Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Certification
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Iliana Alvarado

Iliana Alvarado

Summary

Entrepreneurial leader with 20+ years of experience leading organizational strategy and developing scalable talent management programs with human-centered design tactics. As an innovation leader, career highlights include designing and delivering end-to-end talent management programs, developing the Healthy Teams online tool for managers, and leading innovation teams responsible for creating new products and services that contribute to corporate growth.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
4
4

Certifications

1
1

Master's Degree

Work History

Organization Development Leader

Colibri Consulting
05.2022 - Current
  • Created talent management strategies on all aspects of organizational alignment, including recruiting, onboarding, and career development, as well as culture, recognition, and process improvement programs.
  • Designed and facilitated leadership offsite series on performance management, strategic planning, growth, and innovation.
  • Designed a proven, inclusive approach to gather input from all employees in creating corporate vision, strategy, and business objectives.
  • Designed proprietary, human-centered approach for effectively managing large-scale transformation and led multiple change programs in digital, cultural, and corporate transformation.

Strategy and Transformation Expert

Evans Consulting
09.2010 - 05.2022
  • Created organizational excellence programs from the ground up by designing operating models, enterprise processes, and team norming standards.
  • Designed leadership training programs tailored to core business needs and centered on the basics of managerial best practices and the art of leadership.
  • Designed effective experiential offsites for boards and leadership teams to achieve shared outcomes.
  • Serve as subject matter expert in strategy development and large-scale transformation programs, including organization design, operational excellence, and technology transformation.

Director of Innovation & Strategy

Evans Consulting
01.2018 - 05.2022
  • Designed an end-to-end corporate innovation process and council to gather, vet, prototype and test ideas aimed to grow corporate revenue and improve the customer experience.
  • Led global product team responsible for designing and implementing an online tool to aid managers in leading healthy teams.

Director of Product Development

Envision EMI
05.2009 - 05.2010
  • Led research and concept development of new revenue streams for new growth department.

Director of Training

Envision EMI
05.2006 - 04.2009
  • Managed training and quality assurance team to deliver new hire training program and ongoing professional development courses.

Training Manager

Ent Federal Credit Union
09.1998 - 10.2005
  • Designed and led new hire onboarding program and ongoing professional development.
  • Developed training materials, including manuals, guides and handouts.
  • Provided coaching and mentorship programs for staff members.

Education

M.S. Organization Development and Knowledge Management -

George Mason University
05.2013

B.A. Chemistry, B.A. Biology -

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
05.2005

Skills

  • Business and Operations Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Program Creation and Implementation
  • Business Development
  • Leadership Development
  • Talent Development
  • Training and Development
  • Project Management
  • Design Thinking
  • Learning Experience Design
  • OKRs and KPIs

Affiliations

  • Organization Development Network, Board Member and Conference Chair, 2013, 2015
  • Service Design Network, Board Member, Washington D.C. Chapter, 2019, 2021

Certification

  • Project Management Professional certification, Project Management Institute, 03/2011
  • Predictive Index Certified Trainer, 01/2015
  • Product Management certification, Imparture, 12/2016
  • Yoga Alliance Teacher Certification, 02/2018
  • Service Design certification, Service Design Doing, 10/2020
  • Herbal Academy, Herbologist Certification, Ongoing 2023

Timeline

Organization Development Leader

Colibri Consulting
05.2022 - Current

Director of Innovation & Strategy

Evans Consulting
01.2018 - 05.2022

Strategy and Transformation Expert

Evans Consulting
09.2010 - 05.2022

Director of Product Development

Envision EMI
05.2009 - 05.2010

Director of Training

Envision EMI
05.2006 - 04.2009

Training Manager

Ent Federal Credit Union
09.1998 - 10.2005

M.S. Organization Development and Knowledge Management -

George Mason University

B.A. Chemistry, B.A. Biology -

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Iliana Alvarado