Hi There! I’m Kathy Peek

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About Me

My Background

Learning and development is a very large part of my personal philosophy. I live and design learning events with this quote always in mind,“Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better? Why hide deficiencies instead of overcoming them? Why look for friends or partners who will just shore up your self-esteem instead of ones who will also challenge you to grow? And why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you? The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives.”
― Carol S. Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology Of Success

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Professional Experience

Background & Expertise

A performance Improvement professional seeking a challenging role that utilizes her instruction design experience, project management, and leadership skills.

My career achievements include:

Collaborated with Safety Specialists, Substation, and Field trainers to develop online and instructor-led training for multiple curriculums throughout Southern Company, Georgia Power, Alabama and Mississippi Power.

Collaborated with Goodwill of North Georgia, Inc. to create and implement the Good Transitions Curriculum, a 20+ course statewide initiative that assists participants in locating, acquiring and maintaining employment.

Partnered with DBHDD to create a statewide curriculum to change the policies and standards related to client care, rehabilitation, and resource accountability.

Collaborated with Regional and Global Learning Specialists to create and rollout organizational and leadership initiatives across America, Europe, Asia and Australia with a 97.5% success rate.

Partnered with the VP of Organizational Development at Community & Southern Bank to design and develop a training department, curriculums, CoP’s, mentorship certification, and interactive cbt’s that improved new hire ramp up time by 87%.

Collaborated with Safety Specialists, Substation and Field trainers to develop online and instructor led training for multiple curriculums throughout Southern Company, Georgia Power, Alabama and Mississippi Power.

Collaborated with Goodwill of North Georgia, Inc. to create and implement the Good Transitions Curriculum, a 20+ course statewide initiative that assists participants in locating, acquiring and maintaining employment.

Partnered with DBHDD to create a statewide curriculum to change the policies and standards related to client care, rehabilitation, and resource accountability.

Collaborated with Regional and Global Learning Specialists to create and rollout organizational and leadership initiatives across America, Europe, Asia and Australia with a 97.5% success rate.

Partnered with the VP of Organizational Development at Community & Southern Bank to design and develop a training department, curriculums, CoP’s, mentorship certification, and interactive cbt’s that improved new hire ramp up time by 87%.

Sr. Manager, Instructional Design

July 2022 - August 2023

Currently responsible for the creation of results-oriented learning solutions by:

Responsible for managing the workflow of online, instructor-led and fundamental learning interactions for new hire and tenured employees
Assigns instructional design staff to assist clients from beginning to end of the learning project process
Creates, reviews, and documents course development and other services provided by the instructional team.

Owner, Lead Instructional Design Consultant

May 1996 - Present

Owner of instructional design consulting firm, which assists with analysis of business and job processes in organizations, determines appropriate curriculum requirements for training solutions. Identifies training needs for client audiences and job functions to include curriculum mapping and identification of relevant processes. Manages a team of training professionals (project managers, instructional designers, trainers, graphic artists, web and multimedia developers)

Works with client to assist in development and validation of training solutions, including identifying and engaging subject matter experts, stakeholders, etc., and others who can provide input, guidance, and support.

Manages a team of training professionals and coordinates the production of all relevant training materials and training budgets. Coordinates the communication of training courses and training

curriculum. Ensures training materials are created and distributed on time.

Provides training solutions, budget maintenance and project team selection and creation for non-profit, healthcare, and financial organizations, as well as small and large businesses, clients include:

Goodwill of North Georgia, Inc.
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Autotrader.com
AGCO Corporation
Synovus Financial Services
GP Strategies: Bank of America
WorldPay
State Farm Insurance Co.
Community & Southern Bank

WellPoint
IBM
The American Red Cross
Gentiva Health Services
Cox Communications Wireless
MDI/SunTrust
Accenture/PG&E/Washington Mutual
CRC-Bellsouth Long Distance
Judo, the Ultimate Challenge
Maxwell AFB Officers Training Program

Instructional Designer

October 2007 - June 2009

Designed and developed instructor-led, web-based, and blended learning solutions for the advertising and automotive sales departments, which decreased ramp up time of sales by 30%.
Managed the development and the administration of training programs, including but not limited to instructor certification and ongoing instructor training, event scheduling, and associated deliverables associated with training programs.

Instructional Designer

April 2000 - October 2004

Project Lead-Instructional Design & Development, 2001 - 2004

Supported the company’s aggressive approach to 21st Century training and employee development by:

Project managing development and design of blended, ILT and computer-based training initiatives of Siebel for the PCS organization.
Designing and implementing web-enabled, computer based, and multi-media solutions which addressed comprehensive needs evaluation systems.
Managing budgets and proposals centering on training initiatives for internal Sprint customers, which consistently saved Sprint 35% – 45% after implementation.

Educational Consultant, 2000 - 2001

Developed and delivered training initiatives to over 300 employees on telecommunications, and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technology.