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Don Yanaitis

Pioneer · DISC type DIS
Executive Director, Learning Creation and Portfolio Management at Merck
📍 Havertown, Pennsylvania, United States

Don Yanaitis is an executive director with a career spanning pharma, manufacturing, and healthcare. He specializes in learning and development, holding certifications in change management and ROI. He earned a B. Sc. from SUNY Geneseo and has direct experience shaping employee engagement and learning strategy.

He has presented at regional and national conferences on topics including safety, compliance, and employee engagement.

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Experience
28 Years
Current Role
Executive Director, Learning Creation and Portfolio Management
Job Level
Senior
Location
Havertown, Pennsylvania, United States
Personality Overview

How Don shows up

Friendly But Fast
Decisive But Friendly
Dynamic But Sincere

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Priorities

Topics Don cares about

Learning & Development
His entire career is focused on L&D. He is an executive director in the field and has presented on learning strategy at national conferences.
Employee Engagement
Has presented on this topic at conferences and his work experience directly involves enhancing employee performance and development.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Executive Director, Learning Creation and Portfolio Management
Merck
5-2023 - 2-2025
Executive Director, Learning Portfolio Office
Merck
9-2021 - 5-2023
Director, Compliance Learning & Development
Merck
6-2020 - 9-2021
Senior Director, Enterprise Learning
Comcast
8-2017 - 6-2020
Senior Director, Compliance Learning & Development
Comcast
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Education
1992 - 1994
B.Sc.
SUNY Geneseo
1990 - 1992
A.S.
Monroe Community College
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

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