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Vikram Madhusoodanan

Vikram Madhusoodanan

Learning And Development Professional - Instructional Design Lead - Service Management
Bengaluru,KA

Summary

Resourceful and innovative Instructional Designer with over 15 years of experience in e-learning and curriculum development for wide variety of cultural and professional backgrounds. Offering insightful analysis of content and design to create value-added learning programs that achieve desired business outcomes. Strong communication and interpersonal skills to build relationships with stakeholders and assess learning needs.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Principal Consultant

Mercedes-Benz Research And Development India
Bangalore, Karnataka
12.2014 - Current

Serious games portal design

  • Planned and conducted a design thinking workshop to re-design a games portal aimed at increasing learner engagement and integrate it to LMS for Global Training, Germany.
  • Head stakeholder calls to derive pain points, ideas and wants from the new games portal.
  • Lead the UX team and be an SME for existing portal and answer functional queries raised by design and development team.
  • Successfully designed and delivered multiple learning tools in areas of serious games, content social learning and after-sales global challenges.

Service management

  • Setup L2 support from Bangalore for newly launched LMS and other learning tools of the Global Training suite in APAC and middle east markets.
  • Provide management with analytical reports, ensure SLAs are met for support applications and monitor satisfaction levels.

Learning management system expert

  • Designed and implemented learning strategy for Global Training a new LMS launch for passenger cars and trucks division in Global markets
  • Gamification plan was devised and presented for the roll-out.
  • Managed migration, regression testing while transitioning to new LMS.
  • Implementation of navigation assistant and training support of super users for Saba launch in MBRDI

Learning and Development Consultant

  • Designed learning strategy for ITT/QIS and coordinated ongoing technical training and personal development classes for staff members.
  • Identify training and development needs within department through online skills assessment activity and regular consultation with business managers.

Instructional Design lead

  • Design and develop training content for various mediums (Classroom / facilitator led, web based, 2D and 3D game based simulation, job aids)
  • Manage quality of deliveries from team of graphics designer and instructional designers.

Achievements:

  • Sole accountability of on-time delivery of Global LMS launch - training material in 23 languages to 40+ markets reaching approximately a million users.
  • Designed and hosted the first POOL(Participative online open courses) concept in MBRDI.

Senior Trainer - Learning & Development

Ernst & Young GDS
Bangalore, Karnataka
02.2012 - 12.2014

L&D Senior Trainer

  • Maintained standardized training programs by providing comprehensive in-house training to staff employees.
  • Conducted new hire training for new hires to impart information about company policies, requirements and performance strategies.
  • Assessed staff performance and training effectiveness, capitalizing on opportunities to develop new training programs and improve existing courses.

L&D Operations Management

  • Complete accountability of managing EY learning vendors, schedule, behavioural training calendar for all 7000 employees in the firm.
  • Analyzed training, student outcomes and course delivery metrics to produce reports for senior management.

Senior Trainer

Genisys
Bangalore, Karnataka
12.2009 - 02.2012

Responsibilities

  • Provided subject matter expertise training on Product, process training and additional training such as customer behaviour and soft skills.
  • Training Needs Analysis, floor support, post training analysis, inputs for improvisation and delivering refresher training.
  • Developed and improved training courses to increase staff performance and overall training effectiveness by 23% - Best trainer awarded for this achievement.
  • Actively conduct all recruitment and hiring drives.

Senior Process Trainer

Infosys BPO
Bangalore, Karnataka
08.2005 - 12.2009

Responsibilities

  • Certified trainer and mentor of Advanced facilitation skills and BT brand training by client training and design team, BT.
  • Increased consistently training pre go-live quality score to match floor average.
  • Delivered robust process training via classroom and e-learning programs.

Education

Post Graduate Diploma - IT And Management

Alliance Business Academy
Bangalore
06.2003 - 06.2005

Bachelor of Science - Software Systems

Amrita Institute Of Computer Technology
Kochi
05.2000 - 05.2003

Skills

    Training strategy and solution

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Timeline

Principal Consultant

Mercedes-Benz Research And Development India
12.2014 - Current

Senior Trainer - Learning & Development

Ernst & Young GDS
02.2012 - 12.2014

Senior Trainer

Genisys
12.2009 - 02.2012

Senior Process Trainer

Infosys BPO
08.2005 - 12.2009

Post Graduate Diploma - IT And Management

Alliance Business Academy
06.2003 - 06.2005

Bachelor of Science - Software Systems

Amrita Institute Of Computer Technology
05.2000 - 05.2003
Vikram MadhusoodananLearning And Development Professional - Instructional Design Lead - Service Management