Meet The Founder
The company was founded in 2001 by V. Karen Miller, a third-generation educator with 25+ years of corporate training leadership and multi-media project management. Design2Train is headquartered in The Woodlands, TX.
Prior to starting her company in 2001, Karen led corporate global and national training teams, managed three online communities, and taught hundreds of graduate students in classroom computing, assessment & evaluation, distance learning systems and instructional design. She earned a M.Ed. in Ed Tech from Texas A&M University.
Karen is a published author and has created numerous online courses, websites and information products serving targeted audiences across the nation.
Professional Honors and Awards
2009 Pillar Award, Federal Government Distance Learning Assoc (FGDLA)
2008 Karen Miller, Board Member FGDLA
2008 – 2009 Design2Train Featured in two TXDOT Road Lines articles
2003 Karen Miller, Certified Performance Technologist – ISPI
2001 Outstanding Instructional Communication Award – ISPI
1998 Excellent in Electronic Learning (Compaq) Citation – ASTD
Technology Presentations
Business Woman’s Conf – 2009 -What Do You Know About SEO?: Houston
Tech Learn Conf- 2006 -Collaborative Learning Online: Las Vegas
ASTD – ISPI 2005 – Online Collaboration: Houston
ASTD – TETC Conf 2005 – Online Collaboration, San Antonio
ISPI – Local Chapter 2004 – Online Collaboration: San Antonio
NECC 2003 Conf – Introduction to Web-based Research: Seattle
TRLD 2003 Conf– NCLB- Aligned Online Reading Training: San Francisco
ESC4 2002 – Distance Learning Presenter: Online Training, Houston
NJEA 2002 – New Teacher and NCLB-Aligned Reading: Atlantic City
ASTD – 2002 Fall Chapter Featured Speaker – Training ROI: Houston
IQPC 2002 Workshop Presenter – ROI of Human Potential: San Francisco
Family Consumer Sciences Conf – 2000 Online Housing Course: Houston
CSBA Conf2000 Red Apple Online: San Diego
VLearn Conf 2000 Educ Apps of 3D Virtual Worlds: Santa Cruz
MASSP Principals Conf 2000 RAO: Traverse City, MI
VALIC National Sales Conf - Red Apple Online:Las Vegas
Training99 Conf: 3D’s of Website Development: Chicago
