a totally awesome page about me

Tell me about it.

Like most kids from the 80s and 90s, I was told I could be anything I wanted, and with that freedom, I found it difficult to actually settle on something. (I blame the video games, cartoons, and pizza.) For the longest while, I coasted through jobs until I had a lightbulb moment.

Every job I'd had involved technology, learning, and often both. Having started a family, bought a house, and dealt with student loans like a Real Adult©, I needed to buckle down and actually get my kiester in gear. Knowing that I had experience with tech and learning, it was obvious I needed to live life as an Instructional Designer.

And here we are. I could write about all the typical stuff, including:

Being passionate about learning (I was a high school teacher that had no failing students),

Being results-driven (I singlehandedly bumped sales by 29% on assignment for Microsoft; and yes I'll tell you about it),

Being agile while managing the needs of SMEs, stakeholders, and learners (I delivered elearning for 12,000+ sales agents weekly),

Being skilled in various authoring tools (I play with Articulate Storyline as a hobby),

Being a project manager before anyone asked me to be (I managed worldwide teams--Aussies included--and delivered revenue-blasting projects),

Being a learn-it-all, not a know-it-all (I was handed 200+ videos to edit and learned Premiere on the spot),

and much more, but at the heart of the matter, my greatest strength is my voice and impact. Anyone can create an eLearning course, but how many can make it memorable and push the needle?

(Psst; that'd be me.)