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San Jose, California, United States

I define and orchestrate holistic change strategies and plans for large, complex cross-functional programs working to transform the business at Cisco. I am also partnering to advance best practices in change management and Agile to improve the ROI of these large programs.

San Jose, Ca

Acquisitions are organizational transformations by definition and my role is to orchestrate the change management across the integration work being executed to ensure successful employee, customer, and partner transitions. I am also co-designing a new change management model for integrations and the establishment of a Change Management Office.

San Jose, Ca

Developed and executed effective change strategies on three key projects with significant business impact for Cisco Services and the TAC. Provided strategic input on solutions, models, and implementation.

San Jose, Ca

Established a Change Leadership Office within the PMO of the Services Portfolio Strategy organization, introducing best practices and a model of change support. Partnered with other change professionals across Services to develop a cross-organizational change leadership team with best practices and standards to provide stakeholders with a common experience. Designed and drove adoption strategies and deliverables on several initiatives in parallel, including a highly successful next generation… Show more Established a Change Leadership Office within the PMO of the Services Portfolio Strategy organization, introducing best practices and a model of change support. Partnered with other change professionals across Services to develop a cross-organizational change leadership team with best practices and standards to provide stakeholders with a common experience. Designed and drove adoption strategies and deliverables on several initiatives in parallel, including a highly successful next generation implementation of the service development methodology. Show less

San Jose, Ca

Designed and executed change management strategy and plan for a multi-year, organizational initiative applying Agile for the first time. Successfully drove adoption through 14 releases in 15 months, partnering and establishing new practices for Agile change management. Proposed and implemented a radical new platform and approach to Cisco's TAC training curriculum which resulted in increased adoption and productivity. Designed and delivered innovative training solutions such as interactive job… Show more Designed and executed change management strategy and plan for a multi-year, organizational initiative applying Agile for the first time. Successfully drove adoption through 14 releases in 15 months, partnering and establishing new practices for Agile change management. Proposed and implemented a radical new platform and approach to Cisco's TAC training curriculum which resulted in increased adoption and productivity. Designed and delivered innovative training solutions such as interactive job aids and embedded support that were easily sustainable by the business. Show less

San Francisco, Ca

Led the design and implementation of a change strategy in support of a new product suite that resulted in significant increases to both quarterly revenue and household acquisitions. Designed and developed eLearning that is innovative, creative, and performance-oriented, resulting in bottom-line business results. Inspired an open source environment for the sharing of skills and knowledge around project and client management, blended curricula, innovative learning solutions and programmatic… Show more Led the design and implementation of a change strategy in support of a new product suite that resulted in significant increases to both quarterly revenue and household acquisitions. Designed and developed eLearning that is innovative, creative, and performance-oriented, resulting in bottom-line business results. Inspired an open source environment for the sharing of skills and knowledge around project and client management, blended curricula, innovative learning solutions and programmatic approaches to workshop management. Show less

San Francisco, Ca

Facilitating workshops spanning sales, service, compliance, product knowledge, and CRM formed the foundation of my role initially, expanding to program management, project management and the design and development of learning in all modes. Pioneered applying the blended learning approach in the department and became a leader in the design and development of eLearning, in particular. Co-founded and drove definition of the Online Learning Guidance Council and drove metrics tracking beyond… Show more Facilitating workshops spanning sales, service, compliance, product knowledge, and CRM formed the foundation of my role initially, expanding to program management, project management and the design and development of learning in all modes. Pioneered applying the blended learning approach in the department and became a leader in the design and development of eLearning, in particular. Co-founded and drove definition of the Online Learning Guidance Council and drove metrics tracking beyond assessments to Level 4 of the Kirkpatrick model (business results). Show less

Hayward, Ca

Facilitated on and off site technical training workshops for Bay Area companies for all versions and levels of Microsoft Office products, including MS Access, Project, Visio, and Publisher, as well as Adobe Acrobat, receiving consistently high evaluations. Designed and developed leader’s guides and job aids in support of targeted implementations.

Two And A Half Years Completed, Political Science

Advanced And Still Ongoing!, Strategy & Planning, Change & Project Mgmt, Learning & Development, Portfolio Mgmt, And More!

Activities and Societies: International Business Women's Network, 10 years residence abroad in Zurich, Switzerland