Full-Stack Learning Designer & Developer
I design and build learning systems that close capability gaps and perform under real-world pressure.
Grounded in cognitive science. Built with real expertise.
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Full-Stack Learning Designer & Developer
Grounded in cognitive science. Built with real expertise.
About
L&D work is naturally layered (strategy, design, development, implementation, measurement) and most of the quality lives in the connections between those layers, not just within them. Most practitioners specialize in one or two; I work fluently across all of them. That means I can run solo on lean projects, integrate with specialist teams without translation gaps, or hold the through-line on complex builds where someone needs to keep every layer honest.
My PhD in Learning Sciences is the backbone of how I work - how I think about calibration, retention, transfer, and decision-making under uncertainty. I bring that lens into every project, but what organizations ultimately hire me for is to turn principles into working products: multilingual e-learning, scenario-based training, adaptive prototypes, and AI-augmented workflows.
Over the past decade, including four years at EY, I’ve delivered learning solutions across energy, banking and capital markets, health sciences, retail, government, and transportation, reaching more than 200,000 adult learners. I also help L&D teams build internal capability through consulting, coaching, and production methods that outlast the engagement.
Approach
Most learning programs are built around content. I build mine around the cognitive work that has to happen for behaviour to change. The first questions I usually ask aren't about modules or runtimes. They're about three things at once: what does the learner need to do differently after this experience, what organizational realities will support or undermine that change, and what does the research say will actually get them there?
Cognitive science is the architecture, not a layer on top. Retrieval practice is the engine of the path, not its assessment. Spacing, interleaving, and desirable difficulty shape the sequence. Because what feels easy in the module is what fails on the job.
Every storyboard decision is a working memory decision. The multimedia principle guides when narration replaces text, when animation earns its place, when cutting an element does more than adding one. Most e-learning loads the screen as if working memory were free; I design for the architecture the learner has, not the one a stock template assumes.
Engagement isn't entertainment. It's the cognitive effort a learner invests once they can see what they don't yet know. Calibration, scenarios, and reflection make that gap visible and give the learner the practice to close it. The goal is the shift from confident-but-wrong to accurately self-aware; and from there to capability the business can rely on.
Effective learning is durable learning.It's the difference between completing a course and changing what the learner does the next time it matters.
What I Do
I design the blueprint. Needs analysis, learning architecture, curriculum design, cognitive task analysis, and organizational capability mapping. I translate business problems into learning systems that actually move metrics - not just completion rates.
I integrate AI where it genuinely accelerates learning - not where it merely automates content production. From adaptive learning prototypes to agentic AI frameworks, I help organizations adopt AI without sacrificing the retention and transfer that make training actually worth the investment.
I build the thing. Scenario-based e-learning, gamified applications, motion graphics, interactive HTML experiences, and multimedia-rich programs - all developed in Storyline, Adapt, Creative Cloud, and custom code. Bilingual delivery in English and French.
Thinking
I write about the intersection of AI and learning design on my Substack, Learning Adept.
A framework for understanding where organizations sit on the AI adoption curve in learning and development. Ground 0 is AI as content generator - faster production, same paradigm. Ground 1 is AI as learning assistant - chatbots, tutors, copilots embedded in the learner experience. Ground 2 is AI as autonomous agent embedded in the learning architecture - coordinating, adapting, and measuring in real time. Most organizations are stuck at Ground 0 and calling it transformation.
Selected Work
Each project represents a different strategic challenge, visual style, and technical approach - tailored to client needs and audience context.
Evidence-based pre-testing with confidence calibration and adaptive path sorting.
Custom HTML-based application with holographic UI and gamification elements.
A leadership simulation for manager development in different industries
Microlearning modules for B2B sales leadership with scenario-based episodes.
Family business education for an international consultant
Mobile-first gamification prototype with an adaptive microlearning architecture
Dialogue architecture for behaviour-changing customer service training.
Bilingual scenario-based compliance assessment in use since 2020.
Scenario-based communications training for women entering construction.
Credentials
University of Calgary - Research on Mental Time Travel and foresightful decision-making
Learning design lead, production frameworks, enterprise L&D strategy
Video production, learning architecture, and AI integration for international clients
Learners often don't realize that they have a skill gap until they go through a testing moment. And learning management systems often don't provide much insight beyond completion scores that are parsed at the end of a course. As part of my effort to champion research-supported learning design, I devised a pre-testing event to assess learner's calibration of competencies, by adding two key metrics, such as confidence testing and learning relevance. Accuracy and confidence scores are for the learner; learning relevance scores are for the design team to improve content.
Using an off-the-shelf content as the basis, I designed and developed a pre-testing event that sorts learners into a suitable learning path based on the correlation of their accuracy and confidence scores. The result is a data-driven adaptive learning prototype that can be used not only as part of a larger program, but also as a standalone learning event that motivates learners to pay attention to areas where they didn't do well.
