{"id":2252,"date":"2024-01-15T08:56:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T08:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepixelcurve.com\/edubin\/lp\/?page_id=2252"},"modified":"2025-11-20T01:40:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:40:32","slug":"team-single","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/skilltastictraining.com\/staging\/2642\/team-single\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Instructor"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Shawn Best, DBA, PMP<\/span><\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Founder & Lead Instructor, Skilltastic Training<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Hi! I\u2019m Shawn, a project management professional, academic, and operations leader with a serious love for teaching. I\u2019ve spent over two decades working in higher education and industry, leading projects, managing operations, and helping professionals build practical, real-world skills. Now, through Skilltastic Training, I focus on turning that experience into clear, structured training that people can actually use at work.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Experience<\/span>:<\/strong>20+ years<\/p>

Email: <\/strong>sbest@skilltastictraining.com<\/span><\/p>

Website: <\/strong><\/span>www.skilltastictraining.com<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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About Your Instructor<\/span><\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Shawn is a versatile academic leader and practitioner with deep experience in operations management, project management, and business analytics. Over the years, Shawn has served as an Associate Professor, Programme Lead, and operations leader in industries such as energy, manufacturing, and distribution.<\/p>

This unique blend of academic rigour and hands-on industry experience shapes every Skilltastic Training course, ensuring that concepts are not only understood but can be implemented in real workplace contexts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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  • Doctoral degree in Management.<\/li>
  • Master\u2019s degree in Production\/Operations Management.<\/li>
  • PMP-certified Project Management Professional<\/li>
  • 20+ years teaching Operations Management, Project Management, Research Methods and other management courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels.<\/li>
  • Extensive experience supervising and mentoring students, emerging professionals, and project teams.<\/li>
  • Published quantitative research in peer-reviewed academic journals.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    Shawn\u2019s approach to training is highly practical, structured, and learner-focused. Each session is designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice, making it easier for participants to apply what they learn on the job.<\/p>

    \u2022 Real-world scenarios: Examples drawn from actual operations, projects, and organisational challenges.
    \u2022 Step-by-step frameworks: Clear tools, templates, and checklists to apply immediately at work.
    \u2022 Supportive learning environment: Encouraging questions, reflection, and discussion.
    \u2022 Focus on outcomes: Helping learners improve performance, confidence, and professional readiness.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    • Leadership roles in operations and project management in the energy and manufacturing sectors.<\/li>
    • Experience managing cross-functional teams.<\/li>
    • Hands-on responsibility for health, safety, environment (HSE), quality, and operational performance.<\/li>
    • Extensive work with continuous improvement, process optimisation, and data-driven decision-making.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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      Shawn Best, DBA, PMP Founder & Lead Instructor, Skilltastic Training Hi! I\u2019m Shawn, a project management professional, academic, and operations leader with a serious love for teaching. I\u2019ve spent over two decades working in higher education and industry, leading projects, managing operations, and helping professionals build practical, real-world skills. Now, through Skilltastic Training, I focus…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2252","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skilltastictraining.com\/staging\/2642\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skilltastictraining.com\/staging\/2642\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skilltastictraining.com\/staging\/2642\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skilltastictraining.com\/staging\/2642\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skilltastictraining.com\/staging\/2642\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2252"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/skilltastictraining.com\/staging\/2642\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21659,"href":"https:\/\/skilltastictraining.com\/staging\/2642\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2252\/revisions\/21659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skilltastictraining.com\/staging\/2642\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}