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Anton Gura

Learning & Development Lead
Tbilisi

Summary

Enthusiastic L&D leader eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Clear understanding of the entire learning processes and able to create a successful team aligning to business goals. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in Learning and Development.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages

Work History

Learning and Development Lead

Retail Rocket Group
Limassol
02.2023 - Current
  • Implemented, tuned and launched within 4 month new sales enablement platform for Sales and Client Success departments.
  • Created comprehensive Knowledge Base for employees about Retail Rocket Group products (6 domains), services and processes which reduces document search speed for 80%, and finding sales documents only by 2-3 clicks instead of 5-6
  • Created several e-learning product courses that saved approximately 8 hours per product for newcomers.
  • Created and implemented 2 interactive onboarding plans each for Account Executives and Client Success Managers. These plans reduced onboarding times from 6 to 3 weeks for AEs and from 9 to 4 weeks for CSMs.
  • Improved data collection methods by designing surveys, polls and other instruments.
  • Launched an external academy for company partners using iSpring LMS, offering comprehensive certification programs and expert-reviewed assignments.
  • All new learning initiatives and interventions are innovative, practically significant, of high quality, and receive excellent feedback.
  • Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.

Learning and Development Lead

Group IB
Moscow
02.2021 - 02.2022
  • Developed and implemented employee learning and onboarding strategy, including LMS for self-learning and in-class training
  • Created and successfully launched 101(basic) management school covering personnel management, project management, and conflict resolution, leading to 20% improvement in management skills and 20% reduction in turnover among managers.
  • Expanded the L&D team, introducing training solutions for • internal teams .
  • Launched product e-learning courses, reducing employee training time by 18%.
  • Implemented onboarding program for both CIS and international offices
  • Delivered soft skills training for top managers on remote team management,
    motivation, and emotional intelligence
  • Developed and executed training plan for sales department, reducing time to hit performance targets by 30%
  • Facilitated development of sales strategy for new product, allowing company to enter new customer segment.
  • Launched LearnUpon LMS platform for internal training, which increased course completion rates to 86% and reduced time spent searching for materials by 30%.
  • Conducted product training for marketing and sales teams, with testing that resulted in 22% increase in knowledge level
  • Established effective product training system for new hires and back-office employees, increasing compliance with company standards by 30%.

Learning and Development Manager

Wargaming
Minsk
01.2020 - 02.2021
  • Partnered with HR BPs and other stakeholders to identify learning needs
  • Performed the role of a dedicated Learning and Development partner for business units: WoT Blitz, Nexus
  • Implemented a new LXP platform (Degreed) instead of Pathgather
  • Created two LXP instances (portals) for employees and for students (external participants)
  • Designed and developed a huge number of pathways and plans for employees (how to use platform, manager programs, onboarding programs, programs for students and more)
  • Facilitated team coaching sessions.

Key results

  • Implemented LMS and LXP platforms for the entire company ( 5000+ employees)
  • During the implementation, several demo sessions were conducted for TOP managers and their teams
  • Organized and edited training manuals, multimedia visual aids and other educational materials for mentors and lecturers about the platform itself and how to use it for training students remotely

Learning and Development Manager

ATOL
Moscow
01.2019 - 01.2020

Key results

  • Started and finished transferring from one LMS to other (market analysis, preparation of technical specifications, negotiations with providers, presentation to management, approval, demo launch and launching for users)
  • Updated a big bunch of e-learning courses
  • Created and implemented a bulletproof strategy for the the training center
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.

Senior Instructional Designer

Home Credit and Finance Bank
Moscow
07.2017 - 01.2019

Key results

  • Developed more than 20 e-learning course: from easy to game-based courses;
  • Created common design for a branch of e-courses;
  • Utilized software and e-learning development tools to develop interactive training courses;
  • Conducted a offline business game: “How to be a banker”;
  • Developed mobile education environment for students by the Training Space (Russia) platform: (Implemented xApi/SCORM/CMI5 standards; Created “The way of student”; Created “The way of manager”;
  • Researched third-party learning tools and solutions to provide recommendations to improve existing offerings and resources.

Middle Learning and Development Specialist

Inhosstrakh Insurance Company
Moscow
09.2014 - 07.2017

Key results

  • Developed 10 e-learning educational courses (A various types of product courses)
  • Conducted a welcome training: “Welcome to Ingosstrakh”
  • Implemented a new education platform (LMS) - WebTutor by the vendor -WebSoft
  • Created learning space on LMS for students and managers.
  • Proven ability to develop and implement creative solutions to complex problems.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

Higher School of Economics
Moscow
09.2010 - 08.2014

Skills

Digital learningundefined

Timeline

Learning and Development Lead

Retail Rocket Group
02.2023 - Current

Learning and Development Lead

Group IB
02.2021 - 02.2022

Learning and Development Manager

Wargaming
01.2020 - 02.2021

Learning and Development Manager

ATOL
01.2019 - 01.2020

Senior Instructional Designer

Home Credit and Finance Bank
07.2017 - 01.2019

Middle Learning and Development Specialist

Inhosstrakh Insurance Company
09.2014 - 07.2017

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

Higher School of Economics
09.2010 - 08.2014
Anton GuraLearning & Development Lead