Milford A. “Rusty” Rae

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Career Highlights

•Transformed Alstom Grid training team into professional technical training organization.

•In support of transformation process, developed train-the-trainer program and trainer certification program

•Nominated for Global Innovation Award for development of Instructor Led Online Training program

•Written and published five books and numerous magazine articles

•Industry speaker on Human Performance Improvement, Cognitive Task Analysis, Communities of Practice

•Award-winning writer and photographer

Employment History

News-Register, McMinnville, OR (07/2016 to present)

Sports Editor/ Photojournalist: Cover all sports in the Yamhill Valley, including six high schools, Linfield College, and all other sporting activities. Manage one part-time employee and several freelance writers and photographers. Responsible for design of all sports pages. Often wrote and made photographs of events. Moved to a strictly photojournalist role in August 2018.

Rusty Rae Productions / Paladin Instructional Design (11/2014 – 07/2016)

Developed writing, photography, and educational materials for a variety of clients as an independent producer. Produced completed publishing and marketing projects for clients using photography, PowerPoint, InDesign, and Premier. Developed training materials for clients, including developing course analysis, assessments, and assisting in production of collateral materials. Assisted in the production of online books.

Alstom Grid, Redmond, WA (03/ 2008 – 11/2014 )

Alstom Grid Technical Institute Manager

Manage all areas of training including course development, train-the-trainers, resource scheduling, course manuals, course evaluations, and new course development. Manage four full-time trainers who are also responsible for course development as well as a team of 10-12 Subject Matter Experts (SME). As the center of excellence for training the Alstom Redmond team is responsible for developing all courseware for the global organization. Worked with the sales team to provide quotes on training operations and with the project team to ensure delivery of training within a specific envelope. Responsible for ~$1.5M in training sales each year and a development budget in excess of $.5 million.

Visto, Seattle, WA (09/2005-3/2008)

Manager of Training

Developed and delivered technical training for customers around the world. Rewrote all courses to include basic principles of instructional design and principles of adult education which improved client post training effectiveness. Partnered with Technical Publications Group to improve documentation. Designed and developed all courses for release of new products. Developed train-the-trainer sessions to assist client with internal training. Work with client training managers to schedule trainings and ensure that training initiatives meet corporate objectives, on both budgetary and results metrics. Developed certification program for mobile phone support engineers.

Art Institute of Seattle (9/2003 –09/2005)

Adjunct Instructor

Taught Studio Management and Photo Marketing courses, required business courses for graduation from the program; also taught basic photo courses to first year students. Taught marketing courses to Fashion majors.

Range Servant (09/2001- 01/2005)

Northwest Regional Sales Director

Sold driving range equipment to golf courses and driving ranges in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Worked with several golfing newspapers writing stories; brought knowledge of content management software to develop several sites (see www.golfwashington.com).

COMSYS, Bellevue, WA (7/1996 – 01/2001)

Senior Staff Manager

Reported to Regional Vice President of COMSYS; Accountable for the growth, professional development, retention and performance of more than 300 IT professionals in a regional office with $30M annual revenues. Developed relationships with consulting staff and clients that led to improved retention of staff and increased opportunities with clients. Key aspect of this position was developing on-going training sessions for staff to prepare them for future assignments.

Keane, Inc., Seattle, WA (07/1993 – 07/1996)

Manager of Training

Developed and managed training for a support staff of 500 with up to 20 instructors. Administered a $1 million yearly training budget along with ensuring training facilities were available to meet needs of training department. Developed training curricula, trained, managed, and mentored trainers, presented material, and managed assessment process. Helped to develop initial Windows 95 support team of more than 300 support analysts (wrote ads, phone screened candidates, interviewed candidates, and trained initial groups.)

Education & Credentials

Knowledge Management: Communities of Practice / Social Learning

Certified in EQ-I 2.0 (Emotional Intelligence)

Leadership Program Duke University

Certified to delivery Myers Briggs Temperament Indicators (MBTI)

MBA University of Washington

Stanford University Stanford Publishing Course

Linfield College BA Journalism / Minor Chemistry

Books and Publications:

Speed & Spray: the story of the 1972 Stock Outboard Nationals; Rusty Rae and Reid Blackburn; Photos: Rae and Blackburn; Stackpole Books;

The World’s Biggest Motorcycle Race: The Daytona 200; Rusty Rae, Lerner Publications Company;ISBN: 0-8225-0422-7

Grand national championship races; John Yaw and Rusty Rae;photos: by Rusty Rae; Lerner Publications Company;ISBN:0-8225-0424-3

Speed &Spray: The Art of Bob Carver; Rusty Rae and David Williams; Hydroplane and Race Boat Museum; ISBN: 0-9671-5922-9

The Le Mans Experience; Rusty Rae and Joe Rae; Photos by Rusty Rae; Self published through Blurb.com (http://www.blurb.com/b/223458-the-le-mans-experience)

Powerboat Magazine: Monthly column from 1983 to ~1991 on Unlimited Hydroplane racing and numerous articles on racing a technical boating subjects;

Speaking engagements:

North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Atlanta, Georgia; March 2013; Human Performance Improvement Conference: Cognitive Task Analysis (for control room operation training) with Bror Saxberg, Kaplan University; Dr. Richard Clark, USC

Western Electric Coordinating Council (WECC), Human Performance Improvement Conference; October 2013; Communities of Practice

Organizational Development deliveries:

February-March 2014: Alstom Grid, Redmond, WA: Leadership for the support team: A course developed to meet the requirements of SCP certification: This course was develop around the Duke University Leadership Pyramid and included a MBTI assessment for each of the 12 participants. The course involved two case studies and included introduction to Ken Blanchard’s Situational Leadership Framework.

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