Professional and Academic Background

2011 - Present

President, Obsidian Learning

Lead multi-million dollar company of learning professionals, graphic designers, programmers, and project managers to become one of the top 10 e-learning companies according to E-learning Industries
Define strategic vision for the company and utilize business knowledge to inform and prioritize long-term talent and development strategies
Create successful job-specific competency models and design and implement competency- based learning programs serving multiple audiences in Fortune 100 companies
Advise Fortune 100 companies in the planning and implementation of strategic enterprise learning initiatives that improved the bottom line by millions of dollars
Plan and implement strategic enterprise e-learning initiatives resulting in savings of more than 30 hours of seat time per learner per program

2007 - 2011

Created Obsidian’s project teams comprised of project managers, instructional designers, and graphic designers with oversight of all project details
Achieved $3M – $5M revenue per year by managing projects from beginning to completion
Developed and maintained relationships with client counterparts and their stakeholders
Initiated project workflows that increased staff performance and decreased project lifecycle
Designed and implemented performance measurement metrics by evaluating effectiveness of learning outcomes

2003 - 2007

Managed staff of process chemists, process engineers and laboratory technicians in the Technical Department. Responsible for the production, process and final product quality of 3 units.
Experience with operator training, EHS, HazOp, MOC, SAP, budgeting and forecasting

1999

Thesis: "Investigation of the Physical Properties and Morphology of Polyurethane Elastomers"

1997

Thesis: "Flow vacuum pyrolysis of tetrazoles with annelated dibenzocycloalkane skeletons"

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