Software Development Instructional Designer

LARRY BRAMBRUT

770-***-**** - *****.********@**.*** - linkedin.com/in/larrybrambrut

SUMMARY

Highly experienced Senior Instructional Designer with a proven track record of creating impactful training solutions for customer service, help desk, consumer and B2B products and services, sales training, healthcare, and employee development programs.

Expert in applying adult learning principles and instructional design methodologies (ADDIE, SAM, Agile) to craft engaging, results-driven content across various formats including eLearning, virtual/instructor-led training, blended learning, mobile learning, gamification and software simulations.

Trusted partner in orchestrating collaboration with SMEs and cross-functional teams to craft compelling, results-driven learning experiences, supported by video production, voiceovers, and LMS platforms.

Technical acumen includes sales enablement training, mobile app development, and web content design.

Competent in use of AI for helping develop training plans, learning development content, assessments, and software development.

EXPERIENCE

CEO/Owner Jan 2024 - Present

Peragy, LLC Atlanta, GA

Manage and develop training for employees, and contractors and clients including videos, software simulations, documentation, e-learning, and web-based tutorials.

President and Communications Committee Chairman Sep 2024 - Present

Wellstone-Middle Creek Condominium Association, Inc.

Acting chief executive officer of the condominium association providing guidance and ensuring board decisions are executed properly.

Set meeting agendas and preside over the board meetings and annual owner meetings.

Manages, creates training materials, and trains a team of five volunteers who work for the Communications Committee who create content for the community, including web-site content and configuration, community emails and texting processes, event registration, message board moderation, calendar maintenance, real estate advertising, and document management.

Senior Instructional Designer Jan 2014 – Dec 2023

UPS Headquarters, Atlanta, GA

Designed and developed technical and soft skills training for human resources, finance, forecasting, information technology, and internal and external call center agents. This work required tight relationships with SMEs and project management to develop training plans and storyboards and execute the plans effectively. Produced over 25% better productivity and project completion rates compared to other developers.

Training design and development included instructor-led and virtual instructor-led courses, eLearning courses, assessments, quizzes, videos, webinars, and script writing. My eLearning development courses showed a 60% better retention rate than other learning methods.

Selected to work on an 18-month project as an LMS business process developer, LMS Content Administrator, and software developer for the conversion and implementation from an internal LMS to the UPS University Cornerstone LMS. When implemented there was a 75% improvement of functionality over the older LMS.

Consistently researched and tested new training tools and applications to creatively enhance training delivery and adoption. Highly praised for training and software tools troubleshooting and problem solving by management and training development peers.

Selected to work on Performance Support software to train employees directly on production software using the WhatFix toolset.

Exhibited exceptional effectiveness in applying adult learning theories to design training modules that were well-received by the target audience.

Founder April 2009 – Dec 2014

VeryMobile Apps, LLC (CEO, Owner) 2009 - 2012

Designed, developed, and sold customized corporate iPhone and iPad apps for Sales Executives. Also, developed children’s iPhone game for Apple App store.

Clients included: Pernod-Ricard (Absolut vodka, Jamerson whiskey – Sales iPad App for training, presentations, and CRM as well as eLearning development with Adobe Captivate; Sales Effectiveness Inc, a sales training company for Sales iPhone and iPad apps; The Kingston Trio, a world-famous music group, iPhone and iPad apps; Siemens Corp, a training catalog iPhone app.

Aerial Photography of Georgia, LLC (CEO, Owner) 2012 – 2017

FAA Licensed Remote Pilot providing commercial drone aerial photography and video productions for residential and commercial real estate, advertising, and events such as road races, and construction site reporting.

Senior Technical Consultant Jan 1995 – Mar 2009

SAP America - The World’s Largest Provider of Enterprise Application Software

Trained and consulted with over fifteen Fortune 500 clients with SAP software modules including Knowledge Management, Collaboration, SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search, and Internet Portal.

Developed and delivered training to consultants to enhance their knowledge of software products and increase their utilization in the field.

Created industry presentations and delivered them for various international conferences.

Provided expert advice to field consultants in North America for various software products including SAP Knowledge Management and Collaboration.

Developed training materials for technical release of new products and product enhancements. These materials and instructor guides were also used to create SAP customer training.

EDUCATION

Business Admin

Rider College, Trenton, NJ

Engineering

Tri-State College, Angola, IN

TRAINING/SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SKILLS

eLearning: Articulate 360 (Storyline 360, Rise 360), Adobe Captivate

LMS: Cornerstone, SCORMcloud

Image editing: Photoshop and Creative Suite

Operating systems: Fluent in Windows OS, Mac OSX, IOS

Desktop applications: Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel), VBA, Keynote, Pages, Numbers

Audio creation/editing: Audacity, GarageBand, Natural Readers

Video creation/editing: Final Cut Pro X, Camtasia, Snag-It, Vyond, Vimeo Pro

Artificial Intelligence (AI): ChatGPT, Claude.io, Copilot, invideo

Website development and app software: Wix, HTML5/CSS, Python, mySQL

Whatfix Performance Support SAAS

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