Professional Highlights

  Interactive Multimedia Instructional Design and Writing

• Designed and developed production-ready storyboards and scripts for online courses, including overview, policy, process and software application training for Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions; and service, technology and sales training for Symantec, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Best Buy, Comcast and others
• Designed educational games for The Learning Company, IBM, Intel, Highlights, Crayola, Hewlett-Packard, Hasbro, Mattel, and others, featuring brands such as Carmen Sandiego, Liberty's Kids, BrainQuest, PuzzleMania, Madeline, Arthur, and Tonka
• Designed and developed web-based environmental education programs for Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
• Collaborated with clients to determine project goals, learning objectives, and performance measurements
• Facilitated brainstorming sessions, providing strategic instructional direction and creating instructional design proposals
• Partnered with teams of graphic designers, sound designers, animators, and software engineers to develop program elements
• Created job aids, instructional articles, data sheets, functional and technical specifications, web site copy, user documentation, newsletters, and promotional materials
• Worked with team members to define the creative treatment and content scope for new business proposals
• Interviewed subject matter experts, and researched specifications, data sheets, and other online and written materials

  Instructor-Led Course Design and Teaching

• Designed instructor-led technical and sales training for clients, including instructor and participant guides and visual aids
• Developed curriculum and taught courses in web design, computer animation, photography, and first aid
• Substitute teacher for grades K-12 for the Ridgefield and LaCenter, Washington school districts

  New Media Production and Development

• Produced multimedia software, including Broderbund's KidPix Studio, Purple Moon's Secret Paths to the Sea, Cloud Nine's Create and Play Safari!, Weems & Plath's Cap'n Pete's Harbor, and others
• Oversaw daily operations of project team, setting project milestones and working with the team to meet them
• Served as primary contact for clients during project development
• Led engineering teams in developing and implementing technical designs
• Designed, developed, and maintained web sites for a variety of businesses and organizations
• Proficient in C++, HTML, Javascript, and web design tools, including Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, and Photoshop

Employment History

• Freelancer, Instructional Design and Writing / Web Design, Ridgefield, WA, 2001-Present
  Clients include Microsoft, Via Training, Fablevision, ImageBuilder Software, Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Ridgefield School District, Clark College, OHSU, CMD, Clark County Historical Museum, and others
• Instructional Designer / Writer, Via Training, Portland, OR, 2005-2006
• Substitute Teacher, Ridgefield and La Center School Districts, Ridgefield and LaCenter, Washington, 2002-2005
• Instructional Technology Specialist / Producer, ImageBuilder Software, Portland, OR, 1990-2001
• Manager, Graphics CAE Software, Phase Three Logic, Beaverton, OR, 1986-1990
• Graphics Software Engineer, Metheus Corporation, Hillsboro, OR, 1984,1986

Education

• Master of Science, Computer Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• Bachelor of Arts, Public Administration, Miami University, Oxford, OH
• Professional Development
  Certification, E-Learning Systems, Portland State University, Portland, OR
  Certification, Web Design, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA

Professional and Community Involvement

• American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)
• Society for Technical Communications (STC)
• Planning Commissioner, Ridgefield Planning Commission
• Ridgefield Writer's Group

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