I have consulted on dozens of projects and was also a long-time, multi-project consultant or contractor at:
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Across dozens of projects, I participated in design, project planning, test planning, development, testing, documentation, training, support, or enablement. In the second half of my career, I focused particularly on standards-based integration or search applications and lead requirements gathering or scoping as the domain expert.
I have deep experience in the development of the IMS Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) specification through several iterations. I also lead the IMS Common Cartridge specification and contributed to IMS QTI, OneRoster, and Caliper Analytics. I have implemented other standards for learning objects, such as SCORM and AICC.
I have deep experience with Blackboard Learn and Building Blocks, including consulting to many organizations in the principal developer role. I was also a contractor at Blackboard for the development of very large course enrollment features. I was a consultant (as a check and advocate) to clients that hired Blackboard Consulting. In higher ed, I participated in many projects that integrated with Canvas by Instructure or Desire2Learn / Brightspace. While a contractor at MIT, I was part of the original development team for Sakai LMS. I also consulted to both commercial LMS vendors or companies wishing to integrate with K-12 LMSes.
I am familiar with educational and library metadata schemes such as Dublin Core, IEEE LOM, EduPerson, PB Core, etc. as well as the design and implementation of custom metadata schemes. I have long and varied experience documenting software applications, services, and APIs. In addition, I have written training and support guides and marketing / case study material. I authored Inside the Lotus Add-in Toolkit (Brady Books) and recently Strategies for the Workplace (self published). I have lead application training and courses internationally, at Authorized Training Centers, and in custom settings.
As a programmer and development manager, I have extensive experience implementing APIs. I have also consulted on custom API design and implementation. I was a contractor on the MIT Open Knowledge Initiative, which did foundational work in learning management system design. I have extensive procedural and object-oriented programming experience for large commercial applications. I worked on large (year+, 100+ developer) projects, such as Lotus 1-2-3® and Microsoft® Excel® across hardware platforms and operating systems as a programmer, systems architect, or development manager. I worked on dozens of small desktop and web applications as an individual or part of a team.
I have worked on several commercial search and discovery applications as well as on the architecture and implementation of federated search standards. Interesting projects include MIT’s Black Ships and Samurai, ARTstor, and SoftChalk. I also have experience with library-system search (via SRU/W and Z39.50).
I worked on several localization efforts and consulted on local market concerns. I was embedded at Lotus Japan for one year. I worked on country-specific enablement as part of Lotus Europe. Earlier, I worked in consulting on US AID technology transfer projects in Indonesia, Pakistan, Sudan, and Morocco. Primarily as part of the California State University Chancellor’s Office’s Academic Technology Office, I worked with the accessibility office and on accessibility evangelism. I also worked on industry accessibility standards as part of WGBH and the IMS / 1EdTech Accessibility efforts.
I was a consultant and contractor on the MERLOT project, a 20+ year OER effort, the federally-funded (US Department of Labor's TAACCCT grants) SkillsCommons project, and the Affordable Learning Solutions campaign, as well as a consultant to Connexions and OpenStax.
I am the author of Strategies for the Workplace: The Early Career Advantage, a collection of over 200 articles on employability skills. I also worked for many years on SkillsCommons, the world’s largest OER library of workplace training materials.
At as both at iXL Enterprises, an Internet professional services firm, and at EMC2, an enterprise storage company, I worked in business development, partnering, and alliance formation with professional services firms (e.g. KPMG and PWC), hardware vendors (e.g. Intel, Cisco), and software companies (e.g. Microsoft, Oracle, Sun Microsystems). I also nurtured alliances with video and data-intensive applications companies. Separately, as part of the California State University’s Digital Marketplace and Affordable Learning Solutions programs, I supported alliances with many commercial publishers, bookstores, and application companies.
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