With over 20 years of public speaking and facilitation to various sizes of audiences and disciplines. Her dynamic and influential facilitation and presentation skills allow her to connect with professionals at all levels within an organization. Tyra is currently a facilitator for Association for Talent Development, the world’s largest talent development organization.

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” (John F. Kennedy)

In her role as Vice President of Talent Development for a private equity backed, multi-location operator of collision repair, Tyra overhauled and modernized the corporate training structure, enabling the company’s scalable expansion from 6 to 24 states, 111 to 340 repair centers, and 1,800 to 7,000 employees. A major contributor to this feat, Tyra conceptualized, launched, and managed the Apprentice Development Program, an immersive 52-week training course offering first-tier instruction and hands-on experience to aspiring technicians. In this initiative, Tyra addressed the declining population of automotive repair technicians by reducing attrition for graduates by 20% over traditional body technicians. Tyra earned the US Department of Labor’s (DoL) apprenticeship certification, making the organization the industry’s first company to receive this honor; to support the program, the DoL awarded the organization a $75,000 grant.

Tyra earned a promotion to the organization’s first-ever female vice president in less than one year for her successful and proactive initiatives. Tyra created and managed the company’s M&A training integration strategy while directing the design, development, and execution of multiple operational and leadership conferences, one of which was cited by the CEO as “the best conference our organization has ever had.” Tyra was selected to represent the organization by conducting interviews with leading industry publications and news outlets, contributing to organization’s listing as a Dallas Business Journal “Best Places to Work” company in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.

Tyra developed a comprehensive Leadership Academy program for 500+ people managers that included blended learning curriculum and focused on raising employee engagement and retention, improving business performance, enhancing leadership bench, and driving a culture of continuous learning.

“A brand is defined by the customer’s experience. The experience is delivered by the employees.” (Shep Hyken)

From 2002 to 2014, Tyra was promoted meritoriously six times to positions of increasing responsibility with the world’s oldest and largest specialized recruiting firm, a Fortune 500 company. In these roles, Tyra collaborated with district directors, regional vice presidents, and field managers across North America to design, prepare, and deliver needs-assessment training and development and recruiting programs for all employees across seven lines of business. Tyra built a rollout and training strategy delivered to 12,000 employees for an enterprise-wide global pricing model change.

She spearheaded talent acquisition strategies and intensive onboarding and training programs for the successful hiring recruiters. She designed a results-oriented mentorship program delivering strength based partnerships at various levels with in the organization resulting in 112 mentorships. Tyra was selected to represent the organization as an expert on employment trends and career and workplace issues.

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” (John Maxwell)

Certificates/Certifications:

• Certification in Merger & Acquisition Integration
• Coaching Certificate
• Designing Learning Certificate
• Project Management for Learning Professionals Certificate
• Training Certificate
• Creating Leadership Development Programs Certificate

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