Speakers

Market Solutions Leader, Skillsoft

Based in Metro‑Atlanta, Nita Wade is a U.S. Air Force retired veteran and public sector workforce transformation leader with more than 15 years of experience designing, implementing, and scaling education, training, and professional development programs across defense, federal, higher education, and regulated enterprise environments. Nita currently serves as Market Solutions Leader, US Public Sector at Skillsoft, where she leads strategy and solution alignment for Federal, State, Local, and Higher Education customers. In this role, she partners with executive stakeholders, workforce leaders and cross‑functional teams to shape market‑relevant solutions that address mission readiness, AI workforce preparedness, skills modernization, and learning ecosystem transformation. She works across Skillsoft’s platform, content, and services to translate complex customer challenges into scalable, outcome‑driven solutions that support both compliance and long‑term capability building. Prior to Skillsoft, Nita supported the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as part of the Workforce Development team, contributing to Training Delivery Services that expanded and sustained learning access for 5.7 million users annually across public health audiences. Earlier in her career, she served as an Executive Officer and senior advisor in the U.S. Air Force, supporting strategic operations and talent development in high‑demand, mission‑critical environments. Her career achievements include leading initiatives that saved more than $10 million and significant operational labor by consolidating requirements, restructuring deployment‑readiness pipelines, and authoring policy aligned to unique defense capabilities. These efforts were later benchmarked across U.S. Air Force Europe and Pacific theaters, impacting approximately 80,000 active‑duty personnel. She also operationalized a $6.8 million aircraft systems trainer, increasing utilization by 75% in the first year, accelerating readiness for more than 400 Airmen, and reducing annual travel costs by over $250,000. Across her defense career, she managed over $120 million in government training support contracts spanning eight Department of Defense weapons systems. Known for her ability to bridge mission, workforce strategy, and execution, Nita brings a pragmatic, partner‑oriented approach to helping public sector organizations modernize skills, prepare leaders and employees for emerging technologies, and scale learning in complex, regulated environments. She holds a BA in Organizational Management, Masters in Business Administration, and a Masters in Industrial and Organizational Psychology.