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Susan McDonough provides training and communications expertise and has tracked & met  deliverables in support of a statewide IT implementation project.  Working as an external training consultant she has developed and managed all training communications to a target audience of 10,000-plus users. In addition, she was responsible for developing all training reporting deliverables per the client contract.

She has provided content review and instructional design support to a team of 12 instructional designers and has worked with such organizations as American Express where she provided instructional design expertise and developed materials for an IT implementation in the customer service disputes division.  

As an external training consultant, she has prepared and presented program proposals and project plans to the client, conducted training needs assessments in support of business objectives, designed, developed and implemented program materials in multi-media formats and established and implemented measurements to assess program success. 

In her work with Ryder System, Inc., she designed, developed and implemented training and communications programs, conducted needs analysis to identify performance solutions for multiple operations audiences, prepared and presented training plan proposals to senior management, designed, developed and implemented training for process improvement, sales, diversity, and customer service using print, video, and audio media, developed and facilitated train-the-trainer sessions for a 100+ field training group and developed and implemented a communications program to support a major corporate initiative. 

Susan has also worked with the Bank of America as a Human Resources Generalist where she was responsible for human resource activities for 30 local banking centers, including recruiting, benefits administration, employee relations, and termination. During her time there, she developed and delivered human resource policy training for banking center managers and conducted local market research to identify recruitment needs. 

Her international experience includes work with the Peace Corps in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa where she conducted assessment of local healthcare needs and developed an action plan, implemented a financial reporting system for a local area healthcare organization and designed and conducted financial training for 22 healthcare managers. 

In addition, she is a Certified Diversity Trainer with J. Howard & Associates and is proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Publisher, Dreamweaver and Fireworks. She is a member of ISPI and ASTD and is fluent in French, proficient in Spanish.