Nemawashi

M&A Advisor

IBM Global Business Services

Management Consultant

Kevin Marra

Virtual Leadership Programs

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Built a scalable AI-engine leveraging the latest generative models for real-time leadership insights, accountability, and progress tracking.
• Established collaborative partnerships with HR leaders to tailor platform features that directly address cultural and organizational readiness needs.
• Engineered a persistent feedback approach—helping leaders continuously refine their behaviors, rather than relying on sporadic training events.

Founder & Principal

ITML Institute

SCOPE: Train Senior IT professionals - CIOs, CTOs, VPs, and Directors - on strategic alignment, servant leadership principles, and transformational change in IT organizations.

Leadership Trainer

Modern Servant Leader

Created ModernServantLeader.com, a top leadership blog that addresses contemporary leadership challenges in HR, globalization, digital media, and AI trends.
 • Authored groundbreaking servant-leadership content that influences C-suite leaders, HR executives, and front-line managers seeking practical frameworks.

Founder & Content Creator

Radiant Forest LLC

Principal

Opportunity Thrive

Board Member

Philanthropist.org

Advisor

Hope College

Part-time Lecturer

Herman Miller

eCommerce Leadership Roles

Whirlpool Corporation

IT & eCommerce Leadership Roles

Teach For America

Vice President of Technology

❝ All great leadership is servant leadership. After all, if you’re not serving others, you’re self-serving and that’s not leadership. ❞

I’m an IT executive turned leadership development trailblazer, with over 20 years of experience driving digital transformation for global enterprises (Whirlpool, Herman Miller, Teach For America) and delivering innovative solutions at the intersection of HR, AI, and technology.

MY PASSION
Helping organizations harness AI-driven innovation for HR functions - especially leadership development, succession planning, and employee engagement. I’ve built and launched an AI-powered leadership development platform (VirtualLeadershipPrograms.com) that tackles the biggest blockers to leadership success through goal planning, 360 feedback, real-time analytics, and generative AI coaching.

SELECT ACHIEVEMENTS
∇ Global Team Leadership: Led teams of up to 60+ across multiple continents, delivering multi-million-dollar projects in eCommerce, custom ERP, and enterprise portals.
∇ Tech & HR Alignment: Drove large-scale change management initiatives in collaboration with HR leaders, ensuring organizational readiness, talent development, and retention.
∇ Thought Leadership: Author of Paradigm Flip, the first book linking social media to leadership influence. Created ModernServantLeader.com, a top 30 global leadership blog.
∇ DEIA & Philanthropy: Deeply committed to workplace inclusivity and giving back, from sponsoring children internationally to serving on nonprofit boards.

MY MISSION
Make HR and Leadership Development experts more successful and more human through the power of technology and servant leadership principles.

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