Ganesh Murali Venkatesan

Learning Architect

Learning Architect with fifteen years of experience in designing training programs. Competent in assessing learning needs, content development, creating persona based learning path for employees to focus on organizational business objectives and individual capabilities, identifying performance objectives and aligning with role-specific requirements, devising adaptive learning strategies to foster leadership abilities, deploying (organizing, delivering, tracking) content in LMS/SharePoint, ensure content compatibility and generate user data analytics. 

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Career Timeline

Talent Enablement Specialist |  NetApp

- Partnered with the business leaders to design creative, suitable learning solutions for employees to help them adapt to new changes and embrace transformational goals. 

- Articulated and evangelized the Organization vision/readiness approach and change management strategies. Used Net AI Chat for content strategy brainstorming, optimization and curation. 

- Participated in training planning, design, and development of talent enablement programs (Career Growth and Internal Mobility, Goals and Continuous Feedback, Quarterly Conversations, Achieve Inspiring Performance, Individual Development Plan, and Thrive Together) for employees to ensure Go-Live success. 

- Created and maintained SharePoint sites, web parts, customized pages per brand compliance and configured Articulate 360 interactive content in SharePoint sites. Worked closely with SharePoint administrators to set user privileges, generate site analytics report, search solutions, index site content, catalog content and optimize site performance. 

- Teamed up with vendors to deliver Leadership training program, co-created content and managed progress in Learning Management System. 

- Created interactive training materials, elevator pitch video scenarios, tool navigation walk-thru videos and targeted communications to various stakeholder groups to increase employee engagement.

December 2019 - December 2024

    Senior Curriculum Developer | Informatica

- Collaborated with stakeholders of Informatica University, Product development team, Cloud customers, Sales engineers to develop ILT, onDemand courses for Cloud portfolio. 

- Partnered with Informatica Cloud technical training enablement team to strategize the training programs and to design curricula for global audience. 

- Developed persona-based courses for Informatica Cloud product training by applying appropriate learning strategies. 

- Coordinated with product managers and solution architects to plan, develop and release suitable courses in sync with product release roadmap.

January 2018 - November 2019

    eLearning Architect | Infosys

- Headed the design and implementation of multifaceted training programs (tech, domain, soft skills, and performance management). 

- Designed eLearning course assets like app simulations, ILT, job aids, QRCs, assessments, sales pitch demonstrations, HTML5 POC’s and interactive demos. 

- Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate with SMEs, senior leaders, business/vendor partners, stakeholders, internal customers, and teams to achieve business goals.

January 2008 - November 2016

    Assistant Professor – New Media | Indian Institute of Journalism & New Media

- Developed curriculum, Created course content, tutored for New Media course candidates and designed multimedia news portal. 

- Designed the training environment for the TV news reporters and editors enrolled for the BBC-iLearn program.  

July 2005 - August 2006

Line of Work

90 %

Learning Solutions and Interactive Content Development 

70 %

SharePoint Site Development

65 %

Training Program Moderation and LMS Administration

95 %

Adobe Creative Cloud, Articulate 360 Suite, Microsoft 365 Suite (+Copilot) 

Field of study

October 2003 - May 2013
Ph.D. in Educational Technology, Bharathiar University

Building on my academic background as an educational technology researcher, my doctoral studies focused on educational psychology, instructional technology, cognitive science, adult learning theories, VAK learning styles for police personnels involved in forensic science function.

August 1999 - May 2001 |  July 1996 - May 1999    
Masters in Computer Communication |  Bachelor of Science  in computer science, bharathiar university

Computer Networks, Principles of Digital and Analog communication, Software Engineering, Distributed Computing, Electronic Commerce, Computer Programming.

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