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Joelle Whelan

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Sr Director, Growth Reference Program at Optum
📍 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Joelle Whelan is a Senior Director at Optum, specializing in enterprise growth reference programs, sales training, and Salesforce best practices. A University of Utah alumna, she excels in operationalizing business processes and leading teams. Colleagues describe her as a values-driven, collaborative, and highly effective leader.

She successfully operationalized Optums Client Reference Program, leading to a 118% growth in total contract value influenced by referencing since 2021.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Sr Director, Growth Reference Program
Job Level
Senior
Location
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Client Reference Programs
Currently leads and has significantly grown Optum's Growth Reference Program, increasing influenced contract value by 118% since 2021.
Sales Training & Enablement
Has extensive experience developing and deploying large-scale training programs, including a global Salesforce rollout and a coaching program for over 600 team members.
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Work history

1-2021
Sr Director, Growth Reference Program
Optum
3-2022 - 12-2023
Sr Director, Learning Development and Coaching
Optum
3-2016 - 1-2021
Sr. Director, Growth Technologies
Optum
12-2007 - 3-2016
Training Manager
Optum
7-2006 - 12-2007
Corporate Trainer
VISTA Staffing Solutions, Inc.
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Education
2000 - 2004
Bachelor of Science
University of Utah
Mass Communication/Media Studies
University of Utah
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