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Performance Solutions

Our mission is to provide customized solutions to meet organizations’ training and development needs. Our vision is to be a valued asset to organizations in our community, empowering their workforce to achieve its potential. We help companies gain a competitive advantage in the global economy by increasing the skills of their workforce through education, training, and consulting support.

Our staff, including instructors, are community college employees, with the exception of our consultants, who work with us as sub-contractors to the community colleges. Despite our “business-like” name, we are not a corporation, business, or even a non-profit 501c-3.

We are your local program solution for providing customized learning and development programs directly to organizations in the community. We are tasked with the mission of supporting the workforce development needs of corporations and for profits, non-profits and government agencies in our county.

Meet Our Team

Team

We have a talented group of seasoned professionals with the specialized skills and background to meet your needs.

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Don Sosnowski

Executive Director
Phone 253.583.8860

Don Sosnowski

Don currently serves as the Executive Director of Invista Performance Solutions, a four college collaboration, providing corporate education services in the Tacoma WA area.  He has been providing businesses and other organizations Human Resource Development consulting and training expertise for over 20 years.  He has both leadership and consulting experience in community college corporate education and workforce development programming.  Throughout his career, he has worked successfully with hundreds of diverse organizations creating and directing the delivery of cost effective education, training and consultative solutions. 

He completed his M-Div. at Trinity International University and his B.A. at Gordon College. Don holds the Association of Talent Development’s Certified Professional in Learning and Performance credential, the Jack Philips’ ROI Certification, and an instructional design and delivery credential from the Illinois Center for Workplace Literacy Basic Skills. He has developed and taught hundreds of hours of language and basic skills courses, leadership and business communication skills. 

In addition to his community college experience as Director at the College of Lake County (Grayslake, IL) and Associate Dean at Aims Community College (Greeley, CO), he has worked as the Assistant Workforce Director at Goodwill of Olympics and Rainier Region building programs for the disabled and disadvantaged in Western WA.  Prior to joining the community college system in 2000, he operated an educational consulting firm in the Chicago market providing training and consulting services to Japanese executives and expatriates.

Don is an experienced local business leader, instructional designer and facilitator with a passion for seeing people reach their highest potential through education, training, and purposeful professional development. 

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Steven Kovacs

Business Development Manager
Phone 253.583.8865

Steven Kovacs

As the Business Development Manager at Invista Performance Solutions, Steven leads corporate outreach in the Puget Sound region and is responsible for developing and managing our client relationships. Steven’s diverse experience in the business world and drive for education inspires his ability to customize performance solutions, helping businesses worldwide achieve their development goals. Steven fosters genuine relationships, earning a trust that creates an openness to ascertain a true understanding of organizational needs. His in depth consultation style matches needs to best solutions resulting in the greatest impact to business. Steven holds a B.S. degree in Business from Arizona State University and is a member of the Association for Talent Development and Society for Human Resource Management Puget Sound Chapters.

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Cait Flood

Home Care Training Project Manager
Phone 253.583.8870

Cait Flood

In her role as the Home Care Training Project Manager, Cait coordinates the delivery of training solutions in order to support the SEIU 775 Benefits Group. In this position, she manages various instructors and staff, oversees scheduling of classes, and coordinates multiple priority projects often with a geographically distributed team.

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Fred Schuneman

Training Project Manager
Phone 253.583.8863

Fred Schuneman

Fred serves as the Training Project Manager responsible for working with our clients and managing the development and implementation of our Customized Training, Expert Consulting, and Personalized Coaching services.

With over 10 years’ experience in public, private and educational sectors, Fred has also worked in training or education as an instructor/facilitator, department head and director of instructional programs. Over these years’ of experience, he has provided creative and resourceful leadership and development of training utilizing various methodologies.  He has developed and taught Train-the-Trainer courses, developed and delivered Equity and Social Justice training all across the State of Washington and provided formal and informal coaching from the individual contributor to executive level.

Fred holds a Master of Science in Workforce Education/Organizational Development from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, postgraduate certificate in Human Resource Management from Chapman, a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering Technology from Central Washington University and doctorial level studies from Oregon State University in Educational Leadership.  He is certified as a trainer in Equity and Social Justice Training and a facilitator in Continuous Improvement.

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Lucinda Jayne-Werley

Program Coordinator
Phone 253.583.8862

Lucinda Jayne-Werley

Lucinda serves as a Program Coordinator supporting the delivery of our Home Care Aide training courses. She has over a dozen years’ experience with Pierce College Community & Continuing Education where she supervised staff and coordinated hundreds of online and on-campus programs. Prior to working with Pierce, she was an Employee Development Specialist with Boeing for over five years. She holds a BA in Educational Studies, is a Certified Program Planner (CPP), and a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM).

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Candace Barnwell

Administrative Assistant
Phone 253.583.8861

Candace Barnwell

In this position, Candace maintains Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable while assisting the Executive Director, Don Sosnowski with financial reports. As the Administrative Assistant, Candace collaborates with IPS team members to meet client needs and support the fiscal growth of IPS.

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Mary Nolen

Office Assistant
Phone 253.583.8873

Mary Nolen

Mary works part-time directly with the Training Project Manager for Invista Performance Solutions, processing grant documentation, student registrations, and preparing training evaluations and evaluation reports. She also provides additional administrative support for Invista Team members. She is from California, has lived in Nevada, and graduated from Community College of Southern Nevada with an AAS and worked as a NICU RN for 15 years. She also works part-time as an Office Assistant for Clover Park Technical College, Student Success Department.

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Jackie Herrera-Bravo

Program Coordinator
Phone 253.583.8872

Jackie Herrera-Bravo

Jackie Herrera-Bravo is originally from Sunnyside WA, growing up around agricultural work. She supports the team by coordinating scheduling and other training logistics and details for local contracts and JSP grant clients. She graduated from Washington State University with a BA Human Development and BS in Psychology. Jackie has worked alongside Michael Heim conducting a research Project specifically in collecting data on how Programs Such as the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) has successfully helped underrepresented students graduate from Washington State University. She has an easy going persona and enjoys creating professional relationships with everyone she meets.

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Partnerships

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Tacoma Pierce County Economic Development Board

IPS is proud to partner with the Tacoma Pierce County Economic Development Board. The EDB is in the job and wealth creation business. The more high-wage jobs and wealth-creating companies in Tacoma-Pierce County, the better the quality of life and the greater the job and career opportunities for our citizens.

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Northwest Trade Adjustment Assistance Center (Northwest TAAC)

IPS is proud to partner with the Northwest Trade Adjustment Assistance Center (NorthwestTAAC).  The federal Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms program offers funding of up to $75,000 in matching grant funds to U.S. businesses that have experienced damaging import competition. NWTAAC, a non-profit organization, operates the program in the Northwest and provides timely assistance in qualifying and employing the program.

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