Resume

Michael Kerr

612 Elm Circle
Gooding, ID 83330
j.michael.kerr@gmail.com
(208) 934-4758

Executive Summary:

• Over 25 years of experience in the IT industry as an Instructional Developer, Technical Writer, Business Process Analyst, Help Developer, and Trainer
• College instructor in English as a Second Language (ESL), Spanish, and Computer Skills
• Middle/high school Spanish and math teacher

Strengths:

• Excellent instructor/presenter
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Fluent in Spanish
• Great people skills
• Ability to analyze, visualize, and innovate
• Self-motivated team player with a make-it-happen attitude
• Focus on quality, results, and customer satisfaction

Professional Experience:

2009–2010 – Self-employed – Gooding, ID – Instructional Design Consultant, Trainer, Tutor

2008–2009 – Dell Computers – Twin Falls, ID – America Enterprise Systems (AES) server support

• Provided basic support for server hardware and software to customers in the Americas region

2007 – Xavier Charter School – Twin Falls, ID – Middle School Teacher – 6th, 7th, and 8th grades

• Taught 3 sections of Singapore Math and 3 sections of beginning Spanish

2006–2008 – College of Southern Idaho (CSI) – Gooding, ID – Part-time ESL, Spanish/English Instructor

• Taught the intermediate adult class of English as a Second Language (ESL)
• Taught Conversational Spanish (for English speakers) and Computer Skills for Spanish-speakers

2006-2007 – Gooding Joint School District – Gooding, ID – Substitute Teacher

• Full-time Spanish I / Spanish II teacher at Gooding High School winter semester, 2007
• Substituted 2-3 days a week in mathematics, language arts, music, and other subjects at Gooding Middle School, Gooding High School, and Accelerated Learning Center

2006 – California Department of Technical Services (DTS) – Sacramento, CA – Sr. Technical Writer

• Technical writer in a 4-man team developing a Request for Proposal (RFP) to specify the business and technical requirements for a centralized Payment Engine (PE) for all state agencies accepting online payments.

2005–2006 – Intel Corporation (IIT) – Folsom, CA – Training Developer

• Developed training to align program managers, programmers, and other team members with critical policies and procedures
• Developed instructor-led courses with built-in navigation (using PowerPoint and CourseTracker)
• Developed e-learning courses and Level-2 tests (using Dreamweaver, Flash, and XML)
• Reviewed customer-developed training for compliance to corporate style and effective instructional systems design (ISD)
• Collaborated with subject matter experts (SMEs) to deliver finished courses
• Created bills of material (BOMs) for printing student and instructor materials

Skills:

• Applications: Internet Explorer (IE), Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, etc.
• Operating Systems: Windows 2008, 2003, 2000, XP/etc., UNIX
• Programming Languages: XHTML, Pascal, UNIX shells

Education:

Capella University

• Pursuing a PhD in Education in Instructional Design for Online Learning (IDOL) – GPA: 3.917
• Projected completion date: December, 2010

American InterContinental University (AIU)

• Master of Education in Instructional Technology – August, 2005 – GPA: 4.0

Chapman University

• Almost completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (BSCS)

Brigham Young University

• Graduate studies in Linguistics
• Bachelor of Arts in Spanish, minor in Communications (Advertising/Public Relations)
• Concentrations: Business, Computer Science, Linguistics, Music

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