Coffee Chats

Senior Learning Consultant, DigitAll360

Angela Feigl has dedicated her career to help transform people and organizations. She has over 20+ years of experience in leveraging gamification and learning technologies to design and successfully implement skill development, organizational transformation, change management, and similar highly impactful learning initiatives. Angela is the co-founder of Digitall360, where she focuses on helping organizations embrace technology and implement sustainable skill and competency driven initiatives.

Sessions:
Byte-Sized Learning - How People, Not Technology, Digitally Transform Organizations
Coffee Chat - Come Chat and Have Coffee with Angela Feigl and Luis Vale

President, RISC Inc.

Art Werkenthin, president of RISC, built his first learning management system (LMS) in 1988 and now has over 25 years experience working with LMS in the oil and gas, retail, finance, and other industries. Art is keenly interested in the xAPI specification, and RISC was an early adopter of this technology. Interested in expanding the xAPI to the LMS, Art has served for the past three years on the ADL cmi5 committee. Follow him at @awerkenthin

Sessions:
Byte-Sized Learning - What's in It for Me? Getting Stakeholder Buy-In for xAPI
Coffee Chat - Come Chat and Have Coffee with Art Werkenthin and Duncan Welder

Principal, WillLearn

Becky Willis's mix of learning and business leadership brings a unique perspective to modern learning strategy consulting. Today, her focus is on digital learning implementation and ecosystems in enterprises.
Today, Becky is one of the founders of WillLearn Consulting. Previously, she was the VP of Engagement at EdCast and led Learning Innovation at Hewlett Packard Enterprise as well as a manager at HP and other firms.

Sessions:
Byte-Sized Learning - Rapid Implementation of a Modern Learning Platform
Coffee Chat - Come Chat and Have Coffee with Becky Willis

Director, Performance and Learning Analytics, GP Strategies

Bonnie Beresford, an industry-recognized human capital strategist, performance consultant, and author, leads the learning and performance analytics practice at GP Strategies. With over 20 years of experience in the field, her hallmark is linking investments in people to measurable business outcomes. Bonnie holds a PhD in human capital management from Bellevue University and an MBA from Wayne State University and is a member of the International Society for Performance Improvement.

Session:
Byte-Sized Learning - Chatbots: Can They Really Support Learning Retention?
Coffee Chat - Come Chat and Have Coffee with Bonnie Beresford

Director of Client Services, RISC Inc

Duncan Welder is a Director of Client Services for RISC. An educational technology geek, Duncan spent over 20 years implementing learning management systems, domestically and abroad to manage regulatory compliance. With a career grounded in instructional design and eLearning, Duncan has provided presentations to professional organizations including the Connections Forum, The eLearning Guild, and the Association for Talent Development. Follow him at @duncanwiv

Sessions:
Hands-On-Learning - Taking the Next Step: xAPI in E-Learning Design
Byte-Sized Learning - What's in It for Me? Getting Stakeholder Buy-In for xAPI
Coffee Chat - Come Chat and Have Coffee with Art Werkenthin and Duncan Welder

Director of Learning Design, Arise Virtual Solutions

Elaina Biffle is the Director of Learning Design at Arise who partners with customer support executives and management to optimize business performance by leading and implementing hybrid training programs focused on virtual solutions. Elaina has led and supported successful training initiatives for 10+ years at Fortune 100 companies and within the higher education realm, in addition to consulting with small and mid-sized businesses looking to virtualize their learning experience.

Sessions:
Byte-Sized Learning - Learning for Performance: Why Knowledge Isn’t an Adequate Training Result
Coffee Chat - Come Chat and Have Coffee with Elaina Biffle and Kristen Miller

Founder & CEO, Wawiwa-tech.com

Eran is a Tech Education entrepreneur, with more than 20 years of experience. Eran was the founder and managed John Bryce training the leading IT training firm in Israel. He partnered to establish DAN IT Education an IT training company in Ukraine, Techub - in Georgia and more. Eran managed Mentergy which provide Elearning solutions.
Through the years Eran is responsible for re-training and certification of more than 50,000 individuals now working as high tech professionals.

Sessions:
Byte-Sized Learning - Can Vocational Training and Reskilling Fill the High-Tech Skills Shortage? Israel as a Case Study
Coffee Chat - Come Chat and Have Coffee with Eran Lasser

CEO, Rallyware

George is a Co-Founder and CEO of Rallyware. He has been instrumental in helping companies like Samsung, Vivint, Shop.com, and others engage, upskill, and reskill their workforces through smart technologies. By signing the White House's pledge to America's Workers he has committed to driving a reskilling revolution at the time of mass automation and post-pandemic job losses. He received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School.

Sessions:
Byte-Sized Learning - Connecting Learning and Performance for Newly Remote Workforces
Coffee Chat - Come Chat and Have Coffee with George Elfond

Voice Talent, DeepWarmVoice.com

Greg Thomas has over 25 years of voiceover experience, and has been recording VO from his home studio for the last 10 years. He built a 100,000 watt commercial radio station when he was 32, and has delivered thousands of commercial, corporate, and e-learning projects for clients in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. His clients include Brawny Paper Towels, Verizon, The University of Notre Dame, Vice Grips, DuPont Pioneer, The Wounded Warrior Project, and NY Red Bulls Soccer.

