Michelle Andersen
Head of Human Resources at Deutsch Family Wines & Spirits

Ross was invited to craft and facilitate a workshop on Talent Management in small/medium sized companies for the NY HR Planning Society (NYHRPS) Thought Leaders Forum. Ross was very engaging, insightful and knowledgeable. The approach he took was compelling, ensuring that the talent strategy being discussed was directly linked to business challenges, and he struck the right balance between sharing his enormous expertise and encouraging participants to share theirs. I found the time he devoted to action planning particularly effective – I know for a fact that participants walked away with very specific actions they were excited to bring to their executive teams to really move the needle on their biggest talent challenges.

 

Miriam Bakker
Digital Marketing Consultant. Conversion Driver. Search Engine Marketing Expert SEM SEO PPC. Lead Gen. ECommerce

I had the sincere pleasure of working with Ross as he mentored me and our team at the 1777 Company. His guidance, support, and insights were invaluable. His input allowed me to strengthen my approach, and identify specific ways to collaborate with the team for maximum output and results. He’s also an incredibly kind and insightful person, well liked and respected by all. I highly recommend his coaching and mentorship.

 

Sandra Long
Author of “LinkedIn for Personal Branding” | TEDx Speaker l Independent LinkedIn Trainer l Social Selling Trainer

Ross is a valuable colleague and member of my network. He was a superb Chapter President of our local ATD (Association of Talent Development). Now we are both serving on the board. Ross is a highly respected, hard working and insightful leader. I trust his judgment and perspective. For that reason, I seek him out for opinions and advice. He is a true professional that I am very thankful to know.

 

Kevin Llamido
Strategic Operations Executive | Product Manager | Process and Technology Leader

Ross is a good listener. As a strategic partner, he understands complex business issues and collaborates effectively with individuals and teams. I always enjoyed my conversations with Ross. He was a great sounding board to discuss learning concepts and development ideas. Ross never hesitated to share his deep domain expertise in coaching and guidance to others in the organization and was a great team player.

 

Don O’Guin, Jr.
Murfreesboro Breakfast Rotary Club

Ross is that “one of a kind’ person and leader that can bridge the strategies of the business and how learning & development can be an essential partner in the solution. For six years I enjoyed the challenges and rewards of working on his high performing e-Learning & Instructional Design Team. I was always impressed with his knowledge of organizations, figuring out where and how to influence it through strong people relationships, and demonstrating how learning could earn that “seat at the table”. Both inside Pfizer and in the larger U.S. learning community Ross is respected as a thought leader and learning expert with deep expertise in learning for performance.

 

Hengkia Low, Ph.D.
Principal Consultant, Synapsez Talent & Organization Consulting

Ross was my counterpart as the Regional Learning Leader for North America, for Pfizer’s Global Learning & Development organization. Although we had responsibility for different geographies, Ross was very receptive to cultural and language diversities as well a deep understanding of the similarities and differences each continent holds.

In our team, Ross was the idea generator and the “go getter”; constantly suggesting ideas to better learning & development strategies for Pfizer L&D but always respectful of cultural diversities and factoring it in his suggestions for process improvements.

As with any multinational company, Pfizer was constantly in the process of change. Ross was extremely change agile and even played a key role to champion change initiatives and looked upon changed as opportunities to showcase our L&D efforts & initiatives with maturity and foresight.

Definitely a strategic leader and a great partner to have !!!

 

Charlene Shapiro
VP Human Resources at WNET.ORG

I recently engaged Ross Tartell to conduct senior management interviews and employee focus panels on professional development at WNET (NY Public TV). I have known Ross for close to 20 years, having worked with him at Pfizer and knew he was the one to call for assistance with this project based on his in-depth knowledge and experience in career development, instructional design expertise, and training and development background. Ross provided a detailed project plan with scope, deliverables and timeline clearly delineated. He and the team he assembled to assist with this project did an outstanding job conducting in-depth interviews, capturing results and developing actionable recommendations for us to implement. Ross gained immediate crediblity with our CEO and senior management team as well as with the employees due to his professionalism, academic credentials, extensive experience in the field and his open, approachable demeanor. I plan to engage Ross again for other projects and highly recomend him.

 

Charlene J. Zeiberg
Principal, Zeiberg Consulting, Designing business-focused custom and ready-to-go license-free learning solutions

It has been a pleasure working with Ross and his team at Pfizer. Ross brings incredible depth of L& D experience and is considered a thought leader in our field. He is skilled at bridging learning and business strategy and engenders the leadership qualities he incorporates into his programs and initiatives. I only hope I have the opportunity to work with him again.

 

Ollie Barnes
Sr. Director of Worldwide Talent Organization Capability/Global Learning and Development at Pfizer

Ross is a detail oriented leader who exemplifies the term “servant Leader” He proactively removes obstacles that allows his team to be successful and understands the importance in building strong relationships both with team members and the general business community. He is well read and has an operational understanding of organizational learning theory.

 

Dan Stone, PMP, MCTS
Executive Director – Financial Information Systems at NYC Department of Education

During my tenure at Pfizer, I had the pleasure and privilege to work with Ross on all the strategic initiatives geared towards improving the technology and processes for the US Field Force.

As a Learning and Technology business leader, Ross was a major stakeholder and played a key role in the successful outcome of all these initiatives.

The design and delivery of the Learning Management System (LMS) is just one example of Ross’s major contributions.

In addition to providing overall direction as a core member of the program’s Steering Committee, Ross managed the end-to-end design and implementation of the training materials for all the LMS users and led the overall testing of the training curricula.

Ross has also invaluable in coaching and guiding me through the intricacies of the existing Field Force processes, technologies and methodologies.

This strategic initiative could not have been successful without Ross’s dedication, support and hard work.

 

Enid Crystal
Performance Learning For Today’s Workforce | Interactive Digital Learning | Blended Learning | Instructional Design

Ross is a strategic partner to the business, bringing his experience in learning and development, as well as a strong business focus, to provide learning strategies and solutions. Ross also knows how to build relationships across the organization and is a master facilitator and coach.

Ross not only teaches leadership skills, but puts into practice what he preaches. He is able to get the most from his people by engendering loyalty, trust and high performance from those that work for him. I feel very fortunate to have been a part of Ross’ team and if given the opportunity, would jump at a chance to work with him again in the future.

 

Robin Reddy
Associate Manager at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

It gives me a great pleasure to write about Ross, my dear friend and prior manager at Pfizer, Inc. He is a great leader and manager!

Ross is hardworking and diligent. He takes up the responsibilities given to him seriously and makes sure the work in done in stipulated time frame. He leads groups of individuals with tenacity and motivation.

Ross will be an asset to any organization. You will understand his value and potential once he starts working with you. He will bring prosperity to the organization through his sincerity and team spirit.

 

Robert Hathaway
Partner & Organizational Development at Schreiber Foods

Although I only worked for Ross for a short time, I have known him professionally for approximately 6 years. I look to Ross as a thought leader in the People Development space. In his role as Team Leader, he was a great manager and coach. If ever afforded the opportunity to work with him again, I will jump at the chance.

 

Carmen Pyper-Mendelsohn, DBA, MBA
Senior Manager Organizational Development at Clearwater Paper

Ross is the ultimate mentor. His Organization Development expertise and personal interaction exceed everyone I know. He is a coach, mentor and leader. I’d work with Ross every chance I get! Carmen