
Cindy Orsini Smith's background includes over fifteen years of experience in organizational development consulting, curriculum design and development, sales, marketing, and training operations/logistics. In 1997, she founded TRAINet, a network of diversified training and development consulting firms specializing in technical, industrial, and business skills programs delivered through live instruction and multimedia.
Previously, she held executive sales positions within global training and consulting organizations including Omega Performance and Pilat-NAI. Her expertise includes needs assessment and implementation of training and development solutions, as well as developing client-centric software programs in the areas of competence framework development, multi-rater feedback, performance management, succession planning, and other HR- related functions. Cindy also led the North American training division of Day-Timers, a Fortune 500 subsidiary of Fortune Brands. As Director of the Day-Timer Center for Productivity Training, she managed all aspects of an educational resource center dedicated to supporting innovative productivity training programs for Day-Timers' 4.5 million clients.
Some of Cindy's clients include: First Union (now Wachovia), GTE Financial, MassMutual and Merrill Lynch. In 1999, Cindy was named one of the "20 Under 40 Business Executives" by the Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal, selected as a judge for Dr. Brandon Hall's Multimedia Training Awards, and has had her work published in various trade journals, including The Multimedia & Internet Training and ASTD newsletters. She is a speaker at national and regional conferences, adjunct business professor within Lehigh University's College of Business and Economics, executive volunteer for the Iacocca Institute Global Village, guest lecturer, freelance writer, a past board member for the American Cancer Society, and a member of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).
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