Sean Kearney

Current

Regional Director, Learning and Development at Time Warner Cable
CEO, Owner at Patternhunter Inc.

Past

Executive Director, Operations at TechWise
Executive Producer at Invisible Learning, LLC
Executive Director, Learning and Development at AT&T Broadband

Executive Director at TCI
Consultant / Seminar Facilitator at Anthony Robbins and Associates

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Education

Pennsylvania State University

Recommended

6 people have recommended Sean

Connections

166 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

Sean Kearney’s Summary

Sean Kearney is the owner of Patternhunter Inc., an applied research company specializing in social media, predictive analytics and influence.

Based in Colorado, Patternhunter has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Rocky Mountain News and Computer World and clients include AT&T, Best Buy, IBM, Time Warner Cable, and the US Army.

In early 2007, Sean started Node Magazine which University College London professor / Guardian literary critic John Sutherland calls “the future of literary criticism” and scifi legend William Gibson describes as “cheap A.I.”

Sean Kearney’s Specialties:

social media, social software, social networking, social networks, six degrees, collaboration, cooperation, creativity, training, learning, e-learning, technology, it, intelligence, augmented cognition, social network analysis

Sean Kearney’s Experience

Regional Director, Learning and Development

Time Warner Cable

(Public Company; TWC; Telecommunications industry)

June 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)
CEO, Owner

Patternhunter Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

Owner of Patternhunter, Inc., a Colorado-based software development and consulting company specializing in performance improvement, peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, rapid e-learning development and alternative learning strategies.
Executive Director, Operations

TechWise

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2004 — January 2006 (1 year 9 months)

Manage operational, program management, human resources and strategic partnership activities for a growing, national training and technology services company specializing in Information Assurance / Cyber-Security and Military Mobilization.
• Provide oversight for a team of 30+ veterans supporting military mobilization training at Ft. Carson, Colorado. This team is responsible for training up to 1000 soldiers per month on tasks that include Combat Live Fire, Convoy Operations, HUMMWV driving, Troop Leading, and Combat Life Saver (CLS).
• Facility Security Officer (FSO) with active SECRET clearance.
• Designed an Enhanced Learning System (ELS) that integrates skill assessments, instructor-lead training, web-based simulations, knowledge management and a custom Learning Management System (LMS) for reducing costs while improving skill competencies.
• Revised corporate sales strategy to target high-return opportunities and repeat business for both commercial and government prospects.
Executive Producer

Invisible Learning, LLC

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

April 2002 — May 2004 (2 years 2 months)

Co-founded (with Jon Folkestad) a consulting and software development company specializing in informal communication, collaborative learning and corporate innovation. Clients included Comcast, Qwest, Best Buy, Colorado State University, the Japanese E-Learning Delegation and Organic People.
Executive Director, Learning and Development

AT&T Broadband

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

March 1995 — February 2002 (7 years )

Managed a team of three Directors and up to 30 training specialists (including contractors) to support training design and delivery for three lines of business (video, high-speed data and HFC telephony).
• Designed training strategy to more than 14,000 users in over 150 centers including support for the largest billing systems conversion in the history of the telecommunications industry.
• Designed and delivered a sales training program that resulted in a 230% increase in sales revenue within 30 days of implementation.
• Designed and implemented a company-wide knowledge sharing website that received 1.8 million + hits annually from 5,000 + repeat users.
• Designed and implemented TrainTrax, a web-based project management tool and learning management system used to capture and automatically compile reports regarding issues, trends, attendance, confirmation of learning scores, training evaluation scores, contact information and project tracking.
Executive Director

TCI

(Computer Software industry)

1995 — 2001 (6 years )
Consultant / Seminar Facilitator

Anthony Robbins and Associates

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

February 1992 — March 1995 (3 years 2 months)

• Designed and facilitated corporate and public events.
• Managed inbound and outbound telemarketing strategies.
• Facilitated events for up to 400 participants per session.