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Leadership Facilitator Creative WBT & ILT Producer Project Manager

Seasoned multilingual adult educator with proven record of facilitating learning in a dizzying variety of information work, blue collar and management cultures. Special expertise in designing and managing stakeholder communication, developing visual and kinetic learning, creating goofy instructional games and promoting intercultural sensitivity in the virtual space.

Steeped in Project Management, Quality and Procurement best practices as well asADDIE and Training Evaluation methodologies (Kirkpatrick).

Profe s s i o n a l Dev e l o p m e n t Works h o p Facilita t or &

MARPOL Training Institute, Middletown, CAVP of Learning 2006 to Present

• Developed five CBT/WBT training programs for maritime officers and crew teaching international and US pollution regulations in engaging avatar format, currently on 1000+ ships worldwide. See demo at www.marpoltraining.com.

Independent Management & Communications Workshop Facilitator 1997 to Present

• Facilitated 250+ one-, two, - and three-day public and on-site Project Management Nuts and Bolts and PMP Exam Prep workshops on three continents. Clients include HP, IBM, Sun Microsystems, VISA, Owens Corning, Intel, Bell South, Levi-Strauss, Kaiser-Permanente, Xerox, Pacific Bell, Amoco, PacifiCorps, Oracle, American President Lines (Shanghai), AT&T, Avery-Dennison, Allstate, Eli Lilly, U.S. Coast Guard, Mobil Oil (Kazakhstan), Canadian Army, U.S. Forest Service and State of California. Consistent 9.2/10 evaluations. www.theprojectgroup.biz

• Created and facilitated one-day Movies Teach Project Management Leadership and Communications classes to offer required continuing education credits to Professional Project Managers (PMP). (“Have fun getting your PDU’s!”) ww.moviesteachprojectmanagement.com

• Authored four 4-hour, nationally recognized, PMBOK-compliant courses, forming core of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Project Management Improvement Initiative.

• Developed Project Management Nuts & Bolts two- and three-day courseware, licensed nationally and internationally. Frequent evaluation comments: “…clear and simple explanations of complex material”

• Created and delivered 15 iterations of one-day Project Management Software Overview for University of California/Berkeley Extension.

• Facilitated corporate-wide roll-out of partially developed Sales and Marketing Information System (salesforce.com precursor) for Fair-Isaac Corporation (FICO) including submission of daily bug reports and testing scripts.

• Designed two-day Project Management Tracking class for Saber Systems (American Airlines).

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Independent Project Management Consultant 1997 to Present

• Lead data-conversion project from legacy PC-based member donation system to SAAS web-based application for 1500 member non-profit organization.

• Lead redevelopment and CMS-deployment of non-profit organization’s marketing website.

• Managed three process improvement projects for Capital One Bank's regulatory-driven Enterprise Risk Management program

• Developed MS-Project schedules, program planning documents, issue & risk management and tracking methodologies for $15 million worldwide Hewlett-Packard IT software implementation.

• Facilitated project plan development for United Airlines (On flight Services) proposed acquisition of US Airways.

• Created project management methodology and facilitated implementation for Alameda County Transit IT Group.

• Developing and trained staff on an MS-Project template to “projectize” procurement processes for Pacific Bell.

• Performed Master Scheduler function for worldwide $30 million PC/LAN/WAN rollout-out for Levi Strauss.

Independent Technical Training Consultant 1982 to 1986

MARPOL Training Institute, Middletown, CAVP of Learning 2006 to Present

• Developed five CBT/WBT training programs for maritime officers and crew teaching international and US pollution regulations in engaging avatar format, currently on 1000+ ships worldwide. www.marpoltraining.com.

• Designed and managed training delivery team for MS-Office rollout for 200+ users of California Continuing Education of the Bar (A University of California Division).

• Designed and delivered MS-Office rollouts for 400 + users of Bank for International Settlements - Basel, Switzerland.

• Delivered duty-hours and weekend academic MS-DOS & Windows applications workshops to 2000+ NATO active-duty soldiers, civilians and German local-nationals during seven years with Maryland/European Division. Was teaching word-processing in German on the U.S. Holiday the day the Wall went down.

• Created standards, developed curriculum and trained 400+ San Francisco Certified Residential Energy Conservation Inspectors.

Educa ti o nM.A., Communication & Learning Theory Norwich University, Norwich, VTB.A., English (Summa cum laude) Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Ass o ci a t i o n sProject Management Institute (Certified PMP, 1997, Agile Certified Practitioner 2013)

Awards“Encore” Speaker at PMI North American Congress (8 selected out of 80), 10/2005 & 10/2006

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Langua g e sAlmost Fluent: French & German Working: Spanish Molto bene: Italian. Elementary: Russian

Industries and Companies Served (Training, Consulting, Staff)

Industry CompaniesPharmaceuticals • Eli Lilly

• Novartis (formerly Hoffman-Laroche, Basel Switzerland)• Genentech• Abbot Labs

Medical Care • Kaiser PermanenteMedical Equipment • Boston Scientific

• Abbot LabsEducation • California Continuing Education of the Bar (A UC Division)

• University of California, Berkeley Extension• Sacramento State U.• Chabot Las Positas Junior College• University of Maryland (European Division)• New Technologies Institute

Gas & Oil • Upstream Amoco

Geophysical ResearchTechnical Field ServicesNatural Gas Exploration

ShellDeep Ozone RecoveryLand Management

BP Underwater Seismic Survey (Kazakhstan)

• Downstream Conoco Phillips

Tanker vessel environmental complianceFinancial • Fair, Isaac, Co (Credit Scores)

• Union Banque Swiss• Visa• Wells Fargo• Capitol One• Washington Mutual• Bank for International Settlements (Basel, Switzerland) [The

Central Bank of Central Banks]• Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco• Jackson Hewitt (Tax Preparers)

Transportation • American President Lines (U.S. & China)• DHL• United Airlines• California Department of Transportation• Highways Canada• Puget Sound Transit• Norwegian Cruise Lines

IT/Electronics • HP (U.S. & Singapore)• Sun Microsystems• Intel• IBM

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• Wallgreens• Brocade

Communications • MCI• ATT (including former Pacific Bell)• Bell South• Ericsson

Consulting • KPMG• McGladrey

Manufacturing • Hyundai (Korea) – Electronics• Toro – Gardening/Farm Equipment• McNeilus (Garbage Trucks)• Owens Corning (Roofing), Belgium• Avery Dennison (labels)• Georgia Pacific (Brawny paper towels)

R&D • Owens Corning (Fiberglass Products)• Owens Illinois (Glass Bottles)

Military • U.S. Army (including German local nationals in German)• U.S. Navy• U.S. Airforce• U.S. Coast Guard• Canadian Army

Software Development

• Microsoft • Visa• Oracle• MARPOL Training Institute• CALTRANS (California Department of Transportation)

Government • IRS• State of California

- Department of General Services, - Department of Fish & Game

• US Forest Service• US Department of Public Health• U.S. Office of Personnel Management• California Department of Energy• Bureau of Indian Affairs

Food/Wine • General Mills• Sebastiani Vineyards• Vinestake • Renaissance Vineyard & Winery

Recreation • Upper Deck (Sports Trading Cards)• Apollo Arts (Performing Arts)• Synthetic Unlimited (Theater)

Construction • Interstates ElectricRetail • Wallgreens

• I. Magnin• Macy’s.com

Utilities • Pacificorps• PG&E

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