“Providing e-learning templates limited only by one’s imagination!”

Thomas J. Marano  
 
Experience

September 2004 to present:

Software Training Institute, LLC – 1707 Ginger Lane, Blacksburg Virginia 24060

Title: President Owner/Partner

  • Marketing, Product Design and Development
  • Design, develop and produce training materials using templates for e-learning tutorial environments
  • Autodesk Developers Network Associate

Feb. 2005 - Sept. 2005:

Ronald A. Williams, LTD - 8100 Three Chopt Road, Suite 134, Richmond VA 23229

Title: Part Time Application Support Specialist

  • Pre sales and information gathering
  • Install software applications in educations institutional labs in Virginia and West Virginia
  • Design, develop and teach instructor led training courses for Autodesk, Pinnacle and NetOp software

June 1998 – August 2004:

New River Community College, Dublin, VA 24084

Title: Associate Professor of CADD Technology

  • Department Head for Computer Aided Drafting and Design Degree
  • Degrees: Associate in CADD, plus an Animation, Architectural and 3D Solid Modeling Specialization Degrees
  • Manage all the educational day to day functions and operations of the CAD & Animation department
  • Supervise and schedule four adjunct faculty
  • Developed and taught various courses: Drafting, Animation, Mechanical, Electrical, Geometry and Architectural subjects
  • Taught & developed software application courses - Autodesk (AutoCAD, ADT, MDT, Inventor, VIZ), ESRI (ArcView & ArcGIS) & Autodesk (Discreet) (3ds Max). Plus various other graphic programs: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Poser etc.
  • Advised 25-100 students per semester

Oct. 1994 – May 1998:

PTI, Inc. 1107 Scott Alan Circle, Blacksburg, VA 24060

Title: CEO/Marketing Manager and Partner

  • Manager of day to day business activities and computer training lab.
  • Manager of sales and marketing department.
  • Manage and handled scheduling for 7 – 21 people.
  • Architect and designer for new Internet products and services.
  • Web site or database development and design.
  • Managed a web site clientele base of over hundred customers.
  • Developed software application courses for AutoCAD & Adobe Photoshop
  • Computer software applications instructor (AutoCAD, ESRI & Adobe).
Education

Associate Degree in Applied Sciences AAS, Degree May, 1975
Butler County Community College, Butler, Pennsylvania
Major: Architectural/Mechanical Drafting

Bachelor Science in Applied Sciences BSAS, Degree May, 1990
Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Emphasis: Environmental Planning, GIS and Cartography

Master Landscape Architecture MLA, Finished course work May, 1993
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
Thesis Topic: Computer usage in Landscape Architectural Offices (pending)
Emphasis: Computer Applications, GIS, and Large Scale Site Planning

Master Urban & Regional Planning MURP, Degree May, 1994
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia|
Practicum: Integration of GIS Technology into Blacksburg Planning Dept.
Emphasis: GIS, Land Use, Urban and Regional Planning

 
Interests

Computers, Traveling, Hiking, Sci-Fi, Reading, Sufism, Dept. of Peace, Sacred Spaces in Nature, Shamanism, Drumming, Dances of Universal Peace

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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