Curriculum Vitae

The following is an abridged version of some aspects of my Curriculum Vitae. It is not intended to be a comprehensive listing and had been edited to keep it reasonably brief. If you would like to see a copy of my full Curriculum Vitae, please contact me with your details.

Employment Summary

• New Zealand Defence Force (April 2011 - December 2011) - Team Leader, Knowledge and Information Management, Training and Education Directorate
• Massey University (Dec 1999 - December 2010)
  • Flexible Learning and Teaching Manager, College of Humanities and Social Sciences (May 2009 - Dec 2010)
  • E-Learning Facilitator, College of Humanities and Social Sciences (Dec 2002 - May 2009, 4 days/week)
  • Online Learning and Multimedia Consultant/Manager, Advanced Technology Teaching Research Unit (Dec 1999 – Dec 2002)
• Parkside Media (Dec 2001 - Aug 2007) - Freelance Multimedia Writer, New Zealand Macguide Magazine
• Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School (Feb 1997 – Nov 1999) - Network Administrator/Information Technology Teacher/Relieving Teacher
• Six years teaching in the United Kingdom and 3 years in New Zealand prior to this

Qualifications

• Master of Education in Distance and Online Education (First Class Honours), Massey University - 2010
• Diploma in Social Sciences (in Computer Science), Massey University - 1998
• Bachelor of Education, Massey University - 1987
• Trained Teacher's Certificate, New Zealand Department of Education - 1987
• Diploma of Teaching, Palmerston North Teachers College - 1987

Recent Achievements

2012

• Beta testing the next version of Adobe Connect

2010

• Keynote speaker - LearnX Conference (www.learnx.net) in Sydney, Australia.
• Launched a free iPhone app on iTunes to support my NZMac.com and NZiPhone.com websites
• Attended the Adobe Education Leadership Forum, Sydney
• Beta tested Adobe Connect 8, Acrobat X, ROME and Captivate 5

2009

• Appointed New Zealand's first Adobe Education Leader (Higher Education).
• Project Management (Level 1) Professional Development Course (Victoria University, Wellington)
• Attended Adobe Education Leaders Summer Institute at Adobe HQ, San Jose, California
• Attended the Australian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE) Institute on Learning Technologies Leadership

2008

• Announced and ran the "Connect-Ed at Massey" symposium for staff at Massey University, featuring presentations from academic and general staff concerning Adobe Connect and Adobe Presenter
• Presented at the Adobe Education Leadership Forum in Kuala Lumpur at the request of Adobe Systems
• Participated in the Adobe Presenter prerelease program

Proficient user of:

• Adobe Connect and Adobe Presenter
• Adobe Captivate
• Web-based and traditional video conferencing systems
• Apple iLife and iWorks software
• Podcasting and video compression software (including Sorensen Squeeze and Adobe Media Encoder)
• FileMaker Pro Database
• Open source and commercial Content Management Systems (e.g. Joomla, Xoops, Shado)
• Open source web-based software (mostly MySQL/PHP systems) - SMF Forums, phpBB, LimeSurvey, phpScheduleIt and more
• Website, multimedia and CD/DVD creation software - Dreamweaver, Flash, Toast, iMovie and iDVD

Experienced with:

• Adobe Creative Suite 5 (including Adobe Photoshop, Fireworks and Adobe Acrobat)
• Apple Final Cut Pro
• Apache, PHP, MySQL and Virtual Private Server operations
• Mac OS X, iOS and Xcode Integrated Development Environment and Dashcode (Mac OS X Widgets)
• CSS and JavaScript
• Search Engine Optimisation, RSS feeds, Feedburner and Analytics