
Owner, Signs of Development
Austin, Texas Area

Owner, Signs of Development
Austin, Texas Area
My experiences are varied all centering around and gravitating toward assisting individuals and organizations to identify performance gaps and measurable, effective, and sustainable ways to close those gaps.
Perhaps the greatest accomplishment is the first-to-market entrepreneurial venture to develop workshops on CD Rom for Sign Language interpreters to aid them in obtaining high quality professional development and required continuing education credits in ways that are cost effective and convenient.
I also have a strong interest in mentoring and coaching and while being a practitioner, am pulled toward teaching and mentoring others to become mentors.
My goals are to complete my Ph.D. in Training & Performance Improvement & ROI Certification (both in 2008). With that, my sister Lisa Willis who is obtaining training in 6 Sigma and a number of other performance-related skills, will expand our newest venture, LW<sup>2</sup> Performance Consultants and provide services to aid organizations in identifying performance gaps and ways to improve performance.
Certificate of Interpretation/Transliteration
SC:L (Legal Interpreting Certification)
Master Mentor Certificate (Post-Graduate)
ROI (pending, anticipated 2008)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; E-Learning industry)
July 1996 — Present (13 years 1 month)
This is a first-to-market entrepreneurial venture developing, designing, and delivering professional development activities to Sign Language interpreters, students, and educators via distance media.
Emphasis on training mentors and interpreters on language and interpreting self assessment and certification preparation.
2006 — 2008
MBA , Business , 1997 — 1999
Undergraduate work completed Organizational Leadership
Training & Performance Improvement
National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Texas Society of Interpreters for the Deaf