Braque Hershberger

Project Leadership and Instructional Design Portfolio

Biography

Braque mastered project leadership, professional learning and instructional design by solving real problems for real people to achieve real results.

Drawn to special education by a love of learning, Braque has gravitated toward leadership over the course of 15 years in the field. He has been a school principal and a supervisor of special education. A holder of school superintendent certifications in multiple states, Braque has managed large cross-functional teams and led professional learning projects for a $200M/year special education division, sharpening his project leadership and instructional design skills along the way to deliver crucial strategic objectives.

A lifelong tech enthusiast, Braque built computers from spare parts as a teenager, hand coded websites before drag and drop and taught himself the Adobe suite. In college, he managed his university newspaper’s daily production schedule, learning video and photo editing on the fly to fix last-minute quirks. Braque now blends his deep knowledge of learning theory with his technology and design skills to build mission-aligned learning projects that marry storytelling, design, and strategy.

Highlighted Skills

  • Leadership

    Systems Theory
    Organizational Restructuring
    Program Review and Audit
    Governance Presentations
    Budgeting and Projection

  • Digital Media

    Adobe InDesign
    Adobe Photoshop
    Adobe Illustrator
    Adobe Premire
    TechSmith Camtasia
    Apple Final Cut Pro
    Apple Logic Pro

  • Agile Philosophy

    Certified ScrumMaster
    Successive Approximation Modeler
    Miro Wizard

  • UX/UI

    Adobe XD
    Balsamiq
    Figma
    User Experience
    Journey Mapping

  • Instructional Design

    Articulate Storyline
    Audiate
    Articulate 360 (Rise/Reach)
    Software Simulation
    SCORM fluent

Project Showcase

Enterprise Data Warehouse Adoption Acceleration eLearning Solution

Data silos, meet your disruptor. I led the adoption of an Enterprise Data Warehouse, streamlining 30+ sources into a single source of truth. Using an agile mindset, I delivered a sleek followup eLearning solution to crush manual entry bottlenecks and empower teams to move fast, adapt faster, and drive impact.

Case Manager Scenario-Based
eLearning Solution

Compliance? Locked in. I developed an interactive training program for CCIU IEP Case Managers that transforms legal grey areas into confident decision-making. Real-world simulations sharpen managers’ ability to navigate IDEA regulations, safeguard against liability, and protect what matters most—students and their success.

Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training Program Optimization

High stakes, high pressure, no room for error. I led a comprehensive behavior de-escalation and restraint training initiative that used data to pivot to a focused team model—delivering safety and compliance while cutting costs. This was a socially sensitive, high-pressure project that required meaningful engagement with learning and development, warts and all.