Rory Brown Email & Phone Number

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

In my role at Emile Woolf Middle East, I focus on engineering transformative learning experiences that drive significant behavioral shifts and enhance organizational success. My responsibilities include:Innovative Learning Strategy Development: Collaborating with cross-functional teams to craft and implement cutting-edge learning strategies and program.

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

At Createlings, I lead our mission to inspire and facilitate personal and professional transformation through a range of bespoke services. My focus areas include:- Life Transformational Coaching: Empowering individuals to discover and fulfil their life purpose through personalized coaching sessions.- Life Transformational Workshops: Designing and.

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• In this short-term contract role, I was responsible for designing various learning architectures tailored to the specific needs of internal stakeholders. My key contributions included:
• Needs Assessment: Conducted comprehensive needs assessments to identify learning gaps and opportunities.
• Learning Experience Design: Developed and implemented effective learning experience architectures to meet organizational objectives.
• Stakeholder Consultation: Worked closely with stakeholders to ensure the learning solutions aligned with business goals.

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• As a self-employed Learning and Development specialist, I provided a wide range of services to clients, including:
• Learning Specialist Consulting Services: Offered expert advice on L&D strategies and implementation.
• Blended Learning Solution Architecture: Designed strategic blended learning solutions, including digital and traditional formats.
• Digital Learning Development: Developed and delivered virtual contact sessions, leveraging proprietary approaches in response to COVID-19.
• Leadership Development Programs: Created practical leadership programs that drove behaviour change and measurable business impact.
• Master-Level Facilitation: Provided high-impact facilitation services for both virtual and traditional mediums, maximizing learner participation and positive behaviour change.Key Projects:

South Africa

• In my role at Cre8tivity Unleashed, I focused on shifting paradigms and unleashing learning ecosystem creativity through:
• Knowledge Sharing: Promoted the paradigm that shared knowledge is power, improving performance across the value chain.
• Innovative Skills Sharing: Drove internal efficiencies and cost reductions through innovative skills sharing between departments and teams.
• Creativity Coaching: Coached individuals and teams to enhance creativity and their role in a learning ecosystem, unlocking intrinsic potential.

Randburg

• At Cornerstone Performance Solutions, I was responsible for all digital learning architecture, leading a team to create bespoke learning solutions. My roles included:
• Blended Learning Architect: Designed and produced a variety of digital learning solutions, including corporate videos, eLearning, animations, and other multimedia components. Including the design of traditional.
• Team Leadership: Managed a team of three designers, ensuring high-quality output and innovative learning solutions.
• Gamification and Game-Based Learning: Conceptualized and developed learning games, including board and tabletop games, to enhance learning experiences.
• Creative Direction: Served as Creative Director for learning programs, animations, and video productions.
• Video Production: Directed and scripted videos, handled videography, lighting, and sound, ensuring professional quality productions.Reason for Leaving: COVID-19-related retrenchment.

Gauteng

• As the General Manager of Kalleo Learning, my responsibilities included:
• Strategic Execution: Executed the strategic plan of the business unit, driving operational efficiency and business growth.
• Operational Management: Managed daily operations, ensuring quality assurance and process efficiency.
• Team Management: Led recruitment, performance management, and development of the team.
• Learning Design Leadership: Championed best practices in learning design, expanding offerings to include blended learning solutions.
• Business Development: Developed new business opportunities and maintained customer relationships.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• In this role, I was responsible for managing key relationships and driving strategic initiatives:
• SETA Relationships: Managed relationships with SETA across various industries, including finance, mining, construction, retail, IT, and telecommunication.
• Community Trainers Learning Academy: Established the academy, developed the framework, engaged stakeholders, and implemented a pilot program.
• Strategic Shifts: Assisted the management team in shifting business and capability strategies, integrating cutting-edge blended learning methodologies.
• eLearning Development: Established an in-house eLearning development capability, supporting the sales and design teams with learning solutions.

Rivonia

• My responsibilities included:
• Responsible for all staff performance. This includes the Instructional design team, media development team and the delivery and facilitation team. A total of 32 staff.
• Support and implement performance improvement programmes across our client base.
• Suggest and propose solutions and performance improvement strategies to various stakeholders from our client base.
• Assist in expanding the existing Human Performance Practice client base.
• Drive continuous improvement across the practice and within client environments.

