EDUCATION

Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT

Master of Education with Adult Learning Certificate and emphasis in Business Administration

• Graduated June 2012; GPA 3.863
• Thesis: Exploring Company Loyalty by Examining the Experiences of Employees in Corporate Orientation & Socialization Programs
• Graduate Course/Curriculum Development: Corporate Training  Workplace Learning
  

Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT

Bachelor of Science in Information Resource Management, emphasis in Management Information Systems

• Graduated Cum Laude, May 2004; GPA 3.556
  
  

RELEVANT COURSE WORK

• Strategic, Operations & Contemporary Management
• Negotiation/Persuasion & Decision Making
• Language of Strategy
• Teaching Adults & Adult Learning
• Program Planning & Evaluation
• Leading in Dynamic Organizations
• Rational & Creative Decision Making 
• Designing & Leading Teams
  
  

SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD), ATD
• Certified Facilitator, DDI Learning Systems
• Master Trainer, Master Instructional Designer & Expert Coach, ATD
• Organizational Development & Design
• Microsoft Office & Adobe Creative Suite
• Lean Systems for Manufacturing & Office
• Assorted Multimedia & eLearning tools
• Macintosh OS & Windows OS
  
  

EXPERIENCE

AllenComm (Allen Communications Learning Services)  ~  Salt Lake City, UT  ~  June1, 2020 to Current
Project Lead

• Track project plans, milestones, deliverables, budgets & invoicing; develop & deliver internal and client progress reports
• Prioritize, communicate & coordinate project resourcing among internal production teams and outside vendors
• Back-up Sr. Project Manger, Instructional Designers & e-Learning developers to meet project and quality deadlines

• President-Elect/Past President (2021) - Support strategic planning, process innovation, chapter operations, partnerships & onboarding
• President (2020) – Provide the executive vision, structure, culture and environment to enable the chapter to meet its mission and goals
• President-Elect (2019) – Support in strategic planning & innovation, chapter operations, collaboration & partnership, and onboarding

• Created & managed comprehensive organizational training & development program to assist in meeting company & departmental objectives
• Source, coordinate and develop/deliver internal, external and online/on-demand programs
• Assess & identify organization-wide knowledge & skill requirements 
• Consult with managers to uncover departmental knowledge & skill gaps, along with developing appropriate solutions 
• Plan and execute programming for employee engagement, events and culture

• Collaborate with subject matter experts and instructional designers to develop & update professional development certificate programs
  
• Recruit facilitators to bring-to-market short-term, highly interactive and outcome-driven online classes
• Facilitate certificate programs to both public-facing and corporate-onsite customers

• Partnered with several author/trainers to assist in the preparation of workshops, participant materials and eLearning modules
  
• Provided HR and organizational design & development strategies to local non-profit organization in major growth phase 
• Initiated a management community of practice, and curated resources and dialogue opportunities for first-time managers
  

• Facilitated weekly interactive discussions on the ADDIE model & the ten areas of expertise for training professionals 
• Coached students on how/if, training is the appropriate solution; various methods for evaluation; and change management    
• Graded all assignments, papers, presentations and course final

• President-Elect (2014) – Manages board orientation & succession planning
• VP, Technology (2012 & 2013) – Operate & maintain chapter website and handle technology-related requests/inquiries from members
• VP, Marketing & PR (2010 & 2011) – Create & implement brand awareness campaigns, as well marketing collateral & press releases

• Developed, managed & facilitated a 2-day corporate-wide on-boarding program
  
• Wrote & executed the company’s first trainer development program; modified & facilitated future versions
  
• Collaborated with HR to facilitate the company’s first management & leadership training program for front-line leaders
  
• Consult with department leads to create training requirements, brainstorm training solutions, and develop eLearning modules
  

• Supported execution of initial franchisee training, overall franchisee training experience and continuous program improvement
  
• Product manager for POS, Printing & Customer Management software; responsible for training and support