Allene Gail
Bellingham, Washington, United States-linkedin.com/in/allenegail
Summary
Experienced writer and editor with a demonstrated history of successes in oil & energy, legal, accounting, and
educational institutions. Skilled in communication, presentations, policies, adult learning, and all forms of writing
and editing.
Traveler, book lover, crafter, gardener, dreamer.
"Allene is intelligent, enthusiastic, and committed to life-long learning. I have no doubt that she will be
a supportive colleague and an asset to your organization. I therefore recommend her with the greatest
enthusiasm." ~ Dr. Christopher Schedler, English Professor at Central Washington University
Experience
Learning and Development Advisor
bp
Dec 2012 - Jan 2021 (8 years 2 months)
Instructor/Facilitator
- Instructed safety, health and environmental courses
- Taught and facilitated professional development courses for supervisors
LMS Administrator
- Orientation. Onboard new employees and contractors into the learning management system.
- Regulatory training assignments.
Project Management
- Lead and manage policy and system implementations.
- Refinery Turnaround: coordinate and process additional field work.
Department Lead/Mentor
- Supervised administrative roles.
- Created professional development modules to increase department capabilities.
Content Writer
bp
Dec 2012 - Jan 2021 (8 years 2 months)
Learning Content Writer
- PowerPoint presentations
- Narration scripts
- eLearning content
Technical Writer
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- Policies
- Manuals
- Procedures
Training Administrator
Tesoro Corporation
May 2006 - Dec 2012 (6 years 8 months)
Liaison between learners, instructors, stakeholders, and management.
- Design and develop training materials.
- Draft-proofread-edit policies, standards and procedures.
- Facilitate onboarding and collaboration meetings.
- Instruct and onboard new employees.
- Track employee (350±) training requirements and maintain MOC training documentation.
Projects:
• Consolidation and centralization of the training documentation for the entire refinery. Created a
sustainable process and procedures for accurate and defensible audits, training history, and course
versioning held in a secure, fire-proof location with limited access.
• Standardized training documentation and reporting for all work groups.
• Lead the quality control initiative to match every electronic training record with backup physical, legal
documentation prior to implementation of the new learning management system. Onboarded and
supervised contract personnel to achieve project goals.
• Successfully completed new operator onboarding program upon hire.
• Migrated training data for three separate implementations into new learning management systems:
SAP (2x) and Active Learner (RDC).
• Managed all refinery training related requests from government, civil, industry, legal and private
entities.
Business Office Manager
RC Hilsinger, Inc.
Feb 2002 - May 2006 (4 years 4 months)
Office Manager and Full Support Bookkeeper for the accounting firm
Responsibilities included:
- Accounts payable/receivable for firm/clients
- Payroll for firm/clients
- Business quarterly and annual taxes
- Quicken accounting for firm/clients
- Estate Planning
- Client intake and scheduling
Paralegal
Fairhaven Legal Associates
Sep 1997 - Jun 2001 (3 years 10 months)
Responsibilities included:
- Draft forms (court, real estate, estate planning, pleadings)
- Correspondence
- Transcribe dictation
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- Client interviews
- Scheduling: hearings, depositions, trials, consultations
- Trial preparation
- Client file management
- Research
Paralegal
McGoffin and McGoffin PLLC
1993 - 1997 (5 years)
Responsibilities included:
- Draft forms (court, real estate, estate planning, pleadings)
- Correspondence
- Transcribe dictation
- Client interviews
- Scheduling: hearings, depositions, trials, consultations
- Trial preparation
- Client file management
- Research
- Accounts payable/receivable
Paralegal Assistant
Martin Lind, Attorney at Law
1991 - 1994 (4 years)
Responsibilities included:
- Draft forms (court, real estate, estate planning, pleadings)
- Correspondence
- Transcribe dictation
- Scheduling: hearings, depositions, trials, consultations
- Trial preparation
- Client file management
Data Entry Clerk
Washington State Dairy Herd Improvement Association
1990 - 1991 (2 years)
Data entry - 11k cpm
Education
Central Washington University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, English: Professional and Creative Writing
2017 - 2021
University of Phoenix
Associate's degree, Psychology
2008 - 2010
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Licenses & Certifications
Instructional Design and Delivery Bootcamp - Association for Talent Development
(ATD)
Articulate Storyline - Association for Talent Development (ATD)
E-Learning Instructional Design - Association for Talent Development (ATD)
Articulate 360 Basic - Yukon Learning
Articulate 360 Advanced - Yukon Learning
Skills
Organizational Development • Change Management • Communication • E-Learning • Onboarding •
Succession Planning • HR Policies • Instructional Design • Blended Learning • Writing
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