedIn | Social Media

Austin, Tx, Us

Responsible for developing and implementing channel partners training program for industry-leading video conferencing systems.• In the first year, delivered over 150 sales training sessions over LifeSize Video to over 100 business partners on 5 continents and never got on a plane. • Implemented a Learning Management System (LMS) that delivers over 15 hours of online training to 6000 business partners in 83 countries. On average 1200 student hours are delivered weekly to the partner community• Developed over 21 hours of online training using Articulate• Developed and implemented 4 tier partner certification program, 2 sales levels, and 2 technical levels. In the first 8 months of the program, 1200 certifications were issued with a 62% passing rate on the exams. This was a keystone to the LifeSize Partner Program.• Developed and delivered LifeSize Technical Expert class. This is a three-day deep technical class covering LifeSize Control, Transit, Multipoint Control Unit, and Gatekeeper.Keywords: Video Conferencing | HD Video | Articulate | LMS | Sales Training | Technical Training

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Responsible for developing and implementing a organizational sponsorship plan.

Full service technical training firm. Experience in developing both on-line and traditional classroom training for the computer and telecommunications industries. We can also help you adapt training materials for delivery to multi-cultural audiences. Extensive experience in delivering training throughout the far east including Japan, Korea and the People's Republic of China.

Managed Volunteer recruitment and retention for the organization

Austin, Texas, Us

Teaching Algebra II at Akins High School. Akins student population is 60% hispanic and 55% economically disadvantaged. Algebra II classes are a mix of juniors and seniors, where the seniors have failed the class once before and need to pass to graduate. Besides teaching Algebra, I teach financial and life skills to the students.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Managed a team of instructors responsible for developing and delivering training on hardware and software development using Agere Systems’ Network Processors. Targeted telecommunications companies and partners developing next generation of IP, ATM router and switch products for 2.5 to 10 gigabit network markets. Developed training materials to be multi-cultural and to be used over variety of mediums.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Managed a team of instructors responsible for developing and delivering training on hardware and software development using Agere Systems’ Network Processors. Targeted telecommunications companies and partners developing next generation of IP, ATM router and switch products for 2.5 to 10 gigabit network markets. Developed training materials to be multi-cultural and to be used over variety of mediums.

Managed a team of instructors responsible for developing and delivering training on hardware and software development using Agere Systems’ Network Processors. Targeted telecommunications companies and partners developing next generation of IP, ATM router and switch products for 2.5 to 10 gigabit network markets. Developed training materials to be multi-cultural and to be used over variety of mediums.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Consultant, Programmer, Engineer, Marketer and Trainer over 22 years.

Bs, Computer Science

Alternative Teacher Certification, Math 8-12

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