Experience

Bedrock Learning, Inc.

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member of the Board of Advisors

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  Served as the startup’s initial Chief Product Officer, architecting the platform’s user experience, learning engineering methods, and product strategy. Moved to a Board of Advisors role after these were established. Bedrock delivers professional learning and development via a SaaS platform that includes discussions, courseware, and wargames embedded within open-source intel about global affairs and national security. Served as the startup’s initial Chief Product Officer, architecting the platform’s user experience, learning engineering methods, and product strategy. Moved to a Board of Advisors role after these were established. Bedrock delivers professional learning and development via a SaaS platform that includes discussions, courseware, and wargames embedded within open-source intel about global affairs and national security.



The ADL Initiative

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2022

  As Director of the ADL Initiative, a government program reporting to the Director of the Defense Support Services Center (Defense Human Resources Activity, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness), I advised senior defense leaders on technical and policy matters related to distributed learning; oversaw execution of all program functions, including, research, contracts, budgets, and planning; collaborated broadly across the defense community, federal agencies, and coalition military partners; and served as the US delegate to the NATO Training Group Individual Training and Education Developments task group. Show less



University of Central Florida

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Instructor of Modeling and Simulation

  • Sep 2011 - Jul 2015

  As needed, periodically designed and delivered graduate courses on Modeling and Simulation, including HSI for M&S (IDS 6148)

• Assistant Professor

  • Aug 2008 - Oct 2011

  As an Assistant Professor with the University of Central Florida Institute for Simulation & Training (UCF-IST), I worked with the Applied Cognition and Training in Immersive Virtual Environments (ACTIVE) laboratory. That work focused on education and training for the Defense community, particularly higher-order skills training for military personnel (i.e., training the thinking skills associated with “cognitive readiness”).

• Instructor

  • Aug 2006 - Aug 2008

  Instructor of Digital Media

• Asst. Director, Academic Promotions, Arts & Sciences

  • Aug 2003 - Aug 2006

  Assistant director of academic promotions, for the College of Arts & Sciences, the largest college at the university (at that time).



EDA, Inc.

• United States
• Strategic Management Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • Jul 2014 - Jun 2015

  As a consultant to Executive Development Associates (EDA), I contribute to the design and delivery of professional development training, mainly on topics involving cognitive readiness, decision making, and critical thinking. As a consultant to Executive Development Associates (EDA), I contribute to the design and delivery of professional development training, mainly on topics involving cognitive readiness, decision making, and critical thinking.



MESH Solutions, LLC - A DSCI Company

• Orlando, Florida Area

• Chief Scientist

  • Sep 2011 - Jun 2014

  Theoretical and empirical academic research, field experimentation, translation of research into actionable products, development of training and education materials, and human-systems integration -- mainly related to higher-order cognitive, affective, and psychosocial skills training and education for the Defense and first-responder communities Theoretical and empirical academic research, field experimentation, translation of research into actionable products, development of training and education materials, and human-systems integration -- mainly related to higher-order cognitive, affective, and psychosocial skills training and education for the Defense and first-responder communities