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Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Warrendale, Pa, Us

Designed new instructor-led and virtual instructor-led courses on aerospace safety topics to support global standards and OEM demand. Revised and redeveloped a high-volume instructor-led certification course on quality procedures for aerospace suppliers to improve learner engagement, refresh the look and feel, and incorporate technology to measure progress.Re-designed a robotics bootcamp for autonomous vehicle coding to deploy in a new learning management system.Designed an eLearning course on vehicle electrification in partnership with an automobile manufacturer’s sales training team.Updated and maintained existing eLearning courses on quality standards to troubleshoot customer complaints and improve functionality.Developed electronic assessments to support a global cybersecurity initiative.

Perform process improvement analysis.Design eLearning courses to improve employee compliance.Conduct curriculum and communication analysis and make recommendations for a new strategy.Develop eLearning modules in Articulate Storyline and Rise.

Naperville, Illinois, Us

Designed a multi-session blended learning program to enable city trades people, administrators, energy managers, and building supervisors to support energy efficiency initiatives to be implemented in nearly 3,000 buildings of a major United States city.Developed a comprehensive training strategy with course outlines, curriculum matrices, and performance goals for a major United States city’s energy efficiency initiatives.Analyzed learning content for clients in the technology, engineering, manufacturing, and pharmaceutical industries on ways to adapt instructor-led training materials into virtual or eLearning modalities, specializing in ways to add interactivity and increase engagement.Developed scenario-based eLearning for both desktop and mobile platforms using Articulate Storyline 360 and Inkling for diverse clients in the technology, pharmaceutical, restaurant, and higher education industries. Created train-the-trainer and pilot approaches for clients to ensure success when implementing instructor-led and virtual instructor-led training programs, and coached new instructors to ensure quality of delivery.Led teams of instructional designers and developers to create learning programs that ensured alignment with client’s requirements, included student-centered instructional principles, and met tight project management timelines.Managed a monthly instructional design consortium for a team of over 50 talent resources to learn about trends in learning, new technology, and processes.Implemented internal programs to increase team communication, improve corporate culture, and set standards for client work samples.Coached contract design resources to follow processes, increase engagement, and ensure quality of deliverables.Wrote blogs and articles on a variety of learning and development topics regularly in order to support marketing efforts.

Worked with subject matter experts to transform dense technical content into blended learning solutions for new hire engineering training.Developed customer service and technical support documents into eLearning courses using Storyline 2.Advised client on selection and implementation of a new learning management system.Consulted with new team members on creating eLearning templates and designing effective learning media.Guided a cross-disciplinary curriculum realignment effort by focusing project team on learning outcomes and effective measurement.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Created a new performance-based sales model supported by a blended training curriculum for a regional furniture retailer’s sales associates which resulted in an immediate 25% increase in sales targets within the first month.Evaluated existing training programs, performance metrics, and learner feedback for clients in the retail and oil and gas industries and created findings and recommendations that would enable performance improvement initiatives at the organizations.Conducted needs analyses, estimated scope of work, and wrote proposals for clients in the health care, retail, higher education, industrial, technology, and energy sectors.Conducted a learning management system search for a client by analyzing client requirements, communicating with vendors, obtaining requests for proposals, presenting recommendations to the client, and assisting with selection.Developed interactive, engaging eLearning using Articulate Studio, Storyline and Adobe Captivate for diverse clients in the pharmaceutical, retail and financial services industries. Designed an instructor-led training program for a healthcare technology organization, then co-facilitated that course in order to train the trainers.

Developed and managed a project plan for a comprehensive quality and process alignment initiative within Bayer Business and Technology Services.Created and delivered training in compliance with quality initiatives.Maintained the training curriculum for the Business Excellence department.Supported process expertise and quality management across all business units.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

Created instructional materials including work instructions, procedure manuals, job aids, instructor-led training, and eLearning for diverse clients in the healthcare, consumer products, manufacturing, and retail sectors.Provided implementation support during training initiatives.

Created regional chapter of a national entertainment provider from the ground up by recruiting, training and developing over 25 talent resources.Managed a team of talent to provide teambuilding events, theatrical productions, and interactive murder mysteries at both public and private events.Coached talent on ways to improve production, increase interaction, and enhance client satisfaction.

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Delivered sales and customer service training courses to retail banking employees.Provided performance support to meet customer staff development needs.Contributed to instructional design and regional initiative teams.