Sessions:
Byte-Sized Learning - Achieving High-Quality Audio in E-Learning
Coffee Chat - Come Chat and Have Coffee with Greg Thomas

Sales Onboarding and Enablement Lead, Snap Inc

Jeff has spent his career in L&D, technology, and sales. He has a passion to help colleagues and friends in the L&D industry listen more to their learners experiences and to become better consultants to their businesses. He is currently helping build out global sales onboarding programs at Snap Inc.

Sessions:
Byte-Sized Learning - Prototyping Mindset for Beginners
Coffee Chat - Come Chat and Have Coffee with Jeff Lowndes

Talent Development Partner, Adobe

Katrina Marie Baker is Adobe's Talent Development Partner in charge of learning platforms. Katrina previously worked for Adobe as Lead Evangelist in the learning technology space. She facilitates frequently for ATD and other organizations, maintains YouTube channel Learn Tech Collective, and has authored books LMS Success (2nd ed., 2018), The LMS Selection Checklist (2nd ed., 2018), and Corporate Training Tips & Tricks (2017). Katrina is a former Director of Technology with ATD Los Angeles.

Sessions:
Byte-Sized Learning - Blend Like a Pro: Key Ingredients for Blended Learning
Coffee Chat - Come Chat and Have Coffee with Katrina Baker

Learning Design Supervisor, Arise Virtual Solutions

Kristen Miller is the Learning Design Project Supervisor at Arise Virtual Solutions. She partners with multiple clients to implement virtual learning solutions and strategy for remote call center agents while leading new, cutting edge digital learning solutions for desired behavioral outcomes. She has a MS in Instructional Design and Technology from Full Sail University, and was recognized in Elliott Maisie's 30 under 30 Recognition and Career Enhancement Program in 2017.

Sessions:
Byte-Sized Learning - Learning for Performance: Why Knowledge Isn’t an Adequate Training Result
Coffee Chat - Come Chat and Have Coffee with Elaina Biffle and Kristen Miller

Learning & Video Ambassador, TechSmith Corporation

Matthew Pierce, Learning & Video Ambassador from TechSmith Corporation, has created videos for learning and marketing for over a decade. He is the lead behind TechSmith Academy and Camtasia Certification programs. Matthew has been a speaker at multiple learning and development focused and marketing conferences. He is a regular contributor to various training publications. Matthew has an MS in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University.

Session:
Virtual Classroom - 7 Myths of Video Creation

Director/Master Trainer, Langevin Learning Services

A recognized trailblazer in the corporate training industry, Melissa Grey Satterfield has more than 20 years of experience in the talent development field. Since 2000, Melissa has brought passion and dynamic presentation skills to Langevin Learning Services, the world's largest train-the-trainer company. Her invaluable experience has helped to develop all levels of L&D professionals within Fortune 500 companies around the world.

Sessions:
Byte-Sized Learning - Maximize Engagement in the Virtual Classroom
After Chat - Come Chat About Your Post-Session Takeaways with Melissa Grey Satterfield

Senior Manager, Global Business Services Learning & Development, UPS

Over the last 20 years, Michelle Lentz has become a recognized leader in learning strategy within the corporate speace. She has been a frequent speaker at industry events across the last two decades. Currently, she leads an interactive and creative team of instructionaldesigners for UPS Global Business Services. Michelle formerly led the HR Custom Learning Solutions team for Oracle Corporation and owned her own consulting firm. She currently lives in Atlanta with her nutty dachshund.

Sessions:
Byte-Sized Learning - Inspired Instructional Design: Learning From the Imagination of Jim Henson
Coffee Chat - Come Chat and Have Coffee with Michelle Lentz

Sr. Curriculumn Developer, Aristocrat Technologies

Mike Peacock is a professional musician, audio engineer, and educator with 20 years experience developing and delivering curriculum in the field of music and multimedia. Armed with a Master's degree in Educational Media & Design Technologies, Mike has pioneered interactive instructional design and is ready to embrace the future of Augmented and Mixed Reality. His passion is creating an experience that connects with his audience as well as the joy that comes from teaching others new tricks.

Sessions:
Byte-Sized Learning - Beyond Paper: Making Your Documents Interactive
Coffee Chat - Come Chat and Have Coffee with Mike Peacock

CEO, CommLab India

Dr. RK Prasad is the CEO of CommLab India, an organization that has been in the business of technology-enabled learning since the year 2000. With over 30 years of experience in sales, corporate training, university teaching, and e-learning, RK provides strategic leadership to re-engineer technology-enabled-learning solutions to cater to the changing needs. RK has a Doctorate in Mobile Learning from Lancaster University, UK, and an MBA from Birla Institute of Technology, India.

Sessions:
Byte-Sized Learning - Mobile Learning For Performance Support: Best Practices for Sales Professionals
Coffee Chat - Come Chat and Have Coffee with RK Prasad