Barbara Vaden has extensive experience in training, project management, and quality assurance. She has over 15 years of experience developing training programs, managing projects, and ensuring quality control. Her background includes roles in safety training, environmental training, healthcare compliance, and custom training courses. She is proficient in instructional design, budgeting, and client relations.

1. Barbara Vaden
582 Tenbee Lane, Virginia Beach, VA. 23451 (757) 515-0907
Email: bvaden21@gmail.com
Executive Summary
Extensive experience in learning and development, training needs analysis, project
management, research and development in safety & environmental, healthcare and ethics &
compliance and custom training courses. Passionate about quality control and customer service.
Outstanding, communication, organizational, interpersonal presentation, and motivational
skills. Attention to detail and precision with a solid work ethic. Ability to translate complex
ideas into technical facts.
Core Competencies
Quality Assurance - Project Management - Strategic Planning - Budget Planning
Cost Control - Proposal Development - Staff Development & Leadership
Client and Employee Relations - Research and Development - Technical Skills
Professional Experience
Coastal Training/DuPont Sustainable Solutions 2008- 2016
Project Manager
• Plan and execute research and development for safety & environmental, healthcare and ethics
& compliance and custom training products.
• Manage projects from inception to distribution.
• Design and develop training courses in LMS, C3 learning systems and eLearning.
• Define leaning objectives and course overview for safety & environmental, healthcare and
ethics & compliance and custom training courses.
• Prepare and coordinate contracts and manage projects with writers, producers, graphic
designers, instructional designers, print media and subject matter experts.
• Technical writer of scripts, handbooks, and leader guides for safety & environmental,
healthcare and ethics & compliance and custom training courses.
• Product stewardship review and quality control of content for all products prior to
publication or worldwide distribution.
• Build and maintain relationships with OSHA, NSC, ASSE, AIHA, USDOE, USDOT, ANSI,
NIOSH, EPA, APIC, CDC, Joint Commission and other subject matter experts as well as
various industrial experts, independent contractors and DuPont sales teams to insure quality
products.
• Team member for Ergonomics, Safe Driving and CRIM (Corporate Records Information
Management) teams.
• Develop, implement and supervise print production schedules, monitor and assist staff with
work progress for all DuPont print products.
• Standardize and manage print product development process.
• Maintain communication for status of products with content graphic designers, Product
Managers, Project Managers, proofreaders and product stewardship.
• Re-prioritize work of design team as business needs change.
• Established system for maintaining print production file archives and facilitate file
distribution as needed.
• Ensure all projects are produced on schedule and meet budget and product stewardship
standards.
• Participation and leadership of relationships and business reviews with Product Managers,
regional leaders, and print vendors and resolve issues as needed.

2. Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District, Norcross, GA
Project Manager 2006-2008
• Increased revenues and portfolio base through rigorous marketing and sales campaign.
• Assisted in raising over $1 billion for community improvement projects.
• Trained clients and end users in the learning management system for use of interactive
website and community improvement projects.
• Educated clients and end users on the organizations mission statement.
• Researched environmental issues and code violations.
• Environmental/media relations spoke person and representative.
Howdens/MFI America, Atlanta, GA
Training and Development Director 2002-2006
• Designed and developed training programs, curriculum, and materials, for employee
development initiatives for the USA start-up building materials supply company based in
London, England.
• Managed training department budget and cost control.
• Facilitated classroom and field based training throughout the southeast United States and
Great Britain.
• Wrote training manuals, tests, handbooks, and leader guides.
• Technical support for user rights and permission, disabling and enabling accounts, file and
folder permissions and configuring security templates as needed on-site or use of VPN.
• Assisted in troubleshooting user issues relating to Operating System issues, Network
Connectivity, TCP/IP configuration, upgrades, MS Office products and Internet connectivity.
• Assisted on on-site visits, hardware troubleshooting and local system upgrades.
• Troubleshoot hardware peripherals like printers, routers, fax, modems, etc.
• Conducted needs analysis, performance evaluations and implemented new hire training
programs, ongoing follow-up training and support.
• Conducted training for Microsoft and UNIX based computer programs, Web-based
eLearning, New Hire programs, Teambuilding, Management training, CAD/AUTOCAD
design programs, Planit Millennium and 20/20 kitchen/bath design programs, Health &
Safety programs, Warehouse safety programs, Product knowledge, Supply Chain logistics,
OSHA and other government compliance programs, Sales teams and managers, EPOS
(Electronic point of sale), SAP, Business Development, Ethics and Compliance and
Employment Law.
WeatherPlus, Atlanta, GA.
Project Manager/Executive Producer/Meteorologist 1998-2001
• Managed day-to-day operations for a start-up 24x7 cable television weather and traffic
production network.
• Trained producers and managed production schedules for on air broadcast.
• Wrote training curriculum and policies and procedures documentation for network operations
and broadcast production.
• Liaison between European partners, weather watchers and VP of International Operations.
• Developed and implemented detailed program rundowns and schedules for global video, voice
and data transmission.
• Organized teams for international focus group studies and interactive television.
• Created and reviewed graphics, scripts and storyboards for television production.
• Created weather forecasts and interactive weather related stories for international broadcast.

3. Wolcott, Rivers, Wheary, Basnight and Kelly, PC, Virginia Beach, VA.
Paralegal 1993-1998
• Conducted real estate closings; prepared and reviewed legal documents for residential,
commercial, construction and land acquisition real estate transactions.
• Researched land title transfers and liens for real estate transactions.
• Trained real estate Paralegals.
• Maintained real estate library, Lexis-Nexis.
Mutual Federal Savings and Loan, Virginia Beach, VA.
Mortgage Supervisor 1983-1993
• Managed day to day operations of loan closing department, staff and budget.
• Hired and trained mortgage loan closing personnel.
• Prepared and reviewed all legal documents for land acquisition, construction, residential and
commercial real estate transactions.
• Wrote computer software programs for mortgage closing process.
• Authored loan closing training manual and polices & procedures manual.
• Quality control for mortgage loan closing documents for compliance.
Professional Affiliations & Activities
American Society for Training and Development Professional member
American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) member
National Safety Council (NSC) member
Animal Rescue Groups Care & Adoption Volunteer
Education
B.S. Business Management- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.
A.S. Geosciences/Meteorology - Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS.
Certifications
Paralegal Certificate: Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA.
Training Manager/Director, Master Trainer, Technical Trainer, Instructional
Designer/Developer: Langevin Learning Services, Atlanta, GA.
First Responder/First Aid/CPR/AED, American Red Cross