The following is an abridged version of some aspects of my Curriculum Vitae. It is not intended to be a comprehensive listing and has 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
- Learning and Design Advisor - New Zealand Police (Contract - February 2023 to current)
- Instructional Designer - WorkSafe New Zealand (Contract - June 2022 to December 2022)
- Instructional Designer - Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Contract - March 2022 to June 2022)
- Learning Designer - OSPRI (Contract - March 2021 to November 2021)
- Instructional Designer - Whenua Māori Programme, Ministry of Justice (Contract - October 2020 to March 2021)
- Instructional Designer - Client Payments Transformation - Release 2B, Accident Compensation Corporation (Contract - February 2020 to June 2020)
- Instructional Designer - Client Payments Transformation - Release 1 and 2A, Accident Compensation Corporation (Contract - November 2018 to November 2019)
- Trainer - Asset Information Management System project, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Contract - November 2017 to July 2018)
- eLearning Advisor - Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand (Contract - June 2016 to January 2017)
- eLearning Specialist - Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand (Contract - May 2014 to January 2016)
- Senior Instructional Designer - Passport Service Redevelopment Programme, Department of Internal Affairs (Contract - October 2012 to October 2013)
- Team Leader, Knowledge and Information Management, Training and Education Directorate - New Zealand Defence Force (April 2011 - December 2011)
- Massey University
- 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)
- Freelance Multimedia Writer - New Zealand Macguide Magazine, Parkside Media (December 2001 - August 2007)
- Network Administrator/Information Technology Teacher/Relieving Teacher - Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School (Feb 1997 – Nov 1999)
- Six years teaching in the United Kingdom and 3 years teaching in New Zealand prior to this
Qualifications
- Master of Education in Distance and Online Education (First Class Honours), Massey University - 2010
- Postgraduate Diploma in Social Sciences (in Computer Science), Massey University - 1998
- Bachelor of Education, Massey University - 1987
- Diploma of Teaching - 1987
Achievements
- Keynote speaker - LearnX Conference, Sydney, Australia in 2010
- Appointed New Zealand's first Adobe Education Leader (Higher Education) in 2009
- Attended Adobe Education Leaders Summer Institute at Adobe HQ, San Jose, California in 2009
- Presented at the Adobe Education Leadership Forum in Kuala Lumpur at the request of Adobe Systems, 2008
- Appointed a Flexible Learning Leader in New Zealand in 2004
Proficient user of:
- Articulate Storyline and Articulate Rise
- Camtasia and SnagIt
- Learning Management Systems - Moodle and Totara LMS, including H5P
- Adobe Connect, Adobe Presenter and Adobe Captivate
- Web-based and traditional video conferencing systems
- Website, multimedia and CD/DVD creation software
- Podcasting and video compression
- Open source and commercial Content Management Systems
- FileMaker Pro Database
Experienced with:
- Adobe Creative Suite
- HTML5, CSS and JavaScript
- Apache, PHP, MySQL, Citrix, SharePoint and Virtual Private Server operations
- Mac OS X, iOS and Xcode Integrated Development Environment and Dashcode (Mac OS X Widgets)