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Citrus Heights, Ca, Us

Davis, Ca

HR Special Projects Advisor and Training Designer, coordinating campus-wide initiatives such as Workplace Reimagined, managing large-scale training projects, and designing and facilitating staff training on subjects ranging from management to technology. As UCPath Training Lead, designed and presented training on all aspects of the UCPath system, which includes Recruiting, Performance Management, HR Administration and Payroll Funding. Developed overall UCPath training program for UC Davis, from needs assessment through content design and delivery. Training program serves thousands of transactional users and over 30,000 employees overall.

Sacramento, California Area

As a consultant at XpertMinds, I provided services in the following areas to our clients:♦ Learning Development & Technology Training ♦ Instructional Design ♦ Organizational Change Management♦ IT Management Consulting♦ Team Development & Strategic Advising♦ Project Management♦ Project Quality ReviewsProject Highlight:My most recent project engagement was to provide project Change Management and Training services for LyondellBasell, based in Houston, TX.• Joined project mid-stream; quickly and effectively did catch-up necessary to clearly identify stakeholders, conduct change impact analysis, clarify project expected benefits, and develop an OCM strategy and related communication and training plans.• Developed and delivered successful communication plans that included both traditional methods of communication (emails, websites, team meetings) as well as very well-received “Meet TM” demo event designed to drum up project interest and buy-in.• Developed structure and methods for identifying and measuring solution adoption and benefits realization.• Designed and managed robust training program for wide variety of audiences – internal operations and customer service staff, off-shore support resources, and third party distribution partners.• Developed all TM user training materials, tailored to audiences described above, including self-paced e-learning courses.

Rancho Cordova, Ca

During my tenure at Pacific Coast Companies, Inc. (the shared services division of Pacific Coast Building Products), I played a variety of roles with a common theme of providing business-centric services and fostering collaboration and communication. Highlights include:♦ Developed IT training team and deliverables to provide a professional, state-of-the-art Learning Library paired with highly rated training programs.♦ Oversaw all communications between IT department and customers to ensure we didn't engage in “techno-speak” but instead provided business-friendly, useful information.♦ Grew the Project Management Office (PMO) to be a mature, reliable, business-centric PMO with the mission, processes, and team members needed to gain the trust of business leaders and to reliably run projects to produce results on-time, on-budget, and on-target.♦ Provided senior-level SAP project management and consulting services to both internal and external customers.♦ Presented at several SAP conferences on project management techniques: SAPPHIRE, PMO, and Upgrade Symposiums

Folsom, Ca

At Meridian, now a division of Trimble, I developed the vision for Meridian University and created their new education department, including marketing materials, processes and procedures, job descriptions, and more. ♦ Designed and implemented e-Learning Center while adhering to tight budget. ♦ Guided new education team on creation of sound learning materials as well as being a primary trainer and instructional designer, creating content for classroom and self-paced e-learning. ♦ Promoted to oversee software implementation department in addition to education team. Created more structured and repeatable implementation processes and tools.

Rancho Cordova, Ca

At WebEx (now Cisco), I revitalized the training team by developing team vision and goals and facilitating effective communication and collaborative work patterns. ♦ Designed, developed and conducted nationally attended webinars on effective use of online meeting tools for WebEx customers.♦ Designed customer-facing and internal training promotion programs and materials to increase awareness of available training programs. Guided design of new “best practices” courses to increase customer usage of WebEx services.

Sacramento, Ca

For London Pacific Advisors, I built their new project management department from the ground up to coordinate implementation of the company's web-enabled financial services software. ♦ Led service and software design effort for new financial services product, leading to creation of custom web applications with intuitive, easy-to-use functionality, utilized by large network of financial advisors as well as banks such as Wells Fargo.♦ Developed implementation plans, business requirement documents, project planning documents, testing plans and related product documents.♦ Managed multiple projects for large clients, providing needs analysis, specifications, testing plans, and overall project coordination. Monitored project progress and provided management updates based on detailed task lists and timelines.

Sacramento, Ca

In this contract position for the VANSIS division of MCI WorldCom, I created job-specific curriculi and designed the training-fulfillment program for employees.

Ann Arbor, Mi

At IDI, a software company specializing in integrating payroll, time & attendance, and other resource management applications, I was fortunate to have the experience of growing with a company. I was employee #12 and the company grew to over 100 employees during my time there. Positions I held included: Training & Communication Manager, Integration Consulting Manager, Software Production & Support Manager, and Technical Support Analyst.Highlights from my work there: ♦ Creator of IDI’s virtual classroom training program, including creation and presentation of both technical and sales sessions. ♦ Designed and implemented new-employee training curriculum.♦ Managed all marketing and communication functions, including overseeing production and maintenance of five web sites and hundreds of technical documents and manuals. ♦ Started consulting department utilizing focused teamwork to design marketing materials, workflow, procedures, and templates. Contributed to up to 15% of company’s monthly sales. ♦ Effectively managed long-term projects and led cross-functional teams. Analyzed software integration requirements for IDI’s clients and created detailed technical specifications.♦ Enabled efficient customer software implementations through training and process improvements. Software from the technical team accounted for 60% of monthly sales.