I am an Instructional Designer with over 10 years of experience developing blending learning, eLearning, and facilitator-led training courses for global and private companies, as well as educational clients.

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Mike Payne
mike@elearning-pathways.com
949.400.0847
Instructional Designer with over 10 years of experience developing blending learning, eLearning, and
facilitator-led training courses for global and private companies, as well as educational clients.
Carrington Mortgage Services
Instructional Designer, Contract
October 2013 - Present
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Currently developing a nine-course, multimedia-rich, comprehensive series of eLearning courses
designed for scalability on business presentation skills, branding, conflict resolution, and managerial
development.
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All courses are developed in Articulate Studio 13 with integrated videos, audio, and interactivities.
Conduct interviews with SMEs to determine organizational and training audience needs, and review
completed course materials for consistency and business development goals.
Carrington Real Estate Services
Instructional Designer, Contract
July 2013 - October 2013
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Worked with Director of Career Services to develop sales training courses that align with corporate
messaging and branding.
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Developed comprehensive eLearning training program for residential real estate sales agents on
business development, marketing, and corporate onboarding.
University Nevada, Las Vegas
March 2013 – August 2013
Instructional Designer, Contract
• Designed, developed, and delivered a comprehensive Blackboard Learn end user training course for
500 college faculty members.
• Delivered semiweekly Blackboard Learn webinar training courses to college faculty using
Blackboard Collaborate to teach the GUI interface andcontent management system for course
development and design.
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Designed and developed job aids using SnagIt and Articulate Studio 09.
Invensys Operations Management
Courseware Developer, Contract
August 2012 – April 2013
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Developed end user training guides for the Invensys MES Operations software using source
material technical documentation provided from the software development team.
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Created participant and facilitator guides using Adobe Framemaker11, Adobe Acrobat Professional
11, and SangIt 11 in conjunction with established templates.

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March 2010 – August 2012
Blackboard, Inc.
Training Consultant, Contract
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Delivered onsite and virtual Blackboard Learn GUI administration training courses worldwide to
corporate and educational institutional end user clients.
United States Air Force
April 2010 – May 2012
Blackboard Learn Consultant, Contract
• Technical consultant for US Air Force Squadron Officers College instructional design team.
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Advised onsite staff of usability and integration practices for Blackboard Learn upgrade “mission.”
Provided multimedia and technical programming advisement to onsite ISD team, Program
Management team, and Blackboard Learn LMS Administrator.
August 2009 – April 2010
Thesys International
Program Architect
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Conducted business development and marketing campaigns using Salesforce.com CRM
Managed project design and development of 24 blended learning courses developed for Advance
Placement and International Baccalaureate high school students.
January 2006 – February 2009
CB Richard Ellis
Training Specialist
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Managed CB 101 Sales Associate training program, interfaced with outside consultants, and
collaborated with facility staff members during training events.
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Facilitated the Presentation Skills, Marketing, and Time Management training courses.
Assisted with the design and development of a 28 blended learning course development project that
spanned 6 months, involved five SMEs, and three instructional designers.
Education
Master’s Degree, Education
University of Phoenix
Bachelor’s Degree, English
California State University, San Bernardino
Professional Certifications
ASTD eLearning Instructional Design Certificate
Blackboard Learn GUI Administrator Certificate
Blackboard Learn for Online Course Delivery
Software & Programing Skills
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Articulate Studio 13
Captivate 7
Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
Microsoft Office
SnagIt 11
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Camtasia 8
HTML
CSS
JavaScript (Basic)
Adobe Flash