Gauteng

• My duties included:
• Drive learning strategy across the Global Risk Area including the following functions:- Credit Risk- Operational Risk- Insurance Risk- Market Risk- Country Risk -Other Risk Functions
• Primarily support the Personal and Business Bank (P&BB) function in SA.
• Also support the P&BB Function across 16 countries in Africa and an additional 8 International environments.
• Strategic Partnership with the various business and HR stakeholders in a matrix environment to drive people based priorities.
• Current projects – Risk Global on-boarding, Risk Emerging Talent Programme, Risk Academy Architecture, Risk Strategic Partnering.

Gauteng

• My responsibility included:
• Drive learning strategy across the following areas, Credit, Finance and Fraud and Risk.
• Liaise with senior management in ensuring that a competent work force exists within the above spaces.
• Drive strategic skills development based on 5, 10 and 15 year business plans.
• Responsible and accountable for all training budgets within the various areas.
• Provide support and advice in terms of Performance Consulting and all its related outputs.

Gauteng

• My responsibilities included:
• Liaise with BANKSETA regarding skills development.
• Provide governance regarding the entire L&D function within Personal Business Bank to ensure that accreditation as a training provider is retained.
• Maintain a healthy working relationship with both the Skills Development and ETQA departments of the BANKSETA.
• Duties include the internal acting as the ETQA manager for Standard Bank Personal and Business Bank Learning and Development department.
• Review, update and ensure implementation of Skills Development Framework.

Gauteng

• My responsibilities included:
• Performance consult at a strategic level with the Directors and Senior HR Consultants in the following product houses and business units:- Vehicle and Asset Finance- Home Loans- Card- Transnational Products- Savings.
• Ensure that strategic training initiatives support the Business Unit Strategic Operational and Development plans.
• Conduct detailed job and competency analysis with the aim of developing role based curricula which are NQF aligned.
• Currently in development of the following Curricula:- VAF Account Manager Curriculum- Customer Consultant Curriculum- HR Consultant Curriculum
• Ensure that a leadership development framework is in place, rolled-out and adhered too.

Gauteng

• My responsibilities included:
• Consult, project manage and design learning curricula for all credit and lending based training within Standard Bank.
• Manage two learning material developers, including all line management and HR functions.
• Assist with the development of the Design Units operational strategy.
• Responsible for the maintenance of all relevant learning material.
• Formulation of an e-learning development strategy.

Gauteng

• My responsibilities included:
• Manage the Design Unit comprising a total of 6 Curriculum Specialists (junior managers) and 15 staff members on various levels. Ensure that sound line management and HR practices are implemented and adhered to.
• Design, implement, manage and sustain a matrix resources management strategy and process aimed at continuous performance and efficiency enhancement.
• Design, implement and sustain a Design Unit operational model. Adjust structures to suite new processes and ensure manager and staff competence against new model, processes and structure.
• Research, implement and adhere to global best-practice trends within the design and development of learning material.
• Strategic Design and Organisational Development consultation on all medium to large learning and development projects both internal and external to the department:- Credit Academy Project- Bassel II Project- National.

Pretoria Area, South Africa

• My responsibilities included:
• Designing and developing training programmes and material including e-Learning programmes.
• Assisting in identifying and implementing HR solutions for the company’s clients.
• Implementing SETA and NQF requirements as the skills development facilitator for the company.
• Act as the company’s NQF assessor.
• Training manager for Mandevco’s internal staff.

Edenvale, Johannesburg And Durban

• My Company Rory Brown T/A Creative Visions was out-sourced to run the film schools at the Bramley and East Rand branches of Allenby Campus, and did so successfully for 2001, 2002 and 2003. I changed the curriculum to.
• I was the head of department for film and broadcasting at these two campuses. My duties included:- Providing additional lectures for the course, I employed four lectures over the two years- Adhering to and implementing.

Edenvale And Johannesburg

• Lecturing on the theory of Television & Video Production along with Broadcast Journalism. Lectures were conducted on all four of the Allenby Campuses including Durban.
• Duties include the planning and structuring of both courses, setting exam papers and collating marks. Other duties include presenting and supervising practical productions and all other practical education segments of.

Mossel Bay

Set up, owned and managed the establishment called "Humphreys Haven" in Mossel Bay. I was responsible for all duties from front desk to the kitchen, including cooking.

Pretoria Area, South Africa

• Managers Clerk (managerial position) (2nd in charge of the Branch and the Manager's department)Previous roles Included:
• LAN Administrator and Branch Support
• Section Officer, Securities Clerk duties included
• Enquiries and Client Liaisons Officer
• Reports Clerk
• Communications Clerk

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