Manager Training

James T. Morrison

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SKILLS

Software - Articulate, Lectora, Questionmark, IGetIt, Adobe Suite

(Dreamweaver, Premier,

Photoshop, Connect Pro), MS Office Suite

(Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Visio)

Communications - training (classroom & webinar), user guides & training

material development,

presentations (all levels: executive to

user), software product demonstrations

Video Technical - creating storyboards, videography, video & sound editing,

live event streaming

Elearning - Learning Mgmt. and Content Mgmt. systems administration,

content development,

working with SMEs, legacy content conversion,

needs assessment, project evaluation

EXPERIENCE

Training & Development Specialist

2007 - Present

SchoolTube.com, Saint Louis, Missouri Strengths:

Developing and delivering training sessions/product demonstrations

/presentations/webinars for small to medium sized groups (10 to 50

participants). Project/program management for SchoolTube rollouts to

regional clients (e.g., NYC Office of Educational Technology).

Developing process/work flows for product revisions and new

development.

Responsibilities /Accomplishments:

Developed and conducted professional development training utilizing

classroom, blended and synchronous / asynchronus web based delivery methods

in support of doubling of SchoolTube subscription customer base.

Creation of process / work flows for internal & external SchoolTube

processes: video moderation & upload, teacher verification and customer

support activities.

Managed creation of user guides, help documents, training products and

media assets for SchoolTube users utilizing Microsoft & Adobe products

(Word, Ppt., Photoshop, Premier, Dreamweaver and Connect Pro).

Operations management of portable video studio at 25 national conventions

over a 2 year time frame, significantly increasing SchoolTube visibility in

educational community.

E Learning Developer & LMS Administrator

1997 - 2007

LightSpeed Technologies, Saint Louis, Missouri

Strengths:

Conducting needs assessments and gap analysis for automotive

engineering client base. Working with subject matter experts to

convert newly developed and legacy content into Elearning courses.

Technical writing, content editing, multimedia creation, course

definition/design. Technical liaison between developers, internal

staff and automotive OEM client base.

Responsibilities /Accomplishments:

. Instructional Designer and LMS Administrator for proprietary

dotNet/ASP/MSSQL based learning and content management system

delivering manufacturing training to the automotive industry (2 OEM, 6

Tier One and A University client with over 5,000 courses in sales).

. Converted LightSpeed catalog of web based tutorials (over 40 courses)

into online learning by developing objectives, learning assessments,

editing html for W3C compliance and entry into dB as XML content.

. Project management for elearning development for Delmar Cengage,

derived from John Maxwell's Developing the Leader Within You and Todd

Duncan's High Trust Selling, using Lectora Publishing Suite.

. Developed and delivered Missouri Advanced Manufacturing Specialist

Training Program Certification via Questionmark online assessment tool

(AMSTP program funded by a $2.1 million U.S. Dept of Labor grant).

. Conducted 10 month long production mechanics training process

improvement program (consulting services) for DART Corporation

24/7/363 foam cup manufacturing operation.

Laboratory Manager

1993 - 1997

BASF Corporation, Fenton, Missouri

. Supported launch of two OEM assembly centers with BASF waterborne

coatings system.

. Budgeting /cost center and personnel management of Fenton Satellite

Laboratory.

. VOC reporting responsibility for environmental compliance in OEM

assembly operations.

. Reduced laboratory costs by 1/3rd while providing technical support

and J-I-T coatings products for

operations at Chrysler Fenton and G.M. Wentzville assembly centers.

Developmental Chemist

1988 - 1993

ICI Acrylics, Saint Louis, Missouri

Applied product development for MODAR line of hybrid urethane/acrylic

composite resins.

Transferred FR pultrusion technology from UK to US, opening 2nd source for

Channel Tunnel composites.

Developed primerless and fire retardant polyurethane products for ballistic

laminate industry, opening up new markets for polyurethane innerlayer

materials.

Technology transfer of PPG Aerospace urethane operations into ICI toll

manufacturing ($750,000/yr in sales)

Production Manager

1984 - 1988

BASF Corporation, Southfield Michigan

Reduced reject rate from 50% to 2% for urethane automotive adhesive with

plant reengineering project.

Identified production engineering failure in shotmill/pelletized carbon

black dispersion process.

Launched urethane adhesives laboratory at BASF Applications Research Center

in Southfield, Michigan.

EDUCATION

(in progress) Master of Science, Learning Systems Design & Development

01/2010 - 06/2013

University of Missouri - Columbia, Missouri

Web based program - 3 courses of 10 completed

Cumulative GPA: 3.66 / 4

Program is 50/50 mix of applied learning theory and web development of

learning systems

Bachelor of Science, Chemistry

1996

Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri

Cumulative GPA: 3.50 / 4

MILITARY SERVICE

U.S. Army Reserve Medical Corps

1983 - 1996

MOS 92B, Medical Laboratory Specialist (additional duty, Retention Section

NCOIC)

Honorably Discharged with rank of Staff Sergeant

Highest Security clearance held during military service: Secret

AFFILIATIONS

SkillsUSA - Video Competition Technical Committee Chairman

2009 - Present

Society of Plastics Engineers - National Councilor, Board of Dir. St Louis

Chapter 1995 - Present

Boy Scouts of America - Cub Master, Asst. Scoutmaster, Merit Badge

Counselor 2000 - Present

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