Krista Blackwelder Email & Phone Number

I am successful and innovative Training Manager with 5+ years' experience in Health-Tech and Healthcare, and I specialize in developing and implementing training programs. I hold an Associate's Degree and several Training & Instructional Design Certifications, and am currently concluding a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology (Minor in Business). I have built up an impressive track record of training other trainers, team management, streamlining and scaling up training performance (e.g.: increasing company's training capacity from 20 to 150 trainees per week), and directing essential training, curriculum and content development, and project management. I am also a strong communicator, capable of maintaining relationships with key stakeholders, management, external clients, colleagues, and staff at all levels. Currently, I am focused on leveraging my unique skills in team management, training, curriculum development, project management and innovation to deliver leadership in training that aligns with company vision and exceeds key objectives. Key Achievements:-Directed a team of 8 Training Specialists who were in turn responsible for the training of 100-150 new hires per week. -Successfully scaled up training processes, increasing capacity from 20 to 100-150 trainees per week.-Re-vamped a training program with an attrition rate of 40-50% by mentoring the trainers and making changes to the program, resulting in reducing the attrition rate to just 15-20%.-Culture Improvement Program Committee Head: Met with VP of Human Resources bi-weekly to evaluate employee surveys and improve company culture.-Grew the training team by 5 members within just 3 months, and created and led all onboarding material and training plans for them. -Oversaw the end to end development of an entirely new but highly successful training program for the specialities Robin Healthcare provided training in. Trainee feedback was 99% positive.Skills & Competencies:-Leadership & Management-Cross-Functional Team Management-Training & Development-Training Management-Curriculum Development-Instructional Design-Project Management-e-Learning & Web-Based Learning-Human Resources Management-Training Needs Analysis-Surveys & Data Analysis-Health-Tech Sector-Public Speaking & Presentations-Stakeholder Management-Relationship Management-Medical Coding & Terminology -EMR Systems Management-Training Needs Analysis-Onboarding & OrientationFeel free to connect if you wish to know more about my experience!

Listed skills include Leadership, Survey Design, Adult Learning Methodologies, Litmos, and 45 others.

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  Liberty University

  Psychology