Availability

Eighteen years experience in interactive production and design, primarily in e-learning:

• Multiple industry awards, including 2002 and 1999 Texas Interactive Media Awards.
• 8 years in freelance instructional design, course scripting, asset management and client review process management
• 5+ years managing large collaborative project to produce 26 educational CD-ROM titles
• 5 years managing corporate computer-based training projects
• Proven abilities in process management, project management, collaboration processes, client review processes, content development processes, design analysis, and instructional design

Freelance Interactive Producer and Designer
February 1999 to present

Clients include:

• Boy Scouts of America
• American College of Emergency Physicians
• Mindset Network -- South Africa
• San Jose/Evergreen Community College District
• Compaq
• Los Alamos National Laboratory
• The Dallas Morning News
• Luminant Worldwide
• Enventure Global Technology
• Harcourt/Steck-Vaughn Publishing
• Dreamlab
• MLink Technologies

Provided instructional design and scripting for many elearning projects, including:

• an online course for the American College of Emergency Physicians on Blast Injuries.
• a blended learning course for the Boy Scouts of America with an interactive DVD component.
• an online course for the Boy Scouts of America on starting a Venturing crew.
• an interactive DVD course for the Boy Scouts of America.
• a nationwide online course for the Boy Scouts of America to teach adult volunteers about BSA policies on youth protection.
• onlinetrafficsafety.com, an interactive online traffic school course for the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District in California. This course has won two industry awards to date, including a 2002 Texas Interactive Media Award.
• a web-based training course for Compaq
• a CD-ROM-based interactive course for Enventure Global Technology

Designed and conducted a workshop on Web-based training design for Compaq.

Managed asset acquisition and client review for a CD-ROM on the supercomputing work of Los Alamos National Laboratory and other national science laboratories for the U.S. Congress.

Managed client review and consulted on educational CD-ROM product design for Harcourt/Steck-Vaughn.

• Created and successfully managed the collaboration process among a group of 50 elementary educators in Plano, Texas and multimedia development groups around the U.S. and in Israel for production of 26 educational CD-ROM titles.
• Many of these products have won awards for excellence in educational software, including the 1999 Texas Interactive Media Award.
• Managed and negotiated collaboration between the Plano Independent School District and my company on all software development issues, from initial product concept through all review stages to final approval.
• Collaborated on instructional design for all 26 products.
• Conducted detailed review of all development stages before client review and prepared successful client review strategies to maximize product quality and client satisfaction while minimizing changes in software.
• Planned, organized and managed on-site beta and final testing for all products.
• Continued in this capacity through two acquisitions of the original company, Edunetics, when it was purchased by Steck-Vaughn and then by Harcourt General. Maintained the only consistent contact with the client through both of these transitions.

Project Manager, Integrated Multimedia Solutions
(formerly BehaviorTech)
September 1989 to October 1993
Managed teams of courseware authors, graphic artists and programmers to produce effective computer-based training products on time and on budget for corporate clients such as NYNEX, Ampex, IBM, Sun Oil, and GTE. Won a company award for excellence in project management for a training course for Ampex.

Courseware Author, Integrated Multimedia Solutions
(formerly BehaviorTech)
January to August 1989
Designed custom computer-based training products for corporate clients such as GTE, Sun Oil and NYNEX. Was promoted after eight months to the position of Project Manager.

Communications Coordinator, The Associates
June 1988 to January 1989
Wrote and designed training materials, marketing materials and internal newsletters for various departments within the company.

Reporter, Harte-Hanks Community Newspapers
Carrollton Chronicle, Farmers Branch Times, Coppell Gazette
June 1985 to May 1988
Covered local education, government, business and features for three suburban weekly newspapers. Won a national company award for a feature series.

Editor, Reporter, News Clerk
Various newspapers, magazines and news services
June 1984 to May 1985
Worked for various publications part-time while I attended classes for my masters degree. Served as managing editor of the University of North Texas student newspaper, The North Texan.