Becky Willis

I started my career in retail and banking as a line manager, then moved to work for a vendor that created hardware for banks, where I managed training and consulting. I held similar training and consulting management roles at a couple of companies, but couldn't get any further than director level in corporate, so I transitioned to sales and marketing. I grew in those roles to become an executive, running sales and marketing for a couple divisions of HP and then for a software company as well. I left HP in 2000, but they asked me to come back in 2006 because they wanted someone who had been an executive to be involved in executive leadership and development, organizational development, and coaching. My last role at HP involved managing learning through the split of the company into 5 companies, and then for Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, I managed strategic consulting and the strategy for learning and development. After leaving HP, I became the VP of Engagement at a learning software company called Edcast, which was a leading software provider that got purchased by Cornerstone. That's where my thought leadership role really took over - having the HP credits behind me was a big help, and I got connected to other thought leaders and started being invited to speak at conferences. I've been speaking at conferences and writing for different groups on learning and talent development for about 10 years now. Currently, I'm the Chief Learning Officer and co-founder of Tractus Learning, which we started six years ago. We do learning consulting for small and medium businesses, helping them with selection of learning technology, strategy in learning, and content support. I'm a leading voice in the changes going on in learning right now, especially around how AI is affecting how people do learning and how organizations are viewed. I've worked with AI technology for a dozen years, so I'm a voice on that as well.