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Raleigh, North Carolina, US

Woburn, Massachusetts, US

• Served as Learning & Development SME at client sites to conduct needs analysis, establish performance indicators, design & develop innovative learning experiences, and coordinate with Change Management Leads to ensure.
• Developed collaborative partnerships with strategic business leads and clients to ensure clarity and alignment of curriculum strategy design, development, implementation, and measurement while performing ongoing needs.
• Designed and executed the strategic learning plan for the largest employee acquisition in client history, receiving historic company marks on multiple key performance indicators, including in-field, real time.
• Oversaw the execution of 15 major learning initiatives for the largest client, including resource planning, change management alignment and on-site management of resources, while simultaneously leading 4 learning.
• Created a coaching model for the team of 25 training professionals focused on talent development areas identified as performance gaps leading to the implementation of a company-wide talent management process to assess.

Sewickley, PA, US

• I was asked to lead the strategic and tactical transformation of the Retail Division's Learning and Development team that transformed how Cox Automotive managed and delivered training across a geographically dispersed.
• Restructuring all program management activities including onboarding, solution selling, and leadership training.
• Managing a team of 15 trainers who provided consultation, project management support and training delivery on all functional, sales, tools and training needs for their assigned Business Units. All team members were.
• Leading the Instructional Design Team of 5 to provide learning design and development support, including the design of Instructor-Led training, Webinars, eLearnings, Job Aids, Video, Simulations and Gamification.
• . Delivering on a growing demand for L&D services (20% YOY increase) in a tightening cost structure while reducing headcount and increasing CSI scores by 28%.
• Crafting a “Leader First” learning experience process focused on upskilling leaders using detailed assessment techniques and providing tools & resources for team coaching followed by comprehensive field training.

Sewickley, PA, US

• Promoted to lead a remote learning and delivery team across Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book and Dealer.com. I provided strategic direction and oversight for the learning and delivery function.
• Performed regular needs assessments with business leaders, Sales Operations, Product, Marketing, HR and L&D to expand and improve learning offerings, ensuring all programs aligned with key performance indicators.
• Designed and launching a formal distance learning and development program for national rollouts, resulting in first year savings of $2M.
• Developed a “focus area” program for the Learning Delivery team to enhance trainer knowledge in the areas of product, processes, and tools resulting in robust subject matter expertise leading to a 28% increase in.
• Partnered with the HR function to define consistent leadership core competencies and design the first multi-level, competency and behavior-based Leadership Development program resulting in a team-reported 35% increase.
• Designed and executed a peer-learning experienced designed using a blended learning approach and industry-leading video role play technology to upskill two merging sales forces on opposite product sets.

Sewickley, PA, US

• Directed the development and delivery of Autotrader Group training initiatives to 600+ professionals. Collaborated with senior leaders to define learning needs, develop learning plans for onboarding and reinforcement.
• Led learning workstream for the integration of three business units.
• Rolled out tailored training plans, resulting in a 23% increase in product adoption by sales team members and sales leadership.
• Implemented a standardized gap analysis process to identify critical development needs for team members.
• Launched a new sales methodology, GrowBig, that focused on building relationships and effectively maintaining a sales pipeline.
• Collaborated with sales leaders to train over 600 leaders and representatives on the program, which received record-high satisfaction scores (87%).

Sewickley, PA, US

• Managed the learning and development needs for all national learning initiatives, supporting over 600 professionals. Moved the focus of learning and development from general programs to role-specific, performance-based.
• Planned and successfully launched a national mobile learning initiative to improve the product and tools skill set of employees.
• Developed and executed mobility training to roll out Salesforce across all teams, increasing learner satisfaction by over 30%.
• Collaborated with the Curriculum Design team to launch a new mobile learning application, Cellcast, which included a five-level learning approach, gamification, badging and video role play. Realized over $2M in savings.
• Implemented performance reporting and partnered with leadership to define and close skill gaps.

Atlanta, GA, US

Managed a team of eight regionally based trainers and a budget of $2M. Provided onboarding, in-person and distance-based learning to geographically dispersed field employees.

Atlanta, GA, US

Served as the first ever, dedicated trainer for over 200 employees in the Northeast Division. Facilitated onboarding, leadership, product and tools training and reinforcement training. Created, implemented, measured and evaluated a new onboarding training approach to improve retention of content and real-world application, resulting in a 24% reduction in.

Small Business Development Consultant (2001-2003)

New Braunfels, Texas, US

General Manager