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Robert B. Burghardt
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| Title: |
Project Manager/Senior Instructional Design Developer |
| Industry: |
Consulting/Adult Technical Education |
| Type of Organization: |
Consulting Firm |
| Major Product/Service: |
Consulting services |
| Expertise: |
Mr. Burghardt has over 18 years experience developing training and curriculum for Fortune 500 companies. He develops instructional design development for companies both in-house and via e-learning. He serves as a corporate educator, developing training and core curriculum from inception to production rollout for a variety of companies in any and all industries. He has worked extensively within the healthcare, payroll systems, Comcast cable, cell phone/Telecomm, finance and insurance industries. Mr. Burghardt works with developers in the software development life cycle. He liaises with developers, business analysts, end users, subject matter experts and clients to ensure that the curriculum is based upon the user requirements for their daily tasks. He has proven exceptional communication, diagnostic, technical and presentation skills. |
| Geographic Area of Distribution: |
National |
| Affiliations: |
Langevin Learning Services; DeVry Alumni; Vice President, Golden Key Honor Society, North Brunswick DeVry University Chapter |
| University/Degree: |
B.S., Business Administration, Cum Laude, 2007; A.S. Computer Information System, 2004; DeVry University; Certified Project Manager for Trainers, Instructional Designer, e-Learning Developer, Master Trainer, e-Learning Specialist, Training Manager/Director |
| Born: |
Denver, Colorado |
| Hobbies/Sports: |
Golf, Jazz, New Age music, world travel |
| Spouse: |
Isabel M. |
| Married: |
November, 2001 |
| Work History: |
Mr. Burghardt has held a variety of technical training, instructional design and project management positions throughout his career, mainly in New Jersey. Most recently he served as a Project Manager and Senior Instructional Designer for Aptara of Falls Church, Virginia from 2011 to 2012. In 2011 he was an Instructional Designer Consultant for TD Ameritrade of Jersey City and also served as a Senior Instructional Designer Developer- Contractor with ADP of Parsippany. Mr. Burghardt was a Master Trainer/Instructional Designer/Developer-Consultant with Comcast of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2010 and also served as an SOP Writer Consultant with Vonage of Holmdel. In 2009, he was an E-Learning Developer Consultant with Avaya of Basking Ridge and also with Image Solutions of Parsippany. During 2008 to 2009 Mr. Burghardt was a Training Implementation Lead with ADP of Roseland. In 2008 he served with Motorola as an Instructional Designer/Trainer Consultant. From 2006 to 2008 Mr. Burghardt was an Engineer 2/Technical Trainer and a Trainer/Program Analyst with T-Mobile, USA of Parsippany. Mr. Burghardt was a Substitute Teacher and Trainer with the Newark Public Schools and State of New Jersey in 2005. During 2004, he was a Regional Trainer with ADP Tax/Financial Division of Jacksonville Florida and from 2003 to 2004 Mr. Burghardt was a Migration/Trainer (Contractor) with Comcast Cable of Union. He served as a Web Based Trainer with Passport Corporation of Paramus, New Jersey in 2001. Mr. Burghardt started training 18 years ago with Raytheon/Speed Queen as a Regional Service Manager/Trainer. |
| Honors & Awards: |
Received NTM "Trouble Ticketing" Launch Award, T-Mobile; Training & Development Manager Award, Langevin Learning Service, 2010; Numerous awards over the years |
| Career Accomplishments: |
Mr. Burghardt became a Certified Training Manager and Director in 2010. He is adept at creating classroom and web-based training, instructional materials, job aids, technical manuals and user guides. Mr. Burghardt is able to take corporate training sessions to the next level due to his multiple certifications/experience. As a senior instructional design developer, having these certifications allows him to oversee the development process and lead junior instructional design developers. He does the lead training initiatives and ensures that the training unit is fully capable of continuing to train the employees. Along with his many certifications, as a Certified Training Manager/Director, Master Trainer, and e-Learning Specialist, Mr. Burghardt has been elevated to a much higher plateau within the training arena with a special emphasis on performance based training. |
