25 Nicholas Drive, Pennsville NJ, 08070
856.275.9640 – rpratta1@gmail.com
RYAN PRATTA
PERSONAL STATEMENT
Insightful leadership developer with experience creating curriculum and courses to transfer higher education, non-profit, and capital
project professionals into top-performing employees. Entrusted with supervising training operations for grant coordination. Skilled
at performing needs assessment and formulating strategic plans to meet outcome measures. Outstanding technologist who
accomplishes complex assignments on time while controlling costs. Five years of progressive experience in learning and
development.
CAREER HISTORY
Instructional Systems Designer (ISD)
Pathfinder | 10/1/2014 – Present | Cherry Hill, NJ
ISD for eLearning and all F2F training for Pathfinder and the International Project Management Academy (IPMA)
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As an ISD contractor, I worked with designing, developing and maintaining ILT and VILT courses for a capital projects
agency. Lead for eLearning and training documentation for numerous training products and services. Required to
provide strong instructional design skills focused on adult learning (Andragogy). Worked within tight deadlines and hard
date material. Translate complex subject matter into easy and understanding training materials, activities, high level
workshops and case studies for CM and PM industrial, petro, pharma, and pipeline corporations.
Successful execution of Project and Construction Management Best Practice for Capital projects
Design ILT and VILT courses utilizing existing content, SME input and client supplied documentation in a cohesive and
straightforward manner
Work with clients to understand and characterize learning needs and to provide L&D consulting services
Work with SMEs to perform complex analysis to determine knowledge, skills, attitudes and performance levels of the
audience
Formulate LO for training materials
Develop post material and rubrics for grading
Augment all existing training material for the International Project Management Academy and consulting with ID best
practice and industry leading training software
Create and maintains SharePoint websites for clients using Dreamweaver, Illustrator, and Storyline 1 and 2
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Instructional Systems Designer (ISD)
Hagerty Associates | 05/2014 – 10/2014 | Cherry Hill, NJ
Lead ISD for eLearning and all F2F trainings for the International Project Management Academy
Successful execution of Project and Construction Management Best Practice for Capital projects
Designs and Develops training courses for Capital Projects for global chemical and petro corporations
Coaches and suggests industry best adult learning recommendations to executives
Works with SME’s throughout the USA, Canada and Europe for a customized and “feel at home” style of trainings
Communicates with SME’s using Adobe Connect
Utilizes all available technologies for execution of course – Articulate Storyline, Microsoft PowerPoint, Sony Sound Forge
Converting 20th century trainings to 21st century standards using pen and paper to keyboard and CPU
Updates and maintains all current and past trainings, workshops, and case study material
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Instructional Designer Contractor
Becker College | 04/2014 – 11/2014 | Remote
Utilizes Articulate Storyline and Microsoft Office for template creations of higher education courses
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Creates up to four lessons per month
Works as contractor for Becker College
Serves as the point-person for the beginning of all course creations
Uses the ADDIE and SAM learning modules for successful execution of courses
GRANT COORDINATOR/LOGISTICS
The Southwest Council | 01/2012 – 05/2014 | Vineland, NJ
Utilizing the Strategic Prevention Framework in culminating a variety of workshops for adults.
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SME regarding policy and training related to the identified key stakeholders of Gloucester County, New Jersey
Analyzed and evaluated data using the Strategic Prevention Framework competency model for a population that exceeds 288,000
Managed change for community via ‘Change Management’ technique for members of Gloucester County, NJ
Pulled together a community coalition from areas of the community that were not identified in any other study such as religious
groups, LGBTQ, and the Asian American community
Used customer relationship managements models to attain current and future community members for the Coalition
Built and worked in a complex environment and produced effective networks with a common value of “making the area a better
tomorrow”
Coached and influenced others to help achieve desired results
Focus groups, key informant interviews and live webinars were used for outcome evaluation
ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGIST
Salem Community College | 08/2013 – 12/2013 | Carney’s Point, NJ
Introduced new academic technology to instructors and providing ongoing training in the use of academic technology in teaching and
learning.
 Assessed 27 distance learning courses using a faculty-centered, peer review process that is designed to certify the quality of online
and blended courses, this process is known as Quality Matters
 Completed ISD modeling for all designing and development of projects
 Used the ISD model ADDIE and SAT for face to face and Virtual Instructor Lead Training (VILT)
 Administered the transition from Web-Study to Instructure’s Canvas and Sakai LMS, and MOOCS
 Training lead for student and instructor orientation using Articulate 6
 Recommended and updated Articulate and Camtasia
 Managed new technologies allocated by the College through Change Management
 Recommended online learning strategies and academic technologies to the College President
 Created manuals for managing the College’s interactions with current and future students and instructors by way of current
technology to organize and synchronize customer service and technical support skills (CRM)
 Adhered and brought up to date the Fair Use Guidance and ADA section 508 compliance checks
QUALIFICATIONS
MA Instructional Technology | 01/2009 – 05/2012 | THE RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
 Galloway, New Jersey
 Facilitated classroom activities via synchronized social media such as WIMBA
 Completed an intensive two year Capstone project in conjunction with the NextGen Aviation Research and Technology Park ARTP
– Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey
 Learned and acquired the ISD models on various levels to help execute projects that were related to my degree
 Provided user-friendly professional instruction to Director and secretary of the NextGen Aviation ARTP for use of social
networking/media and to establish internal websites using Microsoft Sharepoint for calendar and employee use. Created formal
curriculum using web2.0 software, Microsoft Sharepoint, and Skype. Used several of the International Society for Performance
Improvement (ISPI) standards such as, systematic cause analysis, systematic development, and systematic evaluation. Used
Articulate and Captivate 5 for tutorial and ‘like’ Powerpoint presentations with Lectora.
BA Psychology | 01/2004 – 08/2009 | THE RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
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Galloway, New Jersey
TECHNICAL
Microsoft Office Suite, Project, Visio, Sharepoint, Publisher, Outlook, WIMBA, Collaboration, Adobe Connect, Camtasia Suite 8,
Wordpress, HPI Practices, Captivate, HTML5, Lectora, Adobe Captivate & Articulate, Canvas, social media platforms, various LMS
programs such as Blackboard, Sakai, Web-Study, Articulate Storyline, Sony Sound Forge,
AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE
Relationship Building | Transformational Education | ISD model | SAT model | Online Instruction | Program Development | Policy
Planning and Analysis | Strategic Planning | Specialization in Social Media | Web Design | Customer Service | Curriculum Advising
and Program Planning | Research Design and Development | Change Management | Professional Learning | Expert in eLearning and
adult learning | Digital Communication Design | Self – Learning | CRM | Captivate | Articulate | Office 365 |Medicare | Medicaid |
Logistics | Adult Learning |Consulting | Leadership
FORTHCOMING OBJECTIVES
PMP Certification | ASTD HPI Certification | SQL and MySQL Certifcation | Certified Scrum Master | MCSD: Microsoft Certified
Solutions Developer: Sharepoint Applications | ACE: Adobe Certified Expert For Developers