Jennifer De Vries

Jennifer has over 25 years of experience directing successful, award-winning and profitable training technologies programs. Before starting BlueStreak Learning, Jennifer was Executive Director of eLearning at Joint Commission Resources. She was responsible for profit and loss of their eTools, Communities of Practice, eBooks and Web-Based Training product lines.

Prior to working at Joint Commission Resources, Jennifer was a Senior Analyst for Bersin & Associates where she researched and published a ground-breaking study on the topic of “Rapid E-Learning.”

At IBM, Jennifer was responsible for establishing the eLearning strategy for IBM Software Group’s product education, including training and certification for the Lotus, Tivoli, DB2, WebSphere and Rational brands.

As a Producer for World Book Encyclopedia’s CD-ROM and Online products, Jennifer’s team won the prestigious PC Magazine Editor’s Choice award. Her Homework Wizards and work on the speech-enabled version of the encyclopedia were featured in The Wall Street Journal and The Today Show.

At Motorola, her team was responsible for establishing the first virtual reality-based training programs (simulations) for the manufacturing environment, and her work was highlighted in Training Magazine.

Jennifer began her career at Thomson/NETg authoring and developing interactive and video-based courseware. She has also worked in the travel industry, developing training for Galileo International, one of the largest travel reservation systems in the world.

Jennifer has a B.A. in Business Administration and Cognitive Psychology from Hope College, as well as an M.A. in Instructional and Training Technology from Governors State University. Based on her work in the field of Performance Technology, Jennifer is designated as a Certified Performance Technologist (CPT) by the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI).