Mr. Wright’s professional background spans 27 years, with robust experience in programming, application design, and information technology consulting.  His previous work experience includes Microsoft, as well as applications programming roles at Research Triangle Institute and NetCentrics.  For 7 years, Jim Wright served as Director of IT Applications for Campbell Alliance (now Syneos Health Consulting).  For nearly 13 years, he operated his own independent information technology consulting firm.

Throughout his career, Jim Wright has developed information technology solutions in a range of industries.  However, a large percentage of his efforts have been associated with the life sciences.

“We’re very excited to have Jim join the team,” said Nathan Pienkwoski, PhD, a founding partner of Bull City Learning and its Head of Solution Delivery.  “We have worked with Jim on various projects over many years.  He is far more than a talented applications developer, he’s an extremely creative problem-solver.  Whenever there is a technology-related problem to tackle, he will find a way to overcome it and meet the business objective.”

Jim has a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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“Our management team has decades of experience leading and providing services to life science training and development organizations. Through Bull City Blue we harness that experience to help learning leaders improve the effectiveness of their teams—so that they are capable of delivering greater value to their internal customers. We also directly assist training and talent development organizations by creating innovative learning solutions that cater to the needs of today’s demanding learners,” said Garry O’Grady, Bull City Blue president.

Bull City Blue will help companies align their training strategy with their organization’s business needs and create compelling custom learning experiences that speed the learning process, increase retention, and generate positive business outcomes.

“Bull City Blue is different than many learning agencies. Beyond effective custom learning solutions, we can also provide consultation,” explained O’Grady. “Now more than ever, training and talent development organizations need to deliver results that meet the strategic needs of the companies and teams they serve. We can provide the roadmap to make this possible.”

The agency brings expertise to its clients to build relevant custom solutions for many topics including disease and product knowledge, new product launch strategy and content, reimbursement and access, selling skills, coaching skills, account management, medical science liaison business acumen, and learning leader effectiveness. They additionally offer a ready network of subject-matter experts, discoverable at www.bullcityblue.com.

“Today’s demands on life science learning leaders are more challenging than ever. The industry is changing as quickly as the needs of the learners they support. Our goal is to provide them with relevant expertise that can be trusted to deliver results,” added O’Grady.

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May 31, 2016 – Durham, N.C. – Bull City Learning announced today that life science industry veteran Sue Iannone has joined its subsidiary, Bull City Blue, as Vice President. Iannone brings more than 20 years of experience as a learning leader, delivering high-impact learning solutions for small, mid-size, and large pharmaceutical and biotech companies.

“While our team is already seasoned in the delivery of consulting services and training solutions in the life science space, we are extremely excited to add Sue’s perspective as an industry learning leader. Her experience and expertise will translate into value for our clients,” said Garry O’Grady, Bull City Blue president.

Iannone has led the design and implementation of global and US learning solutions for more than 20 new product launches, as well as multiple co-promotions, realignments, and expansions within Immunology, Respiratory, Women’s Health, Fertility, Neuroscience, Cardiovascular, Diabetes, and other therapeutic areas. She has held executive- and director-level training positions at Celgene, Merck, MedPointe, Organon, and Schering-Plough.

“Bull City Blue represents an opportunity for me to leverage many years of learning strategy success for the good of the life science industry. Companies in our industry face constant change, financial demands, regulatory restrictions, and pressure to deliver positive patient outcomes. I look forward to helping our clients transform their learning organizations and generate positive business outcomes through better learning solutions,” said Iannone.

Iannone has influenced learning and development practices within the life science industry in various capacities, including three years of service on the Board of Directors for the Life Sciences Trainers and Educators Network (LTEN), most recently as Vice President. She is a Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) and author/collaborator of many industry articles, papers, and presentations, including Your Career: Along for the Ride, or Taking the Wheel; Surviving and Thriving in a Volatile Industry; The Training Director’s Playbook; and Staying Strategic:  Maintaining Situational Awareness in a Dynamic Environment.

“Mentorship is part of my responsibility as a professional learning leader and I love it wholeheartedly. My leadership role at Bull City Blue will enable me to extend my reach and help many organizations and their learning leaders succeed. To me, that is both very exciting and rewarding,” added Iannone.

Connect with Sue by visiting www.bullcityblue.com or directly at www.linkedin/in/sueiannone.

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The organization will showcase its Future Learning Organization Assessment Tool to help learning leaders instantly evaluate how their organization compares with others in the industry across six critical areas. Attendees can participate at Bull City Blue booth #213. The results of Bull City Blue’s LTEN assessment will culminate in a report with insight aimed to help learning leaders understand how to transform a training organization from its “current state” to its desired “future state.”

On Tuesday, June 6, at 4:15 pm, Bull City Blue President Garry O’Grady and Vice President Sue Iannone will deliver “Order Taker or Change Agent? How to Become a Performance Consultant.” Part of LTEN’s Career Success track, the workshop is designed to help learning professionals become change agents and be viewed as valued business partners within their organizations.

On Wednesday, June 7, at 12:30 pm, Alice Bumgarner will present “Six Strategies for Engaging the Modern Learner.” The learning lab will highlight six proven strategies and innovative approaches that organizations can use to align their training needs with the needs of the modern learner whose perceptions, expectations, and ways of interacting with the world are rapidly changing.

