Resumé

Qualifications

• Project management and production management of instructional systems design teams, including coordination of workflow, schedule design, personnel tasking, and collaboration with programming and graphics teams to ensure on-time and within budget delivery of courseware products to clients
• Alignment of work quality to exceed expected standards, task and procedural analysis, excellent written and oral communication skills, editing and organizational skills, advanced computer skills
• Successful education and training experience, including knowledge of project planning, motivating diverse teams, task analysis and problem resolution
• Implementation of effective educational methods, as well as proven stand-up instructional skills, curriculum development, and strong delivery experience

Experience

• Leadership of instructional systems design teams in the design of web-based training and instructor-led training courseware products; management of the schedules, tasks, and workflow of designers/analysts for curriculum design and training support to clients; schedule forecasting to assist designers in time management
• Collection and analysis of metrics regarding design and development processes; reports and statistics to measure team progress and performance
• Coordination with subject matter experts (SMEs) to validate technical accuracy and ensure timely technical reviews of course content material for on-time delivery of designed lessons to production team
• Resolution of pre-production issues and facilitation of communication between design and development teams
• Design of lesson courseware aligned to training requirements and job task analysis

Work History

2005 – Present

Project Manager, Project Lead, Production Manager, Instructional Systems Designer
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions /
SYS Technologies

Project management and production management support, as well as instructional systems design, to Navy e-Learning courseware development projects for the Center for Information Dominance (CID), Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) and SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego Code 170. Led instructional design teams in the design of web-based training (WBT) and virtual simulation training products. Facilitated communications between design and development resources and customers. Designed WBT lessons for delivery on Navy’s learning management system.

2004 – 2005

Instructional Systems Designer
Anteon Corporation

Curriculum development and training support to SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego Code
2336, Marine Air Traffic Control and Landing System (MATCALS). Defined training requirements, coordinated with subject matter experts to design training strategy and developed supporting training documentation including instructor guides and student guides. Worked with other team members to develop standards for consistency, usability, and technical accuracy of course content material.

1993 – 2004

Teacher, Technology Mentor, Tennis Coach
Various School Districts

Stand-up instruction to middle school/high school students in mathematics, science, and web design, as well as coached men’s and women’s tennis teams. Spearheaded an initiative to train educators to use web-based curriculum in their content areas. Guided faculty at diverse levels of technological competence through a technical course on web design and conducted professional growth courses attended by 50+ teachers and other adult learners.