Jeff Johannigman

Current

President at People Type Consulting (www.peopletype.com)

Past

Corporate Training Practice Director / Account Director at Fusion Learning Systems
Producer at TKO Software - Austin
Career Consultant at DBM

Manager of Worldwide Staffing at IBM Tivoli Software
Director of Career Services at The University of Texas Ex-Students' Association (Texas Exes)
Director of Business Services at Professional Career Associates
Game Producer at Electronic Arts, Origin, Microprose, and others

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Education

St. Edward's University
Cornell University

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

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Jeff Johannigman’s Summary

Versatile, innovative leader who combines skills in client relationship-building, consulting, training, and team leadership with extensive experience in the software industry. Degrees in both Computer Science and Human Services demonstrate a unique blend of analytical and interpersonal skills. An award-winning public speaker recognized for presenting complex topics with clarity, creativity, and enthusiasm. Consistently forge strong relationships based on trust and open communications. Effective in large corporations and small startups.

Major accomplishments include:
• Managed development of over 50 eLearning courses for companies like Dell, Whole Foods, Centex Homes, and Motion Computing.
• Established the college recruiting program and managed worldwide staffing for the Tivoli Systems division of IBM
• Created one of the country's first alumni career services for the University of Texas
• Personally coached hundreds of people to find greater career success and fulfillment
• Founded two successful software companies, and produced over twenty published computer games

Jeff Johannigman’s Specialties:

* Training & Development
* Public Speaking
* Simulation & Game Design
* Consulting & Coaching
* Career Development
* Assessments (Myers-Briggs, Strong)
* Human Resources & Staffing
* Team Leadership
* Client Services
* Project Management
* Account Management
* Relationship Building
* Sales & Marketing
* Business Development

Jeff Johannigman’s Experience

President

People Type Consulting (www.peopletype.com)

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

August 2001 — Present (7 years 4 months)

(part-time when concurrent with other positions)

* Train and facilitate a wide variety of workshops including:
- MBTI personality type workshops for KPMG, ACC, Vignette, UT, and St. Edward’s University.
- Career development training and coaching for Right Management.
- Creative problem-solving and test-taking strategies for SureScore and Kaplan Test Prep.
- Technical product sales training for Cingular / AT&T.
- Experiential team building for Dell, Texas Instruments, and Applied Materials.

* Coach individual clients through career transitions, using personality assessments and guided exploration.

* Teach "Changing Directions: 10 Steps to Your Dream Job" through UT’s Informal Classes program.

* Co-authored a 332-page study on “Immersive Learning Simulations” published by The eLearning Guild. Presented several workshops on game-based learning at Guild conferences.

For more information, email jeff@peopletype.com.
Corporate Training Practice Director / Account Director

Fusion Learning Systems

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; E-Learning industry)

May 2005 — November 2006 (1 year 7 months)

* Managed multiple teams of project managers, instructional designers, visual designers, course developers, and engineers, to create over 50 e-learning courses for a variety of corporate clients.

* Doubled corporate practice revenue to over $1.5M in first year by growing relationship with Dell, and establishing new relationships with Motion Computing, Centex Homes, Whole Foods, Hilton, and Texas Instruments.

* Led the development of Fusion’s proprietary GECCO course engine, which uses a template-based approach to separate content from technology, enabling more rapid and economical course development.
Producer

TKO Software - Austin

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

March 2004 — September 2004 (7 months)

* Led a team of 12 developers on Ashen Empires, a massively multiplayer online game which enables thousands of simultaneous players to interact in a dynamically changing simulated fantasy world.
* Managed all announcements and communications with online player community.
Career Consultant

DBM

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Human Resources industry)

July 2001 — January 2004 (2 years 7 months)

* Delivered 8-10 different workshops per month in various aspects of career development, including technical training in proprietary internet-based search tools. Created and delivered five new workshops.

* Personally coached hundreds of clients outplaced from such companies as IBM, Dell, Apple, Motorola, Broadwing, and Applied Materials, reducing their job search time and increasing their career satisfaction.

