David Brill
Decatur
Summary
Award winning talent development leader with 20+ years experience who creates strategies and programs for employee growth. Aligns solutions with business goals by identifying skill gaps, designing training, implementing career paths, and fostering a culture of learning to attract, retain, and grow top talent.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Talent Development
Genuine Parts Co
03.2022 - 09.2025
- Led global alignment of Talent Development leaders across 5 business units, 4 continents, 17 countries and 63,000 employees.
- Collaborated with leadership to identify skill gaps and create targeted professional development initiatives and career pathways.
- Led cross-functional teams in strategic planning sessions to align talent development with business objectives.
- Analyzed feedback to refine program effectiveness and improve participant satisfaction rates.
- Facilitated executive and leadership development workshops to promote continuous learning across all levels of staff.
- Lead global learning and Workday Learning governance, including standardization of processes, communications, and program documentation
- Managed training and change management for global Workday implementation in 12 languages. Managed Workday Learning implementation.
Senior Manager Learning and Development
Rollins
01.2016 - Current
- Company Overview: Rollins, Inc. is the largest pest control company in the world with more than 2.4 million customers and 14,000 employees. This publicly traded company provides pest control services in the United States, Canada, Australia and more. Rollins Learning enables operational excellence in 700 company owned locations. We also support 87 franchises in 60 countries.
- Works closely with senior management, business leaders and HR partners to design, develop and implement strategic learning and development programs and experiences. Introduces new and innovative approaches that create impactful change.
- Launched eight week pilot program to improve “organizational health” resulting in $113,618 increase in operating profit.
- Introduced eMagazine format to new hire service training resulting in $154,000 in annual savings while improving test scores by 5.5%.
Manager of Instructional Design and Learning Analytics
Rollins
01.2012 - 01.2016
- Led the analysis, design, development, delivery and evaluation of performance-based learning solutions for technical, sales and management training while overseeing the Learning Management System (LMS).
- Led team that redesigned a commercial sales program resulting in a 91.28% improvement in the retention of newly hired sales people representing an annual savings of $772,000.
- Led team that redesigned a new hire technical training curriculum resulting in a 5.5% increase in new hire engagement and a 14% improvement in new hire retention.
Program Manager
Rollins
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Partnered with senior management and led cross-functional team in the design and development of performance-based solutions supporting Rollins’ business goals of employee retention, customer retention, revenue growth and profit.
- Initiated a six week program that improved “Start Yield,” or the percent of leads converted into new customers, by 6% contributing to more than $1 million in additional revenue.
Senior Instructional Designer
Rollins
01.2007 - 01.2010
- Led performance interventions concerning technical training for newly hired and tenured Pest Control Technicians.
- Designed and executed a company-wide customer communication program responsible for creating 6.75% more “loyal” customers contributing to an additional $19.2 million in revenue.
- Created an internal certification for employees working in highly regulated vertical (healthcare and food processing) industries resulting in a 25% increase on the average score on the pest control sections of their third party audits contributing to a customer retention rate of 99%.
Senior Instructional Designer
Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Major Accounts
01.2003 - 01.2007
- Designed and developed sales leadership training program, advanced sales training and newly hired sales training.
- Launched a Value-Based Selling model to more than 1,200 associates using live accounts; resulted in increased sales close ratios.
Instructional Designer
United Parcel Service (UPS)
01.2001 - 01.2003
- Developed New Service Provider Training including UPS’s first prerequisite web-based training program, scripted face-to-face class room training, participant materials and assessments.
- Reduced the number of days spent in class by 20%.
- Reduced the risk of non-compliance with government regulations by tracking the successful completion of eLearning in the Learning Management System.
Education
MS - Instructional Technology
Georgia State University
BA - History
Emory University
BA - Political Science
Emory University
Skills
- Budget oversight
- Corporate communication
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Curriculum design and development
- Data driven design making
- Employee coaching and mentoring
- Executive and leadership development
- Team and workshop facilitation
- Team Building
Accomplishments
- Past president, Greater Atlanta Association of Talent Development (ATD), 2023
- Chairman of 2015 Rollins United Way Campaign
- Member of cross-functional team awarded the inaugural Rollins Chairman’s Award (2011) honoring the transformative impact and increased revenue generated by the Bed Bug Task force.
- Led submission process resulting Led submission process resulting in being recognized as one of the top 65 Training Departments by Training Magazine in 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015.
- Awarded the Editors Choice in 2011 by Chief Learning Officer Magazine as the best training department supporting a company under 10,000 employees.
Timeline
Director of Talent Development
Genuine Parts Co
03.2022 - 09.2025
Senior Manager Learning and Development
Rollins
01.2016 - Current
Manager of Instructional Design and Learning Analytics
Rollins
01.2012 - 01.2016
Program Manager
Rollins
01.2010 - 01.2012
Senior Instructional Designer
Rollins
01.2007 - 01.2010
Senior Instructional Designer
Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Major Accounts
01.2003 - 01.2007
Instructional Designer
United Parcel Service (UPS)
01.2001 - 01.2003
BA - History
Emory University
BA - Political Science
Emory University
MS - Instructional Technology
Georgia State University