Freelance Technical Training Specialist.
Reading, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Technical Training Specialist at Assembleron Limited
- Past
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- Education Consultant at Mediasurface
- Senior Delivery Technologist at BEA Systems
- Technical IT Trainer at PTR Associates
- Education
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- University of Leeds
- Kind Edward VI High School for Girls
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Helen Halstead’s Summary
I am a freelance instructor available for training assignments and training needs analysis.
At Alterian (Mediasurface) I teach courses in Morello Web Content Management.
At Oracle (BEA Systems) I teach courses in:
AquaLogic Service Bus and Data Services Platform
WebLogic Server, Integration and Portal
If you have a training course that you need an instructor for then contact me. If I can't help then I'm sure that I'll know someone who can.
Helen Halstead’s Specialties:
Service Oriented Architecture
Beehive PageFlows, Struts, Java Server Faces (JSF)
J2EE APIs: JDBC, JNDI, JSP, Servlets, EJB, JTA and JMS
BEA WebLogic Server 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 to 10
BEA WebLogic Integration 2.to 10
BEA WebLogic Portal 7.0 to 10
AquaLogic Data Services Platform 3.0 (previously Liquid Data)
Mediasurface Morello Content Management System
Helen Halstead’s Experience
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Technical Training Specialist
Assembleron Limited
(Computer Software industry)
February 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)
In February 2006 I set up my own IT training company and I am currently working at a freelance instructor teaching courses for Alterian (Mediasurface Morello) and Oracle (BEA Systems courses).
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Education Consultant
Mediasurface
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 2005 — February 2006 (11 months)
Mediasurface develops, markets and implements software that helps businesses take full advantage of the capabilities of the web by transforming the complex task of managing websites into straightforward activities. Morello has changed the face of content management and is used to power sophisticated intranets, extranets, websites and other digital channels for enterprise clients. Pepperio is a one-stop-shop package for SME’s allowing smaller businesses to easily run a professionally designed website for a low fixed monthly fee.
Responsible for the Education department in the UK, I also ran courses for the US office. I learnt the concepts of Content Management very quickly and taught many of the courses within one month of arrival. I rewrote many of the courses to make them more comprehensive and professional. I put in place a course schedule and ran promotions to boost training revenue. -
Senior Delivery Technologist
BEA Systems
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2001 — April 2005 (4 years 4 months)
Lead UK instructor and one of only 6 EMEA instructors. Responsible for creating the six monthly schedule of public scheduled courses and manage instructor allocation for on-site courses. I managed external and introduced a robust instructor assessment process. Managed the UK Education Website and in-house classrooms.
Presented at the 2004 Dev2Dev days, BEA’s developer conference, in IMAX theatres in London, Stockholm and The Hague. Also presented an online webinar of the conference.
Consistently received excellent evaluations for technical training and customers often requested me to return.
Assessed and contributed to new and updated courses that were released by US courseware development team. Responsible for the Final Acceptance Test of many courses before release.
Liaised with clients to discuss course requirements and propose customised courses. Pioneered Training Needs Analysis process in EMEA. -
Technical IT Trainer
PTR Associates
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 1999 — January 2001 (1 year 10 months)
Taught in-house and courses for BEA Systems, Business Objects, SUN Microsystems, Silicon Graphics, Informix, Skill Advance, FI Group.
Rewrote the Java development course and created a new course in Dynamic HTML. Created PowerPoint presentations to bring existing manual only courses up to date.
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Helen Halstead’s Honors:
BEA 8.1 Certified Developer: Build Solutions
BEA 8.1 Certified Developer: Integration Solutions
BEA 8.1 Certified Developer: Portal Solutions
BEA 8.1 Certified Administrator: System Administration
BEA WebLogic 7.0 Certified Developer
Microsoft Certified Professional in NT Workstation
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