15+ years building high-fidelity, multimedia-rich learning for federal agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and global tech teams. From award-winning game-based simulations to AI-enhanced video production — I make complex content stick.
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High-fidelity, interactive courseware built in Articulate Storyline and Rise — branching scenarios, gamified environments, performance-based assessments. No cookie-cutter templates.
From instructional animation to AI-enhanced video with synthetic avatars and voiceovers — I produce broadcast-quality media assets that reduce seat time without sacrificing depth.
Learning systems designed to scale — from onboarding frameworks that cut time-to-contribution in half to modular curriculum libraries that empower teams to build their own content.
I started my career as an e-learning developer at ELB Learning — building bespoke, high-fidelity courseware for Fortune 500 clients and earning a Brandon Hall Award for Excellence in Learning for best use of games and simulation. That award-winning instinct for craft has defined every role since.
Over 15 years I've designed learning for some of the most demanding environments around: high-stakes healthcare compliance at HHS, field-tech safety and sales at Terminix, global certification programs for Vyond, rigorous ADDIE-based digital modules for Ally Financial and USAA, and immersive technical onboarding at Twitch that reduced time to first engineering contribution to under 30 days.
What sets my work apart isn't just the tools — it's the discipline behind them. Deep roots in ADDIE and SAM, fluency in xAPI and learning analytics, and a growing practice around AI-enhanced multimedia production that cuts timelines without cutting quality. I also bring a secondary lens in organizational change that helps me design learning that actually gets adopted — not just completed.
Currently finishing a B.S. in Organizational Leadership and Learning at the University of Louisville (4.0 GPA, expected 2026), with an M.S. in Instructional Design and Technology at the University of Kentucky beginning January 2027.
Brandon Hall Award
Excellence in Learning
Best Use of Games & Simulation
Chief Morale Officer & Service Dog in Training. Good learning design is fundamentally an act of empathy — understanding what learners need, where they struggle, and what will actually change their behavior. Ripley keeps that focus front and center.
When not in the authoring tool, you'll find me behind a telescope on Twitch — a Partner who has learned to translate the complexity of the cosmos for a global audience. Complex ideas, made human. That's the job, in any medium.
Whether you need a single high-stakes course, a full learning ecosystem, or an LXD partner embedded in your team — my inbox is open.
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