DAVID W. ZIMMER
Historian / Educator - Facilitator
Vancouver,WA
Summary
Dedicated and experienced educator with over thirty years in instructional design, teaching and managing adult learning programs in both classroom and online environments. Skilled in instructional design and content delivery with experience teaching global audiences. Practiced with adult learners spanning college students/interns to executive-level staff in multiple fields including Department of Defense, high-tech, timber, colleges and financial industries. Fully committed to investment in employees' personal and professional development and instruction. A recognized expert in training management with certification in multiple national and international organizations. Conferred with an MA-History open to a transition into academia.
Objective
My objective is to transition into either a leadership role in corporate learning and development or transition into academia. Both corporate and university employees, faculty and learners can benefit from my global and diverse experience spanning college-level learners to executive teams. My three-decade career is dedicated to growing, learning, and supporting employees. Conferred with an MA in History I also bring a BS-Adult Education and thirty-two years in education, learning and development and educational management. My aim is learning and development leadership, adjunct professor, history instructor or history preservation and research.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
11
11
Certifications
3
3
Degrees (MA, BS, AS)
Work History
Full Time Graduate Student
Southern New Hampshire University
04.2020 - 08.2022
Skilled in research, historical lenses and scholarship, comparative history, historical methods, historiography, American Civil War, French/Haitian Revolution, American home front during the World Wars, Islamic military slave soldiers, Russian Revolutions, Cold War origins, history of military thought and final capstone project on the Nuremberg trials and leadership principles. Completed 10 research projects
Learning and Development Specialist
Hawai'i State Federal Credit Union
06.2016 - 11.2019
- Coordinate a comprehensive training program for 210+ employees to foster and grow the credit union's “Always Right By You” culture
- Responsible for creating, updating and delivering training courses, implementing the credit union’s annual training goals and tracking process improvement
- Work across the credit union's various departments to design relevant training programs to meet departmental and corporate goals
- Design and facilitate leadership, relationship, communication skills, and team-building training
- Coordinate the HSFCU - Chaminade University internship leadership program
- Designed and delivered leadership training for junior and senior college students
- Manage the credit union’s learning management system, training calendars and quarterly training metrics report to executive management
- Responsible for writing detailed procedures for credit union training
- Design and deliver employee professional development courses
- Topics include, but are not limited to, coaching, mentoring, Microsoft Office products, performance management, negotiation skills, effective meetings, time management, and presentation skills
- Deliver training to the credit union's executive suite
- Develop training departmental processes and policies
- Designed a new skills development program "Ike Loa" to encourage training participation, and guide employees and management for development and succession planning.
Learning and Development Specialist
FEAH - Financial Education Alliance of Hawai'i
05.2018 - 09.2019
- Develop and facilitate five new personal and professional development training courses to build skills in the island's financial industry staff in Hawai’i.
Training and Development Specialist
Stimson Lumber Company
09.2011 - 10.2015
- Responsible for leadership development in three lumber mills in Oregon, three lumber mills in Idaho and offices in Oregon, Idaho and Washington
- Worked with senior management to identify, plan, align and address training needs.
- Develop and deliver Stimson's employee professional development training programs using the ATD ADDIE process, conduct needs assessments, final assessments and reporting/metrics
- Designed and delivered Effective Coaching for management and supervisors; Effective communications to 400+ employees
- Conduct internal SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative) audits as a qualified internal ISO auditor
- Implement and administer Stimson’s LMS and onboarding programs
- Project manager for implementation of the company's MasterLock-FieldID lockout/tagout system and safety audit process writing procedures and job aids for the company’s new software solutions installed in the mills.
Training Manager
FEI Company
08.2001 - 08.2011
- Manage, coordinate and facilitate FEI's worldwide technical and soft-skill training programs to engineers and staff across the globe
- Work with global subject matter experts, cross-functional teams and international management teams to develop a curriculum matching learning objectives to corporate business objectives
- Develop classroom and online training material following the ATD "ADDIE" method.
Chief Petty Officer
U.S. Navy
06.1985 - 08.2001
- Managed the Strategic Electronics Navigation division onboard a ballistic missile submarine, responsible for 15 technicians.
- Coordinated with unit leadership and direct superiors for taskings and managed subordinates to execute.
Leadership Facilitator
U.S. Navy
02.1997 - 02.1999
Taught North American naval leadership courses in Total Quality Leadership (TQM/TQL), process improvement, change management, personal/professional development, effective communications, rewards and recognition, and team building.
Technical Trainer
U.S. Navy
12.1989 - 01.1993
- Taught five courses in advanced submarine electronic navigation and communications systems preventive and corrective maintenance.
