Bert Sandie 
Director, Technical Excellence | Electronic Arts, Inc.
Vancouver, BC, CANADA
Bert Sandie is a key contributor to Electronic Arts (EA) dynamic culture. His technical and leadership background in the high-tech industry
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Bert Sandie is the Director of Technical Excellence at Electronic Arts (EA) where he is a key contributor to the organizations dynamic culture. His technical knowledge, corporate learning expertise, and leadership background in the high-tech industry has helped him drive formal, informal and social approaches to knowledge sharing, collaboration, learning, and innovation at EA.
Bert is a passionate leader in the learning and collaboration space and is uniquely skilled to ensure an organization can leverage the right blend of traditional and non-traditional based learning including visual facilitation, social media, video, eLearning, and interactive workshops. He works in the corporate learning and development group called EA University that provides opportunities to work with a broad range of employees from executives to new graduates.
Bert is a renowned speaker and has been invited regularly to present at industry conferences.
Industry Expertise (8)
Human Resources
Talent Management
Social Media
Telecommunications
Education/Learning
Computer Software
Corporate Leadership
Computer Gaming
Areas of Expertise (7)
Collaboration in the Digital Workplace
Knowledge Workers
Social
Informal and Formal Learning
Video Game Industry
Knowledge Management
Learning in the Workplace
Education (1)
Simon Fraser University: Bachelor of Applied Science, Computer Science
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Event Appearances (12)
Microsoft: Using Social Computing To Manage Across the Technology Age Gap
Gartner Portals, Content & Collaboration Summit 2009 Orlando, Florida
2009-06-09
KEYNOTE SPEECH: The Biggest Challenge is Culture
Enterprise 2.0 Conference Boston, MA
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Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009 Las Vegas, USA
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Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2011 Anaheim, USA
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Enterprise 2.0 Santa Clara 2010 Santa Clara, USA
How Social Learning Drives Business Results
Social Intranet Summit Vancouver, British Columbia
2010-10-28
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Intranet Benchmarking Forum Global Webinar
Creating the Right Social Networking for your Workforce
2010 San Francisco HR Leadership Summit - Evanta San Francisco, California
2010-05-18
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Enterprise 2.0 San Francisco 2009 San Francisco, USA
Knowledge Workers – The Emergence of a New Breed of Savvy Employees
AIIM Social Business Virtual Conference Global Webinar
2011-09-08
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IntraTeam Conference Copenhagen, Denmark
The Deployment Game: Strategies for Driving Software Adoption
info360 Conference New York City
2010-04-22
Sample Talks (4)
Creating a Culture of Collaboration
Using real-world experiences to demonstrate the critical importance of why culture and employee behaviors need our full attention as we proceed down the road of enabling, fostering and growing collaboration and sharing to the next levels in our respective organizations.
Microsoft: Using Social Computing To Manage Across the Technology Age Gap
Technology and demographics are on a collision course. Digital Natives, Echo Boomers, and Generation X-ecutives are grappling with transformative implications of Enterprise 2.0, and organizations are scrambling for the best ways to unlock talents of a multigenerational workforce in a connected world. Bert will present a combination of Microsoft’s own experience and customer stories, along with actionable recommendations and best practices that you can apply to bridge the generation gap.
Creating the Right Social Networking for your Workforce
At Electronic Arts, Inc., social networking is an essential part of enabling collaboration between colleagues in different physical locations. Trends are emerging from a new generation of workers, who blend their work and personal lives through social interfaces such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Bert Sandie, Director of Technical Excellence at Electronic Arts, envisaged an opportunity and implemented an internal, enterprising social networking system for better business partnership.
The Deployment Game: Strategies for Driving Software Adoption
Bert Sandie, Director of Technical Excellence at Electronic Arts, will explore how games and game design principles can be leveraged to remove barriers that typically lead to a lack of adoption of new technology in your business.
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