BIO | steeds

Biography

I completed a career in the US Air Force serving at 14 bases and 7 overseas tours. During my years of active duty I served as a weapons, missiles and explosives specialist, as well as the last five years as an educator. My last two military assignments were as the Director of the Student Operations Division at the USAF Senior NCO Academy and as the Chief Enlisted Manager at the Academic Instructor School, teaching Air Force members “how to teach” at Maxwell Air Force Base, AL. After retiring from the Air Force and working as a college administrator for a semester, I joined the Academic Instructor School staff in a civil service position as the Associate Dean of Education, then Chairman of the Evaluation Department. During this time I also taught at Auburn University at Montgomery and developed curriculum for John Patterson State Technical College. While at the Academic Instructor School, I was selected to be the Education Advisor and Director of Curriculum at the USAF Special Operations School at Hurlburt Field FL. I was named Dean of Academics at the newly created Joint Special Operations University where I served until I left civil service to join Booz Allen Hamilton in Huntsville, AL as the Learning Team Lead. I completed 2 years at LG Electronics as the Senior Manager of the Training Center. I tried to retire but I was recruited by a local company as i left LG to build a new training program for the Missile Defense Agency. After leading the Objective Simulation Framework modeling and simulation training team for nLogic, as part of Team Teledyne in Huntsville AL for 5 years, I decided to try retiring again. After a month I was recruited by another company to build an employee talent development program. Once that was completed I decided to dedicate my time to part time consulting and advising work. I am a Life Member of the Air Force Ammo Chiefs Association, the Air Force Association and the National Rifle Association. I am also a member of the Association for Talent Development (ATD), (formerly the American Society for Training and Development - ASTD) both National and North Alabama Chapter where I recently completed 2 years as the Program Chair. I often present to ATD meetings and other local organizations, most recently in September when I spoke to the ATD Mid-South Conference in Nashville TN and conducted a very interactive session on my unique approach to Instructional Design.