William Long

Designed and developed measurable learning programs for Production Line, Warehouse, Distribution/Logistics, Quality, and Engineering associates to shape and align performance with desired KPIs, ISO and IATF compliance, and change initiatives to affect a positive culture shift. Developed and led a comprehensive Leadership Development program to steer culture, define career pathways and grow bench strength for succession.

Virginia Transformer Corporation

Performance Improvement Leader

Role Description

Scale employee performance by developing and deploying key metrics in the areas of Plant Safety, Housekeeping (5s), Attendance, Productivity, and Quality for a rapidly-growing Global multi-billion dollar Power Transformer Manufacturer. Oversee and direct this performance improvement process in all 6 North American plants.

Eldor Automotive Powertrain USA, LLC

Engineer, Learning, Leadership and Culture

Role Description

Designed and developed measurable learning programs for Production Line, Warehouse, Distribution/Logistics, Quality, and Engineering associates to shape and align performance with desired KPIs, ISO and IATF compliance, and change initiatives to affect a positive culture shift. Developed and led a comprehensive Leadership Development program to steer culture, define career pathways and grow bench strength for succession.

Goodwill Industries

Director of Learning and Organizational Effectiveness

Role Description

Ramped up a Learning and Development department including a full staff of training professionals to advance the competency needs of 2,000+ retail employees in 45 stores spread across a wide geographic area, and 300 Warehouse/Distribution employees in 6 Plants. Deployed a comprehensive Leadership Development program and exclusive Mentoring program to strengthen leadership competency within the organization and promote Inclusion and Equity initiatives to provide access for under-served individuals. This included an in-house designed Goodwill Learning University that eventually scaled globally to an average of 20,000 learners in 32 countries on a weekly basis.

The Southeast Companies

Vice President Human Resources/Organizational Development

Role Description

Directed and led all Human Resource initiatives for a global food distributor with Distribution Centers in 8 states and the Caribbean, and 4 Sales offices in 4 states, comprising approximately 5,000 employees. This included; Recruiting and Staffing, Learning and Development, Safety and Security, IT, Payroll, Compliance, Leadership Development and Career Planning, Benefits and Compensation Administration, and Employee Relations.

University of Phoenix

B.S.

Industrial & Organizational Psychology