Nikki Massaro Kauffman

Current

• Technology Training Coordinator at Penn State University

Past

• Programmer Analyst/Interim Supervisor of IT & MM at Penn State University
• Project Data Specialist at Penn State University
• Continuing Education Instructor at Experience Works

• Secondary English & Communications Teacher at Tyrone Area School District

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Education

• Mount Aloysius College
• Pennsylvania State University

Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Website

Nikki Massaro Kauffman’s Experience

• Technology Training Coordinator

  Penn State University

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  Responsible for coordinating training efforts within University Libraries' 20 departments, 20 campus library locations, and 11 subject library locations.
  
  Representing University Libraries' technology training interests in University-wide groups.
  
  Campaigning to use PennState Wikispaces as university-wide training knowledgebase to minimize redundant training and documentation efforts.
  
  Planning training, documentation for CMS authors as well as leading team to define role, train and identify potential CMS coaches and trainers.
  
  Providing introductory user training via face-to-face poster sessions, large group training, and over the Web via MediaSite.
  
  Providing consultative support on training initiatives for University Libraries faculty and staff as to methods, technologies, etc.
  
  Conducting departmental and campus needs assessment for faculty and staff technology training.

• Programmer Analyst/Interim Supervisor of IT & MM

  Penn State University

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 2004 — October 2007 (3 years 2 months)

  Served as an Interim Supervisor of 9 IT & MM staff (6 FTEs and 3 Wage) for over one year as unit searched for an Assistant Director of Instructional Technology and Multimedia, providing first draft for annual reviews in this role.
  
  Participated on five search committees, chairing three of them.
  
  With input from design staff, redesigned internal applications to improve workflow and to reflect internal reorganization.
  
  Used Wikis as a strategy for management of institutional knowledge transfer.
  
  Drafted and implemented, the new ID&D communications policy to alleviate some of the overuse of email.
  
  Explored the application of iterative design process to the multimedia group.
  
  Planned to revamp existing scripts with modern approaches like socialization and personalization as small steps into the larger world of Web 2.0.

• Project Data Specialist

  Penn State University

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  February 2004 — September 2004 (8 months)

  Administered MS Access databases.
  
  Administered HTML, ASP.NET and Cold Fusion-powered Websites.
  
  Designed database & Web applications with VBA and VB.NET for faculty research and state funded projects.
  
  Planned user support documents.

• Continuing Education Instructor

  Experience Works

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  January 2003 — July 2003 (7 months)

  Provided Microsoft Office Specialist certification training to seniors and to adults with disabilities returning to the workforce.

• Secondary English & Communications Teacher

  Tyrone Area School District

  (Education Management industry)

  August 1998 — January 2003 (4 years 6 months)

  Made recommendations for technology requisition, use, and training.
  
  Piloted grading software suite, trained staff and parents, and provided follow-up technical support for teachers.
  
  Attained tenure in the state of Pennsylvania as a result of excellent teaching evaluations.
  
  Taught desktop publishing applications, digital photography, and photo editing in introduction to the Internet and school newspaper elective courses.

Nikki Massaro Kauffman’s Education

• Mount Aloysius College

  B.S. , Computer Science , 2001 — 2004

  Graduated summa cum laude.
  
  Maintained a 3.92 cumulative GPA.
  
  Coursework included C++, Java, Oracle 8i, and Relational Database Design.

• Pennsylvania State University

  B.S. , Secondary Education , 1994 — 1998

  Graduated with Honors in Curriculum and Instruction as a Schreyer Honors College Scholar.
  
  Maintained a 3.67 cumulative GPA.

  Activities and Societies:

  Served as historian for Altoona College chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta.

Additional Information

Nikki Massaro Kauffman’s Websites:

• My Website

Nikki Massaro Kauffman’s Interests:

technology training, technology, communication, education, parenting, interpersonal skills, leadership

Nikki Massaro Kauffman’s Groups:

Penn State Commission for Women

•    Training Professionals
•    Higher Education Professionals

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