Climber Jeff

Industry:	Human Resources
Occupation:	Organizational Development Specialist
Highlights:	TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL - Arthur Storer Club, Pflugerville, Texas Won over 20 awards including the 2004 "Best Humorous Speech" contest for the South Texas District.
Ideal Companies:	Freescale, National Instruments, Whole Foods, Convio, Right Management, Lee Hecht Harrison, University of Texas, Bazaarvoice
Education level:	Master
Will Relocate:	No
Location:	Austin, TX

* Managed multiple teams of project managers, instructional designers, visual designers, course developers, and engineers, to create over 50 e-learning courses for a variety of corporate clients. * Doubled corporate practice revenue in first year by growing relationship with Dell, and establishing new relationships with Motion Computing, Centex Homes, Whole Foods, Hilton, and Texas Instruments.

5/2005 - 11/2006

Fusion Learning Systems

Director / VP

• * Managed multiple teams of project managers, instructional designers, visual designers, course developers, and engineers, to create over 50 e-learning courses for a variety of corporate clients. * Doubled corporate practice revenue in first year by growing relationship with Dell, and establishing new relationships with Motion Computing, Centex Homes, Whole Foods, Hilton, and Texas Instruments. * Led the development of Fusion�s proprietary GECCO course engine, which uses a template-based approach to separate content from technology, enabling more rapid and economical course development.

9/2001 - Present

(private)

Self-Employed

• Owner / Trainer / Consultant (part-time when concurrent with other positions) * Train and facilitate a wide variety of workshops including: - MBTI personality type workshops for KPMG, ACC, RE/MAX, Vignette, and St. Edward�s University. - Technical product sales training for Cingular / AT&T. - Team building through experiential activities for Dell, Texas Instruments, and Applied Materials. - Creative problem-solving and test-taking skills for SureScore and Kaplan Test Prep. * Coach individual clients through career transitions, using personality assessments and creative exercises. * Teach "Changing Directions: 10 Steps to Your Dream Job" through UT�s Informal Classes program. * Developed an e-learning development strategic plan for Tokyo Electron. * Co-authored a study on �Immersive Learning Simulations� published by The eLearning Guild.

7/2001 - 1/2004

DBM

Individual Contributor

• Career Consultant * Delivered 8-10 different workshops per month in various aspects of career development, including technical training in proprietary internet-based search tools. Developed five new workshops. * Personally coached hundreds of clients outplaced from such companies as IBM, Dell, Apple, Motorola, Broadwing, and Applied Materials, reducing their job search time and increasing their career satisfaction. * Supported over 50 remote clients, using internet-based facilitation tools and telephone coaching.

3/1999 - 7/2001

IBM / Tivoli Systems

Manager

• MANAGER OF WORLDWIDE STAFFING AND HUMAN RESOURCE OPERATIONS, 2000 - 2001 MANAGER OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS, 1999 - 2000 * Established Tivoli’s college recruiting program, leveraging IBM’s resources while maintaining an independent Tivoli identity. Managed hiring of 152 graduates from over 20 universities in first year. * Led a team of 10 recruiters and HR professionals. Integrated Tivoli's HR Operations with IBM’s. Coordinated redeployment and outplacement for over 250 downsized employees. * Directed the "Tivoli Center of Excellence in Systems Management", a $6.5M relationship with The University of Texas, including research funding, scholarships, internships, teaching grants, software donations, and student organization sponsorships. * Supported development of the "Tivoli Boot Camp", a rotational program to identify, recruit, train, and mentor over 50 of the most talented, high-potential college interns and graduates. * Negotiated to make Tivoli the Official Software Sponsor of UT Athletics, dramatically increasing Tivoli’s visibility on campus and throughout the entire Austin community.

9/1996 - 3/1999

The University of Texas Ex-Students Association

Manager

• DIRECTOR OF CAREER SERVICES * Founded one of the country’s first alumni career services, providing over 67,000 members with: - Personality and interest assessments (MBTI, Strong), and individual career consulting. - Monthly career workshops in Austin, Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. - A resource library, resume database service, and job listings web site. - The Longhorn Links Career Network of over 500 worldwide alumni advisors. * Established the Texas Campus Career Council, increasing communication and collaboration among over a dozen different UT career service offices. Organized UT’s first Real World 101 conference.

1996

Master Degree

St. Edward's University

• Human Services

1983

Bachelor Degree

Cornell University

• Computer Science

Skill	Rating
P&L responsibilities
Presentation
Ecommerce Strategy and digital marketing channels optimization - SEO, SEM, email, affiliates - for high-profile accounts.
Technology Solutions
Sales Support
Software Implementation
Requirements Analysis & Specification
Leadership

training, speaking, marketing, staffing, career, human resources, game design, instructional design, client relationships