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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Brownsburg, Indiana, United States

Designed, developed, and implemented safety courses and processes for Badger Hydrovac Operators. Tools and technology used included voice-over, animated PowerPoints, Snagit-based job-aids, video storyboard plans and scripts for short video productions.

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Senior Instructional Designer for a Medical Laboratory Science Hybrid Degree ProgramPartnering with five subject matter experts at St. Louis University to design and develop 34 Medical Laboratory Sciences courses.

Carmel, Indiana

Responsible for designing, developing, and implementing professional development seminars (classroom-based and online) for Orbis partners’ faculty and adjunct instructors.Created two online courses, using Articulate 360 Rise, as part of an onboarding suite of courses for approximately 200 faculty at five partner institutions and eight online courses using Rise focusing on teaching, building, and leadership professional development for all our partner institutions.Documented twenty initial training and development team processes for submission to achieve the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) accreditation.Assessed, reviewed, and managed speaker presentations for the proposed 2020 annual two-day Engagement in Healthcare Education (EHE) Conference, providing Orbis partner faculty innovative and strategic outlooks on teaching and learning, leadership, effective partnerships, clinical simulation, and faculty engagement.

Carmel, Indiana

Top Value Fabrics is a leading international textile supplier with a wide selection of stock and custom fabrics that help our customers succeed in the Industrial, Print Media, Activewear and Recreational markets. With more than 40 years of experience, we're proud to offer excellent service and quality fabrics that work for our customers.Responsible for creating a learning organization that is knowledge sustainable, adaptable, and agile; plus building a learning strategy that focuses on:Creating a learning infrastructure including leveraging and developing internal talent as subject matter experts, crafting and sharing learning best practices, and implementing learning technologies.Developing people including integrating new employees, developing existing staff, and accelerating business results through people. Solving inconsistent learning across the organization, in teams, and with individuals by curating and developing industry, organization, and department information, processes, and procedures into manageable and useful learning resources and tools.

Greater Salt Lake City Area; Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Responsible for forming the training department and leading the training strategy for Central Logic in 3 key focus areas: New Hire Orientation; Process Improvement; and Professional Development.

Greenfield, Indiana

Led training strategy for new hire orientation and program specific onboarding training initiatives for the Market Access People and Patient Operating staff.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Organizational Strategic Training Design• Partnered with Central Lab executives on the design, development, and implementation of an inspiring employee engagement training solution for 100+ Central Lab global employees. Learning Solution Design and Development• Managed, designed, and developed global technical training projects including: Facilities and Lab Systems training road maps and checklists; blended training solutions for global Clinical Project Managers focusing on client relationship management techniques using an e-learning and instructor-led approach; an updated process on evaluation strategies including test question construction.Additional Project Initiatives• Co-chaired the Covance Women’s Leadership Network for 2 successful years.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Designed, delivered, facilitated, and managed 10+ instructor-led leadership development programs and an Effective Client Interactions program for targeted mid-to-upper level managers and 100+ scientific staff within Central Labs, Bio Analytics, and Discovery Translational Services. Successfully delivered 15 pre-leadership development modules to 50+ identified potential managers. • Consulted with Central Labs executive leadership team on employee engagement survey action items. Developed a questionnaire, delivered it to the targeted audience, compiled data, and recommended a formal action plan.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Partnered with internal-external subject matter experts to design, develop, and manage content for approved Harrison curriculum including 8 core on-line logistics courses for the Associate Level Logistics Degree and 16 Med Tech courses. This work was completed by partnering with campus leaders and key instructors via a detailed project plan.• Designed and executed a plan to engage 20+ local Indianapolis logistic executive leaders as subject matter experts in course content development. The plan included working expectations, task timelines, and key deliverables.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Analyzed team performance, influenced executive leadership, and recommended consistent, executable solutions to sustain over 20 global product development high performing teams. • Managed team health survey process for 2000+ employees including survey design, target audience logistics, external vendor relationships, data interpretation, and team-leadership action plan facilitation. Collaborated with Vice President of Global Product Development on design and implementation of overall team health initiatives.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Managed the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of global e-learning and instructor-led learning solutions, competency models, and curriculum maps for Lilly Research Labs target audiences.• Consulted with internal clients, subject matter experts, and business units to assess their needs. Recommended learning solutions and evaluation strategies that aligned with business objectives.• Executed on all steps within the ADDIE model (analyze, design, develop, implement, evaluate) resulting in quality learning solutions.• Developed and implemented project plans and tools to produce learning solutions. Managed multiple external vendors and 200+ internal subject matter experts to complete project milestones and key deliverables.• Coached and shared best practices with colleagues and internal business partners on performance improvement, instructional design, project management, and evaluation strategies and tools.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Developed and grew MCE’s account portfolio to 4 new clients. Managed global project teams to design, develop, implement, and evaluate customized learning solutions. Successfully built and managed client relationships while gaining significant experience working with European clients. Client base: Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Denmark.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

(Was ABG, Inc.) Managed the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of training solutions and materials. Clients: Eli Lilly and Company, RCI, Pioneer Seed Company, and Monsanto Europe. Organized the Brussels start-up office, wrote sales and program proposals, and project-managed performance improvement training solutions for Central European clients.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Consulted and wrote proposals and business plans for government, non-profit and corporate organizations. Managed large multi-task projects plus subcontractors and employee teams developing customized training programs. Contracted work negotiations and budgets; problem-solved contract and team issues.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Development Consultant, Instructional Developer and Trainer, Business Analyst, Accounting Supervisor. Consulted and collaborated with all levels of management to identify workforce performance improvement needs. Completed several key international training assignments in Canada, England, Denmark, Finland, Spain, Greece, Italy, France, Japan, and Mexico.

Masters, Instructional Systems Technology

Bachelor'S In Music Education, Music Teacher Education