Valeria Hunter

Valeria Hunter is the Founder and Principal Consultant at Hunter Knowledge and Insights, LLC – a management consulting firm that provides services in data, information, and knowledge management. Retired from BP (British Petroleum), her role was leading Organizational Learning for Refining and Marketing Capital Projects and major maintenance turnarounds, where she devised an knowledge management framework and implemented various KM processes, systems and tools for internal refining, petrochemical, pipeline, lubricants and other global clients. The focus of her organizational learning activities were Communities of Practice (CoPs) to improve operational excellence. Valeria spent a total of seventeen years at BP in a variety of businesses and roles that included project management in alternative energy, business development in crude oil pipeline transportation, financial analysis, and project portfolio management.

As an advocate of the benefits of networking and continuous learning, Valeria markets educational content and promotes the events as the volunteer Digital Media Manager for KM Chicago, and has been Social Media Manager and member of the Association of Independent Information Professionals. She is also a member of the Beta Phi Mu Library and Information Science Honor Society. In addition to her consulting services to small business, Valeria serves on the GSLIS Alumni Council at Dominican University, Board of Directors of a small business in Chicago, and volunteers for technology classes at her local public library.

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