Learning Advisor

LINDA S. SAVANAUSKAS

919-***-**** acz4ym@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Training and Instructional Design Professional with over 15 years of exceptional success in providing curriculum design & learning strategies to enhance organizational performance. Qualified Facilitator, Sales Trainer, Workshop Developer, and certified Human Capital Specialist for management coaching and leadership training within the IT, manufacturing, healthcare, financial, and public education sectors. Solid project and program management experience in instructor-led training (ILT) & E-Learning development processes from design to deployment. Experience in waterfall project management and project tracking through the entire SDLC process. Also a strong collaborator with the ability to work well independently or with on-shore or off-shore teams.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Strategic Implementation: Managed learning strategy in the design of interactive virtual instructor-led training (VILT) Business Video WebEx training program designed for 3,000 European sales staff; $250K project; Beta 4.5/5 Customer Satisfaction. Primary Job aides: Case studies and SWOT analysis.

Sales Training: Created RFPs for LMS (Learning Management System) and LCMS (Learning Content Management System) and for eLearning Content vendors. Selected third party vendors to manage in the completion of a $1M project.

Instructional Design: Interacted with Advanced Technology stakeholder team and provided learning strategy to design an eLearning presentation program, Mastering Communications Using Rich Media (MCRM). MCRM consisted of three Simulations and one Coaching module for managers; 1,528 users worldwide; 4.12/5 customer satisfaction. Project took 2 years to complete; $600K.

Curriculum Design: Designed and managed global learning curriculum for Places in the Network horizontal solutions for Campus Communication Fabrics and Empowered Branch/WAN. Enterprise Architecture Fundamentals and Business and Sales Acumen; 16 hours of on-line (VILT) WebEx training. 1,600+ global system engineers attended training sessions. 10-month project; oversaw team of four; $250K budget.

Corporate Projects & Training: Worked with companies such as IBM, Cisco, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, and Pfizer to enhance their training experience through project management, curriculum design, training, and eLearning conversion projects.

Awards:

Brandon Hall Gold Excellence in Learning Award for Custom Design

Brandon Hall Copper Award for Custom Design, RH Essentials with Enspire Learning

Horizon Bronze International Award for customized eLearning content

Technology in Action Award with Training Magazine for a Business Simulation program.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Learning Solution Specialist, Santander, Framingham MA 12/2016-03/2017

HR New Hire Training, conversion project, combination of deliverable types, eLearning, classroom, webinars, job aides, including updating quick reference cards.

SAVVAN LEARNING, Concord, NC 2010 - 2016

Training Consultant/Contractor

Training Design & Development; Projects in Training & Development, Project & Program Management, Instructional Design using ADDIE ID model and Kirkpatrick methodology

Develop strategies to convert Classroom to VILT deliverables for participants.

Manage and design Sales Training Strategy for Sales Teams.

Develop eMail Marketing Campaigns with ACT! CRM database for multiple surveys/campaigns

Provide curriculum design & assessment writing for an HR change initiative for a Third Party Service Provider program for the Learning 2.0. Platform.

Manage and perform eLearning conversions of OSHA training to Articulate Studio.

Provide face-face desk-side training with a virtual cloud-based financial application for the field sales operations teams. Consisted of a CRM tool to manage client interactions, as a well as a financial tool to place trades (mutual funds, stock, and retirement vehicle).

Develop website content as well as research and write Talent Management articles for the site.

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., Raleigh, NC 2006 - 2009

World Wide Training Manager, Trainer, Facilitator

Projects in Training & Development, Project Management, Instructional Design

Developed and implemented instructional and learning strategy in curriculum design for an on-line WebEx sales training program for Why Cisco strategy; directed project and team of three.

Partnered with corporate marketing to define content and sales force media-specialist teams to create a video trailer for four solutions.

Designed global learning curriculum for Places in the Network horizontal solutions for Campus Communication Fabrics and Empowered Branch/WAN.

RED HAT, INC., Raleigh, NC 2005

World Wide Sales Training Manager

Training & Development, Project / Program Management, Instructional Design

Designed 45 eLearning modules and six 35-minute Sales Simulation segments; Red Hat Product Essentials certification program. Oversaw change management, program implementation on schedule and on budget.

Secured Saba Corporation for LMS and LCMS to host eLearning content, Enspire Learning Corporation for eLearning Content development, and Intellicon for Saba implementation.

Presented and delivered learning strategy in the design of a 200-level series of basic product knowledge modules, coach interactivity and multi-media components, including animation, games, role-plays, and sales simulations.

Developed initial user tests and exams for certifications; submitted requirements to Enspire for program certification validation. Delivered full certification program meeting Kirkpatrick's Level 4 criteria.

IBM, Raleigh, NC (Software Group) 1998 - 2004

World Wide Sales & Marketing Enablement

Product Marketing, Product/Program Implementation, Training & Development, Project/Program Management, Instructional Design

• Developed ILT and eLearning modules for small and medium businesses WebSphere Marketing and Sales Enablement sales teams, and channel/business partner sales.

• Partnered with Belgium development team to design and develop an assessment tool for metric requirements for eLearning curriculum tracks.

• Developed Industry client-facing curriculum consisting of eLearning modules. (Health, Finance, Wealth-building/Retail, Banking, Health Insurance, Manufacturing, Retail - CPG).

• Collaborated with WebSphere worldwide sales & marketing strategy teams to create new curriculum for eBusiness University (eBU) the annual face-to-face sales events throughout the US, Asia and Europe.

• Developed business strategies and tactical marketing collateral to assist direct sales teams; designed sales tools, brand-positioning statements, and promotional campaigns to enable the sales teams.

• Provided channel development programs to market WebSphere and Lotus software solutions and services; effectively built product awareness and met project delivery schedules.

SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS

Microsoft Office Applications, Project, Visio, SharePoint, Win 8, Win 10, E-Learning authoring tools, Articulate Studio/Quizmaker ’09, Articulate Storyline v2 and, Captivate 8, Webinar deliverable tools, Sage ACT! CRM, JoinMe, Wiggio, WebEx and Adobe Connect/Presenter, Storyline Interactive Video, HapYak Interactive Video, Articulate Studio

EDUCATION

KAPLAN GRAD UNIVERSITY, FL 2011

Master of Science in Management

Specializing in Change Leadership & Organizational Learning

LESLEY UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA 1982

Bachelor of Science in Education; Special Education

CERTIFICATIONS & CERTIFICATES

Human Capital Strategist (HCS) Certification

CoachingOurselves, Certificate

Fundamentals of Instructional Design, SPSU, Certificate

The Leadership Challenge Facilitator, Certificate

Essential Facilitation Core Skills for Guiding Groups, Interaction Associates Certificate

Solution Selling, non-certified, IBM

Sales Trainer Certified, Fortune Group International

AFFILIATIONS

Association for Talent Development (ATD, RTA, Charlotte)

Society of Organizational Learning (SoL)

Triangle Organizational Development Network (TODN)

The Human Capital Institute (HCI)

Toastmasters Int’l. (TMI)

International Mentoring Association (IMA)

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