Candace is one of the best digital learning developers and people managers I have ever had the pleasure of working with. She brought innovation to processes that moved our organization from being heavily live event oriented to truly digital first. Candace’s eLearning team won several awards for how they created learning on very complicated subjects. Candace also did a masterful job of working with varying personality types and fostered very strong relationships with many different organizations within SAS. I highly recommend Candace as a thought leader and any position that allows her to use her coaching and mentoring skills.
I am writing to show my strong endorsement of Dr. Candace Marles as a leader and program and project manager.
Candace has a rare combination of efficiency, flexibility, and attention to detail. She can keep a project moving forward an on-schedule by herding all the stakeholders with professionalism and grace. She is a master of providing valuable suggestions to solve problems as they arise during a project, while making sure that all the important project elements are intact. I often wondered how she juggled so much without ever dropping the ball.
I once heard Candace describe her work as “building the plane while it is flying.” This is an excellent characterization of what she does so well. I have been on that plane, many times, building it in mid-air, and we always reached the goal successfully. She is a kind yet firm leader who actively supports her employees’ career progression. While her experience is largely in instructional design, her skills translate well into any area of program management.
I would jump at the opportunity to work with Candace again in the future.
Candace brings a broad vision and process knowledge that can gracefully carve a path forward even in difficult times. She has an instructional designer’s ability to listen and question before forming plans, and the people skills to bring everyone into the conversation. It’s never easy to balance quality and time, but Candace led us all as we adapted to new processes for a changing company, and I’m proud of what we achieved with her leading the way.
Candace possesses comprehensive experience with digital learning and instructional design. Adept at problem solving and process improvement, she has led initiatives streamlining the delivery of learning assets.
Candace’s problem-solving, organizational, communication, and leadership skills — yes, the Big Four! — are unparalleled. She’s been an outstanding advocate for her group, and she led the way for the Education organization to create and adopt an innovative and streamlined approach to course development. In short: she adds value to every project and process that she touches.
Candace is a creative problem solver with a bright mind and personality to back it up. Candace is dependable and promotes a very positive collaborative team environment. She has tremendous experience with learning and development – combined with her project management and communication skills – to produce high quality results. She is a wonderful example of a consummate professional.
Candace leads her team with compassion, integrity, curiosity, efficiency, and excellent communication. She works tirelessly to cultivate collaboration, remove barriers, improve processes, and seek innovation. Perhaps most importantly, Candace trusts and empowers her team. With a keen eye for detail, a natural ability to problem-solve, and a curious nature, Candace brings insightful perspectives to any situation.
Candace consistently demonstrated her ability to work effectively with senior management in a cross-functional environment across multiple business areas.
Candace led the Business Change Management work stream globally for the upgrade of myLearning. She is a true professional and is an expert in this space. She has excellent project management skills. She works very well across different business units and was a key part of our global team.
Candace is a consummate professional with deep expertise in the learning space, including enterprise learning systems selection, deployment, and management as well as end-to-end learning program development. Her approach to project management is detail oriented and thorough and her facilitation skills are excellent.