About me
I'm a Learning and Development professional who also writes about learning experience design, identifying and developing strengths, and the transition from academia to the corporate world.
I was born in the USA in northern California, went to college in Michigan, and then earned my PhD in British history at Indiana University. After nearly a decade as an assistant and then associate professor living in Texas, I realized that I had hit a career and life plateau. I wanted to learn new things, tackle fresh challenges, find a career that fit the person I had become, and live different places.
So, I jumped to corporate Learning and Development and got a job at a big tech company on the west coast. This exciting transition has ignited my curiosity about how people can best grow, develop, and transform themselves.
What I do
- Manage a training program in collaboration with global stakeholders and subject matter experts to create technical (cloud) training
- Manage curriculum development projects and initiatives from analysis to final evaluation
- Design and develop learner-centered, performance-based training materials
- Deliver high-quality results in a fast-paced, changing environment with tight deadlines
- Lead instruction in-person, virtually, and through a variety of media formats
- Continually self-educate
Technical Skills
- Articulate 360 Suite and Storyline 3
- AWS Cloud Practitioner (AWS certified)
- Video production with Camtasia (TechSmith certified) and Audacity
- Learning Management Systems (Cornerstone, Canvas)
- HTML and CSS
- JavaScript and xAPI
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- UNIX and Git
