Experience

Mom's Meals | A Purfoods Company

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Human Resources

  • May 2020 - Present

  Ankeny, Iowa, United States

• Training & Development Manager

  • Apr 2019 - May 2020

  Ankeny, IA



Pearson

• United Kingdom
• Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Global Learning & Development at Pearson

  • Oct 2015 - Apr 2019

  • Director of L&D and Business Partner collaborating with internal and external leaders and associates on corporate training programs connected to Leadership Development, Career Development, Product Knowledge, Compliance, Performance, and Technology. • Manage a design and development team of 5-10 (FTE’s and contractors) responsible for companywide training initiatives that directly impact 28,000+ employees. • Led the design, development, and launch of business unit academy portals for… Show more • Director of L&D and Business Partner collaborating with internal and external leaders and associates on corporate training programs connected to Leadership Development, Career Development, Product Knowledge, Compliance, Performance, and Technology. • Manage a design and development team of 5-10 (FTE’s and contractors) responsible for companywide training initiatives that directly impact 28,000+ employees. • Led the design, development, and launch of business unit academy portals for Technology, Product, and Finance focused on key skills development for employees in 2016 and 2017 resulting in 6,200+ employees accessing the sites 122,000+ times. • Responsible for the creation of a scalable Diversity and Inclusion Program. • Lead the training for our global compliance program and 28,000 FTE's, building responsive design solutions, multi-language and accessibility support, integration of gamification in eLearning solutions, as well as planning for self-service options. • Drive the UX/Design perspective by leading a team responsible for Requirements Analysis, Interface Design, Prototyping Design, Interaction Design, User Testing, and Optimal Design. • Consistently working with business leadership driving the user experience for our company wide LMS system. • Collaborate with team on process improvements and tools to support those improvements. • Partner with offshore customer service groups in Kraków, Poland and Manila, Philippines working together to achieve common goals.

• Manager, Course Design & Development

  • Apr 2012 - Sep 2015

  • Partnered with line managers and leadership teams on organizational training strategies tied to employee career development, compliance training requirements, and contractual training deliveries. • Led a training team of 8 (6 FTE/2 contractors) and a budget for the design, development, and delivery of LMS solutions for a 16,000 employee organization (4,000 FTE/12,000 contractors). • Managed performance management, resource allocation, continuous improvement, and professional… Show more • Partnered with line managers and leadership teams on organizational training strategies tied to employee career development, compliance training requirements, and contractual training deliveries. • Led a training team of 8 (6 FTE/2 contractors) and a budget for the design, development, and delivery of LMS solutions for a 16,000 employee organization (4,000 FTE/12,000 contractors). • Managed performance management, resource allocation, continuous improvement, and professional development for all direct reports. • Improved the productivity of training solutions from 654 e-Learning courses in 2012 to 1,325 in 2015. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to coordinate project planning and team capacity planning. • Coached internal managers to clearly identify goals, benchmark, and develop personal strategies to achieve them.

• Sr. Instructional Designer

  • Feb 2010 - Apr 2012

  • Developed learning programs in alignment with key strategic projects. • Partnered with internal SME’s and vendors to design and develop internal learning and development programs. • Developed training programs using face-to-face, e-learning, social media, mobile, and Learning Management Systems (LMS). • Created a Knowledge Management (KM) community with colleagues across the North America business. • Executed strategic training vision and planning sessions for business leaders… Show more • Developed learning programs in alignment with key strategic projects. • Partnered with internal SME’s and vendors to design and develop internal learning and development programs. • Developed training programs using face-to-face, e-learning, social media, mobile, and Learning Management Systems (LMS). • Created a Knowledge Management (KM) community with colleagues across the North America business. • Executed strategic training vision and planning sessions for business leaders and partners. • Designed and developed training solutions that aligned with and supported our change management strategies.

• Instructional Designer

  • May 2008 - Jan 2010

  • Designed, developed, and implemented Web-based training solutions leveraging a blend of instructional design methodologies. • Provided hands-on support with Pearson work streams, cross-functional staff, and account leaders supporting custom curriculum development needs. • Partnered with SMEs to ensure training solutions adhered to partner/client standards. • Implemented WebEX training for a 4,000 employee organization. • Lead Instructional Designer (ID) for special projects… Show more • Designed, developed, and implemented Web-based training solutions leveraging a blend of instructional design methodologies. • Provided hands-on support with Pearson work streams, cross-functional staff, and account leaders supporting custom curriculum development needs. • Partnered with SMEs to ensure training solutions adhered to partner/client standards. • Implemented WebEX training for a 4,000 employee organization. • Lead Instructional Designer (ID) for special projects including colleagues from across the business. • Managed key projects: Finance/Oracle PACT program and Health & Safety department projects. • Assisted with course creation process and lead course revisions where applicable.



Iowa State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Program Coordinator/Instructional Designer

  • Jan 2003 - Jun 2010

  Ames, Iowa • Led the development and delivery of course instructional materials for faculty members in the Master of Science in Agronomy Distance Education Program. • Led and managed program of 5 (staff and contractors). • Created on-line student resources building on student development and improving program retention. • Developed and delivered program courses, communications, student recruitment and retention, marketing, quality control, student database maintenance, and Blackboard course… Show more • Led the development and delivery of course instructional materials for faculty members in the Master of Science in Agronomy Distance Education Program. • Led and managed program of 5 (staff and contractors). • Created on-line student resources building on student development and improving program retention. • Developed and delivered program courses, communications, student recruitment and retention, marketing, quality control, student database maintenance, and Blackboard course integration. • Managed learning needs analyses of online and hybrid/blended courses, coordinated program and course evaluations. • Encouraged employee collaboration, teamwork, and business partnerships for team through annual program/employee celebrations, employee development plans and improved work processes by partnering with several departments on recruitment, student service integration for online students, program/class workshops, integration of IT services (LMS - Blackboard and video/audio conferencing - Adobe Prime, program and class evaluations). Show less