Karie Willyerd

In the position of Chief Learning Officer for Sun Microsystems,
Karie leads an organization responsible for employee, customer, partner
and Sun community learning. For these distinct constituencies, she is
responsible for product and technical training, executive learning,
business, management and professional skill development, and sales and
service learning around the globe. Karie began her learning
career as an instructional designer at an engineering training
consulting firm in the nuclear industry. Since then, she's continued to
hone her skills in training, eLearning, leadership development,
executive coaching and management. Most recently, Karie held the
position of Vice President, Chief Talent Officer for Solectron where
she was responsible for worldwide executive development, organization
development, global staffing, training development, performance
management, and mergers and acquisitions. In prior roles, she led the
people development function at Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft
Systems and executive development at H.J. Heinz. Karie holds a
Masters in Instructional Performance Technology from Boise State
University and a Doctorate in Management from Case Western Reserve
University. She is a former board member of ASTD and serves on local
non-profit boards. Additionally, she is on the advisory board for the
Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern
California. She lives with her family in Redwood Shores, California.