Shawn Simpson Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, On, Ca

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Working in the Centre of Expertise (CoE), my team and I are responsible for defining and harmonizing learning standards, process, templates, and tools across the learning environment, working with both a national and local focus.

Mississauga, On

As an Learning Standards Specialist, I have the opportunity to leverage many years of experience designing and developing instructional learning and development material for a broad range of stakeholders and organization initiatives. Stakeholder groups I work with include Operations, Finance, Human Resources, Merchandising, and Marketing, collaborating on a variety of national, regional, and local initiatives.

Kitchener, On

As an instructor in a Private Career College (PCC), I instructed courses that helped people break into new industries and careers. I taught courses in the Network Engeineering diploma program, focusing on:- A+ Hardware and Software- Network +- Windows Client Operating Systems - Windows 7- Windows Server Systems - Windows Server 2008 and Active Directory- Linux+- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 - Microsoft Exchange Server 2010- BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1 and 5.0I work hard in all my classes to make sure everyone learns something new, regardless of skill levels!

Waterloo, On

As the Instructional Design Team Lead, I was responsible for the day to day management of 10 instructional designers/multimedia developers on the Strategic Engineering Training (SET) team.My responsibilities and achievements include:- leading the creation and maintenance of a standardized rapid development process;- designing the architecture and user interface for e-learning created by the team;- working with the team members to develop individual professional development plans;- working with department management to ensure that goals and visions were consistent throughout the team.

Waterloo, On

As a Learning Advisor for the Strategic Engineering Training (SET) team, I was responsible for the entire training life cycle for several projects relating to proprietary RIM technology.I was also responsible for the design and implementation of a standardized training process within the team, and for the standardization of the e-learning format and architecture produced by SET.

Waterloo, On

As a part of a four month contract, I was responsible for the design and development of training on several internal support systems within RIM.

Mississauga, On

As a Technical Trainer/Instructional Designer, I was responsible for designing, developing, and delivering a variety of training courses for Psion Teklogix, including employee orientation, call centre training, and product training.

Waterloo, On

As a Technical Product Trainer at Agfa Healthcare, I was responsible for designing, developing, and delivering technical training for many of Agfa's products to a variety of internal audiences.

As a systems administrator, I was responsible for the ongoing day-to-day maintenance of the primary IT systems, which included the Windows networking environment and the basic maintenance of as AS400 system. I was also responsible for the migration of the network environment from Windows NT to Windows 2000.As an application developer, I developed several web-based applications, including an authorized service provider look-up for the Customer Service department and a web-based sales quote and order tracking system for travelling salespeople.

Kitchener, On

As an Information Technology (IT) instructor, I instructed students transitioning into the IT industry in a variety of vendor IT courses on subjects such as basic networking, computer hardware, and Microsoft operating systems and applications.I also contributed to the design and implementation of a web design/application program, which included courses such as basic graphic design, web coding (HTML, JavaScript, and CSS), and applications such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash.I was also a key member of the IS/IT department for over a year, responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of a team of four setup and installation technicians.

Postgraduate Certificate, Information Technology - Network Security

This program allows me to update/refresh my current IT skills, while introducing new skills to evaluate risk and design infrastructure.

Certified User Experience Researcher (Cxr), User Experience Research

The Certified User Experience Research program focused on research and analysis of customers and users and provides insights to create.

Certified Uer Experience Designer (Cxd), User Experience

Activities and Societies: The User Experience Designer program deepened skills and knowledge in information architecture, interaction.

Certificate, Advanced Executive Leadership

An intensive series of modules designed to transform participants into influential leaders who spearhead change and drive improvement..

Diploma, Adult Education

This diploma program provided me with a solid foundation in principles and practices of adult education and human resources development.

Certificate, Facilitative Leadership For Team-Based Environments

This series of workshops provided the basis for enabling managers in our learning organization to become facilitative leaders – people who.

Certificate, Project Management Professional (Pmp)

Course topics included project initiation, project planning, scheduling and estimating, project risk and quality, project implementation.

Diploma, Computer Network Engineering

Course topics included Windows NT administration and configuration, NetWare 3.12 administration, network and personal computer hardware.