Mr. Hindman has over two decades of expertise in providing strategy, analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of traditional and non-traditional training programs for manufacturing, government, commercial, and non-profit workforces.  Mr. Hindman has become a sought-after thought leader for organizations searching for rigorous, sustainable learning and development programs that provide both high performance for the company and career pathways for their workers.  He is frequently requested to speak at various conferences and webinars on the topic of workforce development and filling the manufacturing skills gaps and has been either bi-lined, the key technical expert or authored numerous articles, blogs and white papers.  Mr. Hindman’s has applied new adult learning theories, such as competency-modeling, micro-learning, adaptive learning, and micro-credentialing into practical success for clients.  All programs are designed to provide a positive return on investment back to the business in terms of better productivity, lower scrap, higher employee retention and engagement, and time-to-desired competency.  Mr. Hindman has developed a rubric of best practice standards used to audit a client’s current training and development program against best-in-class.