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Chicago, Il, Us

Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, Us

• Served as an integral executive leader supporting 2 of the 3 company regions and was responsible for supporting the management of a $500K+ budget while impacting the talent pipelines, focusing on aligning resources with organizational long-term goals, identifying future skill needs, and building strong employer branding, contributing to 10% business growth.• Initiated program to identify crucial competencies, executed leadership development programs, and fostered cross functional collaboration, leading to growth of operations leaders and driving key contributions to organizational success.• Responsible for designing and leading how Towne Park mobilized organizational-wide talent objects, strengthening the leadership pipeline while supporting the company’s growth goals and objectives. • Collaborated with C-suite leadership to evaluate and determine the existing and future needed skill sets while focusing on amplifying the organizational brand and service commitments.• Led an initiative focused on optimizing performance and collaborated with the SVP of Operations and other senior leaders to monitor performance and make necessary changes to achieve effectiveness and efficiency.• Developed and implemented competencies for the organization, creating operations bands from skill sets and mapping how to promote through company positions.• Leveraged the Talogy Caliper assessment to develop and administer a strategic selection process to meet current and future business needs.• Developed a people analytics approach that measured and reported the talent health of the organization that guided employee engagement and retention efforts.• Lead the design and implementation of a multi-year succession planning framework for Operations Leadership that fueled the internal talent pipeline with highly engaged high-performing leaders.

Chicago, Il, Us

• Joined as Senior Director, swiftly recognized for outstanding performance, and promoted to Vice President of Talent Development within a year. • Managed a budget exceeding $220K, while prioritizing resource acquisition and delivering training and development initiatives to achieve performance optimization.• Overcame obstacles brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and successfully scaled the talent development needs, supporting the expansion from 300 Associates to 1.4K Associates.• Responsible for leading the organizational opening and acquisition initiatives through the successful onboarding of multiple hotel portfolios that expanded the company from 16 properties to 34 properties in less than 1 year.• Collaborated with Operations leadership to develop a curriculum for training and development to complement specific brand training for all levels of the organization. • Developed, executed, and measured development initiatives and determined current and ongoing strategic assessment of the organizational-wide training and development capabilities. • Leveraged innovative technology and vetted, selected, and spearheaded the implementation of a new HR system and launched a new LMS system.

Chicago, Il, Us

Orlando, Florida, Us

• Managed a $575K budget, ultimately overseeing a team of 16 resources in Training and Development within a decentralized model that was scaled from 3 during tenure; collaborated closely with senior leaders to achieve operational efficiency.• Collaborated cross-functionally to develop strategies that successfully drive the premium brand vision, goals, and objectives.• Designed and oversaw all training and development processes and ensured all new hires received a quality orientation and onboarding experience.• Developed and executed a holistic talent strategy that aligned with the organization's business objectives, focusing on acquiring, developing, and retaining top talent.

I offered a range of Learning & Development consulting services, all designed to help your company reach its potential. Whether you're looking for a small tweak or complete overhaul, we have you covered.Each company is unique. One-size-fits-all approaches will never help your team reach its full potential. I delivered custom solutions, tailored to my clients – their industry, their culture, their one-of-a-kind expectations.Key functions/offerings included:• Provide Cross functional project/program management• Provide Executive leadership coaching and development• Provide training and development workshop facilitation• Conduct organizational system analysis and training on a variety of topics• Coordinate and manage complex learning and development (training & development) curriculum's for a wide range of topics for various learning audiences• Collaborate with partners regarding business objectives to continually measure and evaluate program effectiveness to ensure objectives are met and supported. • Consult with business leaders, HR partners, instructional design team and management to recommend appropriate learning solutions and to guide the development of an overarching learning plan that would drive business unit performance.* SCRUM Master Certification - Certified May 2016* Dreamweaver Certification - Certified June 2016* Captivate - Creating Responsive Projects in Captivate - Certified May 2016* Captivate Master Certification - Certified August 2016

Merrillville, In, Us

• Developed and implemented short- and long-term (multi-year) strategic planning goals for the learning and development department, ensuring alignment with ongoing organizational goals and objectives. • Recruited to the US to serve as Front Office Manager and pivoted to Training and Development, promoting through various positions, and responsible for opening 4 different training universities supporting 4 different brands, ultimately receiving promotion to Sr. Director of Training and Development.• Responsible for controlling departmental budgets upwards of $700K while utilizing extensive expertise in every facet of corporate training and proven best practices to deliver strategic guidance. • Designed and delivered impactful recommendations and programs, showcasing extensive proficiency in operational excellence arenas. • Provided strategic guidance and direction supporting 100+ openings and acquisitions, by delivering the training and development needed to achieve top performance, ultimately leading to 2 "JW Hotel Opening of the year awards" from Marriott International.

Merrillville, In, Us

Partnered in developing strategy and execution of strategy for company learning, as well as creation of training programs for hourly as well as management personnel for organization’s hotels. Facilitated company’s enculturalization training and classroom training, including management onboarding, executive onboarding and teaching leaders to select talent through “Topgrading.” Conducted property-level orientations for openings/acquisitions, while serving as brand facilitator for Marriott and Hilton brand training.• Developed and delivered trainer classes to assist in teaching training hotels/managers and task-force members effective training skills.• Provided structure and process in updating and tracking hourly certification process and leadership development series.* Designed and conducted a Train the Trainer program for all departmental trainers within each business unit

Merrillville, In, Us

Assisted with creation of training materials for hourly associates and facilitated company openings and acquisitions. Developed training materials for leadership individual development programs and provided onboarding to property leaders while teaching organization’s talent acquisition interviewing technique, “Topgrading.”

Merrillville, In, Us

Conducted brand training for Marriott Hotels while opening and instituting four training university hotels in Chicagoland area. Provided training to new general managers within 14 days.• Provided regular feedback and guidance during training.• Oversaw all logistics pertaining to simultaneous (four) classes being held every month.• Tracked and followed up on multiple participants post-class.• Worked with individual property trainers to ensure highest level of skills development for each participant.