Pennsylvania, USA
Edward Trolley is widely recognized for having started the training outsourcing industry when he orchestrated the first comprehensive training outsourcing deal between DuPont and The Forum Corporation in 1993. After joining The Forum Corporation, he continued to advance this outsourcing concept with leading companies such as The Moore Corporation, NCR, Texas Instruments, KPMG Canada, SmithKline Beecham, Irving Oil and other organizations around the globe. He has orchestrated more comprehensive training outsourcing relationships than anyone on the planet.
Prior to entering the training outsourcing provider space, Mr. Trolley spent 26 years with DuPont where he held a variety of progressive leadership positions in three of DuPont's strategic business units and two of its functional organizations. In his last role, he was head of DuPont's Training and Education where he oversaw and guided the training and education for the 110,000-person multi-national corporation.
Mr. Trolley is co-author of the book, Running Training Like A Business: Delivering Unmistakable Value, published by Berrett-Koehler. He is also a contributing author to two ASTD published books, Building Learning Capability Through Outsourcing and Lies About Learning. He is a highly requested presenter at industry conferences and has spoken at major events such as ASTD, TechLearn, The World Outsourcing Summit, the HRO World Outsourcing Conference and most recently, the Outsourcing Summit 2014 in India. His concepts and ideas have been included in hundreds of business publications around the globe.