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My background is in consulting and education services for software companies. I’ve also worked as a consultant developing systems for enterprise content management. How did you become an instructor at your company? About 6 years ago, I joined education services at MarkLogic. At that time, I was the only one on the team doing training. Today, …

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I have been teaching for 40 years, beginning back in high school. When my math professor was sick, the school would bring in a sub. The sub would sit down—and I taught the math course. I have been teaching ever since. How did you become an instructor? I have taught numerous courses, including Pascal, Algebra, …

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I joined RES as a Support Engineer—but actually had a background working for a training company. I kept telling everyone that my passion was actually in training, so after a few years, I was offered an opportunity to become a trainer—and I took it. That was 6 years ago. How has training delivery changed since …

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I have worked in the IT industry for a total of 35 years. My teaching background started in the 1980s with mainframes. I’ve been a Train the Trainer instructor for Fortune 500 companies and worked in security-related training for the past 12 years. How did you become an instructor at your company? There was a …

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When I was an undergrad in college, I worked as a teaching assistant. After graduating, I got a job in online support at Hewlett Packard. I then moved to HP’s training department to design courses. About a year and a half ago, I began training at Silver Peak. How has training delivery changed since you …

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How did you become an instructor at Progress? I have been teaching for more than 25 years. My teaching career began in the Air Force when I taught UNIX classes as part of my military duties. For the last 21 years, I have been teaching technical classes to Progress customers, predominantly direct users of Progress’s …

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How did you become an instructor at your company? I actually stumbled into being an instructor. I was a business and technical consultant for more than 6 years—and was growing tired of it. An opportunity opened up in the training department, and I was recruited for my product knowledge. I have been teaching ever since. …

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Today we’re excited to introduce a new column called Ask the Experts to the ReadyTech Blog. ReadyTech’s Ask the Experts column offers insights from real instructors who deliver their virtual instructor-led training (VILT) and self-paced training on ReadyTech. Read one-on-one conversations from instructors at companies such as BMC, Information First, Progress Software, MarkLogic, Cisco, Silver Peak and more.   …

Ask the Experts: 9 Instructors. 7 Questions. Amazing Insights. Read More »