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Curriculum Vitae

10 January 2023

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)