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New York City, New York, Us

- Established an enterprise-wide learning and leadership development function, infrastructure, and strategy for a 3,000-employee company. Learning was incidental and leadership and management development non-existent. Increased engagement with learning from 25% or 80% in one year. Built a high-performing team and established metrics and KPIs to track impact and success.- In one year, implemented an LXP, integrated new content to democratize learning across the organization building the foundation to develop and drive a unique learning culture. - Developed and implemented a leadership development framework and designed journey-based programs for all levels of leadership at Celonis. Programs are being delivered to over 400 leaders across Celonis with a direct positive impact on engagement scores. Led the activation of Leadership Principles across Celonis. - Lead the global onboarding team who delivers engaging and inspiring onboarding experience for over 1800 new joiners since 2022. In 2024, the team is re-launching a unique in-person experience for new joiners that immerses them in the Celonis purpose and drives shared ownership of the strategy through deep product and business knowledge. - Transitioned to a centralized learning budget and strategy with full CEO backing and support. Integrated a skills-based approach for leadership and employee development. Rolled out a global learning curriculum for all Celonauts to cover a wide range of skills from individual effectiveness and language to technical skill development. - Built credibility and visibility for the Learning organization across Celonis. Developed a learning champion model through a Learning Council (made up of senior executives from each organization) to support our ability to assess needs, align with our strategy, and succeed in delivering our programs.

Newtown, Pa, Us

Senior Leader of a global Learning Services Consulting Practice for EPAM’s Business Consulting organization. Formulated the EPAM Learning Services philosophy, strategy and offerings; and executed an integrated L&D approach to support client engagements and implementations. Clients were Fortune 500 companies.

- Worked with clients to implement an organizational learning strategy and designed a learning infrastructure to support innovative learning and talent development solutions. Applied a pragmatic methodology to design and build organizational learning strategy to build a continuous learning culture and drive employee performance. Designed and implemented professional development, role-based, leadership and management programs.- Designed and implemented change management approaches for large digital platform and organizational implementations to maximize adoption and facilitated rollouts.- Clients included: Girl Scouts of the USA, Girls Inc., Diversified, New Leaders as well as network-based, start-up and other non-profit organizations.

Roseland, New Jersey, Us

Designed an integrated strategy for three distinct functions to drive business results and improve productivity for ADP’s Small Business Segment. Created a new blueprint for learning that would improve the call center’s Net Promoter Scores (NPS), reduce onboarding time and allow for ongoing development of associates and managers.

New York, New York, Us

Tasked with revamping the national learning team, the goal was to rethink how they can support adult learning across all 112 local councils. During the transition, I maintained normal operations, leading the training efforts for their largest initiatives: Salesforce rollout, Digital Cookie, and the National Conference.

New York, Ny, Us

Led the learning and development department for Weight Watchers North America national field organization. Provided strategic leadership in aligning training efforts with business goals as well as driving member weight loss success. (22,000 field and corporate employees). Developed management and leadership development programs for the field leadership teams.

New York, Ny, Us

- Trusted learning partner to Executive and Senior Vice Presidents, HR Business Partners and senior leaders in the Technology and Operations (Tech & Ops) departments. Increased senior leader involvement in developing a learning culture within IT. Planned and Managed a $5 Million budget with 20+ yearly strategic initiatives that supported business objectives.- Designed and executed a technology leadership and development program, which was attended by 500 executives globally and built these skills: skills: Influencing, relationship management, critical thinking, virtual and global management of teams, and having crucial conversations. - Successfully implemented complex strategic initiatives across different regions, and implemented a People Engagement program with focus on diversity and inclusion.- Developed a competency model for the technology organization along with a career path framework to support mobility across the various roles.

New York, Ny, Us

Project management of IT systems development and integration, with a focus on HR and learning management systems. I played a key role in bringing new technology online and carrying out upgrades without disrupting existing business. I coordinated with global compliance teams, developers, and designers across JP Morgan Chase to organize, implement and integrate compliance courses across different countries and regulatory systems (e.g. Anti-Money Laundering). I worked towards implementing a new, global LMS and decommissioning two older systems. In the process, helped convert and integrate over 500 online courses to a format compatible with the new LMS, and created new design and development standards to support the new LMS.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Oversaw and consulted on far-reaching, international learning projects. I partnered with a range of stakeholders, from clients to industry principals, to understand their needs, identify problems, and develop blended solutions. We analyzed curriculum, revamping existing training processes and where necessary, created new training solutions.Clients included: University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, Cingular Wireless, IBM Global Services (Siebel CRM Education Rollout), Kaiser Permanente, Cadence, ProBusiness, Philip Morris, MetLife, Cigna, Guardian, Marsh, Inc.

Played a critical role in the establishment of a profitable career training center that catered to members and non-members alike. The center was also a participating member of the NYC Displaced Homemakers Program.

M.A., International Relations

B.A, Government And Politics