Suzanne Skublics

Director eLearning and XML Engineering

Ms. Skublics is one of the pioneers in the realm of eLearning and has lead many initiatives in the design and development of XML information systems. With over 20 years of experience in the IT field, she is responsible for the research and development of course software and standards investigation including XML, IMS and SCORM. She has experience in creating SCORM content, and creating XML applications and content. Suzanne has detailed knowledge of IMS and IEEE/LOM standards and the current implementation of SCORM and IMS specifications, metadata and Learning Management System interaction with learning objects. She has managed several contracts with the Canadian Dept of National Defence (DND) in the area of SCORM and is currently under contract with DND as an XML and SCORM expert.

Before working with XIA, Ms. SKublics worked at Object Technology International (OTI) where she was Team Lead and Senior Software Developer for User Interface Design. She was on the development team for IBM's VisualAge for Java and VisualAge for Smalltalk, with a focus on Windows common controls, OLE, and Japanese IME. Ms. Skublics was the Education Manager at OTI for a number of years during which time she developed all of the product training material and delivered it to numerous customers. Suzanne also worked at Nortel designing real-time telephony and data reconfiguration software. At Spar Aerospace, she designed real-time software for the remote manipulator arm.

Her publications include "Dynamic Appearance Model" (whitepaper submitted to the ADL for consideration in SCORM) Mar 2002. "You Can Do That?: An Early Conversion of CBT to SCORM v1.1" (Plugfest4 Proceedings), "Smalltalk with Style" (Prentice Hall), "A Matter of Style" (The Smalltalk Report), and "Teaching Smalltalk as a First Programming Language" (SIGCSE Conference Proceedings). She holds a Master of Computer Science from Carleton University and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto. Suzanne's Masters degree focused on User Interface Design as well as Education. She has taught several first year Computer Science courses at Carleton and helped develop the Introduction to Programming course in Smalltalk.



Philosophy Management Team Recent Clients & Projects Partners Career Opportunities	Suzanne Skublics Director eLearning and XML Engineering Ms. Skublics is one of the pioneers in the realm of eLearning and has lead many initiatives in the design and development of XML information systems. With over 20 years of experience in the IT field, she is responsible for the research and development of course software and standards investigation including XML, IMS and SCORM. She has experience in creating SCORM content, and creating XML applications and content. Suzanne has detailed knowledge of IMS and IEEE/LOM standards and the current implementation of SCORM and IMS specifications, metadata and Learning Management System interaction with learning objects. She has managed several contracts with the Canadian Dept of National Defence (DND) in the area of SCORM and is currently under contract with DND as an XML and SCORM expert. Before working with XIA, Ms. SKublics worked at Object Technology International (OTI) where she was Team Lead and Senior Software Developer for User Interface Design. She was on the development team for IBM's VisualAge for Java and VisualAge for Smalltalk, with a focus on Windows common controls, OLE, and Japanese IME. Ms. Skublics was the Education Manager at OTI for a number of years during which time she developed all of the product training material and delivered it to numerous customers. Suzanne also worked at Nortel designing real-time telephony and data reconfiguration software. At Spar Aerospace, she designed real-time software for the remote manipulator arm. Her publications include "Dynamic Appearance Model" (whitepaper submitted to the ADL for consideration in SCORM) Mar 2002. "You Can Do That?: An Early Conversion of CBT to SCORM v1.1" (Plugfest4 Proceedings), "Smalltalk with Style" (Prentice Hall), "A Matter of Style" (The Smalltalk Report), and "Teaching Smalltalk as a First Programming Language" (SIGCSE Conference Proceedings). She holds a Master of Computer Science from Carleton University and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto. Suzanne's Masters degree focused on User Interface Design as well as Education. She has taught several first year Computer Science courses at Carleton and helped develop the Introduction to Programming course in Smalltalk.