Training Specialist/Instructional Designer

Phani Machiraju

Address: **** *** **** **. ******, OH 43016 Phone (H): 614-***-**** Email: **************@*****.***

Career Objective

Gain experience in managing and coordinating projects involving instructional and curriculum design as well as training within a diverse technical environment. Enhance instructional materials through the use of principles of instructional design and various emerging technologies. Augment interpersonal skills for interaction with internal and external clients in order to identify and propose solution-based business approaches.

Education

M.A., Instructional Design

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Post Graduate Diploma, Business Management

Institute of Marketing Management (Delhi University), New Delhi, India

B.S., Biological Sciences

Madras University, Madras, India

Certificate, Journalism

Madras University, Madras, India

Experience

Training and Development Specialist

5/08 – present Nationwide Financial, Dublin OH

Act as a project leader and instructional designer in the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of training programs. Responsible for designing training programs for new product and service rollouts, revamping existing training programs and implementing an effective education strategy for performance improvement. Collaborate with internal teams to evaluate and apply problem solving methodology including needs assessment, software technology, delivery medium, and metrics. Examples of deliverables include user guides, job aids, and web-based modules.

Job Highlights:

• Developed an instructional design strategy for corporate training and presented to upper management

• Designed templates for all phases of instructional design:

o Needs Analysis

o Course Map

o Storyboard

o Instructional Design Document

o Tracking and reporting project status

o User Evaluation Form (Instructor led/Elearning)

• Collaborate with the project team to draft a training strategy for every project

• Implement training using various software applications such as Captivate and Articulate

• Working on implementing podcasting as a training solution for clients in the field

Educational Technology Consultant/Project Manager

3/06 – 12/06 eTech Ohio Commission, Columbus OH

Managed and provided leadership to elearning design team comprising instructional designers and multimedia developers. Managed elearning and professional development projects, products, and services for key stakeholders and critical collaborators. Developed, monitored, and maintained work plans including task analysis and alignment, resource management, and reviewing deliverables. Coordinated the curriculum design, development, and delivery of eLearning and professional development programs, including online courses and face to face training materials.

Job Highlights:

• Planning, implementation, and evaluation of eLearning courses in the Blackboard Content Management System

• Project management:

o Budget planning and tracking

o Development of process models and strategies

o Development of project timelines

o Tracking and reporting project status

o Risk management

o Project evaluation

• Kept abreast of eLearning research and utilize research to support internal collaboration

• Collaborated on strategic and tactical project teams

• Conducted needs assessment to support outside entities on various projects and scopes of work

Course Developer

6/00 – 12/05 Mindleaders, Columbus OH

Designed and developed technical as well as MCSE certified end-user and soft skills courses. Required to analyze, map, and organize content into units/lessons, incorporate questions, exercises, and simulations, script courses using tools to publish on the Web. Lead a series-wide initiative to improve course quality and curriculum design; initiated interactions with program management group and internal clients for assessing markets, analyzing data, and presenting business solutions.

Notable courses developed:

• End user series such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Dreamweaver, Windows XP, Flash

• Technical series such as Java, RPG IV, SQL, Security+, Solaris, PHP, MySQL

• MCSE courses such as Windows 2000 Directory Design MCSE 70-219, Windows Server 2003 Active Directory MCSE 70-294

• Dummies series

• Business skills development series such as time management, project management, business management

Other projects:

• Served as a Project Leader for various series of courses

• Contributed to PluS (Personal Learning Service) project, an initiative for assessing individual learning requirements of customers and creating PLRs (Personal Learning Resources) based on the survey results

Instructional Designer

1/99 - 7/99 Engineering Research Center, Mississippi State University, Starkville MS

Responsible for the development of online instructional material for the senior-level course, "High Speed Digital design", offered by the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Responsibilities included development of Web pages, content layout and formatting, and file management, using tools like Microsoft FrontPage and Macromedia Dreamweaver.

Prior Employment History

Consultant

4/98 - 12/98 Engineering Research Center, Mississippi State University, Starkville MS

Visiting Research Scientist

5/97 - 2/98 Center for Educational and Training Technology, Mississippi State University, Starkville MS

Project Consultant

11/96 - 5/97 Department of Technology and Education, Mississippi State University, Starkville MS

Consultant

4/93 - 9/93 Legent Corporation, Columbus, OH

Administrative Assistant

7/91 - 6/92 Buckeye Village, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH

Graduate Administrative Assistant

8/91 - 12/91 Department of Educational Policy and Leadership, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH

Programmer

5/88 - 11/89 T. C. N. S. Limited, New Delhi, India

Educational Consultant

6/86 - 7/87 Informatics Computer Systems, New Delhi, India

Programmer Trainee

6/83 - 12/84 Hindustan Computers Ltd., Madras, India

Notable Projects in a Nutshell

• As a voluntary teacher at a non-profit organization, devised a puppet show to teach elementary students an epic; this teaching technique for visual learners involved designing about 100 puppets, storyboarding, and script writing

• Conducted in-depth analysis and development of courses for RPG IV programming language, Java 2 Programmer Certification, and Novell 570 CNE Advanced Administration (Mindleaders)

• Conducted research on taxonomy of materials on the internet and created research and development reports for the Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) Project (Mississippi State University)

• Worked on a Smithsonian Museum project to design and develop web-based Virtual Tour of the Natural History Museum.

• Developed an animation-based tutorial to teach genetic mutations to middle school children. (Mississippi State University)

• For a computer animation project, built a clay sea-shell and rendered its polygon model using a 3D rendering program.

• Developed IBM Linkway instructional package, which was integrated into the curriculum as a complete tutorial by the Instructional Design program at Ohio State University.

• Designed curriculum and developed workbooks featuring examples, problems and solutions (EPS Techniques) based on computer concepts for middle school students. (Informatics Computer Systems, India)

• Wrote a computer science textbook for higher secondary students confirming to the curriculum guidelines established by the National Council for Education, Research and Training, New Delhi, India. (Informatics Computer Systems, India)

Miscellaneous

• Volunteered, until recently, in an administrative position for a non-profit organization; involved in the overall coordination of an event involving 250 participants

• Member of music group in high school and college, and currently a lead singer for a devotional singing group

• Received first prize in a state wide essay writing competition

• Won several prizes for athletic competitions in high school;

• Selected as school throw ball captain for three consecutive years

• Participated and won several prizes in debate competitions in high school

Languages/Applications

C, Basic, COBOL, HTML, JAVA, Microsoft Office, Infomap, Blackboard, PowerPoint, FrameMaker, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, RoboHelp, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Flash, FoxBASE, DBase-III PLus, Lotus-1-2-3, Quattro-Pro, Captivate, Articulate, Audacity

Visa Status

U.S. citizen

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