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Marty Rosenheck, Ph.D., CPT, is Chief Learning Strategist and VP at Cedar Interactive, a custom training and performance solutions company. He has been helping people and organizations develop expert performance for over 20 years. Marty has designed award-winning learning and performance support systems, conducted needs assessments, developed curricula, knowledge transfer and blended learning strategies for numerous non-profit and for-profit organizations. Based on his doctoral work in Cognitive Science, Marty developed a learning approach called Performance Centered Learning® that accelerates the speed to proficiency through a combination of knowledge engineering and case-based learning. He has shared his ideas on developing expert performance in numerous presentations and workshops with audiences ranging from 15 to 250, with consistently high ratings both for the quality of the content and for his presentation/facilitation skills. Marty has given presentations for the Chicagoland chapter of ASTD, National and local ISPI conferences, the Society for Insurance Trainers and Educators (SITE), Learning Leaders Conference and other organizations. He has also written numerous articles for industry publications, including CLO Magazine, Training Today and the SITE Journal.
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Dr. Allison Rossett — a board member for the E-learning Guild and the Chief Learning Officer, Dr. Rossett has been a long time Professor of Educational Technology at San Diego State University. She has authored some of e-learning’s best books such as ‘Job Aids and Performance Support,’ ‘The ASTD E-learning Handbook,’ and the award winning ‘First Things Fast: A Handbook for Performance Analysis.’ Dr. Rossett is known for her irreverent and substantive style when she teaches and delivers keynotes about instructional design and learning and performance technologies.
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Paul Rotatori is an Organization Development Consultant at the Wrigley Confectionary Company.
While at Wrigley, he has worked on projects in a variety of areas, including competency
development, learning & development measurement and implementing SAP HR/standardized HR processes.
Prior to the Wrigley Company, Mr. Rotatori worked for Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., where his
tenure culminated with an internship in their Employee Metrics department working on a validation
project for a selection assessment tool. He received a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in
Industrial/Organizational Psychology, from Saint Xavier University and Elmhurst College
respectively.
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Beth M. Ruddock, a manager at Accenture, specializes in analyzing human performance and training development challenges for the 50,000+ new joiners to Accenture. A graduate of the Corporate Communications program from Ithaca College, Beth shares her expertise on various aspects of instructional design by coaching students at the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana. She is currently awaiting approval of a US patent for a portfolio management tool which balances learning assets value, cost, and quality.
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Deb Russell is a Corporate Manager for Walgreen Co. She oversees the company’s commitment to including qualified individuals with disabilities in the workforce of its distribution centers. Ms. Russell advises and monitors these efforts in order to disseminate and share lessons that are learned throughout the Walgreen Company and other companies. Walgreen Company is the nation’s largest drugstore chain and the 3rd largest of food and drug stores. Fortune Magazine ranks Walgreens as the 40th largest company in America and it employs over 230,000 people.
Deb’s background includes working in the field of employment of people with disabilities for more than 15 years.
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Mr. Ryan has nearly twenty five years of experience across business development, marketing, operations, and executive management. He has worked with a plethora of leading companies including Deloitte, KPMG, IBM, Hewitt, Forsythe and West Monroe Partners. He is a frequent speaker and writer on how professional services companies can enhance the performance of their business development operations resulting in revenue growth, improved profitability, scalability, and enhanced client relations.
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Richard has spent the last 7 years of his career with Grant Thornton’s Strategic Learning Group. He has had responsibility in several areas, including managing internal client relationships, leading learning design and development and driving measurement of learning impact. Currently he leads the team’s technology efforts to drive innovation, learning effectiveness and operational efficiency through the organization.
During the first part of his career, Richard worked in Spain, first performing market research and then teaching English as a second language to business professionals. In the U.S., he then managed client relationships and led business development efforts in the financial services industry.
Subsequently Richard worked as a Partner at Thinkeractive, a learning and development-focused consulting firm, which served clients such as Accenture, Wrigley and the Chicago Public Schools.
He earned his BAs in Marketing and Spanish at Michigan State University. Richard later completed his graduate work at Northwestern University, earning a Master’s degree in Learning Sciences, a combination of learning theory, cognitive psychology and technology.
Richard has spoken at a number of professional events and organizations, including the ASTD BEST Awards, Elliott Masie’s Learning 2006, and Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy.
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Lisa is the Director of WorkforceChicago an initiative created to position the Chicago region as the leading talent pool in the country by promoting exemplary company-sponsored learning and development programs. Lisa has a wealth of experience in promoting life long learning principles and building employee learning strategies that are aligned with organizational business needs. Lisa has over fifteen years of experience at the University of Chicago Medical Center where she was most recently the Director of their Learning Academy, one of the first corporate quality universities in health care. Lisa holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Communications from Purdue University.
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Jim has vast experience in global manufacturing and supply chain. Proficient in cross functional / cross cultural matrix organizations with roots in highly entrepreneurial business growth. Easily work across many industries and global locations with keen general management skills.
Specialties:
- Global Procurement
- Electronic products design, developement, and assembly
- Significant experience in all aspects of printed circuit board manufacturing technologies
- Experienced and proficient in multiple manufacturing environments and ERP systems
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Karen Scott is an education professional with over twenty
years experience in design, development, delivery and management of learning
solutions. She has been with Allstate Insurance Company in Northbrook, IL
for the past eleven years in various capacities. She currently leads design
and development of online and blended learning solutions that support
insurance and financial services products, compliance, enterprise
applications and initiatives. She is also the senior manager supporting
Allstate's enterprise learning management system. Prior to Allstate, she
worked for three major telecommunications companies and in private
consulting. She holds bachelor degrees in English and Education and a
Masters in Business Administration.
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