STEPHEN HELLIE 6930 San Felipe Road, Hollister, California 95023 831.637.7446 831.524.4819 Stephen.hellie@garlic.

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TECHNICAL INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER/TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE Highly capable, talented, and seasoned professional, with more than 20 years of extensive experience in instructional design and training, backed with a strong engineering background. Adept at developing both classroom and online instructio nal programs, training courses, and tests. Effective in collaborating with techn ical subject matter experts to develop excellent training courses and curricula. Expert at reviewing content and design of state-of-art presentations. Impressive leader, successful in motivating team members toward meeting company targets. Innovative instructor; pioneered the development of technical courses, i ncluding National Semiconductor process and packaging training classes. Effective communicator who successfully interacted with and translated t echnical information to be understood by a wide variety of audiences, having had experience in preparing and teaching courses to sales personnel, field applicat ion engineers, customers, internal employees and management personnel. Powered with exceptional interpersonal skills; able to deal effectively with individuals from all levels, addressing complex problems with keen attentio n to detail.

TECHNICAL ACUMEN Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) ~ Adobe (Captivate, Premiere Pro, Dreamweaver, Fireworks) ~ Camtasia ~ Aptana ~ XHTML ~ CSS ~ JavaScript ~ jQuery Library ~ Spry Library (Dreamweaver) ~ Video/Audio Capture ~ Visual Basic ~ TopClass ~ ReadyGo

AREAS OF EXPERTISE Curriculum Design & Development Technical SME Relationships Learning Management Systems (LMS) eLearning Development Training Course Evaluation & Feedback Human Performance Improvement Special Events Planning & Execution Mentoring & Coaching

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Owner/Web Designer Thistledown Arts ~ Hollister, CA 2009Present Oversee a start-up graphics and website design company. Design and implement websites using XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other we b development tools, along with validating the site across a variety of browsers

. Technical eLearning Curriculum Manager National Semiconductor Corporation ~ Santa Clara, CA 20052008 Managed the development and maintenance of the companys online training con tent and evaluations, ensuring quality control of its training courses. Converted numerous courses from a variety of sources using ReadyGo and i n collaboration with vendor technicians; created base code which led to the deve lopment of a simple method that included Flash video into web pages, significant ly enhancing the content of the entire course. Served as content reviewer, providing feedback on the content and design of technical presentations during rehearsals, which directly increased the qual ity rating of meetings by attendees. Developed courses for a number of different groups within the company, i ncluding semiconductor processes, electrostatic discharge, and packaging techniq ues; significantly helped the field sales organization in obtaining necessary ba ckground information to support their product knowledge base. Key Accomplishments: Reduced course development time and started the production of high-quali ty, effective training by mentoring subject matter experts, reviewing course con tent, and assisting them with technical presentation design and subsequent conve rsion to an online format. Created question pools from which test questions were pulled at random o nce a test was requested; provided recommendation of purchasing and facilitating the implementation of Server-Side testing which made available additional test types, such as multiple correct answer, column matching, and fill-in-the-blank t o add variety to the existing traditional multiple choice and true/false types; and significantly increased companys capability to assess students subject matter unde rstanding. Secured savings for the company by transforming a non-reusable, 3-day co urse (worth more than $400,000) into a reusable state; applied a technique (usin g Camtasia) that created a reusable Flash course with audio tracks recorded by t he professor for all 300 slides, making the course available on demand and elimi nating the need to hire a professor for each course presentation. Senior Technical Instructor Integrated Device Technology (IDT) ~ San Jose, CA 20002005 Set up the necessary infrastructure in providing training; researched an d utilized Top Class as the web host, which produced more than 30 technical trai ning presentations in the first 6 months as well as courses for the Legal, Finan ce, and other company departments. Carefully developed questions needed in testing students, ensuring answe rs were unambiguous; prepared question pools that allowed the testing software t o select a random set of questions for each evaluation request, resulting to acc urate assessments of students. Obtained assignment from the Vice President for Sales to clean up the sa les website which had accumulated a significant amount of clutter and lack of fl ow; determined the critical elements of the site and removed unimportant ones, g enerating a user-friendly site with up-to-date information. Key Accomplishments: Earned recognition for the successful completion and setup of the first set of courses online within only 3 months; implemented a total of 24 courses on line after 9 months. Developed technical training, producing an orientation course; thoroughl y developed a 2-day course, an innovation for the company that included the hist ory of telecommunications and was used as an introduction to IDT products that s hortened the learning curve for new hires. Made contributions to the team that produced all breakout presentations

for the 2003 and 2004 global sales meetings. EARLIER CAREER NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION ~ Santa Clara, CA Meeting and Events Manager Field Sales Operations Manager Technical Developer/ Instructor LOCKHEED MARTIN MISSILE AND SPACE CORPORATION ~ Sunnyvale, CA Technical Instructor UNITED STATES ARMY SECURITY AGENCY TRAINING CENTER ~ Ayer, MA Technical Instructor

EDUCATION Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering | University of Michigan ~ Ann Arb or, MI PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT United States Army Security Agency Training Center: Intercept Demultiplex System s Repairman Course and Instructor Training Counselor Salesperson ~ Negotiating Skills ~ Managing Within the Law ~ Principle -Centered Leadership ~ Basic Management Course ~ Business Ethics

AFFILIATION Member, The American Legion AWARD Army Commendation Medal