After Effects, Illustrator, Storyline, JavaScript
Recommended Reading: Hattie, John (2013). Calibration and confidence: where to next? Learning and Instruction, 24, 62-66
As part of their communication training strategy, an IT department desired to build retention and skills in their employees around communication best practices in social media channels.
Using the scenario contents of the client as the basis, I designed and developed a custom-coded, HTML-based digital learning application that leveraged holographic interfaces and gamification elements. It allowed users to apply their understanding of communication policies to social media scenarios within a multi-device ecosystem.
HTML, SASS, JavaScript, Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator
A simulation-based leadership development tool built for Learning Adept. Born from firsthand experience with toxic and ineffective leadership across multiple industries, the Leadership Simulator lets trainees step into a team-turnaround scenario and make consequential decisions — watching their leadership style profile and team health metrics shift in real time. The core design principle: people learn leadership through consequence, not theory.
A four-round interactive simulation where users inherit a team damaged by a toxic predecessor. Four NPC team members — each with distinct archetypes, emotional histories, and live morale/trust/engagement stats — respond dynamically to every decision via AI-generated reactions. Bidirectional leadership style meters (Directive↔Empowering, Hardline↔Flexible, Abrasive↔Listening, Results↔People) build a real-time profile that culminates in a leadership archetype diagnosis and impact report. Industry context switching (Healthcare, Retail, Banking, Tech) demonstrates how the same engine adapts to different organizational pressures, making it customizable for client-specific deployments.
React.js, Anthropic Claude API
A large pharma organization aimed to accelerate their B2B sales training by training their reps in various soft skills for strategic market wins and client retention.
I designed and developed short-burst microlearning modules that train reps in cultivating strategic market skills in B2B contexts. Retention building exercises involved testing, reflections, elaborations, and concrete examples brought via scenario-based learning episodes, such as where and when to apply soft skills to win prospective clients, and prompting learners to engage in reflection exercises that stimulate their design thinking and cultivating their understanding of the healthcare ecosystem.
After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Storyline, JavaScript
An international family business consultant wanted to transform years of consulting insight into a scalable online education program. Family business issues are rarely straightforward or purely operational. Topics like succession, conflict, identity, and legacy are deeply emotional, personal, and often difficult for families to confront directly. A traditional "corporate training" approach would have stripped away that human complexity. The learning experience needed to feel thoughtful, reflective, and credible while still being engaging enough for online delivery and accessible to a global audience.
I designed the program to feel less like a conventional course and more like a guided journey through the realities of family enterprise leadership. The content combined strategic business thinking with reflective learning moments, helping participants connect abstract concepts on their own family dynamics and business challenges. Visual storytelling, cohesive thematic metaphors, and interactive exercises were used to make sensitive topics more approachable without oversimplifying them. The final experience gave the consultant a scalable digital offering that preserved the depth, nuance, and emotional intelligence of the original consulting practice.
After Effects, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, JavaScript
I had interviewed for Shaw Communications (now acquired by Rogers Canada) back in 2019, and as part of the interview task, I was asked to build an engaging eLearning solution to train their sales staff in the BlueCurve home internet solution. I ended up joining the Canadian Tire ecosystem to build my career. But I was always proud to have built this mobile learning prototype. So much can be done in the digital learning space, and I keep this in my portfolio to show the art of the possible.
I mocked up a mobile-first gamification prototype in Adobe XD with the intent of building it in Storyline. It incorporates badging, medals, and an adaptive microlearning logic that assesses learner's confidence within a given subject.
Adobe XD, Illustrator, Photoshop
During Covid, e-Commerce orders gained a major share of the sales. As these operations expanded, a business need emerged: to retrain pre-existing retail staff in order fulfillment and bring them up-to-speed with shipping and receiving procedures. Within the environment of Covid restrictions where video productions were suspended, operations leaders commissioned a bilingual digital training program that was psychologically engaging, light-hearted, and comprehensive.
I created the virtual instructor Kurie in Adobe Character Animator to take on the task of delivering episodic content. Each topic was chunked into micro-learning moments, therefore making the content accessible as standalone learning objects without the need to retake an entire course.
Character Animator, After Effects, Audition, Photoshop, Illustrator, xD, Storyline, JavaScript
Code of Conduct readings are a staple of every large company. But how do you take its sensitive and heavy content and turn it into an engaging and memorable learning experience? The business required a follow-up assessment to Code of Conduct reading with the goal of providing context to sensitive ethical matters outlined in the documentation.
By using minimalistic design and animation styles, my former team and I created 4 scenario-based assessments, and released in both English and French. The training has been in use since 2020 and remains a well-reviewed compliance course.
After Effects, Audition, Illustrator, Storyline
As part of their online training program preparing women for careers in construction and trades, Women Building Futures required a communications module teaching how to act in situations of conflict.
By synthesizing the rugged design style of WBF with minimalistic tones, I created a scenario-based communications module covering most commonly encountered conflict scenarios in trades.
Audition, Illustrator, Photoshop, Storyline
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