Alan

Experienced UX Designer with IT and Education degrees
32 years oldOther technical positionsCome from Brazil Living in Hohhot
Language: French, Italian, Spanish, English, Portuguese
Mandarin: simple communication

Instructional Designer, Teacher, Translator and content producer with bachelor's in I.T. and UX/UI design specialization

Teacher and Instructional Designer for Asian Students
Chinese Schools
Mar 2019 - May 2020(a year)

Understanding how a different culture learns and deals with Education really transformed the way I see learning and development! • Created a Language training for teachers and kids where technology was incorporated in a way they had never done before; • Modeled, delivered, and crafted rich student-centered learning experiences through authoring tools, needs analysis, SME interviews and cultural analysis; • Implemented new style of curriculum development through the psychology of learning to Asian students and their needs with highly effective communication, listening, collaboration and interpersonal skills.

Learning and Development Specialist
Contractor for IBM, several companies and city administrations
Jan 2013 - Apr 2019(6 years)

It all started with a small training session I volunteered to lead and ended up with me telling CEOs and city administrators how to achieve their training needs. • Guaranteed excellence in curriculum development through needs and content analysis that aggressively increased student success rates and customer satisfaction; • Conceived new learning delivery systems through web development, different synchronous and asynchronous solutions that allowed a greater number of students to achieve their learning goals; • Enhanced local learning award-winning with community outreach, events and teacher training on cultural needs analysis, learning styles and cognitive sciences of learning

American High School Teacher
Griggs International Academy
Jan 2018 - Feb 2019(a year)

I was invited to plan and implement an experimental project in English Learning and in STEAM-based programs in a bilingual high school. • Devised a new and successful curriculum and teaching method through understanding the institution needs and students' expectations; • Documented post-program data and improved methodology for future instructors training • Implemented CLIL and a more hands-on approach to learning STEAM and I.T. through Agile, Design thinking and instructional design best practices which dramatically increased learning, creativity and general satisfaction.

Instructional Designer, Web Designer and Content producer
Freelance
Mar 2014 - Jan 2019(5 years)

I create state-of-the-art digital solutions for learning and business purposes based on real needs! • Solved training needs with web-based, in-person and blended/hybrid learning solutions and different delivery systems developed according ADDIE and SAM models, Agile deliverable system and authoring tools such as Camtasia and Articulate Storyline; • Devised new content and learning solutions for individualized synchronous and asynchronous instruction based on cognitive science, UX/UI standards and needs analysis; • Tailored content, Learning Management Systems and web portals exceeded that exceeded expectations.

Learning Programs Coordinator
WISE UP Languages
Feb 2013 - Sep 2016(4 years)

As a Learning Program Coordinator for two programs, teacher trainer and recruiter, I have: • Assured both in-person and remote learning happened smoothly and according to the institution's best practices; • Modernized teacher training with MOOCs, discussions and the implementation of cognitive sciences of learning in staff training; • Collected general feedback from stakeholders and built solutions that met needs and improved performance.

Systems Specialist
IBM
Jan 2011 - May 2013(2 years)

This is where it all began. My first training session was led during this period and I couldn't stop anymore. • Mined data through incidents, problems and changes to engineer hundreds of process improvements, which were awarded several times; • Assembled old procedures, updated and restructured them according to UX/UI best practices, which reduced rework, improved the team's technical learning curve and secured me a promotion; • Formed the first training community in our department by being the first Junior employee to deliver technical training to senior staff, which made me the first employee of my department to receive a "hall of fame" award.

MUST University, Florida - USA
, Educational Technologies (Instructional Design)
Aug 2019 - Sep 2021(2 years)

American Master's Degree in Educational Technologies (online)

Instructional Design institute
, Post-bac in instructional design
Jan 2019 - Oct 2020(2 years)

Post-bac in instructional design

Instructional Design institute
, UX Design and Cognitive Sciences for E-learning
Sep 2019 - Feb 2020(5 months)

Post-bac in UX Design and Cognitive Sciences for E-learning

UNASP
, Bachelor's in IT
Feb 2013 - Apr 2017(4 years)

Bachelor's in information technology

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