Recommendation for Mike Giotis

Saudi Aramco developed a highly successful learning environment between the late 90’s because it was decentralized. While work on acquiring an LMS and populating it with useful courses went on in Dhahran, the production of customized courses was centered in Ras Tanura. It was there that Mike was a guiding light, originally making outstanding courses using Macromedia Author Ware (remember that?) and later guiding the prolific production of courses made with the Articulate Suite. Mike was a great innovator, introducing e-tests, embedded videos and e-glossaries (anything else?). He also had the foresight to hire other outstanding professional (Steve Doodson and Mike Reakes) and oversaw a great team. During this period I was based in Dhahran and observed how the fruitful dialog between the Ras Tanura and Dhahran groups significantly advanced the learning environment in the company. Any organization that needs a knowledgeable and driven learning professional would find it really difficult to do better than selecting Mike.