Tara Garcia Email & Phone Number

Proactive and mission-driven Learning and Implementation Leader with 10+ years of hands-on experience in people development, including 10 years as a business development and senior marketing operational manager. Understanding the upstream and downstream impact of business decisions on business processes and how to best configure and deliver strategic educational presentations to support current sales efforts and to update individual knowledge and skills of sales representatives.Understanding what the customer’s current business processes, their issues and their challenges. I help map and improve sales development processes to best take advantage of the ever changing marketplace. I love taking on tough complex projects and managing from inception to successful rollout with a ‘No customer is too small’ mindset.As a service-oriented Manager, I ensure proper oversight of all aspects of learning development and responsible for all day-to-day Selling Strategies and Sales Capability operations. I enjoy staying ahead of the curve when it comes to curriculum and content design, learning trends and best practices and with ease I utilize the Learning Management System to help achieve all training program objectives.Throughout my career, I have developed, deployed and executed highly-impactful staff development programs, I am recognized for driving positive change across diverse cultural landscapes of people, work environments, and business models. Maintaining effective communication and engagement between all stakeholders is crucial to sustaining clear vision, collaborating on mutually-beneficial projects, and delivering consistency and continuity at all levels.I have led cross-functional teams in key initiatives to analyze operational performance and deploy strategic training programs that align with all stakeholders’ objectives, improve KPIs, and generate results across all functions.I am adept at managing multiple projects at once, and always of various scopes and diversity of team members, with client satisfaction and meeting -or surpassing, their goals always at the forefront. Keeping an eye on both short and long term goals is part of my DNA, as well as foreseeing and managing risks before they become an issue.

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  Hunter College

  Communication, General