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zkdigital.com About Résumé Projects Brew Competition Online Entry & Management Better Beer Scores Homebrew Log Contact zkdigital dot com A digital portfolio of Geoff Humphrey About You really want to know? Oh, Hello... I know, right? Somebody gave me my very own website! You've stumbled across a small, short, and sometimes bumpy cyber highway frontage road. The digital portfolio of Geoff Humphrey. That's me on the right with the camera, plaid pants and all. Hey, it was 1976 and my mommy dressed me... I'm a full time corporate educator, manager, and instructional designer living and working in the 'burbs of Denver, Colorado. At the core of my professional experience is instructional design, applications of learning theory, curriculum development, and training. Since earning my undergraduate degree, my career path has led me through two venues, each affording their own unique experiences, rewards, and flavor. From 1995 through 2001 I was a professional educator in a public high school, serving at the same school each of those years, Colorado's Finest Alternative High School, now called Colorado's Finest High School of Choice . The controlled chaos of a high school classroom, along with great peer-mentors, provided me with the skills of instructional differentiation: using a variety of teaching methods with multiple intelligencies in mind. During that time my “learn by doing” philosophy developed and the foundations of sound instructional design were built. Since earning my Masters Degree the summer of 2001, I began working in a corporate environment at Metrolist, Inc. (now REColorado ), taking on roles of instructional designer, trainer, learning consultant, developer, and trainer mentor. My primary focus was adult learners — individuals with diverse needs and motivations for learning. Immediacy, utility, timeliness, and application of learned concepts are of primary concern to them. To achieve immediate application of learned skills, I incorporated a benefit-based learning philosophy and curriculum at Metrolist where the concepts introduced to learners are designed to be immediately useful, especially when presented in an experiential environment. Since then, I moved on to be an Instructional Design Manager Jones International University, where I worked with content experts to develop courses mainly in the Doctorate in K-12 Leadership, Doctorate in Adult Education Leadership, Doctorate in Business Administration, and Digital Media degree programs. Jones has since closed its doors, so to speak. Currently, I'm a Sr. Manager for Training Design at AT&T, where my focus is developing learning opportunities and programs for installation technicians for the Internet and Entertainment Field Services division. In addition to my full-time occupation, I also have a myriad of part-time ones, all of which I do at varying degrees of competency. Occasionally, my hobbies and occupations collide. Professionally, my interests include instructional design, learning interactions, distance learning consultation and production as well as online training consultation and construction. Personally, I enjoy family activities, traveling, concerts, music, photography, playing soccer, softball, and kickball, cooking, smoking meats, and brewing my own beer, mead, and cider . Why zkdigital? The ZK in zkdigital is in honor of my son, Zakary Kenneth Humphrey, who was two years old when I launched this site. Now, he's a young man heading off to college and is a bourgening freelance photographer. Check out his site, zakhumphreyphotography.com to see some of his work. Anyway, enough about me. Thank you for stopping by. Enjoy your stay. Résumé Education, Training, Instructional Design, and Learning Development and Management Professional Summary A highly skilled learning management professional with 20+ years experience in education, training, e-learning, and instructional design. A passionate and results-focused leader, educator, facilitator, and designer with a considerable breadth and depth of experience in business, higher learning, and public education. Skills and Expertise Instructional Program Leadership and Management Instructor-Led Learning Design e-Learning Instructional Design – Courses, Tutorials, Microlearning Blended Learning Instructional Design Learning Management Systems K-12/Adult Learning Theory Training Facilitation Graphic Design Web Design – HTML 5, Responsive Education Nanodegree – Front End Web Development 02.2018 Udacity in Partnership with AT&T Master of Arts – Information and Learning Technologies 05.2001 Univeristy of Colorado at Denver Bachelor of Arts – Social Sciences, Secondary Education 05.1995 Univeristy of Northern Colorado Experience Sr. Manager, Training Design – AT&T 09.2014 – Present Manager of instructional design processes and implementation for AT&T Internet and Entertainment Field Services. Leadership partner in the development of instructional materials and operational strategies. Lead instructional designer, writer, and developer of training course content with extensive oversight of subject matter experts (SMEs) utilizing industry-leading learning and design models and methodologies. Developer of learning engagement media using industry standard tools including Adobe InDesign, Adobe Captivate, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, and Lectora. Notable Accomplishments Responding to a need for training to be mobile-optimized for clients, designed and built a web-based, fully-responsive learning platform prototype. Based upon this prototype along with Wordpress, an integrated, data-powered, learning platform was built in tandem with our instructional design team. Currently the system houses over 4,000 learning objects, delivering just-in-time training to thousands of learners, including all technician up-skilling and on-boarding courses. Redesigned, revamped, produced, and implemented mobile optimized training materials for the Technician New Hire program as well as numerous technician up-skilling programs, reducing costs while increasing ROI. Sr. Instructional Designer – Jones International University 12.2006 – 06.2014 Managed instructional design and implemented courseware for Doctorate in K-12 Education Leadership, Doctorate in Adult Education Leadership, Doctorate in Business Administration, Masters in Business Administration, and Associate of Arts in Digital Media degree programs. Partnered with subject matter experts (SMEs), university deans, department chairs, and academic personnel on curriculum and operational strategies. Managed and implemented course content updates with agility and responsiveness. Notable Accomplishments Innovator and department lead of learning engagement media using industry standard and leading-edge tools. Department lead in instructional design process improvement. Lead the refinement and agile implementation of the university’s course design model. Training & Education Manager – Metrolist, Inc. 08.2001 – 12.2006 Supervisor of all internal and external corporate education initiatives implementing training and development opportunities for 50+ employees and 5,000+ customers. Managed, mentored, and coached thirteen corporate training instructors. Designed, developed, evaluated, and facilitated all instructor-led, blended, and e-Learning education. Manager of a team-based training and education matrix environment, requiring contributions from multiple Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and individuals. Notable Accomplishments Expanded customer training opportunities by 100%. Designed, produced, and implemented asynchronous online customer product training utilizing Adobe Captivate, Adobe Flash, and Adobe Photoshop, employing a simulation-based approach and situational learning. Negotiated and implemented the company’s Learning Management System (LMS). Implemented a two-year employee industry education program utilizing a blended approach of instructor-led train...