Ted Kopp

Location
richmond, VA (US)
Work Category
Information Technology
Interests
Business partnerships, Job opportunities, References, Ways to stay in touch
Currently working on...
Growing pcLearning4U.

About Me

Ted Kopp
Computer Trainer / Instructional Designer / Technical Writer

COMPANY http://pclearning4u.com
LINKEDIN http://www.linkedin.com/in/tedkopp
BLOG http://coursewaredev.blogspot.com/
TWITTER http://twitter.com/tedkopp

* Are you interested in eLearning / courseware / online training / CBT / WBT, etc.? Please check out my blog and consider joining the Courseware Development Group (see the Group directory).

Work Experience

  • Aug 2009 - present
    richmond, VA (US)
    President
    pcLearning4u
    • Founded this company in 2009 to provide computer training services
  • Nov 2007 - present
    richmond, VA (US)
    Computer Trainer / Technical Writer / Instructional Designer
    Self Employed
    • Currently volunteering as computer class assistant for local public library
    • Created and manage 12 Social Media-based Courseware Development groups on networks such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Plaxo, and Tweetworks (Twitter)
    • Built and maintain the Courseware Development Blog, coursewaredev.blogspot.com/, the home page for all of the above groups
    • Gained valuable connections on above networks via evaluation of member profiles
  • May 2007 - Jul 2007
    richmond, VA (US)
    Instructional Designer
    Modis
    • Training Developer for Philip Morris USA
    o Created and published four Web-based training courses for this client
    o Developed text, simulations, review exercises, and graphics for above courseware, using Dreamweaver, Captivate, and Photoshop
  • May 1991 - Jan 2007
    richmond, VA (US)
    eLearning Developer / Information Specialist
    EDS
    eLearning Developer / Information Specialist
    • Service Delivery Automation / ITIL Initiative project for EDS Training Department
    o Produced and published Web-based training for this global virtual project
    o Developed text, animations, and graphics for above courseware, using Lectora, Flash, and FireWorks
    • Sprint Nextel
    o Created, and was Webmaster for, EDS Nextel Account web site, to collect and disseminate account-related information
    o Developed Web pages for help desk application (available to staff of over 10,000), using JSP, JavaScript, and HTML
    o Programmed over ten UNIX-based Oracle PL/SQL client reports
    • TennCare (Tennessee Medicaid)
    o Led meetings with EDS and State of Tennessee personnel dealing with Audit and Security issues; served as liaison from EDS to the State regarding these issues
    o Wrote over ten SQL queries for Testing team
    o Developed new Unix/Oracle/C applications for Enrollment and System Wide teams
    • Served as co-leader of EDS Medicaid Community, to facilitate IT-related communication between EDS people working on Medicaid accounts
    • Developed COBOL applications on mainframe for NCXIX (North Carolina Medicaid)
    • Served as technical lead for National Association of Security Dealers regulatory division
    o Supervised development work of two people, in UNIX/Oracle/C environment
    o Oversaw production implementations
    o Prepared program and database design documents
    • Worked on EDS-sponsored volunteer effort for local Math and Science Center class management system, in Websphere/DB2/JSP environment
    • Prior to year 2000:
    o Developed programs for EDS Corporate Security for auto-dialing application, using Visual Basic, Crystal Reports, SQL Server, and ASP, in Windows environment
    o Wrote PERL programs in UNIX environment for State Farm Bank
    o Taught Java 2 Programmer Exam review class for Richmond EDS site
    o Integrated custom patches into vendor-supplied mainframe software for Signet Bank

Education

  • 1973 - 1977
    Bachelor's - Mathematics
    Princeton University