1. Joe Escalante
Phone: (408) 966-9873 e-mail: joeesc@yahoo.com
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
 MA in Instructional Design
 Instructional Design and Development
 Assistive Technology
 eLearning Design and best practices
 Writing and editing skills, public speaking
SOFTWARE SKILLS
 Adobe Captivate, Photoshop
 Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook
 Mac OS, Windows platforms
 Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Nov 2011 – present Assistive Technology Specialist, Silicon Valley Independent Living
Center, San Jose CA
 Providing case management and training services to clients, including the training on
use of assistive technology (AT) such as mobility aids, assistive software/hardware, etc.
 Maintaining appropriate program/service records and reports
 Conduct assessment and evaluation services to determine which AT is best for
consumer/student
 Collaborating with AT network members statewide to provide the best education
possible to clients
Jan 2011 – Nov - 2011 Instructional Assistant, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA
 Lab assistant with adaptive computer technology working with a diverse population of
students with a variety of disabilities
 Training students with Dragon Dictate
 Grant writing, received $3,000 grant
Nov 08 – Sept 2010 Territory Manager, United Medical Providers, Campbell, CA
 Local representative for company supplying urological supplies to patients
 Meet with rehab managers and caseworkers to educate them about company

2. May 08 – June 08 Instructional Designer, Cisco Systems (on contract, 5 weeks), San Jose,
CA
 Using Adobe Captivate and Photoshop, built training module videos for 500+ learners
 Reviewed and modified web based training modules
April 06 – Feb 08 Independent Consultant, San Jose, CA
 Built modules using Adobe Captivate, Developed job aides, Power Point presentations,
researching LMS systems for clients
Feb 05 – April 06: Design Consultant, (part-time) Achievekids, San Jose, CA
 Oversaw design and development of Web based training modules for employees
 Facilitated employee focus groups
Instructional Design, Agile Systems, San Jose, CA
 Responsible for conversion of instructor led training class to e-learning
 Worked with Subject Matter Experts to ensure successful transformation of curriculum
Project Consultant, WWII Memories Project, Veterans Hospital, Menlo Park
Sept 99 – Dec 03 Project Manager, Digital Clubhouse Network, Sunnyvale, CA
WWII Memories Project, Veterans Hospital, Menlo Park, CA
Site-supervisor: oversaw 40 youth employees, and time management of staff and volunteers
 Corporate liaison/community outreach advisor for businesses and non-profit
organizations
 Lead IT resource for staff and youth
 Instructed over 100 seniors in use of computer and Internet
 Managed project budgets of $100,000
 Monthly management of $2,500 operational budget
 Grant writing
 Co-writer/producer of digital media geared towards education of teens
 Write and ensure implementation of lesson plans for educational tobacco projects
 Assisted VA with documenting and archiving personal war histories of disabled WW II
Veterans
 Supervised production of individual 2 to 3 minute video projects: writing of scripts,
interviewing veterans, recording sound, video, voice and music, and production in
computer
EDUCATION
Master’s Degree, Instructional Technology, SJSU, San Jose, CA
Bachelor’s Degree Radio/TV Film, SJSU, San Jose, CA