Ryan Bissonnette Email & Phone Number

Cherry Hill, Nj, Us

• Steward of organizational health serving as advisor to C-suite about strategic training initiatives, learning environment design, educational content direction, organizational mental health awareness, diversity & inclusion initiatives, organizational problem solving, and optimal management approaches for human capital development and maximizing productivity. • Provides leadership, strategic oversight, content curation, and action planning for the direction workforce learning, compliance training, and skill development initiatives for 8700+ employees.• Direct supervision for seven full time professionals (four trainers and three administrative staff) and indirect oversight over the content direction for 15 county-based training coordinators.

Cherry Hill, Nj

• Design and execute highly interactive and impactful education experiences for adult groups varying in size, experience level, and educational background with clients such as TCNJ, Arcadia University, US Navy-Fleet and Family Readiness Services, Office of the Secretary for Higher Education-New Jersey, and Faith Justice. • Develop training programs to influence group dynamics and team effectiveness within organizations to show marked improvements in productivity and morale.• Audit and provide feedback for organizations on their team dynamics and areas where proper coaching or intentional directives may be used to improve organizational identity and culture.• Provide consultation services for organizations seeking assistance with training program design and implementation.• Deliver experiential learning opportunities through fully customized training programs, challenge course elements, personality inventories, or privately designed off-site retreats.

New Brunswick, Nj

Training, Facilitation & Leadership Development• Coordinate all the 2500 hours of learning and development programs for 22,000 participants since 2013, using ADDIE and SAM methods, adult learning theory-based instructional designs, instruction material development, and evaluation for nearly 1000 training programs for internal, external and corporate client training requests.• Design instructional materials for 800+ training programs for faculty, student, and professional staff from all university departments and external corporate clients.• Facilitated more than 500 training and workshop experiences since 2013 for faculty, professional, and graduate staff on more than 40 unique topics including group dynamics, public speaking, leadership competencies, communication techniques, supervision, coaching, StrengthsQuest, MBTI, DiSC, and True Colors.• Evaluates effectiveness of training and development programs using participant data and client feedback for changes in learning material, content delivery, instructional methodology, and participant engagement strategies. • Developed a progressively expanding, nine-month leadership training curriculum annually serving over 100 staff and volunteers focusing on skill-building in areas such as group facilitation, supervision, coaching, and communication.• Provide consultation resources for 5 – 8 hours per week to university staff seeking leadership development, experiential education, supervision coaching, and training curriculum design.Departmental Admin• Direct supervision for 24 student staff and indirect advisor for 105 grad and undergrad student staff.• Manage a consortium of 110 leaders dedicated to developing, supervising, and executing 50 – 70 departmental events serving nearly 6000 participants annually while also responsible for the conceptual design and development for this program in 2016.• Oversee external vendor relations, contract execution, revenue intake, and inventory, while managing $250,000 budget.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Instructs the Service Learning in Philadelphia course for upper class students. • Facilitates learning opportunities through reading reflection, active community service, and in class activities, discussion, and lecture. • Teaches students about the topics of leadership through civic engagement and community partnership.

Philadelphia, Pa

Training Initiatives & Leadership Development• Conceptualized and implemented an award-winning, comprehensive 10-month professional development (PD) program for Campus Center Staff, including the designing a monthly PD curriculum, bi-semesterly individual growth meetings, and assignment of individual skill-building projects in preparation for post-graduation employment.• Collaborated with faculty to develop instructional materials for team building, leadership, and diversity workshops for in-classroom use while training dozens of other faculty members on how to utilize similar workshops for their own courses.• Organized and facilitated 40-50 annual trainings for various student leaders, Greek organizations, and Campus Center Staff.• Contributed to the Leadership Development Program, a semester-long, elite level leadership course for 50 students annually, by designing the capstone experience, presenting a Leadership Practices Inventory, and implementing a leadership personality assessment track. Student Engagement• Operated the Kanbar Campus Center including management of the 72,000 square foot space servicing 5,000 patrons per day, coordinated logistics and production for over 500 events per year, and oversight and training of the 16-person staff. • Served as faculty advisor to four nationally chartered Greek organizations, providing guidance for 200+ members. • Increased Greek membership by 25% and the number of recognized organizations by 33% over 2.5 years of stewardship.• Trained and advised the 35+ student organization faculty advisors yearly, successfully preparing them for their roles.

Springfield, Massachusetts

• Advise and coordinate a pre-orientation program (Pre-Camp) held for 70 first year students camping for four days on Springfield College East Campus, a 55 acre nature learning zone and ropes course.• Recruit and train a staff of 30 volunteer student leaders to ensure the safety and appropriate guidance of the first year students attending the pre-orientation while priming the campers to attend New Student Orientation.• Hire and train the Student Orientation and Registration (SOAR) Student Leader staff as community builders and informed representatives of Springfield College while providing on-going feedback on their performance.• Process program assessment and make recommendations to Director of Student Activities for program content changes.• Facilitate the development of the student run Campus Activities Board (CAB) to create a comprehensive programming calendar that was responsive to student interests and college needs with an operating budget of $88,000 while increasing attendance at events by 200 percent.• Empower the CAB executive board to further their ambitions for personal growth and helped them to develop long term goals to benefit the organization as a whole.• Assist the Student Government Association (SGA) executive board and the student senate with formation of committees to address student concerns, general student life issues, and the allocation of $400,000 student organization funds.• Develop and manage an operating budget of $20,000 for the Late Night Programming board while aiding the students in finding direction, purpose, organization and cohesion for the infant program.• Interview, hire, and train first student staff for the Richard B. Flynn Student Union, opened in February, 2010, a 35 person team operating the union as building managers, switchboard operators, and student set up crew members.

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

• Extensively trained as a sales and marketing specialist.• Assisting customers with rental needs while providing impeccable customer service.• Acquisition of money for accounts receivable and distribution of money for accounts payable. • Managing proper rental car fleet maintenance, diversity, size, and security.

Doctor Of Education - Edd, Design Of Learning Environments

Dissertation Topic: Flipped Learning in Corporate and Non-Profit Training Environments Research Focus: Adult Learning Theory, Virtual.

Master'S Degree In Psychology, Student Personnel Administration, Cumulative Gpa Of 3.9

Activities and Societies: President of the Graduate class, President's Student Council, Alumni Council

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology, Graduated Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Alpha Chi National Honors Society, Lambda Iota Tau English Honors Society, Sports Editor of Student News Paper.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English/Communications - Journalism, Graduated Cum Laude

Education record