Thom W. Rawson

Education

Masters of Arts in Education, Curriculum and Instruction. May 31, 2006, University of Phoenix Online, Phoenix, Arizona .

UNIX System Administration & C Programming. November 21, 1995 Certificate, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Westborough, MA 01581. 

Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Science. June 2, 1991. Southeastern Massachusetts University, North Dartmouth, MA 02747. 

Employment 

September 30, 2024 to present: Education Coordinator. Moodle Pty Ltd.

April 1, 2014 to February 28, 2025: Associate Professor. Nagasaki International University, Sasebo, JAPAN.
 Design and deliver English communication curriculum. Research areas in education technology. Specialize in blending technology with English study and student- centered learning techniques. Virtual Exchange, Project Leader for University Moodle Installation. International exchange and study abroad committee vice-chair.

April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2016:  English Lecturer. Sasebo College of Technology, Sasebo, JAPAN.
 Design and deliver English presentation curriculum to advanced course students. Foster communication skills and presentation skills in English. Installed and administer Moodle LMS for the college used by the language teachers.

April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2014: English Lecturer. University of Nagasaki, Sasebo Campus, Sasebo, JAPAN.
 Design and deliver English communication curriculum. Research specifically in Computer Aided Language Learning (CALL). Specialize in blending technology with English study and student- centered learning techniques. Installed and administer Moodle LMS for the university. Worked on Moodle 1.9 to 2.x migration testing. PoodLL Multimedia filter developer.

April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2013: English Lecturer. Sasebo College of Technology Sasebo, JAPAN.
 English communication course teacher.

Sep 1, 2004 to Mar 31, 2008: Guest English Lecturer. Nagasaki Commercial Senior High School, Nagasaki, JAPAN.
 Design and deliver English conversation curriculum using state-of-the-art language laboratory facility. Responsible for selecting text, developing English video projects, having guest speakers and exchange students, teaching technology and language skills. 12-16 classes per week. Coached students preparing for local and national English speech and recitation contests.

Aug 5, 2001 to Aug 4, 2004: JET Programme ALT. Nagasaki City Board of Education, Nagasaki, JAPAN.
Teach English as a second language to Nagasaki Junior High School Students. Involved in lesson planning and team teaching with several Japanese Teacher of English. As a JET, performed administrative duties as a Nagasaki City Block Representative. 

May 1, 2000 to Apr 30, 2001: Lead Researcher. Broadcom Eireann Research, LTD. Dublin, IRELAND. Engage in research and development projects primarily in the telecommunications industry. 

Apr 22, 1996 to Apr 14, 2000: Senior Software Engineer. Availant, Incorporated. Cambridge, MA.
 Senior level quality assurance engineer and software engineer for IBM High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing (HACMP) product. 

Mar 20, 1995 to Apr 17, 1996: Application Engineer. Versyss, Incorporated. Needham, MA. Second contract with company (see below). 

May 20, 1994 to Mar 17, 1995: Programmer/Analyst. The Cross Country Group. Medford, MA. 
Designed and implemented roadside assistance contract billing systems. Also supported 24x7x365 call center. 

Jan 10, 1994 to May 20, 1994: Software Engineer. Access, International. Cambridge, MA.
 Designed and developed conversion programs for fund raising customers. Worked using the DEC VAX and Alpha minicomputers running VMS. 3GL Admins database. 

Jun 12, 1991 to Dec 31 1993: Application Engineer. Versyss, Incorporated. Needham, MA.
 Developed and maintained medical billing system software (MENDS). Worked on AIX platform and primarily developed in a proprietary 3G database language (CADOL III). 

Technology 

Open-source projects, Linux, Moodle, PoodLL, Apache, PHP, MySql, HTML, Java, CALL systems, network programming. C/C++, Shell, Perl, Java languages. Systems integration.

Languages 

English (native speaker), Japanese JLPT N4 grade (December, 2022), know a little Spanish. 

References

Available upon request