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Email - victor.rivera@pac.dodea.edu

I am a results driven professional with 25 plus years in Information Technology, Business, and Education where I gained experience in IT Management Systems, Operations Management, Quality Improvement, Process Control, Educational Technology, Educational Administration, Technical Training, and Re-engineering within both public and private organizations.

As a DODEA Teacher, I have been be facilitating the following courses: English; Humanities; Robotic Engineering;Engineering Design & Technology; Engineering Draw/ACAD; Architectural Draw/CAD; Applied Architectural Draw/ACAD; Principles of Engineering; Computer Service & Support; Cisco Networking I / II; Career Practicum; ESL Level 3 / 4; Computer Applications; Website Development and Mgt.; Adobe Photoshop; Adobe Flash; and AVID.

As a Far East Director, I have facilities both sports and academic events: FE Girls D2 Soccer and FE Boys D2 Basketball tournaments; FE Creative Expressions / Film Festival; and FE Journalism Conference.

As the Chair of the School of Information Technology for ITT Technical Institute, I served as the technical expert on program curriculum for faculty and students. Interviewed prospective instructor candidates and collaborated with other faculty and staff regarding implementation of both Associate and Bachelor Degree programs and associated curricula. Maintained a teaching load as determined by the Academic Dean. Supported Academic Affairs management in the delivery of results consistent with the operating plan. Served as a technical writer, editing various IT related textbooks ensuring their educational soundness as well as technical accuracy.

As a Vocational Instructor at the Piper Community School, I taught business and computer classes to well over 600 hundred adult students as well revising, developing, and evaluating effectiveness of referent programs using statistical analysis and evaluation methodologies.

As a Senior Adjunct Professor over the last 20 years, I have facilitated both online and onground college courses in Management, Marketing, Education, Economics, Computer Science, and Accounting to over 2000 plus students.

As the Supervisory Training Analyst Specialist for Florida Power & Light Nuclear Training, I developed performance-based training materials and manuals for various training programs for the following areas or disciplines over a seven year period: Electrical Maintenance, Senior Reactor Operators (i.e., simulator training) Mechanical Maintenance, Instructor Development, Quality Improvement, Team Member/Team Leader, and Trainer the Trainer, etc. I also conducted task analysis, developed training objectives, examinations, and other training related materials to support referent-training courses

As a corporate trainer for FPL, I facilitated various training courses such as Trainer-the-Trainer, Team Members/Team Leader, Quality Improvement, and all the courses in the Instructor Development programs (i.e., Instructional Analysis/Design/Development/Implementation/Evaluation).

Worked as a High School English/ESL teacher for approximately 5 years with the Hartford Board of Education, Hartford, Connecticut.

As a senior IT consultant for approximately 20 years, I have demonstrated proficiency in the following areas:

Lastly, I have been coaching for over twenty years where I have coached for the High and Middle School, YMCA, Youth Sports, Intramural Sports within both public and private sectors and at different levels (e.g., Army, Colleges, Companies, etc.), and l. Specifically, I have enjoyed coaching Varsity / JR. Varsity boys and girls basketball and soccer, HS Varsity football, and Youth Sports boys and girls basketball and soccer,baseball.