Joseph Halpin
Principal of Peregrine Performance Group - a full-service workforce performance improvement consulting firm. Performance technologist for more than 25 years. Areas of expertise include information technology, communications, HR, and assessing learning and development strategies. Extensive experience in the design and development of performance and training solutions.
Sample Accomplishments:
- Contributing architect of the award winning Sherpa eLearning platform
- Contributing architect of the JobAider app for job aid development and sharing
Master of Arts in Instructional Technology, San Francisco State University, and Bachelor of Science in Corporate Communications, Ithaca College
Terry Teplitz
Consultant with Peregrine Performance Group - Clients and employers include SAP, Cisco Systems, Symantec, Hewlett-Packard, Lockheed, NASA, Schola Cantorum, Music for Minors, and National Highway Institute. Learning and development specialist for more than 25 years
Areas of expertise include instructional design and development, training delivery, facilitation, learning program management, learning technologies, and blended learning solutions.
- Designed and developed instructor-led and elearning programs in topics such as on-boarding, leadership development, managing legally, communication skills, and career development
- Managed programs to create an on-line game for recent graduates, bring graduate programs on-site to two companies, develop structure and support for a Nerd Lunch program, and one which supports a company’s “Expert” population
Master of Arts in Educational Counseling, San Jose State University, and Bachelor of Arts in Music, Fresno State University.
Russ Powell
Principal of Peregrine Performance Group - As a workforce performance improvement consultant and veteran professional trainer, Russ has been designing, developing and facilitating professional development training programs and other performance improvement interventions for over 20 years.
He has worked with thousands of employees, hundreds of managers, and dozens of organizations in the creation and facilitation of training programs and other performance improvement interventions. His programs are marked by ample amounts of style and substance as well as impact to the bottom line where measurable. Russ specializes in the facilitation of highly-interactive, learner-centric programs and train-the-trainer courses. He has received numerous outstanding achievement awards for his corporate learning programs including two Awards of Excellence from the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) and a gold Excellence in Learning award from Brandon Hall Research, the preeminent research organization for driving organizational performance.
Russ writes on occasion for professional societies and speaks regularly at industry conferences, including the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), the Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD), ISPI, the Institute for Performance and Learning (I4PL) and The eLearning Guild. He holds certifications from the training organizations Development Dimensions International (DDI) and Blessing/White.
He holds two degrees in the behavioral sciences -- a Master of Science in Education from Georgia State University and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Loyola University. Russ is also an avid juggler and a musician, and continues to perform on occasion. He lives in Northern California.
