Project Manager Development

GOAL

To fill a Leadership Development position, where I can leverage my experience and skills to conduct in-depth strategic leadership needs assessment and analytics to inform decisions. This can be enhanced by leadership development strategies, instructional design and curriculum development, learning delivery and facilitation, performance development, and learning technologies and modalities.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Revamped global onboarding curriculum by converting over 140 hours of learning and leadership development from mostly classroom-based approach through technology-based training projects with effectiveness improving from 3.1 to 4.7 on a 5-point scale. (ABS)

Managed projects that overhauled the Operations Management Development Program by expanding leadership development programs from three to seven global Noble Divisions, which resulted in the incorporation of local nationals into the Program and adherence to local human resource and government standards. (Noble Drilling)

Renovated sales strategy and learning curriculum by instituting learning and leadership development solutions that boosted national sales training effectiveness. (CitiMortgage)

Researched, designed and implemented a corporate leadership development cultural transformation project through effective marketing, communication, learning and development, coaching/mentoring, and professional development resulting in nearly 400% ROI. (KV Pharmaceutical)

Managed Human Resources Development and Management project to complete ISO 9001-2000 conversion in step with corporate objectives; model later used from transition of other operational departments. (Bell Helicopter)

SPECIAL SKILLS

Learning strategic planning, leadership development, learning and development, learning technologies, needs assessment and analysis, instructional design and development, training delivery and implementation, learning evaluation measurement and metrics, learning methodologies and modalities, learning management systems, social and mobile learning.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Learning Architect: ABS (2014 - 2015)

Managed learning teams and provided instructional design and leadership development services for $5+ billion not-for-profit 6,000 employee maritime and offshore classification society.

Learning Project Manager: Xerox Learning (2012 - 2014)

Managed project teams and provided instructional design and leadership development services for $10 billion offshore drilling Upstream Learning organization (BP) with over 30,000 employees globally, and for $2 billion consulting company (Ernst-Young) with over 10,000 employees.

Director, Leadership Development: Noble Drilling (2012)

Directed the leadership and talent management partnerships for $1+ billion offshore drilling company with over 6,000 employees globally.

Director, Learning and Organizational Development: CitiMortgage (2007 - 2010)

Led learning and development, leadership and professional development, talent management, and organizational development partnerships for $4+ billion mortgage business with over 5,000 employees nationally.

Director, Learning and Organizational Development: KV Pharmaceutical (2002 - 2007)

Directed learning and development, leadership and professional development, talent management, and organizational development partnerships for $500 million pharmaceutical organization for 1,700 employees nationally. Concurrently held a dual role as Director, Human Resources for nearly two years and Head of Operations Excellence for over two years.

EDUCATION

Northcentral University

PhD (Magna Cum Laude), Business Administration/Human Resources Management (2008)

Troy State University

MS, Management (1982)

Excelsior College (Regents College)

BA, Liberal Studies (1981)

ADDED VALUE

Exceptionally strong learning and development skills.

Expertise in leadership development, formal learning, informal learning, just-in-time learning, learner progress assessment, learner remediation and motivation, employee engagement, performance management, succession planning.

Certified Training manager/Director, Master Trainer and Training Designer/ Developer (ASTD).

Advanced project and program management skills – PMI certified Associate Project Manager.

Advanced MS Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, and Project.

Researched, wrote and published a textbook on Arabic grammar for English-speaking learners of the Arabic language.

Travelled extensively globally while growing up and in the Navy – enlarging my multicultural and world view.

TESTIMONIALS

“Jack is reliable, dedicated and enthusiastic in his desire to deliver top quality learning products, while handling the needs of project owners and executive leadership. Jack multitasks effectively and is able to handle a high-volume workload, tackling all assignments with dedication and professionalism. His ability to balance rapidly changing business needs, coupled with his leadership would make a great asset to any organization.”

-Daniel Knight, ABS, Houston, TX

“I had the pleasure of working with Jack on many blended solutions. Jack is a talented action orientated learning practitioner and has an incredible ability to work to agile development frameworks, managing relationships and expectations while driving excellent business results – no challenge is too great for Jack. He makes the hard stuff look easy!”

-Sarah Clark, Intuition (Xerox), New York, NY

“Jack Kules could have written the book on Project Management. His technical understanding is so strong that his fellow PMs rely on him as a resource. He's the guy you want in charge of your project's budget, schedule, and quality. Jack is a great colleague and the consummate team player.”

-Brian Nichelson, PhD, Xerox Learning, Houston, TX

“Jack was a valued partner while leading CitiMortgage's Human Resources training and leadership development team. Leadership development was a primary focus at CitiMortgage, and Jack brought both a strong academic perspective as well as a strong operational capability. With his partnership, we customized leadership development and training paths that helped ensure we were best in class.”

-Jeffrey Walker, CitiMortgage, O'Fallon, MO

“Jack was a willing and valuable partner and co-champion in implementing changes from "work as usual" to a results centric culture. His familiarity with Project Management concepts and tools resulted in a series of training seminars that were not only well received but paid dividends immediately. Jack clearly understands people and what is needed in the workplace so individuals can thrive. He is an asset to any organization.”

-Bence Boelcskevy, PhD, KV Pharmaceutical, St. Louis, MO

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