Mental Canvas for Training and Development (PDF)

Recent retired from Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil company, where he designed, developed and delivered workshops for competency-based career succession, as well as, competency-based development maps, Dr. Michael Commini built and refined his experience in training and development while serving in the US Air Force. After leaving the Air Force, he co-founded TechNET Software TeKnowledgies® (TST), an educational software development company. Among TST's clients were the Texas Naval JrROTC, The Saenger Organization, UPS®, and Lanier Worldwide®. In addition to his work with TST, Dr. Commini served in the 1990s as a college professor teaching electronics, mathematics, computer networking and data communications for ITT Technical Institute. He was also privileged to have worked at US Joint Forces Command, Joint Warfighting Center, Joint Knowledge Development Distribution Capability, where he was the lead knowledge management analyst and project manager for one of the world's largest and most diverse instructional design teams prior to moving to Saudi Arabia. He now resides in the Dominican Republic with his dog, Diamond, where he meets people from all walks of life and smokes good cigars.