Project Manager

Profile

I am a course developer with * years experience developing e-learning

courses. I am knowledgeable in all areas of the development process,

Instructional Design, and QA/troubleshooting. I have a wide range of skill

sets, strong problem-solving and editing skills, and keen attention to

detail, and a short learning curve. I have key flexibility, and have

quickly become a go-to person in each role I have filled.

Experience

Development Manager, enspire learning inc. austin, tx 2008

Assisted with resource management, task tracking, and tools development for

the Technology Department; acted as conduit between the Technology

Department and the Sales and Production departments. Worked directly with

developers to reproduce, define and resolve difficult issues that were

escalated from normal QA processes, and led complex bug resolution efforts.

Proposed and implemented improvements in source control and project

workflow; aided with deliverables, engine and asset management, and wiki

documentation.

Course developer, fusion learning inc. austin, tx 2004-2008

Assembled e-learning courses using XML and Flash on the company's

proprietary SCORM-compliant engine, working with all assets including text,

graphics, sound, and animation. Provided audio scripts, tracked courses

from beginning to completion and beyond, managed assets in version control.

Worked closely with Instructional Designers, QA, and Project Managers.

Fixed multiple bugs on every project and aided with deliverables. Employee

of the Quarter for Q4 2007. Trusted utility worker - filled other roles as

needed.

Art Processor, Human Code Austin, tx 1999-2001

Worked in a department of 40 artists producing computer games; provided

asset management and version control. Broke down complicated Flash files

to publish multiple animation sequences, and assembled the animation

sequences in the game engine. Normally on 2-3 projects at a time. Trained

others in art processing as needed.

associate professor, University of California davis, ca 1994

Visiting Lecturer for one year; taught Ceramics II and Ceramics III to

university students; participated in grad student (MFA) reviews; tutored 6

independent study students.

Skills/Accomplishments

development process:

i have excellent communication and organization skills. By request, I

expanded my role at Enspire to Development Management, which included

assisting the VP of Technology with resource scheduling, task tracking, and

interdepartmental communications; I became the point of contact for the

producers and all other departments in need of a Tech resource, or wishing

a status update for Tech aspects of projects, or who had had an emergency

crop up. Complaints in this area ceased completely when I took on this

role, and I was able to make a significant difference at Enspire within a

few short weeks.

i have a short learning curve and formidable problem-solving skills.

Within a month of starting work at Enspire, I had learned their course

engines and structure and their development process well enough to begin

proposing and implementing improvements that resulted in a standardized

process for version control and for setting up new courses, and enhanced

project workflow and communications.

Skills/Accomplishments

course development:

i am experienced in and knowledgeable about all phases of the development

process. At Fusion, my tasks overlapped those of the Instructional

Designers, Experience Designers (artists), Project Managers, Audio, and QA.

I was able to make edits to courses in any and every area, including

content, layout, graphics and animation, UI, and course structure. I was

relied upon to create audio scripts and track and name audio assets, and to

identify the correct audio files for editing. Project Managers loved me

because I was able to tell them the state and status of any given asset or

deliverable in a course at any time. Software mastery includes GECCO,

EEDO, Captivate, Articulate, Flash, Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects,

Visual SourceSafe, and Office. I know XML, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, and some

ActionScript. I am familiar with LMS and LCMS systems and with SCORM

compliancy.

qa and bug resolution:

i am detail oriented and thorough. At Enspire, I caught and documented a

slew of hitherto-unnoticed bugs during a final testing of a course, just

before it was to go out the door. In my second week at Enspire, I saved a

deliverable after hours by locating a course-breaking error in Enspire's

complicated Simulation XML (there was an extra space in a line of code).

Twice at Fusion, I earned client compliments for thorough and understanding

editing.

i am a workhorse. At both Fusion and Enspire, I was in demand for testing

courses and helping fix bugs, and I did a great amount of both. I have the

deduction skills to keep at a complicated bug until it's solved, and I chew

through minor bugs. At Fusion, I once fixed 65 separate bugs across 4

Captivate courses in one day.

utility work:

i am flexible and I have a wide skill set range. I am an adapter and I

focus on meeting what needs exist, so companies use me in a variety of

roles. If certain software is required for a project, I will learn it; if

a new process needs to be developed, I will find one that is efficient and

effective. At Fusion I went from developing a 14-course project, to

crawling through Excel spreadsheets and editing algebraic equations in

Flash for two months straight for another client, to developing a 28 course

project and then localizing it to the Chinese language.

Work History

2008: Development Manager, Enspire Learning Inc.

2004 - 2008: Course Developer, Fusion Learning Systems, Inc.

2001 - 2004: Contractor, remodeling and painting, self-employed

1999 - 2001: Art Processor, Sapient/Human Code

1995 - 1999: Model Maker, Accelerated Technologies, Inc.

Education

University of California, Berkeley - BA, English/Art double - 1989

University of California, Berkeley - MFA, sculpture - 1992

Referrals

Brandon Hudgeons, VP of Technology, Enspire

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Adam Gretencord, Director of Engineering, Fusion

****.**********@*****.***

Laura James, Director of Innovation, Fusion

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