Joe O'Connor

Community leadership and career coaching: Joe founded Skill Monkey Coaching in 2023 to provide career and personal-finance coaching and in 2025 took on the CEO role at the My Career Pivot community. He positions himself as an empowerment coach who helps clients clarify vision, take action, and prepare for career transitions. skillmonkeycoaching+2

Learning & development / instructional design practitioner with federal contract experience: his background includes multiple instructional design, curriculum management, and training delivery roles (CACI, GovCIO, Resonance). Public event descriptions and his professional profile emphasize a decade of work supporting federal contracts (Department of State, Army, Navy, USAID) and designing/facilitating trainings. linkedin+1

International development and education practitioner: Joe served in the Peace Corps as an Education Specialist and taught English abroad (Lauder-Reut Educational Complex in Bucharest), and his academic background (MS, International Affairs) supports a sustained interest in international development and social-impact work. luma+1