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Vince Serritella serves as the Chief Learning Officer for W. W. Grainger Inc. and as the senior executive for the Grainger Learning Center, the company’s primary training and education organization. The Grainger Learning Center provides learning solutions for each of the company’s ten business units using traditional classroom training, on-the-job training and self-study methods. The Grainger Learning Center has also deployed a technology based learning platform through its Internet site – www.graingerlearningcenter.com.
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SEASONED PROFESSIONAL with experience in training program design and operations for global employees of a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company. Strategic team leader who utilizes creativity to analyze group dynamics, build and reinforce alignment with customer needs and encourage program integrity. Proven ability to recruit and lead high performing teams in the development of blended learning solutions with close attention to budget, resources and outcomes.
CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
COLLABORATION ~ Selected for Fortune 500 Pharma International division assignment (in Madrid, SPAIN), providing consulting and start-up practices for running an e-Learning business. Delivered a series of seminars to key contacts on program design and implementation. Lead a team of 20+ from the U.S., Canada, Europe and India in the development of product content on specialty growth brands.
INNOVATION ~ Directed innovation research on virtual world technology and viability in enterprise learning and development. Sourced industry expertise in VW/social media for marketing, media and kids segments, as well as case studies on cognitive learning in a University setting with this new technology. Assessed software platforms and performed cost anaysis in order to create a near-term strategy for pilot program.
TRAINING EFFICIENCY ~ Increased the reach of training through the use of e-learning over 5 years by 20% for product and 80% for non-product, resulting in an estimated cost avoidance of $ 60 Million and an average of less than $5 per program
PROVEN LEADERSHIP ~ Built a trusted and top-performing team of 20 who support the design, development and operational management of over 100,000 e-learning interactions yearly for 3,000 field sales and 1,200 in house U.S. employees. Achieved a leadership record of zero attrition over nearly 5 years.
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Haydn is a leading expert on generations and turning around negative work environments and employees. For over twenty years he has helped Traditionalists, Boomers, Gen Xers, and most recently Millennials work together. He has been working with FranklinCovey as a senior consultant for eighteen years specializing in their leadership, execution, and personal productivity methodologies.
Haydn has worked with more than 1,000 businesses, not-for-profit, and governmental organizations. He speaks and consults in excess of 170 days each year to clients who consistently invite him back. People often refer to his presentation on generations as the best speech they have ever heard.
Recently hailed as a “leadership guru” by the Washington Post, Haydn Shaw has delivered hundreds of convention keynotes or intimate off-sites. Known for taking groups from hilarity to deep reflection, he combines rich content with use-tomorrow tools. His presentations make an impact because he does his homework, designing each one for your unique needs. Having worked with hundreds of organizations, Haydn connects with virtually any group in any industry, and brings practical and inspiring examples from the boardroom and the front line.
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Bobbie’s 20 year corporate background includes a variety of experience in leadership, management, sales, human resources and business consulting. Creative, strategic, and process-driven, Bobbie enjoys partnering with Fortune 500 leadership on aligning business initiatives with goals and objectives to achieve strategic deployment with their teams and ultimately with customers. She is known for developing high performing leadership teams with focus on achieving results through effective execution and implementation.
Additionally, she has held leadership and management positions on the customer delivery side of the business; helping initiate new models for service delivery by blending consulting services with the latest technology tools.
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Janet's experience in Human Resources, Organization Development, Sales, Finance and Customer Service combined with strong leadership skills have been used in various functions to turn around departments that became more productive and provided high levels of service to internal or external customers.
Janet Sichterman is a national leader in the production of corn-based products -- was hired to create culture change in this very successful privately-owned business.
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Jeff brings a unique perspective on the evolution of careers, career paths and the changing nature of the employee/employer relationship. Jeff helps our customers maximize organizational success through services that connect people to work, increase career effectiveness and develop superior leaders.
Jeff has extensive experience with the entire "employment cycle" including employee selection, assessment, development, performance management, career manage-ment, employee incentives, succession planning and outplacement.
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Judi leads the enterprise learning technologies as Children's facing considerable change over the next five years and Judi is leading an initiative to include Second Life as part of the next generation of virtual learning tools. She will share her experiences with this tool and how it can be integrated into other web 2.0 tools. Judi has been designing scalable learning programs with reusable components and creating blended learning solutions for over 25 years.
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Kelli Rai joined Harley-Davidson in 2003 and currently manages the Retail Merchandising Department within the Retail Environment Group. A certified Instructor/Facilitator and Instructional Designer, she and her team develop curriculum and training for the Harley-Davidson Dealer Network on best practices for retail environments, then works in collaboration with Harley Davidson University to provide the training.
Before taking her current position with Harley-Davidson, Kelli Rai was the manager of Cabin Safety, Regulatory Compliance and Training for Midwest Airlines. She also worked in a variety of retail environments, including 12 years in apparel retailing.
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Mr. Spence has taught law in China and lectured to government agencies about various aspects of American law. He was appointed as one of two foreign advisors to the State Pharmaceutical Administration of China in 1995 and legal advisor to the Dalian High Tech Industrial Zone in 1998. Additionally, he has been Co-Chairman, Chicago Sister Cities China Committee appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley and a Member of the Sister Cities Executive Committee. He has served both as an arbitrator and litigant before arbitration panels in a wide variety of contract disputes and is a member, Board of Directors of the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
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Jamaica Connects Program: A collaborative project
between classrooms in Jamaica, West Indies and Chicago, Illinois, area
Schools.
Professors Jade Stanley, Elizabeth Landerholm, and Joann Karr both from
The College of Ed took a group of students
to Jamaica as part of an
outreach program with Primary and Junior High Schools.
Jamaica Connects Program is designed to
increase collaboration and communication between the teachers of
elementary and teachers of younger children, within each respective
country, with joint activities to promote literacy. And together, they
have connections with international partner schools. Communication and
idea sharing will be enhanced through the joint ownership of the
Global Exploration and Multicultural Adventures web site. There will
be a webmaster for technical support and to develop templates for
teacher easy use.
Use of technology in literacy projects will be cost effective, and a
convenient mode of communication between teachers, students, and
parents,separated by distance, but united in goals for literacy
achievement for all.
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