Instructional Design & Strategy · AI Enablement · Workforce Development

I design training that solves real business problems.

From AI adoption to organizational change, I build learning programs for enterprise teams — designed to run at scale, even after I leave the room.

Portrait of Angela Virtudazo
Worked with
Walmart Southeast Toyota Finance Morgan Stanley Edward Jones JM Family Ascension Health Disney
87% NPS across a 5,500‑associate GenAI rollout
4 Brandon Hall awards — 3 Gold, 1 Silver
1M+ Associates reached with training content at Walmart

Core capabilities

Learning architecture Scalable frameworks AI & emerging tech Multimodal design Data-driven evaluation DEI & leadership Stakeholder collaboration Strategic planning
Sheet 01

Strategy & training operating model

A mainframe-to-cloud transformation with a 2027 go-live needed an entire training function built from zero — no framework, no playbook, no precedent to work from.

Action
Authored the L&D Handover Guide: current-state assessment, gap analysis, stakeholder recommendations, and a 2026–2027 milestone roadmap. Paired it with a repeatable six-phase Training Development Playbook — scoping, content gathering, development, SME review, final review, and post-workshop iteration — plus a 4-part system (Charter, Tracking, Workflow, Templates) so multiple deliverables could move through SME time at once.
Result: a complete, self-sustaining training operating model handed off intact — the definition of scalable learning architecture.
Scoping Content Develop SME review Final review Post-launch Wk 1 Wk 2–3 Wk 4–6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Handover guide: assessment, gaps, roadmap

A repeatable six-phase playbook, documented for handoff.

Sheet 02

GenAI learning architecture

A Fortune 1 organization needed 5,500+ associates fluent and confident with GenAI tools, fast, with no existing framework to build from.

Action
Designed a three-phase cascading architecture: self-paced pre-work, an 8-module in-person bootcamp, and an expert-panel Q&A. Trained VPs directly, who cascaded the program down through Directors to Managers. Coined the “promptcraft” framework (Role + Task + Instructions + Example) now used as the org's standard teaching method for prompting.
Result: 87% NPS across all 5,500 associates trained — recognized with Walmart's Making A Difference Award (Global People Associate Awards, 2024).
GenAI owner VPs (bootcamp) Directors & Managers 5,500 associates

The cascade model — trained once at the top, self-sustaining at scale.

Prompting formula handout
Prompting formula handout
My Assistant app interface slide
My Assistant app interface
Real world use cases slide
Real-world use cases
Sheet 03

Curriculum architecture

Merchandising Academy needed a complete curriculum overhaul for roughly 1,000 associates — designed from a clean slate, on a tight timeline, with requirements that kept shifting under it.

Foundations

Welcome to Foundations, DC Tour, Retail Math

Strategy

Omni-channel customer strategy, CX Funnel & the 5 Its

Analytics

Data analysis & visualization, forecasting

Leadership

Leadership and culture, professional communication

Operations

Product life cycle, item file, assortment & aggregation

Professional development

Career development, negotiations, well-being

Capstone: a manager guide with a self-assessment framework, structured reflection questions per competency, and clear evaluation criteria — built and refined through an agile pilot → insights → iterate → relaunch cycle.

Brandon Hall awards — other curriculum work

Gold · 2023

Best development program for frontline leaders — Manager Academy

Silver · 2021

Best use of blended learning — Salaried Manager Core

Sheet 04

DEI & leadership development ecosystems

The organization needed DEI learning that changed behavior over time, not a single workshop that faded by the next quarter — and an existing program that needed a full update to get there.

Action
Co-led a team revamp of the Belonging Institute, a five-session, multimodal journey moving from culture and diversity through unconscious bias to advocacy, using polls, breakouts, video, and structured reflection at every stage. Paired it with an update to the Allyship Journey, a four-level (101→401) digital learning object built around persona-based scenarios.
Culture Diversity Bias Belonging Advocacy Allyship progression 101 201 301 401

Five sessions, four allyship levels, one continuous journey.

“To empower, develop and inspire women and our male allies at all levels to reach their fullest potential and create a path forward.” — Live & Lead mission

Brandon Hall awards

Gold · 2024

Best leadership development for women — Live & Lead

Gold · 2024

Best learning program supporting DEI, equity & belonging — The Belonging Institute

Sheet 05

Scenario-based learning design

Two approaches to teaching through story instead of slides — one for business analysis, one for change readiness.

Business simulation

ABC Pizza

A five-part narrative — who we are, what makes us special, what we envision, what we need from you, thank you — that walks learners through a real sales-data analysis exercise inside a brand story they can relate to.

Branching dialogue

Training Tuesday: time off & attendance

A scene-by-scene branching script with three developed characters, decision points with real consequences, and tracked emotional responses — not-valued, dismissed, unimportant, frustrated — that ground the discussion questions in something learners just felt.

Sheet 06

Video & multimedia production

Community Academy GO
Sought out by colleagues as the subject-matter expert for technology training, delivering an interactive PowerPoint with embedded video demonstrating Microsoft tools during a live technology rotation.
Crystal Ball Dashboard — VIO script
Full video production package: business partner and content designer overview, version history, location requirements, writer's notes on tone, and a detailed storyboard with audio cues scene by scene.
Facilitator script for a ninety second video spot

Facilitator script — ninety-second spot.

Colleagues called the first live delivery of this content genuinely well received right out of the gate.
Sheet 07

Process & documentation standardization

Every project ships with the same documentation backbone, so nothing depends on memory and any project can be picked up by someone else.

Standardized documentation
Project overview (business partner, curriculum area, content manager), full version history with reviewer sign-off, and version-description details that track exactly what changed and why.
Facilitation guides
Pre-session technical setup, slide-by-slide facilitation instructions, timing and pacing guidance, troubleshooting alternatives, and post-session follow-up — so any facilitator can run the session cold.
Money Center facilitation guide pages on red flags and AML

Money Center facilitation guide — red flags & AML.

Sheet 08

Interactive learning samples

Clickable samples demonstrating instructional design in action — the finished product alongside the design rationale behind it.

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Articulate Storyline · eLearning module

Intuit RSUs

Explains Restricted Stock Units to Intuit employees: vesting schedules, tax implications, and next steps.

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Articulate Rise · self-paced course

The Impact-Driven Change Leadership Path

Builds change leadership capability — the mindset, skills, and tools to drive lasting organizational change.

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Custom HTML/JS · experiential activity

The Friction of Change

A live signature comparison: sign your name with each hand, then compare. A small disruption makes the discomfort of change viscerally obvious.