Andy's Resume

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

I strive to educate, motivate, develop, and inspire people through effective planning, training and ongoing consultation. My interests are diverse and have helped me become a reliable professional, agile in my ability to adapt to new situations, and a focused and dedicated worker when opportunities present themselves.

Other relevant information:

• Experienced in diverse business and training/educational environments.
• Managed and participated in instructional design and content development projects for eLearning, ILT, and consulting sessions.
• Self-motivated, but prefer to work in collaborative-team environments to produce high quality deliverables, innovative ideas, and creative solutions.
• Proficient with various software packages including Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access), FileMaker, Adobe CS (Photoshop, InDesign), Adobe Captivate as well as web programming languages such as XHTML, CSS, and PHP (with MySQL)

Employment History

Intulogy - Training Specialist - August 2006 - Present

• Independent contractor (Aug. 2006-Feb. 2007, Aug. 2007-Present) and employee (Feb. 2007-Aug. 2007).
• Managed a nationwide training delivery pilot with a Fortune 500 company’s retail-financial services division (recruited a team of nine trainers in four metros, New York City, Southern California, Dallas, and Atlanta).
• Developed and designed training content and deliverables (workbooks, aids) for a variety of clients.
• Formed competency maps with an internal team to define and guide hiring and evaluation of Intulogists.
• Produced Captivate learning modules for a Fortune 500 company’s IT and finance divisions.
• Enhanced and reorganized existing training material to create workbooks for retail managers.
• Created instructional design plans quickly from limited amounts of information and limited access to SMEs.
• Consulted with companies to help define and guide training processes.
• Currently: Building web-content and strategic plans for innovative approaches to common training projects (i.e. large-scale delivery projects, organizational development consulting).

Worthington City Schools (Ohio) - Instrumental Music Teacher - August 2007 - Present

• Manage learning of over 150 students on a daily basis using consistent achievement measurement, researched instructional best-practices, and 21st Century teaching/learning techniques.
• Create lesson plans and instructional/curricular systems for eight groups of students in six diverse schools.
• Currently: Analyzing data and observations to design a better school community; building consensus among students, teachers and administrators to enact change.

Lebanon City Schools (Ohio) - Instrumental Music Teacher - August 2005 - July 2006

• Shared best practices and new research in the field of music education with experienced colleagues.

Education

• Michigan State University, Bachelor of Music in Music Education 2004, High Honors (3.9 GPA)