Joan McKernan is a learning professional with more than 25 years of experience and skills in meeting the strategic business needs of talent development. She has a strong background in strategic planning for learning solutions, all phases of custom learning development, and creating leadership solutions. Her demonstrated experience includes working with internal and external global clients; working across commercial, government, and military industries; building development programs for a variety of talent audiences, including professionals, leaders, managers, and executives; applying the latest methods in instructional design, neuroscience, and agile practices; and employing a wide variety of learning formats. Roles in her learning career have included project manager, learning consultant, leadership development consultant, instructional designer, learning scientist, and team lead. Other roles include assessment coach and general learning mentor. She has also acted as a facilitator and presented at national conferences. Joan served as a content author for Leading the Learning Function.