Chuck Wurl Email & Phone Number

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

Finally an opportunity to put all of my past skills and research to work in one place! At Linkage, I help guide corporations and institutions make better decisions about their cultures. Specifically, advancing women leaders and increasing diversity, equity and inclusions efforts. The corporate culture of Linkage is terrific and everyone has a voice. I have never been part of a team quite like this one. We have diverse backgrounds, and all bring our unique superpowers to changing the face of leadership everyday!

Mid Atlantic Region

After leaving the material handling industry, I took an opportunity with Lavi Industries. A family run business based in California, Lavi designed, manufactured, and installed queuing systems using hardware and software solutions. Chances are, if you’ve ever stood in line at a theme park or airport, you’ve been queued by a Lavi solution. One of the most rewarding projects I worked on while at Lavi was for a large auto parts retailer. They wanted an impulse merchandising queue inside all of their US stores. They chose our solution for its unique ability to add certain accessories to it, and because it was made in the USA. When the pandemic broke out in early 2020, Lavi had the foresight to purchase a large amount of acrylic paneling for bio-guards to be used in TSA checkpoints, which was a fun project.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

My first role in sales. The transition from leading an online university to sales was not easy. Success in Learning and Development is measured by things like development time and employee time to proficiency, in sales, it’s measured by results. I had the territory of Eastern NC and VA, and developed business through two channels: end user customers and forklift dealers. Specifically, what my role entailed was: 1. Set up a power assessment at a warehouse or production facility, where we catalogued all of the powered fleet, from forklifts, to batteries, to chargers. 2. Install battery data recorders on the forklifts to measure power throughput in every department of the fleet. 3. Use that data to design a more efficient system for charging and operating the fleet. Very often, the solution saved our customers millions of dollars annually. Overall, this was a terrific experience as my first role in business development.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

After a brief exit from ABT (now Concentric) I returned at the behest of the founder and CEO to complete the online university, but now with a focus on sales training. I immersed myself into the engineering, service and sales departments and got to work. The training I developed had a profound effect on the company and its culture. Service and Operations processes were streamlined, and the time to proficiency of a newly hired technician decreased from 6 months to 2 months. Moreover, the technical and sales training combined allowed newly hired associates to become relative experts in lead-acid batteries and DC power systems. ABT University was a success, but that also caught the eye of private equity investors, and eventually the company was sold. When that happened, the founder and CEO invited me to join the sales team and move to the revenue side of the company.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

My first full-time job in the corporate world. I was still finishing up my graduate certificate in Instructional Design from UW-Stout when I was hired as an Instructional Designer. Talk about imposter syndrome! Concentric (ABT Power Management at the time) was a material handling power supplier (think gigantic forklift batteries and chargers). We designed cost effective, and efficient methods that powered some of the largest forklift fleets in the Southeast. My role was to develop an online training program for each employee, affectionately called ABT University. I designed and developed all technical, onboarding, and sales training in conjunction with several Subject Matter Experts at the firm, using Adobe Captivate Software. We used an LMS (Kenexa, powered by IBM) to deliver and track the content online. I had the privilege of being invited to an IBM conference to share how we leveraged the platform to grow our company, which was exciting.

Wentworth, Nc

My first chance at preparing and delivering all learning materials for a variety of survey courses, I was also part of the curriculum team tasked with maintaining accreditation for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. My best experience as a teacher! I had students who ranged in age from 15 (Early College High School) all the way to 70. They brought all of their perspectives to the classroom and it was a great experience. I even continued to teach a few classes online after I started my career in the corporate world.

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

As I progressed from a Master’s student and started working toward my doctorate I joined the Arts and Sciences Academic Advising staff in the Summer of 2007. This was a new challenge from teaching as we guided students through their first course registrations and university orientation, through their first couple years at a large University. In a way, it’s a lot like onboarding new employees! While there, I was a Pre-Health, and Pre-Law advisor for students choosing those paths, and had to learn an exceptional amount of curriculum paths and pre-requisites. Also, I had my first introduction into Diversity, Equity and Inclusion on a professional level, as I participated in the UT LEAD program, which provided leadership pathways for first-generation college students, especially those from underrepresented populations.

Knoxville, Tn

I worked as a graduate teaching assistant for adjunct and tenured professors in the History department. This provided a small stipend, as well as a tuition waiver, which was reserved for high potential graduate students in the History Department. I provided support for lectures and led discussion sections for large survey courses. Typically responsible for 100 students per semester, I was responsible for leading discussion sections, the occasional lecture, and grading all assignments. It was during this time that I had to learn time-management as I was also attending a full load of graduate coarses which often required reaching 500-800 pages of material per week as well as writing 5-10 pages of edited content. I enjoyed the classroom experience both as a teacher and as a student.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History

Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Theta, Pi Gamma Mu, Men's Rugby Club

Graduate Certificate, Instructional Design

Strategies for developing computer-mediated training and matching technology tools to instructional problems.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), History

Education record