Tejo Turner

Objective
To use my diverse skills to positively influence people and make a difference.

Summary of Experience
15 years of combined experience in training, marketing and corporate communication, language specialization, HR and Learning and Development.

Experience
April 2009 to July 2009 Taurus United
Senior Manager – Training
1. Designing and delivering soft-skill training programs for different levels of employees
2. Designing training-related policies
3. Initiating and sustaining a knowledge-sharing forum
4. Designing and publishing the Symphony University newsletter

July 2007 to March 2009 Symphony Services Manager – Learning and Development
1. Planning and helping execute a campus – corporate program for campus recruits
2. Designing and delivering soft-skill training programs for different levels of employees
3. Designing training-related policies
4. Initiating and sustaining a knowledge-sharing forum
5. Interacting with vendors to meet training needs
6. Designing and publishing the Symphony University newsletter
7. Tracking training execution across Mumbai, China, Pune, Bangalore
8. Designing, delivering and executing a New Employee Orientation
9. Interacting with Business Unit heads to understand training needs
10. Driving and maintaining the Symphony University Training portal
11. Coordinating extended education programs

October 2000 to June 2007 Celstream Technologies Ltd Bangalore Senior Executive (Marcom)
1. Designing, updating and maintaining the entire Intranet
2. Designing and delivering soft-skill training programs for different levels of employees
3. Analyzed and documented exit interviews
4. Awards programs
5. Designing and delivering employee engagement initiatives
6. Performance management of teams
7. Interacting with Business Unit heads to understand training needs
8. Interacting with Business Unit heads to understand employee needs
9. Initiating and executing an all-hands/open-house
10. Designing, updating and maintaining the entire Intranet
11. Developing white papers/brochures/case studies
12. Conducting training program on ‘Indian Culture’ and ‘Working with Indians’ for clients in their satellite offices located in France (in French), Germany and Belgium
13. Handling end-end client visits
14. Data-mining

Education
2006 – 2008 Kuvempu University Bangalore
• M.Sc (Psychotherapy and Counseling)
1991– 1993 University of Madras Chennai
• M.A (French)1988– 1991 Bangalore University Bangalore
• B.A (Industrial Relations, Economics and Sociology)1986– 1988Bangalore University Bangalore
• Pre-University (Psychology, Political Science, Sociology, History)

Foreign Languages
French and German