- Oversaw technical documentation, instruction and evaluation to meet the Navy's strategic navigation education initiatives.
Education
Master of Arts - History
Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH08.2022
Certificate - Strategic Management – Advanced
Portland State University / CEPE
Portland, OR06.2015
Certificate - Human Resources - Advanced
Portland State University / CEPE
Portland, OR03.2015
Bachelor of Science - Adult Education And Workforce Training
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL09.1998
Associate of Science - Electronics
Excelsior University
Albany, NY02.1997
Skills
- History - Historiography
- Research, Grants and Proposals
- Teaching and Facilitation
- Instructional Design
- Strategic Management
- Effective Communications
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Leadership and Management
- Negotiation Skills
- Situational Leadership
- Project Management
- Effective Feedback
- Conflict Management
- ADDIE Process
- Internal Audits and Assessments
- Microsoft Office
Certification
PXT Select Expert Practitioner, Honolulu, HI
June 2019 – Present
Certified to teach PXT Select, a tool that helps select the right people for the job so organizations and people thrive. Aligns candidates to roles based on the traits most important for success, to hire smarter, and retain longer.
DiSC Practitioner, Honolulu, HI
May 2019 – Present
Certified to teach DiSC; a personalized mobile-friendly tool that helps participants use DiSC every day to connect better with colleagues in real-time for improvements in employee communication.
Situational Leadership Practitioner, Escondido, CA
January 2019 – Present
Certified to teach Ken Blanchard Situational Leadership® II, a proven leadership model used to train managers in the world’s most respected organizations. Teach staff what they need, when they need to accelerate their development—creating a more productive, passionate workplace.
Myers-Briggs Practitioner, Honolulu, HI
February 2016 – Present
Certified to administer the Myers-Briggs personality assessment to audiences for self-awareness, team building, building relationships and improving communication.
ATD Designing Content Certification, Alexandria, VA
February 2010 – Present
Certified in Association for Talent Development curriculum design, development and delivery employing the ADDIE process.
ATD Train the Trainer Certificate, Orlando, FL
November 2009 – Present
Certified to qualify employees to lead training using the ATD (formerly ASTD) process.
ATD Trainer Certificate, Orlando, FL
November 2009 – Present
Qualified in ATD (formerly ASTD) ADDIE curriculum design, development and delivery.
ISO Internal Auditor, Hillsboro, OR
May 2006 – Present
Certified to conduct internal audits of company processes for quality and process improvement.
Performance Based Equipment Training, San Jose, OR
April 2002 – Present
Certified to design equipment-based training with skills-competency / proficiency checklists.
Methods for Managing Quality, Virginia Beach, VA
May 1997 – Present
Certified in the fundamentals of building process improvement and quality.
Master Training Specialist, New London, CT
May 1992 – Present
Certified as a master trainer, achieved by only 10% of all qualified Navy trainers.
Extra-Curricular Activities
HS Football Official, Portland Football Officials Association, Portland, OR
August 2004 – November 2013
Responsible for officiating high school and youth football games.
HS Lacrosse Official, Oregon Lacrosse Officials Association, Portland, OR
February 2006 – June 2015
Responsible for officiating high school and youth lacrosse games in Oregon and Washington State.
Affiliations
- American Historical Society
- Society for Military History
- American Legion
References
Jennifer Sims from Hawai'i State Federal Credit Union
jennifers@hsfcu.com - 808.447.2711
Patricia Hao from Hawai'i State Federal Credit Union
path@hsfcu.com - 808.447.8056
Zahid Chishty from Thermo Fischer Scientific (formerly FEI)
Zahid.Chishty@Thermofisher.com - 714.271.6217
Dan Badders from Oregon Lacrosse Officials Association
danabadders@gmail.com - 503.730.6504
Timeline
Full Time Graduate Student
Southern New Hampshire University
04.2020 - 08.2022
Learning and Development Specialist
FEAH - Financial Education Alliance of Hawai'i
05.2018 - 09.2019
Learning and Development Specialist
Hawai'i State Federal Credit Union
06.2016 - 11.2019
Training and Development Specialist
Stimson Lumber Company
09.2011 - 10.2015
Training Manager
FEI Company
08.2001 - 08.2011
Leadership Facilitator
U.S. Navy
02.1997 - 02.1999
Technical Trainer
U.S. Navy
12.1989 - 01.1993
Chief Petty Officer
U.S. Navy
06.1985 - 08.2001
Master of Arts - History
Southern New Hampshire University
Certificate - Strategic Management – Advanced
Portland State University / CEPE
Certificate - Human Resources - Advanced
Portland State University / CEPE
Bachelor of Science - Adult Education And Workforce Training
Southern Illinois University
Associate of Science - Electronics
Excelsior University
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