Krista U. Vardabash, Emba Email & Phone Number

Rochester, New York, United States

Rochester, New York, United States

Working closely and collaboratively with business leaders and their teams to strategicallyassess and deliver solutions to learning and development needs. My career has prepared me to engage effectively with many types of businesses to deliver customized and enduring solutions that enhance leadership effectiveness, operational performance and company culture.• Collaborate with businesses to design custom executive education programs.• Connect businesses to executive consulting teams to tackle business challenges.• Create multi-faceted, custom solutions to complement and enhance existing learning and development initiatives.

Rochester, New York Area

• Led senior leadership team in the development of a 3-5 year strategy map. • Led development of annual strategic business plans with leaders across critical functional areas to ensure linkage to strategy map.• Facilitated clear goal-setting across functions and ensured integration with HRIS platform.• Enhanced the development of high potential leaders by coaching through development of indiviual plans.• Led periodic strategy reviews and quarterly report-outs to senior leadership.• Established new product development process for strategic management of projects and resources.• Facilitated and delivered strategic plans for joint ventures.• Led development and implementation of Value of Learning Together (VOLT) program. VOLT provided a unique and collaborative learning opportunity to examine causal relationship between management and operational functions. Led 10 successful VOLT sessions with backlog of over 40 EEs prior to pandemic restrictions that halted further sessions.

• Expert in structuring customized strategic planning approaches for small to medium-sized businesses to include facilitation, documentation, roll-out and performance assessment.• Versed at developing plans to support organizational development and source external funding.• Experienced at organizing leadership teams to effectively collaborate and reach solutions through strategic planning.• Partners with executive leadership to analyze industry trends and assess current strategic position.• Examine strategic frameworks to identify gaps in resources and capabilities and challenges to implementation.• Regularly created and delivered leadership development and strategic planning workshops.Types of industries frequently served: Financial Services, Manufacturing, Human Services, Trade Associations, NFPs.

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Created and executed branding strategy for entry into U.S. marketplace.• Established critical mass for future ‘GETS Together’ cooperative structure.• Worked directly with economic development leaders and business communities to define strategic plans to implement B2B exchange networks.• All aspects of establishing and maintaining operations of a start-up organization including client development and investor relations.

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Development of strategic message branding on all levels of internal and external channels.• Organize, facilitate, and create execution tracking and internal team meetings for the company's strategic plan.• Develop and execute targeted campaigns (traditional and online) to support nationwide sales force, telemarketers and internet sales• Present and liaise with investor media and existing and potential shareholders.• Create and produce online video for website, establish first ever broker blog and social media campaign. • Manage team of IT specialists, writers and graphic designers.• Develop presentations for investor trade shows.

• All aspects of International Board of Directors administration and management including chapter boards for North America, Europe, and Australasia.• Identify and foster new members and new industries.• Conduct local, national and international media relations and communications.• Annual event coordination and execution, including post-event financial analysis.• Hire staff and manage the internal trading community (Universal Currency).• Annual budget development and quarterly financial reports.• Compiling and archiving meeting minutes, board elections and by-laws.• Identification, management and administration of major member benefits.• Identify, establish and grow strategic relationships.• Contract negotiations and vendor management.