Executive Summary | An independent consultant with over seventeen years experience providing an array of learning and performance services: technical writing, online help development, instructional design and development, Microsoft Office development, and performance improvement. Previously a senior consultant with Whittman-Hart, marchFIRST, and divine, from 1997 to 2003, and later with Motorola Solutions from 2012 to 2014. Roles included instructional designer, instructional developer, technical writer, content strategist, content developer, MS Office developer, trainer, project manager, team lead, and QA testing manager. Versatile and creative problem-solver, able to communicate effectively with all levels of management and within project teams. Possess a unique combination of instructional, technical, organizational, and interpersonal skills. |
Education | Master of Science, Education (Instructional Technology/Instructional Design) Bachelor of Arts, Communications (Media) Lower Division Honors |
Industry Experience | Software Development • Software Testing/Quality Assurance • Manufacturing • Finance • Warehousing • Web Portals • Marketing • Publishing • Insurance • Food Service • Government • Telecommunications • Academic • Pharmaceutical • Real Estate • Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance |
Deliverables and Accomplishments | Successfully completed over 40 client engagements, including developing training materials for global and nationwide ERP implementations, companywide policy training, and customer-facing software/product documentation. Also, upgrading and converting documents to online formats, documenting software development, and assembling and running a website QA testing department. Paper-based experience includes developing instructor guides, participant guides, job aids, quick reference guides, user manuals, software installation guides, administrator manuals, release notes, API guides, documentation standards guides, design documents, QA test plans, and other technical documentation. Online experience includes developing/converting electronic versions of the documents listed above, developing e-learning solutions, including PowerPoint, Articulate Studio, Captivate, Oracle UPK, and Camtasia, developing online help, including Windows help and WebHelp, Magnet document conversions, and conducting and managing website testing. |
Affiliations | Member of the Association for Talend Development (ATD, formerly ASTD) [3] Member of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) [4] Member of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) [5] and STC-Chicago [6] |
Skills and Knowledge | Instructional Design and Development – Learning Theory, Design and Development, e‑Learning, Knowledge Management, and Information Architecture Word Processing/Desktop Publishing – Word, Flare, Adobe Acrobat, and FrameMaker Online Help – Flare and RoboHelp; familiar with Doc-To-Help and WebWorks Computer Languages – Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), HTML/XHTML, XML, and CSS; familiar with Visual Basic, C, JavaScript, VB Script, SQL, PHP, and Python ERP – JD Edwards, Oracle, PeopleSoft, and SAP Other – Microsoft Office Suite, Captivate, Articulate Storyline/Studio, Camtasia, UPK, Paint Shop Pro, SnagIt, Premier Pro and other NLEs, Visio, TopStyle, AutoPlay Media Studio, Dreamweaver, MS Project, Drupal, Jive, phpBB, and mySQL; familiar with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash Industry Knowledge – Software Development, Software Testing/Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, Finance, Warehousing, Web Development, Marketing, Publishing, Insurance, Food Service, Government, Academic, Pharmaceutical, Real Estate, and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance |
Download a Microsoft Word version from the link below.
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| A one-sheet summary of my career and services. [7] | 34 KB |
Links:
[1] mailto:jeff@jeff-salus.com
[2] http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsalus
[3] http://www.td.org
[4] http://ispi.org
[5] http://stc.org
[6] http://www.stc-chicago.org/
[7] http://consulting.justsoimclear.net/sites/consulting.justsoimclear.net/files/Jeff Salus Resume.doc