801.547.7583 keith.evan.gibson@gmail.

com
Experienced instructional designer with a strong background implementing learning and
development solutions in academic and corporate settings, including customer-facing roles, human
resources, learning and organizational effectiveness functions

ALLEN COMMUNICATION LEARNING SERVICES, INC. (Salt Lake City, UT),
Senior Design Consultant, 2013 Present

Design training programs for corporate and academic clients. Produce proposals and participate in the
sales process. Consult with clients to determine appropriate instructional strategies. Designed
successful curriculum proposals for many of the worlds largest companies, including Nike, LEGO,
DIRECTV, CVS, AIG, Macys, Pfizer, and Sears.

Accomplishments: (Internal and External)
Proposal win rate over 65%, leading the Allen SDC team
Won projects totaling more than $6 million in 17 months
Redesigned Allen proposal process and led internal training (outcome)
Developed programs to facilitate change management among new and experienced employees
Built strong relationships with key stakeholders to understand their business requirements and
partnered across human resources teams and their clients to develop solutions in highly
complex and matrixed organizations.
Guided client organizations in developing systemic processes to enhance their capabilities to
develop talent
Lead clients through calibration sessions and talent reviews to identify and deliver the
appropriate learning mechanisms to ensure robust leadership pipelines

Representative Projects
Nike Plan for Success
Training to help marketing team produce more consistent brand plans
Video-based strategy that uses past Nike ad campaigns as training elements, emphasizing brand
as it teaches concepts
Royce Lawler, Operations and Technology Manager: We launched the Plan for Success training
today, and its been a HUGE success. We fully expect this to become a transformational training
tool for our Brand team.

DIRECTV Engineer Training
Blended training solution that helps DIRECTV engineers understand the overview of the
production, transmission, and reception process
Infographic overview serves as graphic menu into specific training modules

Western Governors University MS, Integrated Healthcare Management
New approach to online learning featuring custom content development
Design and development of a simulation engine, allowing students to work through realistic,
multi-stage healthcare management scenarios




UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY (Logan, UT),
Assistant and Associate Professor of English, 2007-2012

Designed and taught courses and directed student work at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.
Oversaw successful client projects and delivering an organizational approach to universitys learning
and development strategy and architecture to include processes, methodologies, technology and
measurements aligned to relevant competencies.

Accomplishments:
Directed PhD program in professional communication; oversaw enrollment growth of more than
150%
2009-2010 English Department Teacher of the Year
Edited and redesigned website for graduate program
Worked with several multi-disciplinary teams on NSF grants

AUBURN UNIVERSITY (Auburn, AL)
Assistant Professor of English, 2003-2007

Taught courses on usability theory, technical communication, and document design. Led student
projects in user-testing numerous websites and documents. Published academic articles on writing,
computers, and technical communication.

Accomplishments:
Team-taught an interdisciplinary course with a science professor for four semesters;
demonstrated the importance of cross-cultural communication.



PENN STATE UNIVERSITY (State College, PA) PhD in Technical Communication, 2003.

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI (Columbia, MO) MA in Rhetoric, 1999.

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (Provo, UT) BS in Physics and Astronomy, 1997.



JOURNAL ARTICLES
Gibson, Keith, David Christensen, and Laura Vernon. The Role of the Cognate Course in Graduate
Professional Communication Programs. Programmatic Perspectives 2.1 (2010): 23-41.
Gibson, Keith. Analogy in Scientific Argumentation. Technical Communication Quarterly 17 (2008): 202-
219.
Gibson, Keith. Computers in the Classroom? A Critique of the Digital Computer as a Metaphor for Mind.
The Writing Instructor. (2007): 36 pars. <http://www.writinginstructor.com/gibson>.
Gibson, Keith. Arguing Artificially: Understanding the Debates That Have Shaped Cognitive Science.
Business Communication Quarterly 66.2 (2003): 83-89.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Gibson, Keith. Burke and the Positive Potential of Technology: Recovering the Complete Literary
Experience. Burke in the Archives. Eds. Dana Anderson and Jessica Enoch. Columbia, SC:
University of South Carolina Press, 2013.
Gibson, Keith. Outsourcing Technical Communication: The Policy Behind the Practice. Outsourcing
Technical Communication: Issues, Policies, and Practices. Eds. Barry Thatcher and Carlos Evia.
Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing, 2008. 185-202.