Ruth Kustoff learning strategist, product research, development and delivery, and client solution architect

1. Preferred Job Titles:
Director, Senior Director, Senior Consultant, Vice President
Preferred Functions:
Corporate Learning Strategies, Client Services Delivery, Innovative Solutions, Emerging
Technologies, Planning and Development - Learning, Integrated Client Strategies.
Positioning Statement:
Business / learning strategist with analytical problem solving skills focused on achieving
organizational goals through planned processes and identified tactical steps.
Summary of Qualifications:
Strong business leader of successful consultancy. Provide expertise in custom elearning
development and management, individual learning needs, and market research / analysis of
industry needs and trends.
Solid blend of marketing, client relationship building, project and vendor management; able to
focus on the big picture with a keen ability to drill down to identify operational needs and follow
through with hands-on implementation.
Competencies:
Project Account Analysis / Research /
Management Management Strategic Writing and
Planning Marketing
Project Business Organizational Online market
requirements development needs analysis research
definition
Task and Client Cohesion Comprehensive
schedule relationship building with report writing
management building focus to identify and analysis
common goals
Client / Solutions sales / SWOT Analysis Innovative
stakeholder Project /creative thinker
communication pricing/Contract
negotiation
Budget RFP/Proposal Action planning Online PR /
oversight/ Development marketing
Resource
allocation
ruth@knowledgeadvantage.biz 860.256.7879 http://www.ruthkustoff.com

2. History:
Years 1989-1997 1997-2000 2000 – 2005 2005- Present
Industry Not-for-Profit Telecommunications Elearning and Learning and
/consulting content development
development consulting
Role Strategic, Business/ Biz dev / CRM/ Biz dev / PM /
program and functional analysis and Marketing / PM market research/
event planning/ testing Account organizational
project Management planning /
management thought
leadership
Target Market Service Providers:
Talent Management, Content Development, Research Think Tanks, Outsource Providers.
Target Market Verticals:
Corporate University, Higher Education, Publishing, Telecommunications, Media.
Client Feedback:
Ruth is a knowledgeable learning professional. She understands the challenges in meeting the
business needs of time, cost, and quality, when creating and delivering a learning product.
Ruth’s project leadership, experience, and skills led us to a successful completion and program
implementation.
Carol Woodard, Manager, FedEx
I have worked with Ruth on several large custom elearning initiatives. She is conscientious, and
easy to work with. Ruth directs her attention to her clients’ needs and interests in managing
projects, and providing insight and support. Ruth is creative in identifying learning solutions,
while considering business issues, the end learner, and content requirements.
Beverly Winkler, Senior Director, Medco
Ruth was extremely responsive to our requests. She fully understood the client’s point of view
and worked with the technical team to come up with creative solutions to satisfy our needs. At
the end, we were very pleased with the elearning program, and we engaged her service again to
project manage two additional enhancements to the original product.
Stacy Eng, Vice President, Goldman Sachs
ruth@knowledgeadvantage.biz 860.256.7879 http://www.ruthkustoff.com