Randy Cruz Email & Phone Number

Allentown, Pa, Us

Reading, Pennsylvania, United States

- Leading the evolution and quality standards of Penske's learning ecosystem across the enterprise.- Building partnerships with business and industry thought leaders to ensure best-in-class solutions.- Consulting with internal clients on optimizing learning design for high performance.- Forecasting and implementing innovative solutions for learning and development.

Reading, Pennsylvania, United States

Reading, Pennsylvania

I lead and manage teams to creatively incorporate the latest thinking in instructional design, technology, and adult development, while creating consistency within our organization-wide learning and development programs.• Lead the digital transformation and redesign of classroom learning and development programs for virtual delivery during COVID•Upskilled team's capabilities to design, facilitate, and create new learning content for virtual delivery•Thought leader in of utilization Microsoft Teams as the modern workplace and learning experience•Consultant to program managers to design leadership development programs with latest research and Design Thinking methodology• Lead project and effort to design enterprise-wide learning ecosystem to tie all learning content and career pathways into one learning and analytics experience • Manage new training program conversions to virtual experiences amidst COVID demands• Manage and develop learning experiences for our cloud-based vertical leadership development platform, Adeption• Implemented and centralized the needs assessment process for program development• Vertical adult development program design• Creative design in course material and user experience

Oaks Pa

• Design blended learning curriculum, learning materials and scope for company specific training• Understand, share, and support SEI’s corporate vision, strategy, and culture• Support capacity and velocity planning during the Cycle Planning and Retrospectives processes as directed by the KM Team Director. • Assist in the identification, management and mitigation of risk and dependencies through the daily AGILE scrum meeting process• Coordinate with outside vendors to recruit and onboard new consultant resources• Collaborate with a cross-functional team to create e-learning modules supporting internal business units and external clients for the global wealth platform• Provide thought leadership for establishing standards and best practices• Manage the company's first learning management system for training and certification programs• Develop curriculum for advisor certification using the learning management system• Implemented and advised level 1-4 evaluations to determine effectiveness and ROI of learning courses• Conduct peer-professional development sessions, teaching Adult Learning Theories, objectives writing, instructional design techniques, and script writing• Redefined instructional design process to improve quality, timelines and effectiveness of courses• Work with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to create accurate, useful training modules for classroom and online courses• Create project plans and provide accurate risk assessments for all projects; meet deadlines and reprioritize as needed to complete timely delivery of instructional design projects• Manage course projects from inception to completion• Leverage best practices and current technology to ensure state-of-art e-Learning modules and platforms• Create best practices and methodology for delivering eLearning content• Develop and participate in system and user acceptance testing• Author and create instructional strategies based on client need

Blue Bell Pa

• Designed and implemented company's first learning curriculum for developers of SharePoint solutions • Developed and implemented learning plans, job aids, course materials for training • Created and redesigned company intranet, internet and learning resources for staff• Collaborated with developers to create prototypes from customer requirement documentation• Authored and created instructional strategies based on client need• Provided guidance and specialized knowledge to other members of the team• Developed alliances and working relationships with subject matter experts• Worked cross-functionally with creative and technical departments to build client solutions

Blue Bell Pa

• Authored and created instructional strategies based on client need• Created training content using custom storyboard templates• Provided guidance and specialized knowledge to other members of the team• Developed alliances and working relationships with subject matter experts• Worked cross-functionally with creative and technical departments to build client solutions• Developed and participated in system and user acceptance testing• Designed online courseware for soft skills training using industry standard software (Adobe Creative Cloud)• Developed eLearning curriculum across several departments for online training• Built learning modules from instructional design to completion including needs analysis, storyboarding, voiceover, template creation, software utilization, assessment analysis, and course delivery• Developed, created, configured and managed eLearning platform, reporting and course distribution (Cornerstond On Demand)• Lead and developed graphic design projects including company logo, business cards, communication documents and company branding solutions.

Bethlehem Pa

• Teach classroom teachers technology integration technique • Modeled classroom lesson across multiple subject areas in technology integration • Created courseware for teacher use with specialties in technology integration

Bethlehem Pa

• Taught academically at-risk 5th graders technology skills; Taken existing technology material and created, implemented and presented students with appropriate leveled instruction. • Created customized courseware and instructional material to fit the needs of the learners • Member of the first 1-on-1 laptop initiative school in the district• Instructed students in multiple software packages including Appleworks suite, iLife suite- iMovie, GarageBand etc, Inspiration, and Internet skills.• Provided technology-based support for the Math team

Wilkes-Barre, Pa

• Taught graduate level courses in the area of instructional design & courseware development • Created curriculum & customized courseware for instruction • Instructed students in multiple software packages including Pages, Power Point, Keynote, & iLife Suite

Bethlehem Pa

• Professional website design• Videography projects• Professional Photography• Graphic design services• Motion graphics design

Certificate Program, Instructional Design

Credentialed ATD Advanced Instructional Designer™

Master Of Education-Instructional Technology, Instructional Technology Specialist Certification, Education/Instructional Technology, 4.0

Master of Education-Instructional Technology, Instructional Technology Specialist Certification

Bachelor Of Science-Elementary Education, Elementary Education, 3.3

Bachelor of Science-Elementary Education