Sara Winder Email & Phone Number

United States

United States

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Plans, organizes, and directs eLearning efforts while managing resources, ensuring compliance with policy, and meeting the needs of the customer and organization.Conducts feasibility analysis on all project request, manages all projects, sets milestones and goals, oversees budget, spending, and planning for the organization. Establishes standards and processes to manage, prioritize, and track all ITU projects, develop and implement sustainability plan for projects, and track ROI.Conducts training analysis, needs assessments, to identify and develop solutions to instructional multimedia requirements necessary to meet the training mission.Trains personnel on ITU goals, requirements, and instructional design methods to ensure understanding of tactical and strategic goals.Develops computer-based training based on ISD and ADDIE process using Adobe Captivate, Storyline and other video and photo editing toolsEstablished effective working relationships with Special Warfare training development elements and SMEs. Represents the Special Warfare ITU throughout the training industry. Analyzes feasibility of projects, makes educated and realistic recommendations to customers. Ensures compliance to local and higher headquarter policies and standards.

San Antonio, Texas

Responsible for evaluating Special Warfare training program to ensure training is valuable and applicable. Use Kirkpatrick’s four levels of training evaluation to ensure satisfactory user experience. (Certified Bronze and Silver in Kirkpatrick's 4 levels of training evaluation)

San Antonio, Texas Area

Cyber Analyst/Technical Writer: Performs time-sensitive analysis in support of law-enforcement operations against cyber criminals. Drafts and edits technical reports, detailing cyber crimes, threats and vulnerabilities. Serves as lead contract analyst/reporter for a team of more than 30 members, mentoring, training, and performing quality control of team's analysis and technical reporting. Utilizes various analysis tools and linguistic skills to identify, interpret, and report on valuable information. Identifies and exploits target network and operating procedures. Drafted over 68% of the reports from our organization as a whole, receiving positive feedback on 90% of the reports.Master Instructor: Taught approximately 30 classes to over 300 students in the intelligence community. Courses covered basic, intermediate, and advanced analysis and reporting.Curriculum Development and Instructional Design: Revamped courses as needed to meet needs of learners using the ADDIE model. Assisted in course transition to blended learning including storyboarding, design, development, review, testing and implementation. Evaluated new course, and revamped as needed to enhance student learning.

Master instructor in Reporting curriculum. Created and managed curriculum for Intelligence Analysis Courses, assisted in the transition from instructor led to blended approach. Taught over 1,500 students to conduct Intelligence analysis. Designed, developed, implemented and evaluated computer based training courses to replace face-to-face courses using ADDIE and Agile development processes. Resulted in increased student satisfaction, increased savings, decreased manning requirements for instructor duty.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Intelligence Analyst/reporter: Conduct DNI and DNR analysis to identify reportable information. Draft report on high-level information used to provide various customers/agencies with valuable information related to International crime, narcotics and financial fraud. Use various tools to perform DNI and DNR analysis in conjunction with language analysis to identify, interpret and report on valuable information. Drafted 55% of reports for entire organization out of 5 reporters, received 95% positive feedback on written reports.Master Instructor: Taught 25 courses and certified over 600 people to conduct basic, intermediate, and advanced analysis and reporting.Program Manager: Identified, interviewed and hired 12 personnel to serve as analysts and instructors, managed personnel across two contracts and the entire Intelligence Division of Frontline Solutions. Business Development: Helped company grow and become subs on two contracts, increased manpower for the intelligence division while managing and mentoring incoming personnelSoftware Developer Consultant: Liaison between software developers and analysts; ensured that analyst needs were represented and met at high-level meetings with Software developers and decision-makers. Utilized Agile software development and SCRUM framework to manage product development. Facilitated analyst tool testing of revamped and emerging analyst tools; coordinated with analysts to ensure their input was provided and implemented during the development process.Usability Engineer: Documented usability issues, workflows and identified capability gaps to ensure developmental tools provide a streamlined way of working. Assessed and tested new analyst tools against data to ensure maximum usability and function for analysts.

Glen Burnie, Md

Curriculum Development and Course Design: Personally designed and developed highly interactive and technical Computer Based Training and software simulations using Adobe Captivate. Responsible for using ISD and ADDIE process to develop and update course material, as well as adjust material after each class. Planned, designed and developed various blended learning courses to include instructor-led, computer-based, web-based, synchronous and asynchronous training. Planned and coordinated web-based synchronous training as well as assisted primary instructor with technological aspect of E-Classrooms. Program Manager: Managed two curriculums composed of 12 courses covering all Contracting and Acquisition courses for the entire agency. Managed and coordinated training events; maintained course material inventory, ensured materials were updated, printed, and provided to the agency managers prior to courses. Ensured instructor availability for each course, prepped each instructor for all courses.Tools used: Saba-Centra E-Class, Blackboard, Adobe Captivate, FlashForm, and Rapid Intake

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Learning and Education Program Manager: Reviewed prepared training material, monitored classes presented and critiquing instructor performance for State and Local Fusion Centers Intelligence Analysis Training. Oversaw the design, development, and delivery of training programs for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis. Provided guidance to all training contractors and training coordinators that fall within the Intelligence Enterprise. Designed and implemented online learning management system plan that integrated the LMS's of the several components within DHS. Worked with several components in DHS to develop training to meet the 9/11 commission act requirements. Collaborated and coordinated training opportunities, events and courses with other government agencies. Oversaw and guided the effective transition of instructor-led courses to distance learning modulesAcademic Outreach: Sought out and coordinated academic opportunities by reaching out to colleges, universities, military, and federal schools to find available training and degree programs for the Intelligence Enterprise within the Department of Homeland Security. Provided assistance and guidance to potential students regarding available learning opportunitiesCurriculum Manager: Worked with several components in DHS to develop training to meet the 9/11 commission act requirements. Collaborated and coordinated training opportunities, events and courses with other government agencies

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Analyst/Reporter: Identified, analyzed, translated, drafted and edited hundreds of Intelligence reports, resulting in 65% positive feedback rate. Performed daily analysis in order to identify critical intelligence as reportable information and initiate proper reporting procedure using various reporting formats and tools at various classification levels as required. Provided a full range of research, data gathering, processing, reporting, and analytical support in a direct support role to Intelligence investigations and tactical operations. Utilized various tools and processes including association matrices, link diagrams, time event charts, and targeting packages. Technical Writer: Demonstrated excellent writing and grammar skills used to document extremely complex computer network operations (CNO) course. Created training material for course including student and instructor manuals.Training/Project Manager: Managed training division for entire contract. Created and delivered Intelligence Analysis training for partner countries. Deployed to countries in support of organizational needs (equipment training, analysis training and maintenance).

Linguist: Performed language collection and analysis operations using various state of the art manual and automated systems employing various communication modes. Transcribed, Translated and summarized timely information from Spanish to EnglishAnalyst/Reporter: Produced hundreds of product reports from identified valuable material.Web Developer: Designed and maintained various highly complex professional web pages representing a division at an Intelligence Agency seen by all agencies within the intelligence community. Edited and created new Web documents in conformance with specified standards. Manually tested existing Web based documentation and Web sites to ensure links work, submit and track trouble tickets on all defects noted during testingProject Manager: Managed collection Requirements to support in-depth research, technical analysis, comprehensive written report, and dissemination duties while participating in research and analytical efforts with U.S. intelligence community counterparts. Managed Intelligence Needs and Requirements for entire division.

Graphic Information Technology, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia And Information Resources Design

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Educational/Instructional Media Design

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Educational Psychology

Basic And Intermediate Spanish, Foreign Languages And Literatures, General