New Media Partners Team

Megan Powell Megan has more than 10 years of experience in the fields of instructional design, project management, performance consulting, and facilitation. She has a B.S. in English from the University of Kentucky, a B.S. in English with a concentration in Secondary Education and an M.S. in Instructional Technology from Georgia State University, as well as an Executive M.B.A. from Kennesaw State University and is a certified Project Manager. In the past she has worked for a large variety of companies both in an employment position and as a consultant, including SunTrust Banks, BROKAT, Cingular Wireless, IKON Office Solutions, BMW, Kimberly-Clark, and UPS. Her work includes development of instructor-led, web-based, and virtual learning solutions for Business Sales executives and associates on subjects ranging from soft skills to implementation of application training for a customer relationship management solution. Success of the training initiative for the CRM led her to managing the Business Analyst group supporting that application. Her project management skills as well as her excellent verbal and written communication skills make her a valuable asset to any project.

Francis (Skip) Atkinson, Ph.D. Skip Atkinson, Founder and President of RDEA, Inc. has managed two complementary and successful careers during the past 30 years, one as a consultant and project manager in the corporate world and one as a professor in higher education. As a consultant, Skip has managed performance improvement projects with IBM, Bank of America, AT&T, Georgia Power, the Federal Reserve Bank, UPS, and Iron Mountain. As a Full Professor of Instructional Technology at Georgia State University, Skip established the graduate programs in Instructional Technology at Georgia State University in 1975. While under his leadership, this program grew to an enrollment of over 200 Masters Degree students, 40 Specialists degree students, and 40 Ph.D. students. Skip has co-authored a book, written several book chapters, as well as many journal articles. He has presented at numerous national and international conferences. In his role as the lead professor for the graduate programs in Instructional Technology, he managed the recruitment of new faculty, mentored and coached faculty, and coordinated all program development initiatives.

Vicki Atkinson, Ed.S. Vicki Atkinson is a Managing Partner with RDEA, Inc., specializing in performance and learning interventions to improve business results. Her career spans 30 years in the field of learning and consulting working for IBM, and prior to that nonprofit hospitals and public schools. She has worked across industries with some of the following clients: Iron Mountain, IBM, US Navy, Sprint, Lexmark, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Allstate, Alltel, Government Development Bank of Puerto Rico, PepsiCo, Cleveland Municipal School District, Ford, and others. Vicki's is certified in business transformation consulting and her engagements vary in breadth and scope including managing performance analysis engagements, leading transformation efforts, developing competency strategies, designing learning strategies and learning offerings, designing job profiles and descriptions, developing communication processes, designing career and certification plans, designing learning metrics, and implementing recommendations. She has successfully managed numerous projects across multiple national and international organizations, served on IBM's consultant certification board, served as an advisor and mentor to fellow consultants, and been actively involved in ASTD and ISPI. Her education includes doctoral studies in instructional design and organizational development, an Education Specialist degree (Ed.S.), a Masters of Education (M.Ed.) and ongoing professional education and learning.