Dr. Sandra Loughlin

Chief Learning Scientist
EPAM

Dr. Sandra Loughlin is a learning scientist and organizational psychologist focused on aligning people to digitally driven business transformation. As Chief Learning Scientist at EPAM Systems, Dr. Loughlin is responsible for bringing EPAM's many internal and external-facing educational activities under one umbrella, and ensuring they incorporate cutting-edge educational practices and collectively drive business growth, quality and results. Dr. Loughlin is also EPAM’s Global Head of Client Learning & Talent Enablement, responsible for translating EPAM's internal learning and talent approach into a strategy that clients can implement, helping them recreate EPAM's award-winning culture of engineering excellence and continuous learning for their own organizations. She also tailors EPAM’s industry-recognized talent management system for clients to help them successfully attract, retain and develop technology talent. Our client learning team’s innovative approach and demonstrable impact has garnered several industry awards and led to Dr. Loughlin being recognized as a 2022 Global Leader in Consulting by Consulting Magazine. Dr. Loughlin also presents EPAM’s unique method of capability development in talks and keynotes worldwide and her articles have appeared in publications like Forbes and CDTO Magazine. Before joining EPAM in 2018, Dr. Loughlin was faculty at the University of Maryland with a joint appointment in the Colleges of Education and Business, as well as a research program focused on cognition and motivation. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning Science from the University of Maryland and a master’s degree from Harvard University.