Mike Hilmo
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EXcerpts : Letters Summary of SKILLS
of Recommendation
Software training
Language teaching, testing and training
Trainer/teacher development
Curriculum development
Instructional design
Program evaluation
French proficiency
Microsoft Office tools
EMPLOYMENT
"I can Software Trainer 2007-present
unequivocally SirsiDynix, Provo, UT
recommend Mike as a
dedicated,
enthusiastic
employee with
strong leadership
skills... [His]
knowledge and
background in
instructional
design have been
extremely
valuable."
- Debbie Simpson
Education Services
Supervisor,
SirsiDynix
Deliver onsite and long-distance training in English and French
throughout the U.S. and Canada empowering 1000+ library staff
annually in the educational and public sectors to use their ILS
software
Obtain 95+% customer satisfaction rating as determined by
customer evaluation surveys
Design and develop training curriculum based on sound
instructional design principles, including assessing training
performance.
Create and edit training agendas and end-user guides aligned
with industry standard style guidelines to support trainers and
customers throughout the training process.
Create and edit storyboards used in developing WBT
presentations for online training.
"Mike is an Teacher Assistant, Language Teaching Methods (LING 2006-2007
excellent 478)
practitioner... He Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
is a skilled
teacher trainer."
- Adrielle Herring
Part-time Faculty,
BYU
Trained and mentored 100+ language instructors on implementing
SLA (Second Language Acquisition) teaching and learning
principles for 10+ languages
Evaluated the performance of 100+ language instructors for 10+
languages
"[Mike's] expertise Senior Developer 2004-2007
in language and Missionary Training Center - Brigham Young
instruction is University, Provo, UT
significant. His
enthusiasm for
helping others
learn and improve
is contagious."
-Christopher
Randall
Director of
Development,
Missionary Training
Center - BYU
Trained and managed 3 teams of TALL
(Technology-Assisted-Language-Learning) content developers on
use of authoring tools
Communicated with client, Development management and software
authors to provide client feedback to inform product
development
Documented processes and criteria for TALL content development
Designed, developed and evaluated second language teaching and
learning tools for classroom use for 5+ languages
Taught self-directed language-learning strategies to 300+
learners in a large group setting
EDucation
"[Mike] is a great MA Language Acquisition and Teaching 2001-2006
guy with a terrific Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
work ethic. He gets
things done!"
- Michael Bush
Thesis advisor,
BYU
Minor: Instructional Design and Production
Thesis
GPA 3.81
BA French Teaching/Botany 1991-2001
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Double major
ACTFL OPI French Rating: Advanced-high
GPA 3.05