Marcia Smart, Ph.D. Leadership And Learning Development Email & Phone Number

Boise, Id, Us

Durham, Nc, Us

Responsible for the Global Development and Engagement Strategy in partnership with our GLD and Engagement and Diversity leaders. Led Management Excellence and Avalara Academy initiatives to include the build out and delivery of additional tools, content, and offerings. Partner and collaborate with HR Business Partners and the Global L&D Leads to ensure learning strategies and plans are high-impact, relevant, and appropriate for all regions. Managed team of Sr. Learning Experience Designers and Onboarding Sr. Program Manager

Durham, Nc, Us

Architected, designed and developed innovative and agile learning strategies to support the effectiveness of ICs, managers and leaders globally. Managed the roadmap of program delivery across all development and engagement initiatives partnering with internal Program Managers. Designed, developed and facilitated Strengths Based Leadership workshops across executive and functional teams. Established and regularly reported on baseline metrics for learning engagement, program outcomes and ROI. Championed a continuous improvement mindset and a adaptable approach to ensure increasing business value and program outcomes.

• Senior Leadership & Talent Development Manager, Health, Safety, Sustainability, Security, and Compliance (HSSSC)• Ownership for architecting and driving business focused leadership development strategy, architecture, systems and implementation processes to ensure HSSSC 7000+ employees have the core skills and leadership capabilities to deliver greater business results and growth• Drove assessments to determine leadership strengths and gaps through needs analysis, research, focus groups, 1:1 leader and employee interviews. Architected a blended design of formal classroom learning and informal online learning solutions scalable across all four geographies – Americas, Europe and Middle East, India and Asia • Actively designed, developed and executed the HSSSC Learning Week educational instructor-led program. Within 12 months, demand for program grew globally from four to nine L&TD Learning Weeks• Facilitated and managed nine Leaning Weeks in US, China, Japan, India, Luxembourg and Dubai; trained a total of 600+ leaders and managers; delivered curriculum of 23 courses, integrating Amazon Leadership Principles, action learning activities focusing on business projects and other innovative practices• Implemented Informal Learning Strategy based on an On-Demand Performance Support system of online learning solution repositories – Harvard ManageMentor (HMM), LinkedIn Learning and Franklin Covey All Access pass; available globally with 24/7 access for all levels of HSSSC employees• Designed and drove Adoption Strategy that saw a 10 % increase quarter over quarter for LinkedIn Learning resulting in a total of 3000+ active users; maintained a quarterly 73% utilization for HMM• Aligned with Global Inclusion and Diversity(I&D) team to develop and facilitate I&D learning programs, and to incorporate I&D into L&TD programs, such as, Inclusive Leadership and Cross-Cultural Engagement

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Global Leadership & Talent Development Principal• Managed Executive Development program and delivery of HP CEO’s Leading for Results (LFR) leadership program for HP’s top 150 senior executive leaders worldwide• Leveraged the ‘Leaders Developing Leaders’ methodology on design and development of training portfolio using the 70-20-10 blended learning model; built leadership curriculum around HP's leadership best practices and strategic business initiatives• Built an integrated global adoption strategy and communications plan, and led the implementation team that collaborated with Corporate Communications on the timely release of program information globallyLeadership Development & Change Management Principal• Partnered with Enterprise Services Management Business Unit Sr. Directors, Sales and HRBPs to implement global organizational change; preformed needs analyses, and identified and communicated best practices for end-user adoption with globally diverse audiences from management to individual employees • Conducted surveys, interviews and employee focus groups across functional areas; analyzed and reported findings, and integrated into Global Leadership and Management strategies and plans• Established and implemented organizational design processes for employee engagement through Change Management LifecycleTalent Management and Learning Solutions Principal• Leader of the cross-organizational content development team for HP Enterprise Services (ES) Leadership & Management training initiative. • Collaborated with global project teams in Engineering, Marketing and Sales to assess needs and capabilities, and provide feedback on current and future leadership profiles and responsibilities • Partnered with technical consultants and subject matter experts to implement HP Solution Boot Camp for 150 Global ES Senior Leaders to increase technology awareness, and bridge capability gaps

Author & Educator:• Associate faculty, University of Phoenix MBA Program – Organizational Leadership• Completed manuscript and publication of book: The Hidden Power of Informal Leadership• Adjunct faculty, Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies, Gonzaga University, WABusiness Development Consultant: Market Development Strategist for Internet Startup Company• Analyzed market opportunity for Investors resulting in selection for 1st level funding • Defined back-end system technical requirements with capacity of 40,000 users in 90 days • Piloted and analyzed results of Alpha and Beta-Test program in a 2 month time frame

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Responsible for planning and execution of Sun’s Executive Customer Advisory initiatives• Delivered information-rich customer advisory forums for Wireless, Retail Systems and Network Solutions • Developed process life cycle and trained Program Managers through the execution of fast-paced, interactive customer forums

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Ph.D., Organizational Leadership & Learning

Bba - Information Technology