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Director – Learning & Development

Strategic Training Management / Instructional Design / New Product Development / e-Learning / Cross Functional Process Development / Innovation / Workforce Education / Change Management

Highly skilled, results-focused innovation leader.  More than 15 years experience managing workplace learning and producing tangible results in companies up through the Fortune 50.  Demonstrated consistently high results, reducing costs as much as $1.35 million and increasing business impact as much as 50%.

Recognized subject matter expert and Certified Performance Technologist (CPT), winning Academy of Human Resource Development "Cutting Edge Research Award" for 1999 and 2000.

• Led curriculum strategy and learning product development for 25,000-employee frozen food company.
• Created and marketed the top-selling new training product for an international consulting firm.
• Implemented an enterprise learning management system (LMS) and web-based training in 14 months.
• Designed leader development simulations enhancing learning transfer up to 50%.

Ph.D., (candidate) Human Resource Development, University of Minnesota.  MS, Human Resource Management and Development, Chapman University, 1993.  BS, Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989. Schwan MBA Short Course, 2003.

Avoided more than $1 million in training costs with electronic learning strategies.  Designed innovative distance learning program using strategies to reduce bandwidth requirements and deliver pre-classroom materials directly to the desktop.  Created coursework on customer service, conflict resolution, and teamwork.  Reduced required training time 60%, while improving employee skills in all areas.

Saved more than $750,000 in cost and 66% in training time for Six Sigma Green Belt Course.  Partnered with Honeywell Six Sigma consultants to tie previous employee training into certification requirements.  Created a plan to reduce training time from six to two days, reducing the impact on productivity and increasing employee acceptance of the course while maintaining certification standards.

Helped win three corporate university awards in one year.  Established the e-learning, marketing, curriculum, and performance consulting strategies and processes that resulted in 2nd place in the ASTD BEST awards, Top 3 in Marketing at the Corporate University Best in Class awards, and Special Honor for Overall Transformation from the Corporate University Xchange Excellence awards in 2003, the second year of the university’s operation.

Director of Curriculum, The Schwan Food Company, 2001 - 2005.  Responsible for creation, marketing, and delivery of learning solutions for the corporate university of this $3.5 billion consumer packaged goods company. Led the creation of cross functional business processes. Grew the product portfolio to 575 in less than three years with $1.2 million budget and 12 employees. Increased commissioned sales retention by 25% and daily sales by 10%.

President & Lead Consultant, LearningSim, 2001.  Principal for this Internet based firm. Led design, marketing, sales, and delivery of online e-learning solutions. Included work with the American Management Association.

Learning Consultant, Honeywell International, 2000 - 2001.  Responsible for learning and development strategies for a $3.5 billion sales and manufacturing division of Fortune 100 Honeywell.  Created and managed learning plans and strategy to integrate merged and acquired business units into the common culture, led deployment of the corporate talent and performance management system and advised training development for the Six Sigma program.

Consultant, Personnel Decisions International, 1997 - 2000.  Managed learning projects across two to four national and international HR consulting offices, including project budgets, business development, and profit accountability.  Created dozens of new products and established a new product development process.  Created the “Active Leader” program that became the PDI top-selling training and development product within two years.

Principal Consultant, Datalynx Information Services, 1995 - 1997.  Provided Internet training and consulting services to regional business and not-for-profit organizations. Program Coordinator, Minnesota Council for Quality, 1994 - 1995.  Coordinated training and administrative processes for the Minnesota Quality Award.  Training and Logistics Officer, U.S. Army, 1989 - 1993. Managed training and logistics functions and budgets for units ranging in size from 16 to 450 people, and from $50K to $760K.

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