Kirk Kriskovich

Learning Consultant. Training Professional. Problem Solver.

About

I am a training space professional, consultant, and enthusiast. I possess a keen appreciation for effective, innovative learning and training experiences. My skills and career path have provided perspective and exposure to a variety of roles.

I strive to be a partner in your project — a ‘no muss, no fuss’ asset that can work with or without a net. If you have a virtual problem, my focus will be to create a real solution. That has been my mission statement: Real solutions for virtual problems.

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Skills

Training Development 100%

Learning Management Systems 92%

Productivity Software 94%

Creative / Programming Software 95%

Authorware 95%

Issue Tracking Systems 95%

508 Compliance 85%

Problem Solving 95%

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WORK SAMPLES

Portfolio

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Work History & Experience

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Senior Training Consultant

Dec 2022–Present :: Training Pros

Medline (Contract)

Responsible for creating, developing, and implementing blended learning solutions to support learning and development initiatives across the entire Medline organization. Work cross-functionally with teams and departments (primarily in HR) to consult, recommend, and create development strategies and initiatives on over 30 projects.

Sr. Instructional Systems Developer

March 2022–Nov 2022 :: Training Pros

HDR (Contract)

Served in a variety of roles to develop 508-compliant VILT and On-Demand courses for a technical audience (United States Corps of Engineers). Successfully developed and launched three technical engineering training series and contributed to the delivery of 110 learning assets and over 80 hours of on-demand video instruction. Successfully developed and launched the DLS 105, 107, and 201 training series. Supported the DLS 102, 104, 108, 109, 203, 216 training releases by delivering 110 learning assets and 80 hours of On-demand video instruction.

2022

Senior Training Consultant

November 2021–February 2022 :: Robert Half

NRG (Contract)

As the Senior Training Consultant on the project, served in a variety of roles (Consultant, Instructional Designer, Graphic Designer, Developer, Quality Assurance) to successfully develop and deliver a 19-course series related to SOX Compliance in a very aggressive (10 week) timeline.

Senior Instructional Designer

April 2021–December 2021 :: Acro Corp

Ecolab (Contract)

Charged with developing process and tool training materials for Ecolab CAM role personnel. Successfully developed, tested, and delivered over 45 CAM process training videos, 10 field training eBooks, and supporting documents related to Salesforce (ES&S), Power BI, Springboard, Executive Business Review, Rollout Tool, and Lookup Tool. Also developed, tested, and delivered 10 field training eBooks created in Inkling while updating the CAM sales methodology VILT assets (Storyline, PowerPoint, Facilitator / Participant Guides).

Senior Training Consultant

June 2021–September 2021 :: Haystack Creative

Premera Blue Cross (Project)

Engaged by the client as a single resource, serving in multiple roles (Consultant, Instructional Designer, Developer, Quality Assurance, LMS Administrator) plan, manage, revise, develop, and deploy their annual insurance certification training program (2022 Premera Medicare Advantage Sales Certification course) on the Litmos LMS to an audience of 2000+.

2021

Senior Instructional Designer

July 2020–April 2021 :: GP Strategies

Microsoft (Contract)

As a representative of GP Strategies, filled multiple roles in the development of the Winning with Business Value Management program. Collaborated with subject matter experts (SMEs) and program managers to create effective blended trainings for targeted roles.

2020

Project Manager / Learning Systems Specialist

September 2018–June 2020 :: Kelly Mitchell

T-Mobile (Contract)

As a representative of Kelly Mitchell, collaborated with team managers, project managers, and program managers to create targeted and engaging training assets for curriculum offerings across the T-Mobile US HR portfolio.

2018

Curriculum Manager / Sr. Instructional Designer

July 2016–September 2018

Adobe (FTE)

Tasked with scoping, planning, development, publication, and maintenance of curriculum supporting specified solutions (Advertising Cloud, Analytics Cloud, Media Optimizer) to the Worldwide Field Enablement (WWFE) organization..

2016

Content Project Manager

June 2015–July 2016

Lionbridge (FTE)

Responsible for creating innovative and compelling training solutions in collaboration with our clients and our instructional designers. Manage the end-to-end content development life cycle and deliver products that meet and exceed client expectations.

