2021 - Bentley Systems, Inc.

Bentley Systems, Inc. Civil Software Training Development, Training and Consulting San Diego, CA (home office) May 2008 - November 2021 In 2008, I reunited with my Huntsville Intergraph Infrastructure colleagues after a 15-year "separation" (except the...

Transforming the Industry

our InRoads offerings, including the first Advanced InRoads multi-day course. I wrote the initial OpenRoads Technology training courses, consulted on-site its early days, and helped drive its rollout and the rollout of the Hydraulics and Utilties tools...

InSewer Rollout and Training x 2

Project: InSewer Rollout, Training Development and Training (Unix and NT) Client: City of San Diego Primary Collaborators: Phyllis Chapin (San Diego) and Sophia Bhatia (SDDPC) Work Scope: Software Acceptance, Training Program Development, Software...

Utah DOT Training

Utah Department of Transportation Feb - April 2007 Roads and Structures - InRoads training One question that stuck with me with this class is: how do you expand the capability of intelligent staff that are stagnant in their roles? This need became...

Government Experience

with Government have been built around process improvement, whether it has been software/standards automation or staff training and training development. Even at CalTrans, where my job was production, I was continually working with staff and leadership...

Technical Writing

I've been writing large-scale, large-scope technical documentation since 1995. I focus primarily on multi-media Training Classes, though I do prepare and deliver Technical and Industry presentations. After developing and delivering Training Courses for...

1995 - City of San Diego - Engineering Applications

Primary Collaborators: Phyllis Chapin (San Diego); Sophia Bhatia, (SDDPC) Work Scope: Intergraph Software Acceptance, Training Program Development, Software Implementation and Rollout 1995 - 2000 Technical Lead & Project Management for Intergraph...

Highway Engineering

urban highway interchanges. After HNTB, most of my InRoads experience was teaching people to use it, including developing training manuals independently and with Bentley. Actual Road Design Work since moving to training/consulting/hotshotting include:...

Why am I Here? (in front of class)

(unlikely now, but common at the time). Why Am I Here? It forces staff to spend the time 24, 32 or 40 hours taking the training. I can answer "detail" questions and provide context. I diagnose, triage, and curate. There is a LOT of content available,...

Professional Experience

on large drainage projects using Bentley's OpenRoads Drainage platform. I help teams improve their performance through training, Workspace Setup and finding best practices for meeting drainage and utiltiies modeling requirements. It's good to back in...

2005 - Civil XLr8

Civil XLr8 Training and Consulting - Bentley Civil Software Nationwide July 2000 - April 2005 Unlike my previous self-employment incarnation, Civil XLr8 was designed for multiple clients - nationwide (interestingly, my first week training was in...

2007 - Utah DOT InRoads Training

Trained in-person three classes of Roadway designers and one of Bridge Engineers from my training manuals. Utah DOT Training

Project Delivery: Agile and Trustworthy

San Diego: getting GIS and InSewer to work together to meet EPA Secondary Treatment Waiver. Defining, Designing, Authoring Training Systems for Intergraph/Bentley software (InRoads, InFlow, InSewer, and Storm&Sanitary). Training. Managing those...

1998 - Logjam Solutions, Inc.

Logjam Solutions, Inc. GIS/Design Software Integration, User Acceptance Certification, Training Development Services, Implementation Services Orlando, FL (incorporated) March 1995 - June 1998 I created this S-Corporation to facilitate consulting to San...

Training

Training Development

Training

Drainage Engineering

involved in its development and rollout since its early days at Bentley. The Product Manager and I developed most of the training (until recently when I moved to promoting all Engineering Applications). After getting a full complement of Drainage...

2000 - San Diego Data Processing Corporation

around $350,000 annually. Major Projects included GIS/InSewer Integration Initial InSewer (Unix) implementation and training (link) InSewer NT implementation and training (link) InRoads Storm&Sanitary implementation and training (link) InRoads Support...

Oberth effect

Using the same amount of fuel at high speeds adds more energy (speed) than at low speeds. From a work standpoint, formal training, especially on-site, can boost productivity because of the preparartions that occur prior to training. Companies tend to...