Tom Solon training and consulting

Summary

Experienced educator that engages students while delivering custom training for highly technical subject matter; have also presented prewritten curricula in an energetic manner that consistently elicits high student ratings. Skilled in classroom, on-the-job, and computer lab settings. Sharing knowledge from the real world of IT as a Sun Certified Java Programmer with professional experience in n-tier architecture, Swing GUI, and both OOP and procedural programing.

Skills

• Presenting highly technical information in a way that non-technical people can understand.

• Creating and delivering training curriculum for users and tech service personnel.

• Teaching very diverse students: race, gender, age, education level, background, geography, etc.

• Designing and delivering an introductory Java class.

• Giving technical seminars for a mixed audience from both technical and business backgrounds.

• Writing documentation for highly technical material in IT and in chemistry.

• Coordinating activities among technically diverse individuals and work teams, such as quality assurance staff, account managers, programmers, offshore programmers, and business analysts.

• Programming in Java (versions1.2 thru 1.5), Cobol, XML, HTML, and SQL inWindows, Unix and Linux environments. Was the subject matter expert on Java and the JVM for peers and senior staff.

• Teaching skills and procedures for a variety of roles in a youth soccer league: coaches, referees, administrators.