DAWN COLBERT
**** ********** **** * MENASHA, WI *4952 * acedx8@r.postjobfree.com * (920)
***-**** * 920-***-**** (cell)
TRAINING & ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL
Innovated, highly focused, proactive, and results-driven Training and
Organizational Development Professional with 15+ years of Training and
Organizational Development and Management experience. Extensive experience
in administering, organizing and facilitating educational programs in
connection with management and professional development, on the job
training and employee orientation. Experience in assessing, designing and
developing partnerships with management to identify organizational needs
and create solutions.
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
Training/Organizational Management Interviewing
Development
Strategic Alliance Staff Development/Coaching Performance Assessment
Partnerships
Leadership Skills Project Management Policy/Procedure
Implementation
Course Development Presentation Skills Consultative/Interpersonal
Communication
Ability to Build Trusting Vendor Relationships Learning Strategies
Relationships
Auditing/Compliance Service Oriented Technical Skills
Communication Proficiency Organization Skills Team Building
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
IMPERIALSUPPLIES, Green Bay, WI
2010-Present
Imperial Supplies LLC is a national distributor of quality maintenance
products. Founded in 1958, Imperial services
customers
through a nationwide network of regional distribution centers. Imperial
has built its reputation by offering customers
highly
efficient methods to order and monitor purchases.
NATIONAL TELESALES MANAGER/TRAINING MANAGER - SALES
> Manage a National Telesales Team.
> Provides coaching and counseling for representatives through monitoring
and discussion of the attainment of
performance standards and metrics monthly.
> Provide on the job training in department to ensure compliance
requirements are met.
> Analyze sales representative territory growth.
> Continuously makes enhancements to training programs by continuous
assessment and monitoring effectiveness of
training programs.
> Implemented and monitors mentoring program to ensure new hires sales
representative's success.
> Ongoing re-vamping employee training programs.
> Conduct ongoing training doing call reviews, desk side visits and call
monitoring.
> Facilitates New Hire training with sales representatives.
> Conducts round table and team building training with
sales representatives.
> Partnerships with other departments to form strong
alliances.
> Builds staff loyalty and generates pride of ownership through promotion
of personal excellence by guiding staff to play on their strengths.
> Maintains an in-depth understanding of business objectives/challenges
while creating opportunities to improve the overall results from a
training perspective and organizational changes.
> Develop and designs training courses to ensure sales and customer
representatives are successful.
DAWN COLBERT
2011 DREAMFILED LANE * MENASHA, WI 54952 * acedx8@r.postjobfree.com * (920)
364-0324 * 920-***-**** (cell)
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CITIZENSFIRST CREDIT UNION, Oshkosh, WI
A leading member-owned financial cooperative with assets of $336 million;
operations in 5 locations in Oshkosh and Fond
du Lac, WI
TRAINING SPECIALIST 2006 - 2010
> Develops and designs training programs resulting in raising
organizational proficiency and departmental expertise.
> Improves and enhances training programs by continuous assessment and
monitoring effectiveness of training program(s).
> Maintain and upgrade E-learning BVS training system ensuring that staff
completion and compliance requirements were met.
> Influential in re-vamping employee orientation process resulting in
ability to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives.
> Conducts staff and management trainings to ensure compliance
requirements.
> Partnership with training providers resulting in ability to receive
assistance when problems arise and built mutually valuable relationships.
> Builds staff loyalty and generates pride of ownership through promotion
of personal excellence by guiding staff to play on their strengths.
> Maintains an in-depth understanding of business objectives/challenges
while creating opportunities to improve the overall results from a
training perspective and organizational changes.
> Audit reports and signature cards daily, weekly and monthly.
> Stays abreast of regulatory changes to ensure organization adheres to
government rules and regulations.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, LA.
Leading urban research University providing essential support for the
educational, economic, cultural and social well-being of
the culturally rich and diverse New Orleans metropolitan area.
TRAINING SPECIALIST 2004 - 2005
> Facilitate Medicaid program for the Department of Health and Hospitals
contracted by the University of New Orleans.
