Rod Dunican, M.Ed. Email & Phone Number

Provide facilitation, consulting, training, coaching and program management solutions
• Coached executives and management teams
• Facilitated leadership development programs
• Facilitated employee development workshops (e.g. presentation skills, customer experience, employee engagement, soft skills, software, and much more)
• Designed, delivered, and/or project managed creative training solutions — based on a solid understanding of Adult Learning Theory and Learning Management Systems (LMS) capabilities
• Managed instructional design, creative and production teams
• Developed and implemented learning strategies to achieve business objectives
• Partnered with business leaders and HR partners to perform needs assessment and gap analysis
• Extensive travel
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (i.e., Excel, PowerPoint, Word, MS Project, and Teams)

“Rod was a super helpful coach who not only offered his critique in a clear and comfortable way but also focused on core areas of improvement, isolating key practices and concrete strategies which could be applied immediately.” –Senior Strategist, Wikimedia Foundation

“Geek Speak with its Agile-based activities was very interesting!” – Salesforce Engineer

“Thank you for the enormous amount of effort you put into the Sales Ops training initiative. You've managed to pull together a terrific curriculum with many deliverables! We have enjoyed working with you and look forward to your return!” –Worldwide Sales Ops Training Lead, Cisco

“Great Class. It never really felt like a class— just a great learning experience.” –Sr. Trainer

“Rod not only produces an excellent work product he also exceeds expectations in his pleasant disposition, responsiveness and “can do” attitude. “ – President

“Most training is one directional – you made it engaging and fun. We had a chance to learn the material from multiple perspectives." –New Trainer

San Francisco Bay Area

• Led a successful training team in supporting the learning needs of 3500 software engineers • Built relationships with key engineering managers worldwide• Developed and managed department budget• Oversaw overall Curriculum Development• Represented team in key strategic planning sessions• Developed strategic plan for scaling training operations worldwide• Traveled globally to facilitate training

Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit that guides and runs Wikipedia• Led a successful, Wikipedia Educational Department, collaborating with educational leaders and Wikimedians to expand to over 60 countries in just 4 years • Developed and implemented a program for volunteer capacity-building. The Wikipedia Ambassador program included a train-the-trainer workshop to teach volunteers core elements and skills of the Wikipedia Education program, how to work effectively with university professors and other Wikimedians, curriculum development and more.• Collaborated with program leaders and educators worldwide to help build our volunteer capacity• Established and communicated overall Global Education strategy and key measures of success; Determined department and individual goals; Developed and presented department budget and direction to Executive Director, Wikimedia Board, and key stakeholders• Built solid relationship with Wikimedians, management, volunteers and educational leaders• Proactively used program data to ensure we met learning objectives, key performance metrics, and WMF strategic goals• Collaborated with WMF Learning & Evaluation team• Traveled globally to promote education program and train educators and ambassadors

510-260-6833 // rod@rodventures.com• Organizational Development — created, developed and coached new management team; oversaw change management initiative • Oversaw company operations and departments, including: HR, Payroll, Marketing, Project Management, Consulting and Managed Services• Worked with clients to ensure operational excellence and client satisfaction“Rodney is a dynamic individual with extensive experience and broad expertise. He is one of those rare individuals that can operate at many different levels of the organization. He is also able to navigate the most difficult situations with ease and lightness.” — Patrick Ciccarelli, President and CEO

510-260-6833 // rod@rodventures.com• Supervised project management team • Produced exceptional results managing Web-based training projects for Fortune 500 companies primarily in the areas of: Bio-pharmaceutical, technology, and banking• Project managed multiple projects• Developed internal business processes

510-260-6833 // rod@rodventures.com• Sr. Project Manager — managing teams in the US and India• Managed e-learning project development budgets of as much as $1.9 million and consistently completed projects on time and within budget• Facilitated and communicated project details with clients“I want to personally recognize the excellent work that Rod did while working with JD Power and GM. He went into a very difficult situation and using a combination of facilitation skills, problem-solving skills, interpersonal skills and business skills turned this situation from red to green.” –Vice President, Sales

510-260-6833 // rod@rodventures.com• Served on executive team; Overseeing organizational development and talent career development • Managed cross-functional departments including Creative, Production, Print, and Technology“I can honestly say that Rodney is at the top of the list of outstanding individuals that I've had the pleasure of working with...both from a professional and a personal standpoint.”–Vice President