Linda Riggs is the Strategic Training Director for ICMI. She has over 25 years of experience in contact center management, training, development and instructional design. Her focus is on Learning and Development in the contact center environment, ICMI content, industry certification and international partnership programs.
Linda began her career as a call center agent and worked her way up to a Director level for a 2000 seat call center in the financial services industry. She later moved into Contact Center Learning and Development, and has since worked in call centers within the vertical industries of technical support, government, banking, insurance, finance and healthcare.
When delivering training, she has an uncanny ability to reach audiences of all levels of learning, regardless of their experience or position within the contact center, Linda’s energy and enthusiasm endears her to her students and promotes an environment conducive to learning and retention.
Linda holds a bachelor's degree and is a U.S. Navy veteran. She is a member of the American Society for Training and Development, and is a certified DISC behavioral styles trainer. She has written several articles for industry publications and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences.