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Bend, Or, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

As a Senior Learning Program Manager at Microsoft, I drive and globally scale professional skills development for over 60,000 sales, support, and services employees. I lead the end-to-end content strategy for cross-functional programs to enable sellers to build their expertise and designed and implemented a consultative selling program to deepen customer understanding and partnership. In addition, I lead project teams of FTEs, SMEs, and vendors to deliver results through collaboration and teamwork while managing business stakeholder relationships to increase adoption and implementation of programs.

Redmond, Washington, Us

As a Senior Learning Program Manager, I made a significant impact by driving the growth of Microsoft's Marketing and Consumer Business (MCB) Community and Marketing Learning team. My efforts in program design, implementation, change management, and stakeholder relations led to my promotion to this role. I successfully led the immersive learning program strategy and partnered with universities to grow learner capabilities, resulting in improved learner outcomes and higher program satisfaction rates. I leveraged internal and external research and data to design and develop tailored online learning solutions. Additionally, I facilitated budget allocation and led project teams to meet requirements, deadlines, and measurement goals, resulting in successful project outcomes.

Redmond, Washington, Us

As a Learning Program Manager for Microsoft's Marketing and Consumer Business, I had the privilege of leading several inclusion and learning programs to drive Microsoft's culture attributes. One of my proudest accomplishments was designing and implementing a learning journey solution for early-in-career marketers. I also worked closely with employee resource groups to construct the narrative for inclusive marketing learning events and scaled online content. When the pandemic hit, I pivoted to designing, facilitating, and scaling digital presentation training to upskill event presenters in response to COVID-19.Another significant part of my role was leading eight communities focused on inclusion and marketing learning. These communities were formed to challenge assumptions, provide employees with a safe environment where they can connect and grow, and help employees improve their professional skills and cultural competency.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Successfully led the design and implementation of a new manager training program and managed the virtual onboarding program for home-based new hires across the US and Canada. Collaborated with HR business partners, talent management and business stakeholders to identify competency needs and deliver targeted solutions. Adept at consulting with business unit-based talent councils on organizational needs and providing effective solutions.

San Francisco, California, Us

As a program manager, I designed learner experiences, developed learning plans, and implemented programming that aligned with organizational goals. I consulted with key stakeholders to create and execute strategies that drove performance and facilitated role-readiness and leadership curriculum through various instructional modalities. I evaluated program effectiveness, identified data trends, and provided strategic recommendations to improve current learning initiatives. I collaborated with other learning and development groups to create a holistic learning approach, and managed the creation and publication of marketing materials, participant information, and self-directed content to promote engagement.

Chesterfield, Missouri, Us

I have served as an experienced Learning and Development Manager, where I designed, facilitated, scheduled, sourced, and evaluated core leadership development programs. I conducted and analyzed needs assessments, evaluations, and stakeholder interviews to build the learning and development strategy. I developed innovative solutions for learning that drove business strategy and met organizational needs. Additionally, I led a company-wide learning advisory council, providing consultancy and collaboration.As a SuccessFactors learning administrator, I built online learning content and managed instructor-led course registration. I actively collaborated on enhancements and the redesign of a global leadership development program.In 2014, Bunge began a stronger organizational development focus on diversity and inclusion. I led the design and implementation efforts for awareness, learning, events, and change management. I developed a learning curriculum for managers and individual contributors to instill inclusive behaviors, and measured employee engagement gaps through focus groups, analytics, and survey data. I led the diversity and inclusion council and managed all employee business resource groups, while designing the diversity recruiting strategy toolkit for hiring managers in partnership with talent acquisition. Furthermore, I partnered with employee relations and benefits to expand policy protections and benefits coverage.

Indianapolis, In, Us

In this consulting role with the National FFA Organization, I facilitated curriculum for newly elected leadership teams. Each week-long conference was designed to build leadership and effectiveness skills. I designed learning environments for personal growth in areas of strengths, speech writing, speech delivery and personal management.

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Provided the sales organization with product training and support while managing customer accounts. In addition to my responsibilities, I designed and facilitated technical systems training. This training built upon my learning and development experience gained from the National FFA Organization. I facilitated to internal audiences in the sales and supply chain organizations as well as external customers. I also had the opportunity to help awareness and LGBT employee acceptance in the workplace by leading a company-wide learning event.

Indianapolis, In, Us

I served in leadership and consulting positions with the National FFA Organization. In 2005, I was elected to office for the Missouri State FFA Association. Much of this year was spent designing and facilitating workshops and speeches to motivate members to achieve their highest potential. In 2007, I accepted a position designing workshops and presentations to generate awareness of the agricultural industry. I facilitated these workshops across the US in schools, conferences and community meetings.