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London, England, United Kingdom

As Director of Learning, Communications and Knowledge Management for the Office of the General Counsel, I lead the development and management of a long-term global education strategy, with the objective of promoting and enabling a culture where all Foundation staff take responsibility for identifying the legal and regulatory risks as they work and know how to respond appropriately, to maximise the reach and impact of our philanthropic activities.I also develop and manage the Office of the General Counsel’s internal communications, including our intranet site, as well as leading the department’s new knowledge and information management function. In addition, I also implement measures of impact and effectiveness to inform the continuous improvement of our learning, communications and knowledge management approaches.

London, England, United Kingdom

I led the development and delivery of a global learning and communications strategy to improve the legal function’s effectiveness, through enabling all stakeholders and staff to understand the local and international legal and regulatory considerations relevant to their work and their ability to identify and respond appropriately to legal and regulatory risks.This involved working with subject matter experts and other stakeholders, including the General Counsel leadership team and other talent, learning and communications professionals to build relevant and accessible tools, learning interventions and communications, the impact and effectiveness of which is measured to support the ongoing continuous improvement of our learning and communications strategy.

London, United Kingdom

I was the learning partner (FTC) for Aviva Quantum, the ever-expanding global data science practice of over 750 data scientists. Aviva Quantum works across markets with teams focused on areas including customer analytics, risk analytics, claims analytics, machine pricing, AI and fraud analytics. It also drives the global programme aspiring to create zero-friction customer experiences.I worked with their practitioner faculty leads to create Quantum University, developing curricula, content and support structures to ensure their data scientists were equipped with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in their roles and to develop successful careers within Aviva. I deployed over 40 learning pathways, comprised of over 350 modules, across 6 data science competency areas.I co-organised an annual two-day educational conference, providing over 200 data scientists with a choice of internally and externally-sourced content in both technical and non-technical disciplines.I launched a new programme of behavioural and business skills training workshops for data scientists to provide a rounded education that complemented their technical skills.I provided an environment - including the space, tools, techniques and skills - to enable their data scientists to stretch their own potential and to innovate and advance the use of data science to deliver increased value and satisfaction to customers.I leveraged the existing capabilities of Aviva’s learning management system (Cornerstone) to deliver the best learner experience possible, to ensure the data scientists could quickly locate and consume the learning they needed at that point in time. I also invested in technology to enable the faculty leads and other subject matter experts to quickly create their own professional-looking video content.I provided ad hoc learning partner support to our digital businesses and partnered with other areas of Aviva to develop their data literacy in line with Quantum’s best practices.

Cirencester

In late 2015, I was invited to join the product management team to partner with our corporate customers to align our development roadmaps with their talent management technology strategies. I am also responsible for our research programme and supporting our sales and marketing teams with thought leadership activities. My most significant achievements included:• Undertaking, analysing and presenting the findings of industry research into the use of VR for learning, the changing face of performance management, best practices in the evaluation of learning and the use of user-generated content.• Working with customers across all sectors on the integration of VR into their learning strategies.• Consulting with customers to define their future requirements for the facilitation of social and informal learning.• Developing our product development vision for social and informal learning.• Specifying the new 'evaluation of learning' functionality within our new Learn LMS product.• Supporting our programme of exhaustive end-user testing.• Consulting with senior-level customer contacts on topics such as the future of digital learning and maximising the impact from their bespoke learning solutions.• Serving as co-product owner of our new Perform performance management product, working with early adopter customers to further develop the product's capabilities.• Running our quarterly user group programme to provide customers with an input into our product strategy.• Authoring a series of eBooks, online masterclasses and social media content.

Aylesbury, United Kingdom

Working with both corporate and learning vendor clients on their blended digital learning strategies, drawing on over 21 years of experience in this field. Typical engagements in the areas of:• Online learning• Virtual classrooms• Mobile learning• Video and audio for learning• Games and gamification in learning• Learning systems• Digital and informal learning approaches• Digital learning solution product development and road map evolution• Vendor client training, coaching and support

London, United Kingdom

A key element of Vodafone’s learning strategy is to increase the availability and use of online, mobile and informal learning for all of its employees and partners. I led the execution of this strategy across its global footprint, so that Vodafone becomes a world leader in innovative and impactful online, mobile and informal learning.I globally defined, developed and implemented:• The online, mobile and informal learning strategy and plan • The operating model, processes and standards for content and delivery • The requirements and road-map for learning technology and platforms • Innovation and best practice sharing in online, mobile and informal learning solutions • The evaluation of the learning impact of online, mobile and informal learning solutionsMy significant achievements included:• Creating a mobile learning app development platform to support core training programmes in retail, sales, recruitment, careers management and technology.• Deploying a global compliance training certification programme to 90,000 employees.• Embedding the principles of gamification into mobile learning and compliance training.• Developing a “next generation” online learning portal (Academies) strategy, incorporating both “push” and “pull” and leveraging the power of learner collaboration and the use of learning data to influence a learner’s individual curriculum: Vodafone U.• Improving the LMS (Saba) end-user experience and determining the future LMS upgrade strategy.• Steering the ongoing development of learning and business improvement performance reporting.• Rolling out WebEx Training Center as the global virtual classroom platform.• Establishing a set of core standards and best practices for e-learning and mobile learning development, the use of video for learning and creating and delivering successful virtual classroom sessions.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