2015

Technical Account Manager / Director of Development / Quality Assurance Manager

July 2006–April 2015

Sublime Media LLC (FTE)

Collaborated with clients and internal project teams to ensure that customer-driven requirements and quality standards were implemented and met with consistency. Worked in concert with Sales and the Executive Leadership team to share customer account management responsibilities.

2006

Prof-Tech Instructor

September 2001–July 2006

Edmonds School District (FTE)

Developed and taught Web Page Authoring curriculum in computer and technical education department. Awarded grant from the Lynnwood Rotary to develop an integrated curriculum, blending computer literacy with existing social studies curriculum (Government/Citizenship/Current World Problems ). Data gathered suggested that the integrated curriculum led to a student achievement rate that was 19% higher than their peers exposed to the non-integrated approach.

2001

Electronic Media Coordinator / Q.A. Lead

July 2000–August 2001

Vintage New World (FTE)

Tasked with planning, creating, and cataloging of promotional electronic media for VNW-brand products. Developed and produced quarterly Marketing CD (a compilation of all accolades, branding, video, audio, forms, and press releases for VNW-branded products); received personal recognition from company President. Developed a secure online media catalog for salespeople, marketing representatives, and internal VNW employees with upload, download, and search capabilities. Served as webmaster for each of the seven VNW-brand websites. Documented IT department procedures and processes.

A SYNOPSIS OF MY APPROACH

Professional Philosophy

Quality training can and should be engaging and important, helping people and organizations achieve more, become more efficient, create stronger relationships, and be a key catalyst in realizing established goals. Select each panel below to learn more.

Underpromise and Overdeliver

I take a great deal of pride in exceeding client expectations. I feel it’s important to set a clear vision and establish expectations of what can and will be delivered. I always strive to surpass what has been promised for the benefit of the learning participants and the satisfaction of the client.

Organic Development Approach

I believe your training should be developed with your objectives, content, and audience in mind. What does this mean? Your training goals, the content already curated, the audience, and method of delivery (or consumption) will often help dictate your approach or types training assets.

Let Design Drive

Design is a feature of both function and aesthetics. Great design is important as it should enhance participant engagement and provide an organization framework for the training. Great design can also infer quality and the degree of significance the training has, while communicating concepts or processes
far better than text.

Efficiency is Effectiveness

Good training should delivered in the most efficient means possible from both a time-on-task and a financial perspective. Once again, the training pbjectives, content, audience, and means of delivery usually dictate the most efficient methods. The goal is to deliver meaningful, impactful training to participants and return them to their assigned roles quickly.

Multiple Intelligences

When possible, I favor a micro-learning approach, employing varied asset types, strung together, to create a comprehensive path. This approach has the potential to engage more participants, who may process information better in some ways rather than others (video, audio, activity), as opposed to one learning method (such as passive listening or reading).

Prototype and Iterate

I don’t subscribe to a classical Agile approach to training development—I feel the best method for training development is a kind of hybrid model that calls for prototyping and iteration. Effective training development demands speaking to examples, opportunities to fail fast, and regular (even repetitive)
collaboration and check-ins.

Testimonials

I've been fortunate to work with some of the very best people in the training industry. Here's what a few of my colleagues have said about my work.

We couldn’t have asked for a better partner on this project (with the Corps of Engineers)... I would hire Kirk in a heartbeat as his experience, personality, ability to work in a dispersed/remote team are all top notch.

The [learning assets] that Kirk created continuously impressed not only the team, but also senior leadership and training participants.

Kirk has expertise in a variety of platforms & programs (and) creates training assets that resonate with learners... he builds strong relationships in order to fully understand the deliverable and the audience.

Kirk is multi-talented and able to multi-task. He essentially acted as a, “Technical Instructional Design Project Manager” on our project, (and would) consistently under-promise and overdeliver.

[The client] said she was very pleased with our working relationship and would like to work together in the future!

Kirk is a talented team member with a ‘get it done’ mindset. He’s dedicated [to] achieving team goals... Kirk is creative, easy to partner with, flexible, and has been such a crucial part to our team’s success!

I am so impressed with how much (you) have advanced the training videos] in the past several months; this is light years ahead of what we had ...

Partnerships

Companies, organizations, or products that I have had the pleasure to work with (or work on).

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Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from you!

— Kirk