Christopher McDonald

About Christopher McDonald

The great Desmond Morris said \"We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know enough to get by. Every question we answer leads on to another question. This has become the greatest survival trick of our species.\" I have done my best to live by this quote for the people I train, teach, and design for. Most importantly I strive to learn new ways to produce products that keep everyone who uses it moving forward and yearning for additional knowledge.I am a leader in my field, with experience of almost 20 years in education, curriculum development, program administration, and training development. Throughout my career, I have displayed the abilities to be hard working, adaptable, and maintaining a constant interest in learning about advances my field. I have maintained habits to foster growth and a healthy work environment for peers and staff. During my career I have enhanced my professional skills and have become proficient at both coming up with ideas and following through on execution of such. I have benefited companies I worked for by creating new lines of revenue, receiving follow on work, and assisted in gaining new work.Key Experiences:• Military Service (A School Instructor)• Master’s degree in Education and Human Development• Secret Clearance• 20 Years’ Experience:o DCJS Director Award (For the creation of their first Online course)o Featured on the Main page of Army.mil.(For my work with robot simulation training)o Experience with foreign forceso Submarine Experienceo Aircraft Carrier Experienceo Robotics Simulation Experience

Experience

1. Site Lead- Advanced Distributed Learning (Adl) Specialist

   Reed Integration, Inc. Reed

   Oct 2021 — Present · Yorktown, VA, US

   Project Management• Implemented employee training programs to improve performance and productivity.• Organized, monitored, and maintained records pertaining to course development and implementation.• Managed employee/team relations to ensure staff needs are well taken care of.• Liaison between client and contractor through clear verbal communication.• Managed creation of multiple reports to track progression of projects to ensure contract obligations are met and exceeded.• Managed and monitored time sheet/leave approvals.• Manage multiple projects under the provisions and confines of the contract.• Researched and distributed information concerning modernizations of tranfer of learning methodology.• Determined and increased ROI.Project Development• Developed curriculum and learning materials to increase comprehension, course formats and lesson presentations for diverse topics.• Evaluated course performance to determine areas in need of improvement.• Demonstrated knowledge of varied learning modalities.• Utilized knowledge of industry best practices to improve upon existing training methods.• Built and updated evaluation and survey tools to monitor and improve effectiveness of courses.• Instructed adult learners on presentation development, team leadership and business writing.• Improved student learning by defining and articulating learning outcomes and analyzing performance metrics and measurements.• Worked with school administrators to determine course needs and set frameworks.• Offered subject matter expertise on curriculum design, selection and purchasing.• Developed, deployed, and maintained robust training programs accomplishing department and facility goals.• Met with vendors to check available curriculum plans and related materials supporting course objectives.

Education

• The George Washington University - Graduate School of Education and Human Development

  Master's Degree, Organizational Leadership & Learning

  2010 — 2012

• ECPI University

  Bachelor Degree, Criminal Justice

  2009 — 2010