Cara North is an award-winning learning experience leader who has worked for some of the biggest organizations in corporate and higher education settings. She started her career as an “accidental instructional designer” at Amazon before transitioning into higher education, working at The Ohio State University. Cara is the operations training manager for Silfex, the world’s largest provider of high-purity custom silicon components and assemblies.

Cara has served as a past president of the board of directors for Central Ohio ATD and has also been a national ATD International Conference & EXPO volunteer. She is a producer and community manager of the Training Learning and Development Community. She recently wrote and self-published an open educational resource book about acing your next instructional design job interview.

A self-proclaimed social media junkie, you can find her sharing content on her YouTube channel, Unfiltered ID, or on the podcast she co-founded with Joseph Suarez, Instructional ReDesign. You can connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter by searching caranorth11.