Ray Sobczak Email & Phone Number

Dallas, TX, US

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Developing and implementing strategies that promote partner experiences and embrace diversity and inclusion, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of multiple perspectives
• Serving as a subject matter expert and providing resources and training to learning professionals on the effective use of the LMS
• Providing administrative support for scheduling, registrations, enrollment, and attendance of learning, as well as updates to the SharePoint site
• Assisting in ongoing efficacy and analytics of programs and participants to shape existing and new programs, with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Coordinating the management of various L&D programs, including leadership development, team development, and skill workshops that promote diversity and inclusion
• Ensuring that resources supporting L&D programs are up to date and aligned with diversity and inclusion initiatives

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Created L&D strategy roadmap with the Head of HR.
• Led design, launch, and maintenance of DEI Modules 1 & 2.
• Orchestrated global leadership 360 campaign impacting ~200 leaders with feedback from 1,200+ respondents across the business
• Used consulting skills to understand business challenges and focus T&D resources.
• Kept stakeholders informed of roadmap progress and negotiated changes.
• Represented comprehensive Talent & Development agenda to stakeholders.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Serving as subject matter expert to learning professionals in the business and provide them with resources and training on effective use of the system
• Providing administrative support for scheduling, registrations, enrolment and attendance of learning as well as updates to SharePoint site
• Assisting with ongoing efficacy and analytics of all programs/participants to shape existing & new programs
• Coordinating the management of various L&D programs, including, but not limited to leadership development, team development and facilitation of future skill workshops
• Ensuring resources that support L&D programs are current
• Monitoring social learning L&D programs and proactively engaging with the population.

Boerne, Texas, US

Boerne, Texas, US

Boerne, Texas, US

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Coordinated the annual Basic Training Academy, an orientation program for ~200 Corporate/ Transactional attorneys across 10 U.S. offices
• Synchronized the shift from live classroom to virtual online training programs for and during the week-long Summer program, consisting of 12 different segments and presented to ~250 summer associates
• Organizing attorney training and development initiatives
• Partnering with CLE compliance to coordinate and align with CLE process as needed for attorney training programming
• Scheduling and communicating all aspects of scheduling training programming
• Organizing curriculum materials and information to align with ever-changing curriculum architecture

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Assisting with cross-practice procurement and sales strategies among clients
• Specializing in Business Performance & Analysis while expediting efficient best practices throughout business
• Preparing savings measurements and pricing compliance presentations in support of client engagements
• Supporting the categorization of accounts payable and other commodity data for consulting engagement teams and SpendConnect modules
• Fostering the creation of business case analysis by participating in a pre-defined process which includes reviewing, confirming supplier data, checking data for accuracy, data manipulation, categorization, and.
• Working closely with (train and manage) HBR’s offshore resources on completing savings measurement and pricing compliance presentations, accounts payable categorization, and other ad-hoc analysis

Chicago, IL, US

• Analyzing current and past financial data and performance of company during time as private and publicly traded firm (ENVA listed NYSE)
• Preparing reports and projections based on data analysis in order to evaluate current capital expenditures and depreciation then presenting the analysis to the Chief Officers of the company
• Exploring investor relation opportunities while establishing and evaluating profit plans both foreign and domestic
• Identifying trends in financial performance and providing recommendations for improvement through coordination with other members of the finance team
• Providing financial models and forecasting for all ten products offered with a focus on Headway Capital, loans for SMB lending

Bachelor’S Degree, Public Affairs

Certificate, Negotiation And Influence