Welcome to my Portfolio Overview!
This is a brief overview of what you’ll find on the following pages, including detailed information about my skills, experience, certifications, employers, projects, and work samples.
I hope you find it helpful and informative.
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Over the years, I’ve developed training solutions across every aspect of the sales training landscape. I’ve built complete programs from the ground up—both with and without the support of a Learning Management System (LMS). Each initiative began with a gap analysis to determine the most effective strategy for curriculum design and development.
Whether the training was delivered in person or virtually, to large groups or small teams, each solution required thoughtful content creation followed by evaluation. I’ve produced a wide variety of training materials, and you’ll find several examples featured on this page.
This page showcases my core strengths in instructional design and curriculum development—featuring study modules, PowerPoint presentations, guides, workbooks, handouts, videos, and training workshops.
In addition to learning content, I also bring a creative edge through graphic design. Many of the images and icons you see across this site are original designs I created myself.
Testimonials
Jim Curran
Director Sales Training
Dodge Data & Analytics
(LinkedIn recommendation)
"I had the good fortune of hiring Hector in Dodge Data & Analytics to help create, implement and present a sales training program for a sales organization spanning numerous sales roles, customer profiles and routes to market.
Hector came into a situation where he had little industry knowledge and quickly got up to speed on industry, products and sales processes. From there, he built out an on-boarding program that allowed us to reduce our ramp-up time from six months to six weeks. In addition, he managed a very hectic and fluid class schedule due to a corporate objective to increase the size of the sales team. Hector’s efforts allows us to reverse poor sales result and to consistently post double digit growth numbers.
Hector is equally adept at creating engaging, instructive learning materials as well as presenting to large and small groups of students.
Hector is someone I would not hesitate to recommend or hire if the opportunity arises. It is a pleasure to know that any and all challenges given to Hector will be met with a thoroughly professional response."
"Hector came into the Schering-Plough training department initially as a training rotation. I recall he was a teacher before coming into the pharma industry and out of the gate he had an impact on training. He was a really good facilitator due to his teaching background and was very strong in the allergy disease state, product knowledge, and competition. He was one of the very few who excelled in training territory management, expense reporting, and other computer related applications. As a training manager, his responsibilities expanded and included content development and delivery for initial and advanced training classes. After two years he returned to Texas as a sales representative. He was the last sales trainer to receive the annual Schering-Plough Trainer of the Year award.
Roughly three years later, Hector returned to sales training as a Regional Training Manager, a newly formed position, and as my direct report. He was responsible for delivering advanced training and assisting with initial training classes.
By 2009, the Regional Training Manager positions were eliminated and Hector accepted a full-time position, as my direct report, at Kenilworth, NJ as a Sr. Training Manager responsible for the Asmanex brand. Hector was welcomed back and always been a leader in the department and was responsible for updating and development and delivery of training content associated with asthma and COPD. Hector has excelled in every position he has ever held".
Ralph Baker
Associate Director of Training
Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals
(LinkedIn recommendation)
"It was my pleasure to work with Hector Castanon as a part of the Systems Implementation and Training team at HearingLife, which I was responsible for managing. Hector worked with us from mid-2019 until our implementation team was dismantled during the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic in the summer of 2020. Hector was able to join the team and contribute immediately, using his deep training skills, knowledge and passion. He succeeded in raising the level of our training products offered and played a role in the increased comprehension of our audience.
He was also very helpful to me in raising the understanding and knowledge on the team, by reinforcing foundation training methods and concepts along with supporting new methods I was experimenting with. Hector knows what it takes to be successful sharing knowledge to adults on the job. He also knows how to execute the Plan and Design. Hector is very well liked and highly respected by his peers, colleagues, and his teammates.
Also, a great conversationalist when things need to lighten up a bit and you need someone down to earth to talk to.My hope is that one day Hector and I have the privilege to work together again, side by side, but if that doesn’t happen, I highly recommend him for a company that seeks to raise the level of service and accomplishment in his areas of expertise!"
Ralph Gebbia
Systems Training and
Implementation Manager
Hearing Life
(LinkedIn recommendation)