Lynne Marie (Rodell) Becker

I have always had love for both students in an academic setting and adults in business settings. As an outgrowth of my interest in helping people learn, I founded Brainiac Tutoring in Memphis TN in 2007.

My background is a bit unconventional, and includes: electrical engineering training in college; packaging and processing management in a food processing plant; survey design and analysis for a gaming company and for a municipal government; teaching at the high school and college levels; writing and editing educational programs; and sales database management for a start-up educational products company.

This wonderful assortment of experiences in a variety of settings has given me a wealth of practical applications to draw upon as I now move into the next phase of my career.

Lynne Marie (Rodell) Becker’s Specialties:

Publications: Math Anxiety Bills of Responsibilities in “The Teaching Professor”, January 1994. The same article appears in the book titled Defeating Math Anxiety by Anita Kitchens, Irwin Career Education Publication, 1995.

Lynne Marie (Rodell) Becker’s Experience

Owner
Brainiac Tutoring, LLC (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

May 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)

Founder and Principal Tutor for Brainiac Tutoring. We work with students from kindergarten through graduate school across all disciplines, with special emphasis on helping students develop organization and learning skills. We also provide one-to-one help for standardized test preparation.
Consultant

Performance Associates Managerial Assessment Center

(Primary/Secondary Education industry)

2000 — Present (8 years)
Owner
Abercrombie Business Consulting (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Human Resources industry)

January 1998 — Present (11 years)

Completed projects for several companies and municipalities; some of the larger projects included providing technical expertise to local government for development of citizen satisfaction surveys and survey processes, analyzing data (N>5000 cases) and preparing reports/recommendations; assisting local college with the development of teacher evaluation processes, including automation of the reporting process.
Director of Information Systems

BestQuest Teaching Systems

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

August 2005 — April 2007 (1 year 9 months)

Director of Information Services - Acted as technical and mathematics consultant for our employees; provided assistance to our customers who use our DVD-based programs; served as Webmaster, customer relationship database manager, and fulfillment/inventory manager; authored the correlations between our curriculum and that of other educational publishers. (One wears many hats in a small start-up company!)
Sales Manager

BestQuest Teaching Systems

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

May 2003 — August 2005 (2 years 4 months)

Once Algebra’scool was produced, our “start-up company” quickly determined that traditional educational salespersons were not well-suited to demonstrate and sell our unique DVD-based algebra curriculum. Hence, the production team became the sales staff. I started as a local sales representative, but quickly was promoted to Regional Sales Manager, responsible for eight States. Within several months, I was asked to take on the role of Manager of all eight of Inside Sales Representatives in the Little Rock Call Center. In this role, I supervised Sales Team who generated and followed-up on leads nationwide, managed the sales database, and developed processes to generate leads and close sales, and coordinated the efforts of our Inside Sales Team with the Outside Sales Team (product demonstrators), who travel approximately 90% of the time.
Senior Editor for Product Development

BestQuest Teaching Systems

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

October 2002 — May 2003 (8 months)

Contributing writer and senior editor for an algebra one curriculum, Algebra’scool® produced on DVD; started as a contributing writer on a contract basis and grew in responsibility during the course of the project until I was eventually promoted to the Senior Editor position.
Technical Assistant

City of Germantown

(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Government Administration industry)

January 1999 — June 2001 (2 years 6 months)

Provided technical support to the City Administrator, Mayor, and eight departments heads in the area of performance measurement; developed City-wide performance measurement system which won local and State awards; trained employees on the data collection and use; assisted with preparation of City budget; conducted special studies as assigned
Employee Metrics Manager

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HET; Gambling & Casinos industry)

January 1993 — August 1998 (5 years 8 months)

Provided HR-related research and project implementation support to Corporate Human Resources Research Director and to 15 separate locations nationwide; managed, performed analysis, and wrote reports for large data sets; investigated new methods and technologies - especially for data input and management; wrote technical documentation manuals; trained users of new “products”; assisted with managagement of several Company-wide projects, including several climate surveys, upward feedback surveys, and 360-degree feedback program.
Mathematics Faculty

Christian Brothers University

(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

1990 — 1994 (4 years)

Taught a full teaching load of 4 undergraduate mathematics courses during 1994; previously taught during summer and evening terms while completing graduate degree
Director of Mathematics Center

Christian Brothers University

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

July 1988 — August 1991 (3 years 2 months)

Recruited and trained tutors, wrote and published short tutorials, researched and purchased teaching and applications software, sought students in particular need of help with math and study techniques, and maintained communication link between our staff and the math faculty; Was principally responsible for the initial set-up of the center; administered Federal Education grant by which the Center was partially funded.
Technical Manager

Procter & Gamble

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PG; Industrial Automation industry)

June 1986 — May 1988 (2 years)

Managed highly-skilled production teams of 20-45 technicians; accountable for production, cost reduction, safety, personnel development, scheduling and security; Completed several extra projects, including the development and implementation of a technical training program, (which later became a model for technical training programs used throughout the Plant) and a time-motion study that saved thousands of dollars annually