At Eversheds, working with internal stakeholders and subject matter experts, I helped to transform the overall learning approach, which resulted in a significant increase in learning being delivered.• Developing a firm-wide learning technologies strategy• Deploying a rapid e-learning authoring tool to create over 400 new online modules in five years.• Coaching internal subject matter experts on the fundamentals of e-learning instructional design techniques.• Researching a longer-term strategic collaborative rapid e-learning authoring tool • Selecting and deploying the Adobe Connect Pro and Webex Training Center web-conferencing systems to deploy webinar-based training solutions throughout the firm, both domestically and internationally.• Co-producing webinars, involving the coaching of novice presenter-facilitators, and the adaptation of existing presentations and/or classroom materials for use within the virtual classroom, to deliver highly interactive sessions – over 200 in two years.• Selecting and deploying a range of short professional skills e-books to provide a tactical solution to support the firm’s soft skills training requirements.• Creating an RFI and RFP – and managing the process - for the procurement of a range of generic soft-skill e-learning modules to underpin the firm’s new blended learning approach to delivering professional skills training.• Championing the use of Yammer to create a social learning platform to underpin other L&D interventions.• Leading working parties on training evaluation and social learning in the workplace.• Selecting and implementing a new learning management system (Kallidus) to consolidate all e-content on one platform.• Extending the rollout of the LMS and content across the firm's international operations.• Introducing audio podcasting and video-based learning to support legal knowledge training.• Piloting mobile learning approaches to address various business needs.

Gloucester, United Kingdom

• Recruiting and briefing a team of graphic artists and website developers to translate my marketing website concepts and concepts to a finished (“live”) site in just two weeks.• Designing a complete set of trade show materials, including stand banners and marketing collateral.• Designing and implementing a regular e-mail/e-zine marketing campaign, including authoring selected articles.• Managing external PR activities.• Developing the concepts for a range of behavioural type assessment packages for the corporate market.• Developing a range of webinar support services.• Signing a partnership agreement with a US organisation to offer their online action planning tool in the UK.• Hands-on business development activity and management of both direct and indirect sales channels.

Brussels Area, Belgium

• Determined the requirements and policies for an enterprise-wide content management system.• Designed blended learning curricula in a range of subject areas for major European corporate clients.• Developed facilitator-supported blended learning model to improve the learning effectiveness of our training solutions.• Integrated a range of generic e-learning modules into a programme to offer an extended post-workshop learning path.• Developed a range of rapid e-learning modules to support instructor-led training programmes.• Introduced, designed and moderated online webinars on selected public and in-company training programmes.• Implemented an online learning transfer (action planning) tool within selected public programmes.• Contributed to the AMA International Group’s global blended learning strategy, as part of a team of three.

Gloucester, United Kingdom

• Developing an in-built online evaluation methodology.• Developing a new proprietary 360-degree feedback instrument.• Composing the invitation to tender and specimen contract for the development of an e-learning course for a major UK voluntary organisation and facilitating the entire tender process and coaching the client’s team in the management of the subsequent development of the course.• Developing the e-learning strategy for a major UK professional institute• Undertaking the UK’s first ever survey into blended learning best practices, in conjunction with Training Magazine.• Undertaking the first international survey into training method effectiveness and efficiency, in conjunction with Training Magazine (UK) and Training & Development Magazine (US).• Project managing the outsourced development of e-learning course content development for a major chemicals company,• Delivering blended leadership, influencing skills and presentation skills training programmes

Gloucester, United Kingdom

• The acquisition of high profile corporate contracts for flexible learning consultancy, including developing a corporate-wide learning technologies strategy for a major US financial services group, re-launching the learning centre in a major UK utilities company, developing the e-learning strategy for a major UK financial services organisation, determining the return on investment for a learning centre at a major UK insurer, selecting the learning management system for a major Scottish banking group and marketing the use of computer based training in a major retail business.• Working with The McGraw-Hill Companies’ own Corporate HR team on implementing e-learning in The McGraw-Hill Companies worldwide, developing the strategic approach • Writing a white paper on measuring the return on investment for online soft skills training that was published and debated on the TrainingZone website.

Guildford, United Kingdom

• Researching, composing and successfully presenting a business case for the required capital expenditure of £125,000 to complete the integration.• Managing the upgrade of the 115 TSB Bank LRCs to the standard of the Lloyds Bank OLCs, ensuring compatibility across the combined network.• Commissioning a new learning management system• Undertaking a comprehensive analysis of the courseware contracts and following a courseware review and negotiations with suppliers, achieving a significant reduction in annual costs (from £115,000 to £75,000).• Researching, composing and successfully presenting a business case for the required capital expenditure of £500,000.• Managing the upgrade of the existing 124 OLCs to a standard compatible with the new systems, ensuring future proofing for the next three years and designing and directing the process for the installation of the extra 132 centres.• Developing a return on investment model and targets for multimedia training

United Kingdom

As a member of the Graduate Management Scheme, I performed a number of roles in the retail network, including:• Deputy Operations Manager, Chester (1993-94)• Retail Outlet Manager (two appointments), Chester/North Wales Area (1992-93, 1994)• Area Director’s Assistant, Sales and Marketing Co-ordination, Liverpool Area (1992)