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Academic Director for Graduate and Professional Programs, Associate Professor
University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointAcademic Director for Graduate and Professional Programs, Associate Professor
Jun. 2023Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United StatesI teach MBA courses, drive new program development, and direct a leadership focused womenโ€™s center for the Sentry School of Business and Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
MBA Director, Associate Professor of Management
University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointMBA Director, Associate Professor of Management
Jan. 2018 - Jun. 2023Stevens Point, WII helped a wide variety of graduate and undergraduate students maximize their potential by teaching, designing, launching and directing new degree programs.
On Call Facilitator
Center for Creative LeadershipOn Call Facilitator
Sep. 2016Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina AreaAs an on-call facilitator, I help leaders and organizations create the three outcomes of effective leadership: direction, alignment, and commitment (DAC).
Assistant Professor of Management
University of Wisconsin - Stevens PointAssistant Professor of Management
Jan. 2010 - Sep. 201654481I helped a wide variety of students maximize their potential. I taught undergraduate and graduate courses in management, leadership, communication, and strategy for the School of Business and Economics and the University of Wisconsin Data Science program. I also contributed to a broad range of institutional change projects. In this capacity, I helped launch two new degree programs, and secure a $4 million endowment.
Partner
Catalign Consulting LLCPartner
Jan. 2010 - Dec. 201354481Provided organizational alignment consulting and leadership education services to companies as a consultant, facilitator and instructional designer. Work with clients ranging from project managers to executive leaders; design and implement learning interventions that enable leaders to be more effective and productive.
Leadership Educator and Organization Development Consultant
Lyna Matesi LLCLeadership Educator and Organization Development Consultant
Jan. 2006Lead a wide variety of domestic and international organization development, communication, instructional design, leadership development, culture change, business planning, process improvement, marketing, and group facilitation projects. Expanded coaching capacity for frontline sales and customer service leaders through 25 weeklong leadership development workshops; course evaluations consistently stated "this is the best training that I have ever had." Facilitated 10, full-week sessions for management-development course that emphasizes influential, dynamic leadership skills for mid-level managers. Clarified leadership expectations for executives, managers, and frontline leaders by designing and piloting a two-day leadership essentials course; created extensive HR online reference library and facilitated several train-the-trainer sessions. Designed and delivered 24 multimedia leadership seminars to 7,300 global managers. Provided onsite leadership for training sessions
Senior Manager, Leadership & Organization Development
US CELLULARSenior Manager, Leadership & Organization Development
Jan. 2001 - Jan. 2006Promoted to Senior Manager with responsibility for building leadership capacity and capability in Western Region. Internal clients included regional vice president, 14 directors, and 325 leaders. Designed and delivered 75+ leadership and organization-development programs and interventions including new leadership academies, new leader on-boarding sessions, strategic planning events, teambuilding programs, and week-long development workshops. Supervised 15-person cross-functional business and instructional design team in the research, production, and piloting of two-day coaching skills workshop across the enterprise.
Change Management Specialist
U.S. CellularChange Management Specialist
Jan. 2001 - Jan. 2006Served as change management arm of project implementation team focused on every major customer and associate impacting change in the company. Functioned as consultant to assist others in designing, implementing, and leading change. Designed and delivered more than 15 learning programs and led redesign of five-day new-hire class. Focused content on business literacy and process on adult learning principles. Produced three video segments for the course. Spearheaded companywide culture change initiative that included co-designing a multiphase approach with a leadership-development component. Implemented an all-employee climate survey that had 70+% participation. Devised associate experience map to reconcile all areas of functional corporate leadership and the impact of decisions on the frontline associate-customer experience. Map enables team to weigh the benefit of changes against cost of change. Map was quickly and voluntarily adopted by several internal teams based on its usefulness.
Graduate Student Instructor
Antioch UniversityGraduate Student Instructor
Jan. 2000 - Jan. 2002
Communication Technology Manager
MotorolaCommunication Technology Manager
Jan. 1998 - Jan. 1999Contributed to the formation of a global communications and public affairs organization, providing project management, consulting, communication leadership, team facilitation, instructional design, process improvement, and technology implementation. Facilitated enterprise-wide initiative to develop closed circuit television (CCTV) shared program model. Consolidated resources, lowered operating costs, and increased message consistency for 30,000 employees via 200 monitors. Supervised the international execution of four employee communication broadcasts using satellite and intranet audio/video streaming. Developed processes for several functional areas and managed global message delivery to 70,000 employees at 345 locations around the world.
Senior Business Planner
MotorolaSenior Business Planner
Jan. 1997 - Jan. 1998Helped launch a business planning department, providing team facilitation, consulting, process improvement, and technology implementation. Facilitated 20-person taskforce for one year focused on improving forecasting process for eight business units with annual sales of greater than $3 billion.
Digital Media Manager
MotorolaDigital Media Manager
Jan. 1995 - Jan. 1998Directed implementation of Digital Media Center designed to facilitate marketing communication projects. Provided project management, communication leadership, leader development, instructional design, consulting, and technology implementation. Created high-technology employee work center equipped with digital computing, projecting, printing, photography, and video equipment to serve and develop more than 500 engineers. Earned 1998 CEO Quality Award for Project Management for exceptional contributions. Provided ongoing training and consultation on the production of 20-25 internal and customer presentations annually. Contributed expertise on skills building, content development, graphics creation, and document formatting.
Market Planning Analyst/Marketing Coordinator
MotorolaMarket Planning Analyst/Marketing Coordinator
Jan. 1990 - Jan. 1995Led training and marketing initiatives for Southeast Asia operations team. Provided project management, communication leadership, instructional design, leader development, consulting, process improvement, and team facilitation. Benchmarked design of sales tools training across the corporation. Supervised team production of a technology and multiproduct sales tool that included a video that was distributed in five languages, a series of printed booklets, international training tour, a full set of color presentations for the sales staff, and online distribution of all materials. Designed and project managed seven International Technology and Operations Training Symposiums (multiple days, multiple tracks) in Asia with a combined budget of $1.5+ million. Traveled in the United States with four Chinese executive training delegations on technology education and touring missions for 9-11 days each. Coordinated infrastructure system proposal project in Taiwan for eight weeks.

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