Summary

• Possess both educational and professional experience in the management and development of curriculum and training. Have earned an undergraduate and two graduate degrees all with emphasis on organizational leadership and instructional design. Over the past 12 years, has been employed as a Project Manager and Instructional Designer responsible for the oversight and development of department of defense Level 2-4 interactive web-based training and game based simulations.
• Specialties:Simulation Development, Adult Learning Theories, Instructional Design, Web-Development, Serious Games, Project Management, eLearning, mLearning, Mobile Training Applications

EMPLOYMENT

Confidential

Project Manager

• Manage and organize the training department located onsite at NATC-OKC. Provide the customer with a single point of contact and assist in the recommending and developing of solutions to meet learning and development needs. Work closely with subject matter experts and conduct research to identify content, processes, and resources to be incorporated into the design and development of interactive courseware utilizing the latest technologies and methodologies. Provide guidance and leadership to a team of instructional designers responsible for the design and development of instructional videos, web-based training, instructor-led training, simulation training, as well as online testing and evaluating.
• Manage and provide guidance in the development of publications that provide standardization and evaluation across CBP's Office and Air and Marine OAM .

Confidential

Project Manager

Managed and organized the development for 11 instructor lead courses for FDIC Money Smart for Small Businesses. Each course is 1 hour of training consists of various activities and examples to give small business owners the training they need to properly manage their business.

Confidential

prepared, developed, and delivered a 5 day VBS2 training class for military SMEs. I provide DRC SMEs with consulting services regarding the VBS2 scripts necessary for avatars to perform necessary functions, missions to run as required, as well as new assisting with the scripting necessary for new VBS2 3D models.

Senior Instructional Systems Designer

Confidential

Developed web-based training and provided instructor support packages for USDA employees. The end product for the USDA was a synchronous and asynchronous training product for their new nationwide information system. In addition to curriculum development I was an instructor for a train the trainer course to over 90 USDA employees on how to properly use this new system effectively and how to instruct their employees to do the same.

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsible for managing the design and development of scenario development usingVBS2. Final product is a standalone demonstration of DRC's capabilities for usingserious games to enhance the end-users learning experience, and provide realistic simulations in training.Provided classroom instruction for DRC, and Northrop Grumman employees on how to administer, develop and script using VBS2.

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsible for leading a team of 10 instructional developers to convert Macintosh Authorware 2.0 computer-based training CBT into SCORM conformant web-based training WBT using an online authoring tool. DRC was partnered with several other companies that required my team to seamlessly work together with.

Project Manager

Confidential

Project manager for a team of four Instructional Designers and two Graphic Artists tasked to develop over 140 hours of web-based training that was SCORM conformant and 508 compliant. During this project I designed, developed, managed, conducted and evaluated custom training materials, assessments and programs. Assisted with cost-benefit analysis and preparing and presenting reports regarding the development, implementation and evaluation of training programs and curricula. I provided complete training, instruction, and guidance in the performance of Instructional System Design ISD methodology. Assisted in the evaluation of new instructional strategies, methods, technologies and tools related to instructional design, development, and delivery for internal and external customers.

Confidential

Responsible for the development of custom SCORM conformant web-based instructional material for the DHS CBP NATC-OKC. Conducted task and user analysis to determine training deficiencies and gap analysis in order to design and develop web-based training programs that provide an interactive learning environment using adult learning theory for NATC-OKC. These training applications were developed in accordance with CBP standards and employ the knowledge of current and emerging instructional technologies and an in-depth understanding of pedagogical issues related to online teaching and learning. More specifically, course management/online learning platforms, multimedia authoring programs, academic software, and web development tools.

Confidential

Multimedia Programmer

Programmed over 50 hours of computer-based instruction for the Federal Aviation Administration Monroney Aeronautical Center using various authoring tools.