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Las Vegas, Nevada Area

- Shape the people plan and learning strategy agenda across our US operations footprint to ensure the group is attracting top talent, developing colleagues and retaining the very best through engagement, succession planning and a clear diversity agenda.  - Direct the performance management lifecycle amongst managers and leaders with implementing tools and resources on goal, setting, on-going performance conversations and year-end reviews.  - Leverage technology systems and tools to create a HRIS ecosystem that empower managers and people to engage, develop and collaborate throughout the employee lifecycle.- Track key people metrics such as attrition, internal mobility, promotion, recognition, etc. to report on the health and climate of our site locations.  - Create the onboarding experience for colleagues new to the organization.- Lead the leadership and talent management strategy to identify highpotential colleagues, develop leaders of the future and have succession planning and career mobility opportunities.  - Create a growing diversity and inclusion colleague strategy that includes nearly 10 different networks that help colleagues to align on personal and professional interests that they identify with. - Partner with business leaders to create job families, identify skill competencies and career maps with learning opportunities across different business units.  - Manage a team of trainers, instructional designers, LMS administrators and engagement specialists to execute on strategy plans and ensure business stakeholders are fully supported in people-focused initiatives.

Greater St. Louis Area

- Lead the delivery of world-class, integrated learning programs and engagement strategies to increase colleague retention and performance.  - Leverage technology systems and tools to ensure colleagues are engaged and develop throughout their employment lifecycle.- Work closely with senior management to develop the successful execution of learning objectives and engagement plans based on established department business goals.  - Lead the talent management program and associated activities to develop high-potential colleagues and leaders and support internal mobility opportunities. - Manage a cross functional team of regional team members to develop and implement program agenda.  - Develop and implement the department’s strategic learning and people plan agenda to support the department’s short and long-term business plan.  - Collaborate to create the Annual Learning Plans and colleague survey strategy for the department, aligned with business goals and activities.  - Apply the ADDIE model and UX principles to create blended learning and platform solutions that support business needs and enable employees to meet performance expectations.  - Design and develop deliverables for instructor-led and online training; implement solutions; and evaluate their effectiveness against stated goals using Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation.  Leverage high-touch, customer and colleague experience principles that focus on delivering amazing customer experiences at every interaction.  - Create and implement the department and inter-regional performance management strategy with tools and resources to ensure colleagues and managers are successful throughout the performance management lifecycle.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Lead learning solution projects and cross-training initiatives that result in process optimization, and result in cost savings as much as 25%.• Oversee project design and development teams to complete deliverables according to client specifications, outlined in Statements of Work (SOW).• Manage all aspects of projects, including scope, timeline, budget, and resources to ensure projects meet defined requirements.• Storyboard online training modules, detailing audio, graphics, multimedia interactions, and other course components specified in project design documents.• Write learning assessment questions and interactions that gauge mastery of defined learning objectives.• Using Bloom’s taxonomy, outline learning objectives that lead to individual and organizational performance improvement.• Develop online courses in Articulate and Captivate, and manage the development of online courses developed in Flash, Lectora, and other development software.• Conduct pilot and train-the-trainer sessions in preparation for program launches.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Leveraged training technology to reduce client annual department expenditures by 75%.• Served as the relationship manager on custom training projects with GMG’s largest client. Activities included creating and managing project scopes and Statements of Work (SOW), leading client and internal project meetings, developing project timelines in MS Project, tracking budgets, facilitating change orders, and providing support to vendor and client team members (e.g. instructional designers, multimedia developers, quality assurance specialists, client stakeholders, and subject matter experts).• Served as senior instructional designer on custom instructor-led and computer-based training projects. Activities included leading a team of 2 – 5 instructional designers to conduct front-end analysis and post-training evaluations, collaborating with client subject matter experts to outline learning objectives and content, storyboarding for computer-based learning modules, and developing instructor-led training materials (e.g. facilitator and participant guides, PowerPoint presentations, job aids).• Facilitated train-the-trainer sessions and pilot programs.• Conducted subject matter interviews in person and via conference calls and web meetings.• Conducted quality assurance reviews and provided coaching/mentoring to junior staff.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Develop learning tools and resources that contributed to an additional 50% in revenue. • Led internal projects for the Center of Writing Excellence (CWE) at University of Phoenix Online, including the software development of a robust, electronic editing tool used to provide instant feedback on student writing assignments.• Managed a faculty-sponsored writing lab, for which faculty members reviewed and provided feedback on student writing assignments.• Developed faculty evaluation criteria for measuring faculty performance in the writing lab.• Applied adult learning strategies for creating and implementing student resources and programs.• Created design documents and storyboards for multimedia development.• Evaluated student retention and satisfaction of university programs and courses. • Wrote case studies detailing student success stories and defining best practices for program success at the university.• Collaborated with MBA program deans and college chairs to develop the Spanish Center for Writing Excellence in support of the Spanish MBA program.• Instituted a faculty-sponsored Spanish writing lab. Activities included hiring faculty reviewers and developing the virtual platform for students to submit writing samples.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science

Activities and Societies: Phi Sigma Alpha, Washington Seminar