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Lead Landstar's L&D function to achieve organizational growth through employee development programs. Oversee enterprise learning strategy, roadmap, design, implementation, measurement, and evaluation.

Advised diverse, multi-national organizations in achieving their business goals by providing innovative learning technology solutions, custom training development, and change management consulting.* Conducted comprehensive needs assessments and develop strategic plans to modernize client learning ecosystems. Increased alignment with business outcomes and financial goals.* Developed competency-based development programs leveraging standardized skill assessments, proctored certification exams, and integration with Learning Management Systems.* Led stakeholder management efforts, collaborating with senior leaders to ensure program readiness. Aligned program implementation within broader talent ecosystem and learning strategy.* Provided guidance and governance for complex learning program implementations. Managed project resources and overall project budget to meet agreed milestones, targets, and expectations.* Championed the integration of various learning modalities, driving solutions from concept to delivery. These include virtual delivery, self-paced training, and informal learning approaches.* Planed and facilitated implementation and evaluation of training programs. Assessed program impact through quantitative and qualitative data analysis and reporting.

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Led enterprise-wide transformation and capability development initiatives in support of over 40,000 employees, including program strategy, audit planning, and supplier optimization.* Established enterprise-wide Data Academy employee development program including standard operating procedures, interaction models, advisory council, staffing, and reporting.* Led the Data Academy training team in building role-based, multi-media solutions, including courseware assigned as required to over 200,000 Citi employees. * Conducted review of technology training and skills assessment suppliers and renegotiated terms to facilitate enterprise-wide adoption of core solutions. * Managed all aspects of regulatory program management and execution, including detailed deliverable plans, risk reduction metrics, scoping documents, and evidence.

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Managed all aspects of learning and development in support of over 7,000 employees, including global learning strategy, senior leader engagement, HR partnership, and team management.* Completed technical skills needs assessment process to ensure ongoing alignment of technical skills development to emerging tech priorities including cloud, digital, data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence, resulting in annual delivery of over 30,000 hours of targeted instructor-led training across NAM, MEX, and APAC / EMEA.* Increased total learning hours and reduced cost per training hour through onboarding and Degreed integration of best-in-class technical skills online learning platforms.* Implemented New Leader Assimilation Programs, personality profile assessments, teambuilding workshops, and other tailored events for new managers and intact teams.* Developed and maintained Learning website and online user guides leveraging mobile-responsive design, banners, SharePoint integration, and site traffic reporting.

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Partnered with senior leaders across multiple lines of business to define learning program requirements, design or source learning solutions, and report on program outcomes.* Led global implementation of all process and tools training including organizational adoption of Agile practices and change training for multiple system implementations.* Provided technical instructional design feedback and coaching to team members, implemented design standards, and adopted industry best practices.* Attained scrum certification, trained team members, and applied agile practices to instructional design projects, including adoption of Jira for work item management.

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Led training projects including analysis, design, development, and evaluation for eLearning and instructor-led courses.* Implemented business process reengineering project for training request intake, solution identification, scheduling, tracking, budgeting, invoicing, and reporting.* Standardized training processes for all North America IT lines of business resulting in improved efficiency, visibility, flexibility, and elimination or outsourcing of low-value tasks.* Increased learning coordinator efficiency through development and implementation of client self-service forms and SharePoint site.

Orlando, Florida

Served as consultant on multiple projects during a six month contract. Primary responsibilities included instructional analysis, design, and development of a product knowledge workshop for marketing managers and usability testing of highly engaging multimedia instruction. Conducted training needs assessment at client site, presented recommendations, and developed targeted learning solutions. Reviewed interactive multimedia instruction and applied thorough quality assurance processes to ensure training products met customer requirements.

Jacksonville, Fl

Responsible for all new hire and change training for a major line of business. Designed and developed instructor-led classroom training and web-based training in Captivate, PowerPoint, and Word. Designed electronic performance support systems and storyboards. Developed and managed project plan and project budget. Collaborated closely with business, information technology, project management office, and enterprise deployment leads to maintain alignment of training development with strategic goals. Led project team of instructional designers, developers, and technical writers.

Master Of Science, Instructional Systems

Master Of Science, Adult Education

Bachelor Of Science, Psychology