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California, United States

San Jose, Ca, Us

Leading Cisco's transformation to become a Growth-Based Organization. An organization where we have 'always-on, modern learning' and a 'unified skilling environment'. Where AI and trusted data power Workforce Planning and personalized growth experiences.Learning and Growth Leadership Teams. Leading Cisco's company initiatives for employee growth across:- People Growth Experience- Skills - Vision, Strategy and Execution for 90K employees @ Cisco- Skills Data- Skills as a Service- Governance- Infrastructure

Boise, Idaho, Us

I was on the Global Learning Leadership Team - Accountable for the long-term strategy of the skills transformation and technology ecosystem at Micron. Skills play a critical role diversifying the talent funnel, impactful development, and unlocking equitable internal mobility. Micron University (both internal and external) enables current and future team members to successfully self-upskill and reskill through learning courses, curriculum journeys, and new roles.I led team, strategy, and execution across:• Micron University (employee facing)• Micron University | Community (external facing)• Job Profile and Skills Framework• Companywide Skills Strategy and Ecosystem• Centralized & Integrated Learner Experience• Global Learning Council• Micron Board of Directors Initiatives - Talent Index & Sustainability Index• Learning Data and Analytics• Learning Technology & Data Ecosystem• Digital Learning Badges & Credentialing Technology• Learning Management System (Strategy, Governance, Support)• Global Learning Budget and Learning Vendors• Centralized Learning Solutions enabling companywide strategy & initiatives

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Led the company-wide learning technology strategy. Designed, scaled, and implemented the next generation of innovative Learning Technology infrastructure at Meta. These technologies, systems, and platforms were critical to enabling an inclusive and engaging learner experience in the hybrid work environment of the future.

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

People Operations Leadership Team. Accountable for developing, resourcing and executing the strategy to deliver learning in hyper-growth, during COVID, and at unprecedented scale across Facebook through innovative operations, technology, data and automation.• Lead 100 strong team providing learning delivery support for 12K classes & 120K learners per year, while Meta grew from 18K to 60K employees.• Increased training delivery quality from 80% to 99.5% while reducing annual spend by $2M.• Built and executed 'learning technology ecosystem' roadmap for Meta.• Operationalized COVID-19 remote learning response, 99% ILT > 100% virtual.• Leader of 'return to office' for learning - enabling employees to 'Learn Anywhere'.• Business owner of Meta learning technology ecosystem - LMS, content, data, remote learning.• Accountable for key systems and operations vendor relationships totaling over $10M.

Foster City, California, Us

Visa University (VU) is Visa's commitment to the learning and development of it's employees. Visa has one digital and two physical campus' supporting the learning needs of over 15K global employees.I was the head of VU for the Americas region and ran all of VU global learning operations. This included delivering training and running the largest VU campus, a 13K SF innovative learning facility, located at Visa's global headquarters in CA. I was responsible for:• Strategy to deliver an exceptional student experience• Delivering high quality, impactful, accessible training classes• Reaching aggressive operational targets for campus, instructor utilization, and budgets• Managing $7.5M budget and the global training calendar• Strategies to activate and innovate the VU campus experience• Proving the ROI of training programs, the campus', and tools/technology• Data accuracy and integrity of companywide learning data• Centralized Learning Management System (LMS) administration for all VU courses

Houston, Texas, Us

Responsible for ConocoPhillips' 19,000 sf Houston-based Learning Center in addition to everything continued from my previous role. Laser focused on creating exceptional customer experience and delivering real-world business value.• Managed project to relocate Learning Center and capture $3.5MM savings over 3 years.• Lead 0-3 year early career global technical training program.• Lead global Performance Management process.

Houston, Texas, Us

Lead the design, delivery, and operations of innovative solutions that utilized technology to support engaging and cost-effective training solutions for Instructor-Led (ILT), Virtual Instructor-Led (VILT), and eLearning (CBT) for a global workforce.Co-led team to design, construct, and operate first dedicated learning facility.• Delivered on-schedule, under $4MM budget, at half the cost of comparable facilities.• Implemented design solutions to achieve cross-functional learning goals.• Managed team responsible for operating facility.Proactively designed and built multi-user tool to reduce learning facility costs, increase reporting accuracy, support continuous improvement, and drive operational excellence.• Tool enables department reporting through generation of business intelligence dashboards that highlight the business impact of learning. Filters relevant metrics up to Executive Leadership level.• Tool tracks bookings, assigns staff responsibilities, controls facility signage, and automates evaluation deployment.Supported 200% increase in demand for virtual access to training in a cost-constrained environment.• Apply technology to enable synchronous and asynchronous virtual training classes, bite-sized learning content, and delivery methods to support reduction in learner’s ability to travel.• Deliver solutions to needs ranging from rapid single course development to lengthy multi-phase program development.Delivered projects utilizing key industry methodologies: ADDIE model, Bloom’s taxonomy, Adult Learning Theory, Kirkpatrick’s 4 levels of evaluation, and Blended Learning Theory.Contribute to global learning standardization & continuous improvement (tools, platforms, processes).Collaborate virtually with numerous global customers and stakeholders.

Houston, Texas, Us

Applied technology and blended learning techniques to design, develop, and deliver technical training globally.Coordinated global training program for new hire engineers.• Led 5 cycles of training program over 3 years, supporting 500+ new hires.• Program credibility rose significantly and positive evaluations rose 30%.• Drove operational efficiencies and created the most cost effective program within the industry at under $3K per learner for a 12 week, 160 hour program.• Reduced time to autonomy by rationalizing curriculum to better align with business competencies.• Gained buy-in from resistant managers by consistently demonstrating learning value.• Implemented scalable delivery techniques to support the annual variation of new hires. Designed and built dedicated “Virtual Training Room” to meet increased remote learning needs.Implemented new virtual delivery platform despite strong initial resistance. Product quickly became new company standard for virtual meetings and training hosting 100+ sessions weekly.Implemented external Learning Management System.Provided recommendations to leaders of learning programs through observation and evaluation.Managed contracts for learning software, contract staff, and other vendors.

Houston, Texas, Us

Developed 20+ new and enhanced 120+ existing eLearning modules for new hire engineering program.• Drove standardization for development tools and delivery platforms which led to end-to-end efficiencies in eLearning course creation and enhanced learning effectiveness.• Established “Center of Excellence” for engaging and effective eLearning and virtual learning.• Worked with subject matter experts/instructors to complete eLearning projects under tight deadlines.

Moved from Utah to Houston to support my wife's career opportunity

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Designed, budgeted, and managed home construction projects, completing them on schedule, to specification, and within allocated budgets. • Created competitive advantage via innovative design, effective negotiation with contractors and cities.• Sourced & managed contractors to drive high quality, low-cost project completion.• Established trust and managed customer expectations in high stakes situations.

Freelance camera operator for over high-profile 100 wedding, birthday, and party events at one of the UK's premiere event filming companies

Roles of increasing responsibility in the film industry within both “Production Manager” and “Location Manager” functions for high profile companies including BBC, ITV, Jack Morton Worldwide and UK & International feature films.• Managed crew, oversaw budgets, worked with producers to keep projects on budget & on-schedule.• Negotiated and organized with local authorities for permissions, security and cooperation with projects.• Successfully resolved conflicts between crew members and crew and location owners.

Bachelor’S Degree, Philosophy

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