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ABOUT ME

I am an experienced talent strategy & operations consultant with 13+ years experience in organizational strategy & design, employee experience & culture, total rewards, learning & development, talent management, brand strategy and visual design, & technology implementations focused on high-tech. Prior to my consulting career, I led a non-profit for 4+ years.

Currently, I am a Director of Talent Strategy focused on developing people-centric solutions utilizing human-centered design methodologies. In this role I am responsible for developing solutions, driving collaboration, managing teams, and building relationships to drive outcomes and improve the employee experience.

Before Gartner, I launched my consulting career at Deloitte Consulting as a Business Technology Analyst. During my time, I lead initiatives that supported the adoption of technology through large system implementation projects. I later joined the Deloitte University Center for Community Impact as a Program Leader responsible for the user-experience, methodology, brand, and facilitation of Wicked Problems - a design thinking experience focused on teaching the principles of design thinking through solving major social issues. After Deloitte University, I returned to client service where I partnered with global companies to develop organizational and talent engagement strategies. Outside of my client work, I was a member of the National Organizational Design Leadership Team and worked to strengthen the culture of inclusion through the concept of uncovering talent. 

Before Deloitte, I founded the Chicago Red Dress Party - an organization dedicated to raising awareness for HIV/AIDS. I also directed the Seattle March for Marriage Equality for which I was honored the Marsha Botzer Advocacy Award, Flying House Productions Cowardly Lion Award, and SOaP’s “Heros In Our Community” award.

Outside of my professional endeavors, I’m an avid slalom skier, alpine skier, sailor, fitness guru, and DIYer. Much of my free time is spent around water, traveling, or designing and building projects!

Projects

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Organizational Network Analysis
Organizational Network Analysis

Project Lead

The legal team of the United States’ largest tech hardware company was highly siloed reducing the efficiency and effectiveness of their teams. To solve this challenge we conducted an Organizational Network Analysis to understand the individuals who communicated most frequently. As a result the teams were re-organized into three pods to increase collaboration.

Scaling Social Media
Scaling Social Media

Project Lead

The world’s largest social media platform has rapidly been scaling their teams to meet global demand. As they’ve grown, the startup mantra of “everyone does everything” began to hinder team effectiveness. To enable intentional growth we developed a growth strategy for the Global Mobility, Benefits, and HR services teams including an understanding of task work flow/process, capability assessment, role development, and decision rights.

BECOMING DIGITAL
BECOMING DIGITAL

Lead Facilitator

A global high-end data storage, software, and consulting services company was experiencing declining profits for 3 years. Executive leadership needed to revitalize the company by focusing on digital IoT services. To enable this strategic shift we overhauled their Services, Product, and Sales teams developing everything from high-level op models, channel strategy, talent capabilities, and talent placement.

Wicked Problems

Program Design and Lead

Deloitte wanted to provide their professionals new ways to present and tackle challenges with their clients. So, we launched Wicked Problems. A platform that introduced design thinking principles while tackling some of the world’s toughest social issues (i.e. teen bullying or mental health). Once sessions were complete we partnered with non-profits in the space to provide and implement some of the ideas generated during our session.

Hungry Hungry Consultants
Hungry Hungry Consultants

Ideation, Creative and User Experience Design

Hungry Hungry Consultants is an app created to help professionals track and monitor weekly expenses. Struggling to efficiently track expenses, Kyler set out to build an app that could serve as a "one-stop-shop". Gone are the days of flipping between a notes and calculator app.

Chicago Red Dress Party
Chicago Red Dress Party

Executive Director, Brand Design

Kyler founded the Chicago Red Dress Party in 2010. The annual event brought together diverse people to raise visibility and awareness for HIV/AIDS. Funds generated from the event provided grants for community organizations that adminstered day-to-day services to those affected by HIV/AIDS.

Chicago Dwellers
Chicago Dwellers

Design, Content Management

Chicagodwellers.com is a blog that chronicles the adventures of two twenty-somethings with a knack for design and DIY projects. Armed with a screwdriver, a hammer, or saw, Kyler and his partner share their home building successes and failures one DIY project at a time.

Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago

UX Design

Loyola University Chicago engaged a team of designers to revamp emergency procedures and communications. In the event of an emergency the University struggled to quickly access student information and deploy effective communications. Kyler and his team designed a system that would put relevant information in the hands of staff and faculty by building onto the capabilities of the University's existing mobile app.

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