Rita Oates, Ph.D. is a President at Oates Associates. She possess expertise in instructional design, educational technology, e learning, staff development, curriculum development and 44 more skills. She is proficient in Spanish. Colleagues describe her as "Working with Rita was a pleasure. She has a heart/passion for education and it shines through in her work. She is always extremely professional, collaborative and yet challenging when working with her peers. She is very customer-centric and I would enjoy working with her again." and "Rita is absolutely, positively on the top of the list of people with whom I want to work on educational technology issues. She's bright, insightful, and knows how to get things done. And does them ethically and with integrity."