What Happened?
Philadelphia, PA-based Comcast Corporation appointed Martin Scott as Vice President of Talent Development.
About the Company
Comcast Corporation is a global media and technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is the nation`s largest video, high-speed Internet and phone provider to residential customers under the XFINITY brand as well as to businesses. Comcast has invested in technology to build a sophisticated network that delivers the fastest broadband speeds, and brings customers personalized video, communications and home management offerings. Comcast Corporation is a global media and technology company.
About the Person
Martin Scott is Vice President of Talent Development in the Talent & Professional Development (TPD) College of Comcast University, which focuses on leadership development and professional growth for leaders of all levels within Comcast. With over two decades of experience in learning and development and organizational effectiveness, Martin has extensive experience collaborating with business partners and senior leaders across business lines and executing large/national-scale projects including accelerated executive development, needs assessment, and organizational or operational improvements. Before his promotion to Vice President in 2015, Martin served as Executive Director of High Potential Talent Development since early 2010. In this role, Martin leads a team who manages Comcast`s portfolio of high potential talent development programs, including: Executive Leadership Forum, Executive Leadership Career Advancement Program, Executive Boot Camps, Foundations of Organizational Leadership, Linked to Leadership and many other programs. Previously, Martin served as the Regional Director of Comcast University in the Keystone Region of the Northeast Division. In this role, he was principally focused on learning and organizational development initiatives supporting Technical Operations, Customer Care, Leadership, Sales, and Employee Communications. Prior to joining Comcast in 2007, Martin was with Verizon where he started in 1998 as an Account Manager in their Business Solutions Group. In 2005, he was named National Manager of Data/IP Proficiency and Training, and was responsible for all business unit training requirements of Verizon/MCI merger. In this position, he planned, project-managed, and executed a major upgrade and platform migration for an eLearning Management System. Martin`s volunteer work has included leadership training for the National Camping School of the Boy Scouts of America and serving as Chairperson of the Parish Council for his church. Martin has served as Secretary on the Board of Directors of Face to Face Germantown, a non-profit that offers dignity, compassion and a sense of community to neighbors in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, PA. Presently, Martin serves on the Managing Human Capital Advisory Committee of the Haub Business School at Saint Joseph`s University in Philadelphia, PA. Martin is a certified Korn Ferry 360° Feedback Coach/Facilitator, a certified consultant in The Birkman Method® and is pursuing International Coach Federation (ICF) accreditation as an Executive Coach. Martin earned his master`s degree in organizational dynamics from The University of Pennsylvania and his bachelor of arts degree in social sciences from The Theological Seminary of Saint Charles Borromeo, in Wynnewood, PA. Martin and his wife have two sons and a daughter and reside in Ardmore, PA.
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