> Developed leader's guides for trainers, participant guides and PowerPoint
presentations.
BANK ONE/CHASE, New Orleans, LA.
A leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers,
small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing,
asset management and private equity.
TECHNICAL TRAINER 2003 - 2004
> Lead the determination of Site training needs for all operations.
> Coordinated, monitor, and audit (as needed) any specific functional
courses.
> Researched, developed, designed, updated and facilitated training related
to operations.
> Drove modification of courses based on audit findings.
> Evaluate the effectiveness of training courses.
> Supported, monitored, and maintain training needs.
> Supported the development of new or customized training requirements.
> Lead, drives and ensures all training for the respective site is
completed as required by the training matrices or site management.
DAWN COLBERT
2011 DREAMFILED LANE * MENASHA, WI 54952 * acedx8@r.postjobfree.com * (920)
364-0324 * 920-***-**** (cell)
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FIRST BANK AND TRUST, New Orleans, LA
A New Orleans-based independent bank with branches in New Orleans,
Metairie, and Baton Rouge; loan production offices in Lafayette and Houma;
home mortgage offices covering the Gulf South; and affiliated banks on the
North Shore (Peoples Bank headquartered in Amite, LA) and in Biloxi (First
Bank and Trust of Mississippi).
TRAINING MANAGER 2000 - 2003
> Develop, update and conduct effective training programs - both classroom
and online.
> Problem resolution; evaluates performance and makes recommendations for
personnel actions; motivate employees to achieve peak productivity and
performance.
> Manage employee staff during training programs.
> Evaluate effectiveness of training and develop programs and utilizes
relevant evaluation data to revise or recommend changes in instructional
objectives and methods.
BANK ONE/CHASE, New Orleans, LA.
A leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers,
small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing,
asset management and private equity.
SENIOR TECHNICAL TRAINER 2000 - 2000
> Lead the training of general technical courses.
> Lead the determination of site training needs for all operations.
> Coordinated, monitor, and audit (as needed) any specific functional
courses.
> Lead, maintain and coordinate site training schedule based on site-
specific training needs for all operations.
> Researched, developed, designed, updated and facilitated training related
support processes.
> Lead the review of the effectiveness of training courses.
> Supported and monitored training needs.
> Supported in the development of new or customized training requirements.
> Lead, drove and ensured all training for the respective site was
completed as required by the training matrices or site management.
BANK OF AMERICA, Phoenix, AZ
One of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual
consumers, small and middle market businesses and large corporations with a
full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and
risk-management products and services.
ASSISTANT MANAGER AND TRAINER 1989 - 2000
> Evaluated effectiveness of training and development programs and utilized
relevant evaluation data to revise or recommend changes in instructional
objectives and methods.
> Lead ongoing daily departmental activities for areas of direct
responsibility including supervision of assigned personnel.
> Managed activities of self and direct reports in achieving defined
quality goals in an efficient, accurate and timely manner.
> Lead in the development of customer awareness and understanding
activities for areas of direct responsibility where
appropriate.
> Assist and support activities throughout the organization.
> Provided guidance and coaching for the areas of responsibility for less
experienced individuals within the organization.
DAWN COLBERT
2011 DREAMFILED LANE * MENASHA, WI 54952 * acedx8@r.postjobfree.com * (920)
364-0324 * 920-***-**** (cell)
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EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
> University of Phoenix, Arizona - B.S Business Management
> Hartford High School, Hartford, WI
> Certification in "The Counselor Salesman" (Wilson Learning)
> Certification in "Achieving Extraordinary Customer Relations" (Achieve
Global)
> First Time Manager Training
1 ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
> District Employee of the Month
> Exceptional Instructor Presentation Skills
> Outstanding Achievement of Inventory and Customer Service
> Leadership Effectiveness Training (LET)
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
> Holy Cross Homeless Shelter, Phoenix, AZ
> Children's Crisis Center, Tempe, AZ
> United Way, Oshkosh, WI