MARTIN SHIELDS  | 
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   204 Dice Avenue  |  New York, NY 10035  |  000-000-0000  |  martin.shields@dice.com  | 
  
  
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   Certified Technical Trainer with proven background improving operations through effective instruction  | 
  
  
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   SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS  | 
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     - In-depth experience in technical training, writing, course development, instructional design, and resource coordination.
 
     - Adept at creating classroom and web-based training and instructional materials, teaching aids, and devices, as well as technical/troubleshooting manuals and user guides.
 
     - Excel at collaborating with managers, instructors, and clients to determine training needs.
 
     - Superior communication, diagnostic, technical, and presentation skills.
 
     - CompTIA CTT+ certified.
 
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   PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  | 
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   | ABC INC., NEW YORK, NY  | 
   
     
     2006 - Present
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   | Senior Technical Trainer | 
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     - Provide high-level training efforts for this major pharmaceutical company with 6,000 employees, including classroom, train-the-trainer, video conferencing, webinars, lunch-break sessions, and Q&A.
 
     - Develop document-teaching procedures for team of 15 technical trainers, encompassing instructional manuals, quick reference guides, and test results forms. Maintain documentation on intranet.
 
     - Train company representatives on corporate and business guidelines, customer relationship management (CRM) tools, billing systems, and proprietary applications.
 
     - Pursue emerging training technologies and strategies, including mobile, podcasts, and vcasts.
 
     - Oversaw aggressive on-site training workshops for all employees during migration to Linux system.
 
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   | DEF COMPANY, NEW YORK, NY  | 
   
     
     2004 - 2006
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     - Developed and presented multilevel classroom courses on DEF's products to employees and end users with varying levels of knowledge, skills, and abilities.
 
     - Assist in development of training materials, technical/troubleshooting manuals, and user guides.
 
     - Learned and taught proprietary software and mechanical instrumentation.
 
     - Created course guides for new product releases.
 
     - Prepared webinars and student reference materials for field offices to continually improve quality.
 
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   | HJK INC., NEW YORK, NY  | 
   
     
     2000 - 2003
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     - Provided face-to-face and web-based training for medical claims processing systems and applications.
 
     - Designed and prepared course materials, teaching aids, skill evaluations, and final assessments.
 
     - Uploaded/downloaded testing results to track progress. Submitted reports to division managers.
 
     - Worked with human resources and department heads to schedule and customize training sessions at 25 offices throughout country.
 
     - Liaised with managers, other instructors, and system vendors to determine training needs.
 
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   TECHNICAL SKILLS  | 
  
  
   | Operating Systems:  | 
   Linux, Microsoft Office 2007/XP/Vista/NT | 
  
  
   | Applications:  | 
   MS Office Suite, MS Project, MS Live Meeting, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator | 
  
  
   | Programming:  | 
   C, UNIX, HTML/XML | 
  
  
   | Databases:  | 
   Oracle, Sybase, MS Access, MySQL, SQL Server | 
  
  
   | Hardware:  | 
   Servers, printers, networking, VoIP, telecommunications devices | 
  
  
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     EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION
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      Bachelor of Science in Information Systems; Boston University, Boston, MA (2000)
      
     
    
     - CompTIA CTT+ Certification
 
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