Clark Aldrich

Current

• Lead at Independent Simulation Consultant

Past

• The Complete Guide to Simulations and Serious Games, Author at John Wiley and Sons
• Learning Online with Games, Simulations, and Virtual Worlds, Author at John Wiley and Sons
• Lead Designer/Co-Founder at SimLearn

• Learning By Doing: The Essential Guide to Simulations, Computer Games, and Pedagogy, Author at Pfeiffer
• Simulations and the Future of Learning, Author at Pfeiffer
• Research Director and Learning Core Topic Leader at Gartner
• Speech Writing, Strategic Alliances at Xerox
• Summer Staff at The Chewonki Foundation

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Education

• Brown University
• Lawrence Acadamy
• Fenn School

• Chewonki Foundation

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Recommended

17 people have recommended Clark

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Think Tanks

Websites

• My Blog

Clark Aldrich’s Summary

I design and build simulations, and either manage the entire end-to-end process or just take on the role of Lead Designer if an external team is already in place, for a growing list of international clients from corporate, military, government, and academic environments.

I also write books, serve on boards and other advisory roles, give speeches, and help clients in a variety of ways.

My clients and I have been called thought leaders, mavericks, rebels, and upstarts. We are together forever changing the way wisdom is recorded from experts and developed in others, while driving unheard of results for organizations and promotions for sponsors.

Clark Aldrich’s Specialties:

Simulations, Serious Games, E-Learning, Leadership, Analyst, Education, Computer Games

Clark Aldrich’s Experience

• Lead

  Independent Simulation Consultant

  (Think Tanks industry)

  2003 — Present (6 years )

  I design and build simulations, either managing the entire end-to-end process or just taking on the role of Lead Designer if an external team is already in place, for a growing list of international clients from corporate, military, government, and academic environments.
  
  I also write books, serve on boards and other advisory roles, give speeches, and help clients in a variety of ways.
  
  My clients and I have been called thought leaders, mavericks, rebels, and upstarts. We are together forever changing the way wisdom is recorded from experts and developed in others, while driving unheard of results for organizations and promotions for sponsors.

• The Complete Guide to Simulations and Serious Games, Author

  John Wiley and Sons

  (Public Company; Publishing industry)

  January 2006 — September 2009 (3 years 9 months)

  This "blog to book" is both a practical style guide to producing simulations and serious games and a manifesto for breaking the intellectual chains of traditional linear content.

• Learning Online with Games, Simulations, and Virtual Worlds, Author

  John Wiley and Sons

  (Public Company; Publishing industry)

  September 2008 — August 2009 (1 year )

  I wrote a book that goes into selection and implementation detail around Highly Interactive Virtual Environments. Along the way, it prepares instructors for the new challenges of developing a true culture of interactivity and helping students "learn to do" not just "learn to know."

• Lead Designer/Co-Founder

  SimLearn

  (Privately Held; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  January 2001 — August 2007 (6 years 8 months)

  I was the lead designer at SimuLearn, creating both off-the-shelf and custom simulations and platforms.
  
  I was in charge of an international effort that successfully created, launched, deployed, and localized in multiple languages an industry leading, breakthrough educational simulation platform, Virtual Leader, awarded Best Online Training Product of the Year (T+D Magazine) and a US patent; Virtual Leader products are currently deployed in corporate, government, academic, and military sites.
  
  In 2003, my SimuLearn arrangement shifted to part-time and non-exclusive. In August, 2007, I shifted completely to ad hoc contract worker status.

• Learning By Doing: The Essential Guide to Simulations, Computer Games, and Pedagogy, Author

  Pfeiffer

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  April 2004 — November 2004 (8 months)

  I wrote a book that is a broad look at a range of educational simulations, the strengths and trade-offs of each, and essential design and deployment elements for present and future models.

• Simulations and the Future of Learning, Author

  Pfeiffer

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  January 2003 — September 2003 (9 months)

  I wrote a book that is a deep, first person case study of the journey of re-imagining content as we move from linear content in a passive form to simulations in an interactive form. The book is about building an educational concept car - the first dynamic simulation-based course on leadership.

• Research Director and Learning Core Topic Leader

  Gartner

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; IT; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 1997 — December 2000 (3 years 5 months)

  I launched Gartner's E-learning coverage and built it to be highly profitable, credible, and creative.

• Speech Writing, Strategic Alliances

  Xerox

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; XRX; Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 1990 — July 1997 (6 years 10 months)

  I worked with the senior management of Xerox for projects ranging from speech writing to managing strategic alliances with IBM and EDS to negotiating outsourcing to long range strategic planning.

• Summer Staff

  The Chewonki Foundation

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)

  1985 — August 1990 (5 years )

Clark Aldrich’s Education

• Brown University

  Cognitive Science/Artificial Intelligence September 1985 — May 1989

  Activities and Societies:

  BTV

• Lawrence Acadamy

  1982 — 1985

  Activities and Societies:

  High Honor Student
  Editor, School Paper
  Dorm Proctor

• Fenn School

  1978 — 1982

• Chewonki Foundation

  1977 — 1980

Additional Information

Clark Aldrich’s Websites:

• My Blog

Clark Aldrich’s Groups:

National Security Agency Educational Advisory Board: 2008-present
Full Sail University Masters Education Progam Advisory Board: 2008-present
ASTD Editorial Board: 2007-present
Columnist, Brown University’s Computer Science Journal: 2006-2007
Innovate Editorial Board, The Journal of Online Education: 2005-Present
Member of the American Society for Training and Development’s Brain Trust: 2000-Present
Invited “Guru” Blogger, Learning Circuits Blog: 2004-Present
Columnist for Training Magazine: 2001-2004
Columnist for Information Week’s online magazine, PlanetIT.com: 1999-2000
Member, CT Youth TechCorps Finance and Development Committee: 1998-2001
Governor’s appointee to Connecticut’s Joint Committee on Educational Technology: 1996-2000

•    GARTNER (Employees…. Current and Former)
•    Chewonki
•    Brown University Alumni
•    Brown Alumni Association (BAA)
•    (E-)learning network
•    Serious Games Group
•    Serious games people
•    Lawrence Academy Alumni
•    Pfeiffer
•    Learning and Entertainment Evolution
•    Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL)

Clark Aldrich’s Honors:

Awarded patent for Virtual Leader, 2008
Invited to join the American Society of Training and Development’s editorial board, 2007
Awarded one of four “Thought Leader” awards in 2006 from the International Society for Performance Improvement
Learning By Doing awarded “Four Stars” (out of four), Training Media Review, T+D Magazine
Simulations and the Future of Learning awarded Best Training Book of the Year, Training Media Review
SimuLearn's Virtual Leader (v1.2) awarded Best Online Training Product of the Year, T+D Magazine, 2004
SimuLearn recognized as an Eduventures 100 company in 2003.
Selected as one of nine members of Training’s New Guard, the American Society of Training and Development, 2001
Selected as one of three e-learning gurus, Fortune Magazine, 2000
Selected as one of sixteen Visionaries of the Industry, Training Magazine, 2000
Gartner award for excellent client services, 1999

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