Responsible for driving leadership and team development, culture consulting, performance management and faculty and staff engagement in alignment with the enterprise Talent & Culture Strategic Plan.o Design, develop, implement, and monitor valid and reliable employee listening strategies to improve culture and employee engagement.o Consult on organizational, team, and individual effectiveness areas in partnership with HR Business Partners, Consultants, and leaders to improve key business outcomes.o Co-created the Ohio State Coaching Model to provide a framework for leaders to engage employees throughout moments that matter.

Responsible for creating valid, reliable high stakes written assessments for employees and students in the skilled trades; including work for Ohio’s Career Technical Education programs, and nationally recognized credentialing agencies for skilled tradesmeno Co-managed single-project budget >$1M and managed a team of 7 toward fulfilling and meeting project deliverables.o Conducted psychometric reviews on behalf of the National Commission on Certifying Agencies (NCCA).o Facilitated job analysis and competency studies to facilitate the valid development of written and performance assessment.o Facilitated professional development on Facilitation Skills, assessment building.

Managed high-stakes testing, consulting department servicing local employers across various industries and adult education students.o Founding member for the Central Ohio Firefighter Testing Consortium (2012), a pre-employment testing system for entry-level firefighters. Results included over $10,000 savings to districts.o Provided career development to students, demonstrated linkage between screening assessments and post-training performance.o Served as an advisory committee member for the University System of Ohio: Talent Development Network (2011-2013).

Evaluated internal business needs and executed research processes to enable strategic achievement of business objectives in a high-paced, Fortune 500 company.Developed Post-Implementation Evaluation System. End-user feedback on implementations ranging from $200,000 to $1M+ was collected, evaluated, and scorecards reviewed by CEO weekly.Managed portions of the annual customer satisfaction survey including design, data analysis, and communication of results with recommendations to over 20 internal stakeholders.

Evaluated effectiveness of first-year undergraduate programs in math, bridge learning, and pilot counseling programs. Responsible for research process including: planning and design, analysis and interpretation, report preparation and presentation of results.Created a Structured Interview Training Guide for undergraduate research associates conducting research interviews and facilitated training and mock-interviews.Presented research findings at national conferences: National Learning Communities Conference (2009) and National Academic Advising Association (2008).Conference Presentation: Hansen, M.J., McCool, K.M., Watson, B.N., (2008, October). Assigning Advisors in University College: A New Alternative. Presented at the National Academic Advising Association Conference in Chicago, IL.

Designed, developed, and implemented training deliverables with team for leadership diversity training.Collaborated with Affinity Group leaders and planned a month-long diversity celebration.Project management, budget management, developed communications and marketing tools.

Assisted in focus group facilitation and analysis for The Voinovich Center for Leadership and Public Affairs, Institute for Local Government Administration and Rural Development. Processed data evaluating the efficacy of sexual assault prevention and risk reduction programming for college students for the Laboratory for the Study and Prevention of Sexual Assault.Created datasets, co-facilitated research studies, and prepared research conference submittals.2006 Friends of Libraries: Research & Creative Activity Award for conference submission.