Ben Cowan Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, PA, US

• Practice area lead for Skills and Learning Strategy within Degreed's professional services team
• Lead a team of consultants to deliver high-value solutions to Degreed's clients
• Partner with clients to demystify skills strategy, maximize current talent and learning investments, and build transformational learning cultures
• Develop company-wide perspectives on skill strategy and evolving towards a skills-based organization

• Developed the skills framework and toolkits currently in use with all new customers
• Provided strategic consulting to our highest profile and most complex clients on learning strategy, success measures, and change management
• Mentored and coached new team members
• Supported marketing initiatives with skills-focused webinars and blog post

Philadelphia, PA

• Partnered with clients on capability mapping, skill assessment, role definition, and sustainable talent development
• Managed teams of junior consultants to ensure all deliverables exceeded client expectations
• Developed and grew client relationships from sales and contracting through to project execution
• Led design and development of key account and strategic management development offerings

Philadelphia, PA

• Managed production and quality improvement cycles for all learning products including leadership skills, supply chain management, selling skills, data analytics, and others.
• Consulted with Fortune 500 companies on strategic development and change management initiatives
• Designed comprehensive solutions to enable cultural, process, and skill transformations
• Lead a team of junior and senior learning designers, video editors, and graphic designers
• Managed key faculty partnerships and strategic customer relationships

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Designed and developed online courses for a variety of business and leadership topics
• Partnered with subject matter experts to establish key objectives to inform backwards design
• Architected assessments and analytics to maximize client insight and learning measurement
• Managed production of supporting media, including videos, graphics and course deliverables

• Taught high school Literature, SAT Prep, and Government to at-risk population
• Designed curricula and lessons to align with organizational and statewide standards
• Selected by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as an exemplary instructor

Phoenixville, PA

• Created electronic resources as well as an online file-sharing webpage for student access
• Lead community outreach programs to market charter school to community stakeholders
• Created and lead an after-school music program which also coordinated with community marketing events

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

• Created and facilitated staff development workshops for new teachers including best practices for second language learners, student motivation, and lesson design
• Utilized social media to recruit new staff from all over the world
• Responsible for evaluating new students and placing them into appropriate course level

Pyrgos, Greece

• Taught a course-load of over 80 students at multiple ability levels, both whole class and one on one instruction
• Responsible for classroom instruction, Cambridge and Michigan Test preparations, and syllabus design