“We’re excited to bring several resources to this year’s LTEN conference designed to help training leaders keep pace with rapid industry change and improve the value and effectiveness of their training organization,” said O’Grady.

Bull City Blue will also exhibit at the LTEN annual conference. Executive-level consultants will be available throughout the conference by appointment or in the Bull City Blue booth #213. Learn more at http://bullcityblue.com/lten2017.

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May 31, 2018 – Durham, N.C. – Bull City Blue, a life science learning agency based in Durham, has announced its plans for the 47th Annual Life Science Trainers and Educators Network (LTEN) Conference held in Phoenix, June 11-14. An LTEN Preferred Industry Partner, Bull City Blue will lead two presentations and host several activities at the Bull City Blue exhibit.

At Bull City Blue’s exhibit booth (#338), attendees can meet Blue Bull (Did he prevail?!) and Bull City Blue executives. Attendees can also pick up a snapshot of findings from Bull City Blue’s Future Learning Organization survey, highlighting key focus areas for training organization evolution.

On Tuesday, June 12, at 12:30 pm, Bull City Blue Co-Founder Nathan Pienkowski, PhD, will present “What is wrong with this training. 5 common mistakes to avoid” in Learning Lab #1. During this interactive Learning Lab, participants will engage with real training examples to uncover five common mistakes that people make when designing training.

On Wednesday, June 13, at 2:00 pm, Bull City Blue Vice President Sue Iannone and AbbVie Global Learning Director Ray Kopcinski, will deliver “Global Product Launches: How to Evolve a Global Learning ‘Apparatus’ into a ‘Learning Launch Machine’” in Grand Sonoran H. This session will highlight a leading life science organization’s approach to designing a sustainable process to deliver solutions for new product launches and set up local markets for success.

“LTEN is a pivotal time for leading agencies like Bull City Blue to interact with the learning leaders we serve and discuss the challenges they’re facing,” said Co-Founder and President Garry O’Grady. “We’re coming, locked and loaded, with solutions and perspectives to help training organizations keep pace and evolve,” said O’Grady.

Learn more at http://bullcityblue.com/lten2018.

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Ms. Torgerson’s professional background spans more than 15 years, with robust experience in curriculum design, instructional design, instructional writing, and strategy.  She has worked with all learning modalities, but has a focus in eLearning, mobile learning, and microlearning.

Carla developed MILE, the MIcroLEarning Design Model^© and is author of The Microlearning Guide to Microlearning.  She has taught courses for the Association for Talent Development (ATD) on instructional design for eLearning, mobile learning, and microlearning for more than 10 years.

Her previous work experience includes over 10 years as a consultant providing a wide range of learning and development support to Fortune 500 clients.  She has worked as an instructional designer and senior instructional designer for Allen Interactions, as well as a senior instructional strategist at Maestro, in addition to working as an independent consultant.  Carla was also the Founding Director and Educational Consultant at the Center for Teaching and Educational Technologies at Penn State Erie.

“We’re very excited to have Carla join the team,” said Nathan Pienkwoski, PhD, a founding partner of Bull City Learning and its Head of Solution Delivery.  “We have a fantastic instructional design team here, and Carla is a great addition.  She will complement our current capabilities, as well as help us expand them,” he added.

Garry O’Grady, President of Bull City Blue and Bull City Learning, added that, “Carla is well known within the learning and development arena.  We’re looking forward to working with her to introduce Bull City Learning and Bull City Blue to a lot of great new people.”

Carla has a Master of Education (MEd) focused in technology-based education from the University of Alberta in Canada and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, MN.

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June 7, 2016 – Durham, N.C. – Bull City Blue, a life science learning agency based in Durham, will participate in the upcoming 45^th Annual Life Science Trainers and Educators Network (LTEN) Conference in various capacities.

Sue Iannone, Bull City Blue vice president and 2013-2016 LTEN board member, will co-facilitate the LTEN Learning Leaders Forum. The group will convene on Tuesday, June 14, from 2:00-3:30 pm, to guide exploration of learning leadership needs, the LTEN vision, and future considerations for LTEN for the guidance and support of the learning leader community.

On Wednesday, June 15, from 8:30-10:00 am, Bull City Blue’s Sue Iannone, Garry O’Grady, and Nathan Pienkowski, PhD, will present “The Future Learning Organization: Are You Prepared?” The presentation will illustrate the most pivotal trends shaping biopharma, and how these trends will impact clinical and commercial organizations. The team will characterize the future learning organization and help learning leaders take practical steps – away from traditional approaches – toward the fluid, integrated learning delivery needed to optimize performance and outcomes in tomorrow’s learning landscape.

“As the industry pushes to keep pace with rapid change, we appreciate the opportunities that LTEN provides to network, share ideas, and identify resources that will help life science learning organizations thrive in the future,” said Garry O’Grady, Bull City Blue president.

Bull City Blue will also exhibit at the LTEN annual conference. Executive-level consultants will be available throughout the conference by appointment or in the Bull City Blue booth #113.

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