Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Awards
Publications
Volunteer Experience
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AMANDA BECKNER

Fairfax Station,VA
AMANDA BECKNER

Summary

Senior Leader in the business of learning with excellent communication, organizational and strategic planning abilities. Mission-oriented executive dedicated to strengthening business operations to streamline costs and enhance value. Cultivates long-lasting relationships with subject-matter experts and staff to strengthen program success. Motivational leader able to ignite passion and commitment in developing competency and confidence.

Overview

23
years of professional experience
2
Certificates

Work History

CEDIA, The Association for Smart Home Professionals
Remote

Vice President of Education & Training
11.2021 - 10.2023

Job overview

  • Served on senior leadership team and partnered with peers to develop organization's strategic plans, commit to success metrics, determine and reinforce core values, and align talent to accomplish strategic objectives.
  • Functioned as executive sponsor for organization's strategic initiative to offer community engagement resources to members as part of association's workforce development program.
  • Responsible for P&L for conference program, certification program, standards development, curriculum development, in-person and online training delivery program, and workforce development program.
  • Stewarded ANAB-accredited certifications (CIT and IST) and standards development programs to professionalize misunderstood and undervalued smart home industry.
  • Ensured clear governance, policies, and steadfast protection against bias and partiality.
  • Validated that work with research, global audience surveys, and statistical analysis to demonstrate ISO 17024 compliance.
  • Directed conference program in US and Europe with 700 attendees for 3-day seminar and workshop program. Curated program that is both compelling and valuable, increasing conference revenue by 42% compared to prior year, and profitability by 69% compared to pre-pandemic record.
  • Maintained high attendee satisfaction scores and increased volunteer subject-matter expert satisfaction.
  • Identified opportunities to improve business process flows and productivity.
  • Evaluated product development strategies and prepared alternative approaches to goal achievement.
  • Used market insights to capitalize on key business opportunities for new advantageous partnerships.
  • Directed technological improvements experimenting with large language models and agent networks to serve as job aid to smart home systems designers and technicians.

The rAVe Agency
Remote

President & COO
10.2020 - 10.2021

Job overview

  • Navigated small creative firm through critical pandemic year marred by loss of beloved colleagues, without laying off a single person, exceeding pre-pandemic revenue benchmarks, and returning to in-person work environment.
  • Responsible for all HR, finance, operations, IT, facilities, project management and business services.
  • Matured business operations by overhauling finance and administration, renegotiating lease, adopting more efficient and integrated software solutions for payroll, fractional financial experts for accounts payable and receivable.
  • Developed new variable compensation plans, implemented semi-annual performance reviews, and renegotiated more favorable employee benefits package.
  • Served as executive sponsor for bespoke virtual conferencing platform and ongoing enhancements increasing its value to platform sponsors, audience interactivity, and personalization.
  • Served as executive sponsor for web redesign to align brands of virtual events service with digital trade publication including unique user controls and editorial management controls for text, video and social content.
  • Project managed development of companion app to gamify virtual and in-person engagement at events and user consumption of sponsored content.
  • Created succession plans to provide continuity of operations during leadership transitions, include recommendations for employee ownership.

AVIXA, Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association
Fairfax, VA

Vice President, Learning
09.2015 - 08.2020

Job overview

  • Initially hired as education and training developer in 2020 selected to convert binders of printed Power Point slides into curriculum that defined knowledge, skill, abilities, and best practices for several disciplines in audiovisual industry.
  • Advanced throughout multiple positions within organization with increasing responsibilities.
  • Revitalized curriculum development and built 230+ on-demand modules, 15 3-day courses, 4 micro-credentials, and countless seminars and webinars, serving 14,000 people world-wide.
  • Directly accountable for staff budget of $2.3M.
  • Served on senior leadership team and partnered with peers to develop organization's strategic plans, commit to success metrics, determine and reinforce core values, evaluate value and relevance of programs, align talent to accomplish strategic objectives, drive top line outcomes, and attract and retain talent.
  • Recruited, on-boarded and managed hundreds of volunteers to teach and development curriculum, certification, standards and best practices.
  • Implemented creative approaches to address low representation of women and people of color.
  • Encouraged healthy debate and problem analysis; adept at addressing behaviors counter to mission and culture to ensure equity and accessibility.
  • Functioned as executive sponsor for organization's strategic initiative to create and curate user-focused, global content that educates, promotes and inspires target audiences.
  • Championed user-centered design literacy and product portfolio management approaches to improve relevance and speed of development.
  • Responsible for communication and marketing plans tailored to internal and external stakeholders and customers, data reporting, and program evaluation reports.
  • Formed strategic partnerships with sponsors, allied associations, and talent development stakeholders throughout audiovisual industry to boost adoption of certification, standards, and best practices.

Education

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Washington, DC

Master of Arts from Communication, Culture, and Technology

THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA
Washington, DC

Bachelor of Arts from Education Studies

Skills

    Planning and Coordination

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Certification

Certified Technology Specialist (CTS), 2014-2023

Awards

Volunteer of the Year, Women in Consumer Technology, 2023 

Powerful Women in Consumer Technology, Dealerscope Magazine, Nov 2023 

40 Influencers Under 40, Commercial Integrator, Aug 2016 

Learning Business Leadership, recognized for capacity building and staff development by Tagoras, 2016

Publications

Technical Editor, CTS Exam Guide, McGraw Hill Education Publishing, 1st Ed. 2009, 2nd Ed. 2013, 3rd Ed. 2019 

Volunteer Experience

  • Women in Consumer Technology, Advisory Board Member, 2023
  • Nativity Parish, Volunteer, Catechist & Program Administration Aide, 2014, Present

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