Experience

TDS Automation
• Morocco
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• Technical Documentation and Training Specialist

  • May 2008 - Present


Tyson Foods

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corporate-Level Maintenance Training Specialist

  • Nov 2005 - Nov 2007

  - Operated both independently and as a leader of a high-performance training development and delivery team. - Served as a technical training advisor and liaison between Tyson Foods, Inc. and numerous post-secondary educational institutions located nationwide. - Monitored training activities and recommended training to meet operational requirements at local facilities throughout the Tyson organization. - Interfaced with and directed the activities of training vendors. - Developed, coordinated and delivered training to plant-level training supervisors; i.e. Train-the-Trainer courses in areas such as Industrial Electrical and Motor Control Systems. - Worked on the development and refinement of an eight-level training sequence for maintenance technicians, encompassing a broad range of technical topics. This program was a combination of computer-based training, hands-on exercises and experiences using Tyson training equipment, plant-floor demonstrated skills, and written testing. - Responsible for creation of skills training impacting approximately 5,000 technical employees at several hundred facilities across the USA. - Created training materials, and curriculum for a wide range of technical disciplines including industrial electrical systems, motors and controls, programmable controllers (PLC’s), and automated systems. Show less



Nestlé

• Switzerland
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Trainer, Human Resources Department

  • Jul 2004 - Nov 2005

  - Worked closely with selected hourly skill-specialists to created job performance requirement materials for numerous positions within the organization, developed and implemented hiring materials and guidelines, and participated in hiring/selection interviews. - Tracked, coordinated, and monitored all training activities at the facility. - Created a local plant training facility; designed, specified, and constructed electrical, motor controls, and SLC-500 training equipment and hands-on exercise manuals. - Designed and developed curriculum and practical learning exercises in a broad range of industrial skill clusters. - Produced equipment-specific training materials. - Coordinated grant-related training activities. - Developed Standard Operating Procedures for line equipment. - Supervised and coordinated activities of part-time Human Resources interns. - Selected and implemented a commercial training tracking software program. Show less



Self-Employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Training Consultant/Coordinator

  • Jul 2001 - Jul 2004

  - Served as a training program developer, wrote operating manuals, created and compiled Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), researched and specified educational materials, performed task and job analyses, and coordinated training courses. - Prepared and delivered training proposals. - Designed and developed curriculum and practical learning exercises in a broad range of industrial maintenance skill clusters. - Originated a complete industrial electrical training package including electrical fundamentals, motor control systems, and programmable controllers (PLC’s). - Specified and constructed hands-on industrial electrical training equipment. - Created a comprehensive in-house maintenance training center at an Iowa packaging facility, and at a Tennessee poultry plant. - Functioned as a training advisor/program designer for several out-of-state production facilities and liaison between industry and post-secondary educational institutions. - Developed and assisted with the implementation of corporate-wide electrical training equipment, performance evaluations, and competency standards. - Taught customized business and industry technical seminars, including Motors and Controls, Programmable Controllers, and Industrial Electrical Systems. - Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communicative competence and the skills required to effectively interact with all levels of business and industry personnel. Show less



Hawkeye Community College Center for Business and Industry

• Instructor/Coordinator III

  • Jul 1992 - Jun 2001

  - Was instrumental in the creation of a 24,000 sq. ft. customized technical training center, dedicated to the development and delivery of company-specific training in a broad range of technical subject areas including electrical, fluid power, mechanical, refrigeration, and automated systems. - Have developed pre-employment testing instruments, served on company maintenance training committees, assisted organizations with skill assessments for their employees, and created written and performance evaluations used for employee advancement - Served as a team leader in a highly cooperative, employee-focused environment. - Supervised and evaluated full and part-time staff. - Coordinated course time and location scheduling and identified, recruited, and supervised technical program instructors and support staff. - Developed curriculum, training equipment, and instructed in the following technical areas: basic mathematics, programmable controllers, industrial electronic and electrical systems, motors and motor control systems, basic DC and AC electronics, digital circuits and systems, electromechanical systems, and electronic devices. - Coordinator/instructor for customized business and industry training programs. - Created, specified, ordered, installed, and maintained specialized technical and instructional equipment. - Prepared, monitored, and provided assigned budgets, funding proposals, program records and payroll authorizations. - Served as a technical resource for internal and external customers and participated in grant proposals, program committees, search committees, and staff evaluation. - Performed trainee assessment/evaluations, record keeping, program recruitment, and training activity advising. - Displayed strong attention to detail and the ability to focus effectively on multiple concurrent tasks. Show less



Hawkeye Institute of Technology

• Industrial Technology Faculty

  • Nov 1985 - Jun 1992

  - Full-time instructor/ program coordinator in the Industrial Service Technician program (now named Electromechanical Maintenance Technology). - Taught industrial electrical and electronic systems, fundamental AC and DC electronics, robotics, mathematics, blueprint reading, basic physics, motors and motor control systems, machine vision, data communications, digital circuits, and programmable controllers. - Managed technical electronics laboratory and created, specified, ordered, installed, and maintained specialized technical and instructional equipment. - Responsible for program curriculum/evaluation development and implementation and designed the existing Electromechanical Maintenance Technology program layout including development of a second-year A.A.S. option (yet to be implemented). - Performed service on advisory committees, recommended and implemented effective program alterations, and solicited company equipment donations. - Taught adult education general public courses in programmable control, and applied for and received economic development dollars to fund improvements in technical equipment. Show less