Mountains
Hiking Grinnell Glacier in Montana.
Saif and Family
Hanging out with kids at Lenox Mall in Atlanta.
Saif and Safiya
Carrying daughter at Ruby Beach in Washington.
Saif, Saffana and Sumaya
Making rockets and reading book during daughter's class.
Saif Altalib

Saif Altalib

Learning Experience Designer

20+ years of experience in architecting performance-focused, evidence-based, and scalable learning experiences.

Performance consulting and learning needs analysis
Learning science and A/B study researcher
Design and development of knowledege bases, on-demand, instructor-led, and virtual training
Graphic design and multimedia development
Front-end development

Alpharetta, GA

United States

ACE Award 2022

Finalist

Publications and presentations

A collection of my websites, articles, and presentations.

Website

ID Myths

Debunking common misconceptions in instructional design

Magazine article

Well-Designed Framework

Learning Guild magazine article

Blog article

10 Examples of Scenario-Based

AWS Training & Certification blog article

Presentation

Performance Support Solution

2018 Learning Guild conference presentation

YouTube Video

The Well-Designed Framework

Introduction YouTube video

YouTube Interview

Performance Support Interview

Saif Altalib interview on performance support

Videos

A collection of YouTube videos I've created.

YouTube Video

The Peculiar Human Learning Process

YouTube Video

YouTube Video

AWS Jam Journeys Promotional Video

YouTube Video

Projects

Example training and performance improvement projects I've worked on.

Digital Training

Migrating SAP Workloads to AWS

Led the design of a new SAP to AWS migration digital course

Digital Training

Introduction to AWS Elemental MediaConnect

Led the re-design of a 1-hour task-based digital course

Digital Training

Introduction to AWS Cloud Game Development

Led the design of a 1-hour scenario-based digital course

Digital Training

AWS Jam Video and User Guides

Led the design and development of AWS Jam video and user guides

Digital Training

AWS Managed Services: Disaster Recovery

Led the design of a scenario-based 1-hour digital course

Digital Training

AWS Game Development

Modernizing game studio infrastructure on AWS

Digital Training

Build Modern Apps with Purpose-Built Databases

Led the design of a 5-course series on AWS purpose-built databases

Digital Training

Break Free of Legacy Databases

Designed a 3-course series on moving to cloud-native databases

Digital Training

Moving to Managed Databases on AWS

Designed an 8-course curriculum covering 7 migration use cases

Digital Training

Getting Started with .NET on AWS

Designed a 1-hour .NET on AWS fundamentals digital course

Digital Training

Service Engineers Training & Feedback

A training program for 300+ globally distributed AT&T engineers

Digital Training

Cybersecurity Training

Training on how to sell a new cybersecurity solution

Digital Training

Scale-Out Computing on AWS

Building high-performance computing solutions on AWS

Digital Training

Amazon DynamoDB

Advanced data modeling techniques for NoSQL

Digital Training

Amazon DocumentDB

Performance tuning and optimization strategies

Digital Training

Well-Architected for Financial Services

Architectural considerations for finance workloads

Digital Training

Optimizing Costs for Microsoft Workloads

Strategies for reducing spend on Microsoft workloads

Digital Training

Serverless Containers for .NET

Choosing the right compute service for .NET apps

Digital Training

.NET Workloads on AWS Lambda

Deep-dive into building optimized C# Lambda functions

Virtual Training

Let's Ship It - with AWS (Twitch)

Led the design of a six-episode virtual workshop on Twitch

Virtual Training

Technical Sales Virtual Workshops

Designed targeted scenario-based virtual workshops for AT&T technical sellers

Workflow Learning

Re-Design of LXD Community Wiki

Led the re-design of the Amazon-wide Learning Experience Design Wiki

Workflow Learning

Re-Design of Organization Wiki

Led the re-design of organization Wiki for quick resource access

Workflow Learning

AT&T University Workflow Learning Portal

Designed a portal for AT&T University design teams

Certification Program

Partner Sales Certification Program

Developed a 3-day certification program for AT&T Partners

Certification Program

Flipped Classroom Training Program

Designed a flipped classroom experience for a 4-month certification

Certification Program

Sales Software & Tools Certification

A training portal for sellers to learn and get certified on software tools

Workshop

Customer Experience Training

Motivating and training AT&T employees on CX pillars and behaviors

Workshop

Resume Writing Training

Resume writing and interviewing training for AT&T call center reps