A “fresh voice among the usual author/guru crowd…” who “…brings the credibility of someone who makes a living DOING, rather than TELLING,..” is how NY Times best selling author, Kevin Kurse (The e-Learning Guru) describes Dr. Kaliym Islam. This pioneer in the application of business and technology trends to learning programs has the unique ability to identify the connections between business trends, technology and learning, and to facilitate the organizational change necessary to implement the required solutions. Teams under Dr. Islam’s direction have been named learning elite organizations by Chief Learning Officer Magazine, won International STC awards for innovative learning content, and been cited by Josh Bersin as best practice learning organizations.

Dr. Islam is the author of three books – Agile Methodology For Developing and Measuring Learning, Developing and Measuring Training the Six Sigma Way and Podcasting 101 for Trainers, a contributing author to: The Field Guide to the 6Ds: How to Use the Six Disciplines to Transform Learning into Business Results, The Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management, Prussience in Six Sigma DUNDU, and The German e-Learning Handbook. He is also a featured blogger for Training Industry Inc.

He is currently an Assistant Professor of Practice at Southern Illinois University. Dr. Islam can be reached at kaliym@thetrainingproacademy.com or you can follow him on twitter @thetrainingpro.