About

I’m an instructional designer who believes learning should make it easier for people to do their jobs—not simply give them more information.

My career has allowed me to experience learning from several perspectives: as a trainer, facilitator, people leader, instructional designer, Lead Instructional Designer, and, more recently, as an employee and learner again.

Those perspectives shape the questions I ask when I begin a project:

What does the person need to do?
What could get in the way?
What information or practice will actually help?
And what can we leave out?

I’ve designed learning for frontline employees, leaders, facilitators, and enterprise audiences. My work has included eLearning, virtual and instructor-led learning, system simulations, performance support, accessibility and Universal Design, leadership development, and large-scale operational initiatives.

I’m comfortable working with complex subject matter and multiple stakeholders, but I prefer the learning itself to be straightforward. I don’t believe more content automatically creates better learning. Content should earn its place by helping someone understand, decide, practice, or perform.

Accessibility is also part of how I think about good design. My experience developing accessibility standards and testing learning with tools such as JAWS and keyboard-only navigation reinforced that accessibility should be considered from the beginning—not added at the end.

After more than two decades in Learning & Development, I still enjoy the part of the work that begins with a problem and a blank page: figuring out what people really need and finding the clearest way to help them succeed.

Currently open to remote Senior/Lead Instructional Design and contract opportunities.