Karen V. Rosenthal
*** ***** ***, ******* *****, NJ 07920
Phone # 908-***-****
***************@*****.***
Objective To obtain a challenging position in a Technical Training Specialist,Corporate
Training, or Training Coordinator role, where I can utilize my expertise in
training and adult learning theories and practices, as well as my excellent
analytical, project management, organizational, written and verbal
communication, and customer service skills.
IT Skills Applications
Concur Expense System, SAP Expense and Job Management System, Donovan Data
media systems, Datatech, Infopak; Working knowledge of MS-Office suite
including SharePoint & MS Project, as well as Word, Powerpoint, Publisher and
Excel; Functional knowledge of Captivate; Adobe Acrobat Professional; Adobe
InCopy, Adobe InDesign; Workforce Management tool, (Kronos) and Webex.
Education Bachelor of Science - Business Administration. Concentration: Advertising
Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ, May 1996.
Curriculum included Business Administration core with a concentration in
Advertising.
Employment Enslow Publishers, Inc, Berkeley Heights, NJ. February 2010 to present
Current Position - Assistant to the Editor in Chief
Editorial responsibility includes but not limited to: Liaison between Enlsow
and production vendors in India; copy writing and editing; researching vendor
rates; managing Adobe InCopy to update status on series; collaborating with
both Editorial Manager and Editor in Chief to maintain target dates of series
publications.
Acts as single point of contact for two India based vendors
Responsible for management of FTP sites controlling downloading and uploading
of documentation
Copy editor for interiors and covers of series using Adobe Acrobat
Professional
Responsible for writing and editing new series proposal names and book titles
for republications
Lead cost reduction efforts of ePub and ePDF outputs by strategic negotiations
of vendor rates
Responsible for cost efficiencies on republications by working with free / low
cost sites
Interpublic Group of Companies, New York, NY. March 2004 to June 2007
Position: Technical Training Manager/ Instructional Designer
Responsibilities included: System planning, support and training for Concur,
Datatech and SAP; Evaluating the Concur travel and expense cycle to determine
key performance indicators to ensure adherence to company policies; Analyzing
standard operating procedures for effective quality control; Troubleshooting
training and development issues with end users; Managing the consulting team
from Infopak who collaborated with the IPG training team.
Responsible for system planning, support and on site training on Concur & SAP
to various IPG clients including high level executives
Collaborated and acted as single point of contact/liaison with the SME's,
Managers, PMO and application owners for ongoing project implementations
Worked in conjunction with the leadership team to outline training guidelines,
needs assessments and gap analysis for Concur, Datatech media systems or SAP
Implementation
Designed training and delivered documentation on Concur Expense Management
Systems and SAP
Developed and Managed Business Process Procedures (workflows) for Concur,
Datatech, and SAP
Used Adult Learning Methods, Theories and Practices, ADDIE Model
Independently managed, motivated and supported the consulting team
Provided assessments to PMO and Learning and Development team Manager on
Consultants progress and work on Concur and SAP implementations
Reviewed and created evaluation reports with Learning and Development Leads
Donovan Data Systems, New York, NY. October 1998 to May 2003
Position: Account Supervisor/Trainer
Responsible for system training and support to clients supported by Donovan
Data Media systems. Managed, prioritized and represented client project
implementations as well as instruct trainings
Installation and project management of new products and trainings with clients
Designed, developed and delivered training to clients on Spotpak, (local
broadcast/radio) Netpak, (national broadcast/radio) and Printpak (Magazine,
Newspaper, Trade, Supplement, Internet) media systems
Incorporated Adult Learning Methods, Theories and Practices, ADDIE Model
References Will be furnished upon request