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Kevin Treney

Kevin Treney

Summary

Dynamic Learning and Development Manager with a proven track record at Samsung and Verizon, enhancing employee growth and organizational culture through strategic executive education programs. Expert in E-Learning Design and managing stakeholder relationships, demonstrated by a 100% completion rate in leadership initiatives and effective budget management. Skilled in leveraging evaluations and surveys to drive continuous improvement and ROI.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager: Learning and Development

Samsung
11.2021 - Current
  • Owner of Samsung's Global Executive Education Programs that are instrumental to employee growth, and enhancing culture. Responsible for candidate nominations, creating course itineraries, communication plan pre and post session, enhancing the participant experience, creating and distributing surveys to measure ROI, ensuring access to digital platforms, utilizing feedback to make adjustments that will enhance the learning objectives moving forward
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop effective training materials and resources for various departments
  • Specialize in project management by benchmarking best practices, hosting live information sessions, field program inquiries, and implement change management
  • Assessing the ROI on Learning and Development programs through assessment based surveys, participant experience interviews, and analyzing metrics
  • Re-evaluate learning strategies, goals, and anticipated outcomes to design a plan to make improvements by applying expert knowledge to various types of learning solutions and contents that align with stakeholders
  • Contribute towards the development, delivery, and facilitation of programs with internal colleagues and outsourcing external vendors while managing the development budget
  • Obtain executive sponsorship, endorsements, and approvals on the selection of candidates, cost, course curriculum, and alignment of KPIs
  • Establish an L & D infrastructure and policies designed to complement management strategies, social learning initiatives, and business objective
  • Instrumental in various HR Processes such as MBOs, individual development plans, succession planning, change management for org-effectiveness, goal-setting, calibration of annual performance reviews, promotion cycles, Expatriate immigration, global dispatcher acclimation, job-shadowing, and on boarding essentials
  • Drive culture change to create a “Learn it All” culture while meeting KPI guidelines, increasing attendance, engagement, and participation, all while obtaining participant feedback on how to enhance the overall learning experience
  • POC for program expenses by processing invoices, partnering to ensure vendor payments, and managing LD budget YOY

Sr. Analyst: Learning and Development

Verizon
06.2011 - 11.2021
  • Coordinated successful deliveries of Verizon's Executive Education and Top Talent Leadership Development initiatives including a “Leadership Edge” program that drove a 99% completion rate out of the top 2,000 employees over a 6-month time period.
  • Responsible for helping design course content, filming and recording modules, assessing, vetting, and acquiring internal and external guest speakers, coordinating the production of the live sessions, planning the executive networking receptions, and leading the program app development
  • Partner with HR Strategy & Planning team to resolve data discrepancies and address concerns of the accuracy of LD reporting
  • Respond to program inquiries, scheduling, and requests, for multiple exec education programs simultaneously, drive enrollments, manage cancellations, and assist with travel accommodations
  • Instrumental in creating, interpreting, and analyzing survey data for over 2,000 employees to develop specified reports on course evaluations for a weekly dashboard update to executives
  • Collaborated with external learning consultants such as McKinsey & Co., BTS, FassForward, Mandel, and American Speakers Bureau to enhance program modules, review desired outcomes, ensure flawless delivery, and conduct alpha testing
  • Managed a $7.5 Mill budget by processing requisitions, purchase orders, adding new vendors into Verizon's Global Vendor Portal, tracking spend, and creating sourcing requests.

Education

MBA - Human Resource Management

Strayer University
Piscataway, NJ
06.2017

Skills

  • E-Learning Design
  • Organizational Development
  • Training delivery
  • Learning Management Systems
  • Employee Onboarding Experience
  • Compliance Training
  • DEI
  • Evaluations, Surveys, Needs-Assessments
  • Managing Stakeholder Relationships

Additional Information

Samsung Key Projects:

  • Global Leadership Training's Executive Nomination Process: Engage HRBPs and Leadership to align on what criteria is valued when nominating potential candidates to participate in global leadership courses. Create eligibility scales that value identifiable factors such as YOY performance, diversity, equity, inclusion, division standing, talent reviews, tenure, and succession status: Ready Now, Ready Later, Emerging Talent
  • Executive Onboarding: Coordinate with talent acquisition team on start dates, schedule PR training, build exec networking calendar, layout first 90-day plan, and “re-recruit” 6 months' in
  • Global Competency Self-Assessment: Create, design, and implement a program to benchmark employee's current knowledge and skill levels segmented into division needs and traits
  • SELF 360: Internal Leadership Assessment for Executives with 4 or more direct reports soliciting anonymous feedback from managers, peers, and colleagues to generate a report that is used to debrief leadership in order to encourage behavioral change that leads to improved leadership skills
  • Project Manage New Pilot Program for enhancing Communication Skills: Assist with instructional design and development for a program titled Polish Your Presentation Skills. Research before the course in order to ensure the latest trends are being implemented within the program


Verizon Key Projects

  • “Leadership Edge” Verizon's Premier Executive Education program with over 2,000 Directors and VPs constructed by McKinsey & Co and Verizon's internal executives to evoke cultural change. Responsibilities included: Partnering with CEO and EVPs to secure their attendance and debrief on curriculum objectives, securing external speakers, roster management, confirming venue contract, on-stage facilitation of course segment related to empathy
  • “New Exec Playbook” Verizon's onboarding program designed to help acclimate a recently promoted or externally hired executive into role. Responsibilities included: Design and develop course content, distribution of communications, invites, transition of live training to virtual, aligning with guest speakers on presentations, explain how to navigate the company culture, and provide building blocks for successful growth and evolution
  • “VTalks” Verizon's Internal version of TED Talks. Responsibilities included: Contracting with Speakers Bureaus to secure guests then partner with those guests to modify their material in order to resonate with Verizon culture more appropriately, securing venue, stage production, owning the list of exclusive invites, and processing payment to external vendors. Topics included DEI, productivity, and strategy. Program design was to enable the accelerated growth and development of executives by providing candid perspectives


Timeline

Manager: Learning and Development

Samsung
11.2021 - Current

Sr. Analyst: Learning and Development

Verizon
06.2011 - 11.2021

MBA - Human Resource Management

Strayer University

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