Kevin is a passionate and innovative Talent Development leader committed to improving organizational performance and people through assessments, learning, coaching and talent management. He is experienced and credentialed in leading large scale and strategic initiatives designed to support organizational priorities through people. Kevin enjoys working with talent professionals who collaboratively consult with organizational leaders to achieve organizational goals.

Kevin's specialties include: Talent Management, Succession Planning, Executive Development, Coaching, Behavioral Assessments, Performance Management, Leadership, Facilitation, Relationship Building, Curriculum Management, Return on Investment and Evaluation, Organizational Development, Learning Intervention Planning, Learning Management Systems, Knowledge Management, Learning Technology, and Quantitative & Qualitative Research.

Kevin’s career began as an instructor for technical and leadership skills before moving on to instructional design of instructor-led and web-based courses. His experience also includes managing large curricula, leading learning teams, developing other learning practitioners, and driving learning strategies. Kevin currently uses these skills at Presbyterian Healthcare Services, an integrated regional healthcare system. Kevin leads the collective learning strategies at Presbyterian in order to support the developmental needs of people across the organization. Kevin's previous people development work included 16 years at two other large healthcare systems (Trinity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives) and 8 years in the telecommunications industry (Qwest Communications and Global Crossing).

Kevin has a long list of academic and practitioner experiences in the learning field including a Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Performance & Change with an emphasis in learning evaluation as well as a Master of Education in Human Resource Development – both from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Kevin’s Bachelor of Science degree is in Business Administration with a focus on Human Resources and International Business from Regis University in Denver, Colorado. Kevin also served as adjunct faculty in the Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions at Regis University.

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