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Jennifer Velez

Petaluma,CA

Summary

Accomplished professional recognized for exceptional collaboration and change management skills. Extensive experience in designing and implementing learning strategies that align with organizational goals, ensuring measurable results and a culture of creativity.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

Director, Training & Development

First American Home Warranty
Santa Rosa, California
02.2011 - 09.2025

Served as leader of two teams: Training and Learning Design. Created the Learning Design team to complete the department, and to establish eLearning as part of a consistent learning strategy.

  • Developed learning initiatives to enhance staff skills, track performance, and measure results.
  • Facilitated collaboration between teams by encouraging open communication channels.
  • Translated vision into reality through storytelling.
  • Led change management and communication campaigns to adapt to organization needs.
  • Promoted a culture of innovation and encouraged staff to contribute ideas.
  • Launched customer experience programs to increase engagement and grow revenue.

Instructional Design Consultant

Autodesk
San Rafael, California
03.2000 - 08.2004
  • Collaborated with subject matter experts to gather instructional content.
  • Designed user-friendly interfaces for online training modules.
  • Facilitated workshops to train employees on new learning tools.
  • Promoted effective communication between stakeholders by facilitating meetings and providing status updates on projects.

Director of Training

Business Insurance Group
San Jose, California
09.1996 - 12.1999
  • Collaborated with management to align training with business goals.
  • Supported the implementation of new learning technologies and tools.
  • Built relationships with stakeholders to identify training needs and develop customized solutions.
  • Developed training programs for insurance industry compliance and best practices.

Director, Customer Service

Business Insurance Group
San Jose, California
05.1994 - 10.1996
  • Collaborated with business partner, Foundation Health, in developing a Provider Education program designed to communicate the principles of workers' compensation to a network of HMO medical providers.
  • The program was the very first of its kind, and it was facilitated statewide, then expanded nationally to attract new business.

Director, Employers' School Program

CalComp
Novato, California
10.1990 - 08.1994
  • Created an innovative client program (Employers' School) designed to help businesses control their workers' compensation costs by starting a return-to-work program.
  • Developed a mission and communicated value statements to support program objectives.
  • Expanded program nationally.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Organizational Communication

California State University
Sacramento
05-1990

Skills

  • Ability to translate vision into reality
  • Working with groups is inspiring; teams can do incredible things
  • Effective communicator
  • Creativity and innovation
  • Coaching: business, and sports
  • Organizational development
  • Change management: communication and learning planning

Affiliations

Coaching sports teams is a passion of mine. Teams are great at unifying shared goals, and inspiring a common language of learning and accomplishment. Seeing improvement in skill, technique and confidence through practice is uplifting. Practice is powerful in every environment.

Timeline

Director, Training & Development

First American Home Warranty
02.2011 - 09.2025

Instructional Design Consultant

Autodesk
03.2000 - 08.2004

Director of Training

Business Insurance Group
09.1996 - 12.1999

Director, Customer Service

Business Insurance Group
05.1994 - 10.1996

Director, Employers' School Program

CalComp
10.1990 - 08.1994

Bachelor of Arts - Organizational Communication

California State University
Jennifer Velez
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