* Supported over 50 remote clients, using internet-based facilitation tools and telephone coaching.
Manager of Worldwide Staffing

IBM Tivoli Software

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Computer Software industry)

March 1999 — July 2001 (2 years 5 months)

* Initiated Tivoli’s college recruiting program, leveraging IBM’s existing resources while maintaining an independent Tivoli identity. Hired 152 new graduates from over 20 universities in first year.

* Directed the Tivoli Center of Excellence in Systems Management, a $6.5M relationship with the University of Texas, including research funding, scholarships, internships, teaching grants, software donations, and student organization sponsorships.

* Led a team of 10 recruiters and HR professionals. Integrated Tivoli's HR Operations with IBM, improving efficiency. Coordinated redeployment and outplacement for over 250 surplused employees.

* Negotiated to make Tivoli the Official Software Sponsor of UT Athletics, dramatically increasing Tivoli’s visibility on campus and throughout the entire Austin community.

* Supported development of the Tivoli Boot Camp, a rotational program to identify, recruit, train, and mentor over 50 of the most talented college interns and graduates.
Director of Career Services

The University of Texas Ex-Students' Association (Texas Exes)

(Higher Education industry)

September 1996 — March 1999 (2 years 7 months)

* Founded one of the country’s first alumni career services, providing over 67,000 members with:
- Personality and interest assessments (MBTI, Strong), and individual career consulting.
- Monthly career workshops in Austin, Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio.
- A resource library, resume database service, and job listings web site.
- The Longhorn Links Career Network of over 500 worldwide alumni advisors.

* Established the Texas Campus Career Council, increasing communication and collaboration among over a dozen different University career services. Organized UT’s first "Real World 101" conference.
Director of Business Services

Professional Career Associates

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

December 1995 — September 1996 (10 months)

* Trained groups and coached individuals in career development, skill identification, resume writing, search strategies, and interviewing skills.

* Designed and implemented "The Career Exploration Program" and "The Career Direction Program", combining assessment, career counseling, and search skills training.
Game Producer

Electronic Arts, Origin, Microprose, and others

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ERTS; Computer Games industry)

March 1987 — January 1996 (8 years 11 months)

* Directed development of over 25 published games, including several award-winning hits, for IBM, Macintosh, Amiga, C64, and other personal computers. Founded "StarJammer Studios", a successful software development company, in addition to working in-house for several industry-leading publishers.
- Recruited and managed teams of up to 20 programmers, artists, designers, writers, and testers.
- Marketed proposals, obtained development funding, and negotiated publishing contracts.
- Created and maintained game design specifications, project schedules, and budgets.

* Co-founded The Game Developers’ Conference (GDC), the most successful professional conference for entertainment software developers. Presented at GDC, SXSW, and other professional conferences.

* Authored articles on game development published in "The Journal of Computer Game Design", "Farther", "Strategy Plus", "The CGDA Report", and "The Cursor" magazines.

Jeff Johannigman’s Education

St. Edward's University

MA, Human Services

* Completed in two years with a 4.0 GPA, while working full-time to support a family.
* Concentration in Social/Psychological Services including Organizational Behavior, Conflict Resolution, Counseling, Assessment, Leadership, Special Populations, Career Development, and HR Law.
Cornell University

BS, Computer Science

Additional Information

Jeff Johannigman’s Websites:

Jeff Johannigman’s Interests:

Public speaking, acting, board games. PROFESSIONAL ENTERTAINER - Have performed as a professional magician, murder mystery actor, and amusement park character (Yogi Bear).

Jeff Johannigman’s Groups:

American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)
International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI)
Wisdom at Work
Toastmasters International
Haunted Trails / Scare for a Cure
Texas Career Development Association
Roundtable
The eLearning Guild

Cornell University Alumni Network
Executive Suite
The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
Obama for America
Austin High-Tech
Toastmasters Int
Ex-ORIGIN
Tivoli Software Alumni
ACC NLMI 2007-2008
Geek Austin
Animation, Media & Entertainment
Toastmaster
Austin Right Management Alumni Group
Austin Top Guns
Austin NxNW
SCARE for a CURE
Toastmasters International Members
EA Alumni Group
Talent Management Community
Serious games people
NetworkInAustin.com
Wisdom At Work Austin