Shawn T. Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, United States

Orchestrate sustainable strategies to cultivate talent and foster organizational growth. Through innovative learning initiatives and targeted development programs, I empower teams to optimize their full potential and drive success in the dynamic consulting landscape. With a focus on continuous improvement and strategic alignment, I spearhead efforts to nurture a culture of excellence, ensuring our teams remain at the forefront of industry innovation and expertise.• Design and chair the Collaborative Learning Framework, building a centralized steering committee to streamline initiatives, determine ROI and optimize learning impact across the organization.• Spearhead the implementation of a comprehensive New Hire Learning Path, integrating 30-60-90 learning goals and a Personal Brand – Professionalism Course to enhance onboarding effectiveness.• Pioneer the Beyond the Book Club initiative, providing supplemental professional development opportunities to augment employee skill sets.• Successfully streamline the internal Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Credit Training Process to ensure efficiency and compliance.• Innovate the development of the Project Feedback Tool through NetSuite training materials and facilitation to enhance project management and client relations effectiveness.• Develop and lead the Brand Awareness Series designed to shine a spotlight on the key services offered by each vertical within the Finance consulting groups, opening doors to cross-selling opportunities and strengthening our partnerships. • Orchestrate the planning and execution of an immersive In-person New Hire Training Experience, a two-day summer event featuring team-building activities to enhance engagement and integration.• Design comprehensive organizational communication process centered around Emotional Intelligence utilizing the Predictive Index behavioral concept to strengthen team dynamics and performance.

Austin, Texas

Recruited to be an inspiration for leadership development within the organization; managing all training and development initiatives for North America.Leads the organization, planning and execution of training and leadership development initiatives for all employees within North America. Lead a team of human resource managers ensuring the education; preparation and development of our staff. Creating a learning environment of consistency, innovation and employee engagement. • Provide leadership and career path guidance and support for over 1000 employees; resulting in 30%-40% of employee succession success and mobility within the organization. • Lead the initiative of the Conversations for Development process with a 96% engagement rate; improving by 10% each year.• Oversee and facilitate the successful delivery of the Ferrovial Agroman Academy with over 100 nominated participants; improving satisfaction surveys by 15%.• Strategize and implement talent acquisition initiatives, coordinating with the regional HR Managers and business leaders of each business unit; successfully increasing our workforce by 1/3 with qualified, enthusiastic and talented candidates in a competitive hiring market.• Implement the design and production of the Zone III Training Development Catalog with over 85% employee engagement, participating in 3000+ courses resulting in 7000+ training hours within the US and Canada.• Lead in the implementation of the Training Needs Inventory Survey; realizing training cost benefit by increasing overall employee engagement and succession success by 35%.• Chair over the Collaborative Framework initiative; enhancing communication efficiency and accuracy across 14 business units within the US, Canada and Spain.

United States

Led the company in developing and executing human resource strategy to support overall business strategic direction. Sponsored initiatives towards marketing and organizational development services for clients, executing on key business development strategies including: recruitment, onboarding, talent development, leadership development, sales management, customer service, and organizational reporting. • Developed employee incentive initiatives, resulting in a 90% employee engagement rate and 98% customer satisfaction rate.• Founded and chaired the Leaders Branch Committee, which consisted of senior leadership members representing each business unit designed to discuss and decide upon introduced policy and procedural organizational change initiatives. • Developed and Implemented customized strategic business solutions for clients; including the implementation of high-potential and mentoring program initiatives; increasing engagement by an average of 40%.• Designed and implemented specialized leadership development training solutions for multiple clients that improved employee satisfaction increasing productivity an average of 15%. • Authored and implemented the “Trainer's Take” an online company blog that promoted the firm’s image across social media and led to an increase in website traffic by 10K visits per quarter.• Spearheaded development and implementation of the firm’s growth though marketing strategies, to build strong online presence of 30,000 users.

Austin, Texas Area

I provided high level leadership in planning and conducting corporate training and development programs to improve employee and organizational performance. I excelled in this fast-paced, employee-facing environment, engaging with internal clients to assess training needs through surveys, employee interviews, and consulting with managers and internal clients. Additionally, I led teams in evaluating training programs, instructors, and materials offering specific training recommendations to improve student skills. Coordinated daily activities of training and communications team, creating innovative solutions to increase training results. Established and maintain vendor relations. Trained new department employees. ** Achieved 100% employee engagement by creating employee online university and knowledge base.** Drove process to design and launch multiple international vendor sites that led to improving cultural relations and CSAT from 75% to 89%.** Played key role in improving business ROI by tracking new hire and current employee training performance and adjusting program offerings, thus increasing productivity by 60%. ** Selected by senior leadership to analyze HRIS data and implement 360-evaluation process for trainers, coaches, and supervisors that led to increasing employee satisfaction scores by 20%.** Facilitated/managed offshore vendor contracts, ensured 96% achievement of targeted service goals.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Business Leadership And Change Management, 4.0

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Organizational Communication, General

Business Administration And Management, General

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