portfolio
enterprise training
Training strategy
Leadership development
curriculum development
change management
Management Roles
Executive Level
Bryon's federal government career culminated as the national education director for Army JROTC. He achieved the civilian equivalent rank of lieutenant colonel at the age of 38 after ten years of service. The average time to achieve a similar rank in the Army is between 16-22 years. His achievements spanned from guiding policy and strategy conversations with CEOs, college presidents, and community leaders to designing and deploying award winning curriculum.
U.S. Army Headquarters
Division Director
Deputy Division Director
Instructional Systems Specialist (Lead)
Enterprise Training
Professional Ethics
Role
Project Manager/Lead Instructional Designer, U.S. Army Cadet Command
Project Summary
Three-phase training program to include interactive simulation, confidential online reflection activity, and instructor-led training.
Learning Platform
LMS, ILT, and Annual Professional Development Workshops
Impact
- Mandatory training for new teachers and teacher re-certification.
- 4,000 Army teachers
- Adopted by the Air Force, Navy, and Marine JROTC programs.
Interactive simulation summary
In this unique interactive movie, viewers make choices and play as a high school teacher. Your goal is to maneuver through the complex, emotional and often morally ambiguous world of teaching. Decision points are strategically placed to raise thought-provoking questions about seemingly insignificant yet pivotal situations teachers face. As a result of the decisions you make, you will either face negative consequences or emerge as a respected educator who has created a safe and healthy environment for the entire school community. The increased insight you gain will help you recognize how even the best teachers can find themselves sliding down the slippery slope of sexual misconduct.
Training Strategy
IT Transformation
Role
Learning Strategist/Project Manager
Project Summary
SunTrust's Private Wealth Management group transitioned a legacy CRM to Salesforce.com. Project budget was $3M+.
Learning Strategy
Developed role-based WBT, ILT, and v-ILT for system training and conducted webinars for the mobile platform in coordination with Change Management (OCM) group.
Impact
- 2,000 users across 9 roles and 3 business groups
- 95%+ WBT pre-requisite completion rate
- Slashed delivery budget by $25,000 by utilizing in-house TTT facilitators.
Leadership Development
Research & Practice
Role
Technical contract manager and subject matter expert
Project Summary
Organization launched a $300,000 leadership development study to benchmark ROTC across business, academia, military, and government agencies.
Impact
Presented the findings and “Way Ahead” recommendations to the chief executive and senior leadership. Impacted over 30,000 college students across 273 universities. Impact included -
- adopting problem-based approaches and reflection activities into both staff development, student leadership labs and classroom experiences.
- curriculum design for foundational and advanced leadership lessons
- capstone leadership assessment
- annual program review and revision events
- strategic partnerships with universities and business leaders
View Duke University's ROTC curriculum page for additional detail.
Instructional Design & Curriculum Development
Bryon's in-depth experience includes requirement-building, writing and scoping performance based contracts, textbook and e-book management, vendor selection, and the full cycle of instructional design.
As Director, Education and Curriculum Development, Bryon was responsible for 188 student contact hours, 8-10 partnerships to include emotional intelligence, service learning, financial literacy, goal setting, and internet safety.
His final three years with the program he was responsible for major revisions to 1/3 of the lesson content and supporting materials and negotiating three additional partnership integrations. Significant achievements include development of Level 3 and Level 4 IMI and a custom software application - Curriculum Manager (CM). The CM is set an education and training standard by seamlessly integrating RF "clickers", instructional content, and enterprise resource management data.
The program curriculum is internationally accredited through AdvancED and includes:
- student learning plans
- instructor guides
- program outlines and instructional guidance
- distance learning
- serious games