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 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 Design Advisor - New Zealand Police
  • Simulation Based Training VR (Contract - August 2023 to present)
  • Modern Collaboration Programme (Contract - February 2023 to July 2023)
• 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
• TechSmith Camtasia and SnagIt
• Learning Management Systems - Moodle and Totara LMS, including H5P
• Adobe Connect, Adobe Presenter and Adobe Captivate
• Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, Viva Engage
• 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)