RYAN D. WALTERS
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OBJECTIVE: PARTNER WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT WISHES TO UTILIZE MY EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES.
To effectively utilize proven ability to:
Provide Focused Leadership
Recommend Sound Business Actions
Exceed High Standards and Goals
Improve Productivity and Processing Efficiency
Recruit and Retain a Quality Work Force
QUALIFICATIONS
An Energetic Innovator and Problem Solver, possessing the ability to create and make informed decisions, with professional experience including:
Leading / Motivating Strategic Planning / Forecasting
Designing / Implementing Systems Learning Quickly / Adapting
Arranging / Coordinating Training Building Trust / Rapport
Problem Analysis / Troubleshooting Developing Effective Policies / Procedures
REPRESENTATIVE ACHIEVEMENTS
Worked with Executive Team to design and implement multiple strategic initiatives.
Designed and implemented an advanced driver training program to increase accessibility to a wider range of candidates for the company thus creating a career development option for CDL drivers.
Lead an internal investigation uncovering numerous and ongoing fraudulent activities. Exposure of these activities resulted in the company being able to stop the financial losses and create policy to prevent further occurrences.
Restructured departments, developed all policies and procedures in order to achieve and maintain operations compliant with company and regulatory requirements, including maintenance of records and documentation.
Successfully represent company during Workers Compensation and Unemployment proceedings. Worked with Assistant State Attorney General representing company and State during Workers Compensation litigation. Consistently achieve favorable rulings.
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Restructured a recruiting orientation and retention program, resulting in higher work force performance, lower production downtime, and the reduction of turnover rate to lower than 50% of the industry standard.
Designed and implemented multi-media ad campaign designed to attract new and experienced candidates. This included newspaper, a variety of online outlets, television commercials, radio and satellite radio, billboards and feature segments on regional newscasts.
Established new Human Resource and Safety Departments serving two separate companies simultaneously. Brought the first company into federal compliance within four months, the second was brought into compliance within nine months. Verification of compliance was confirmed with external audits.
Successfully motivated reluctant management and the hostile workforces of multiple companies to accept business practice changes in order to become compliant with Federal Regulations and reduce accidents and lower insurance costs.
Exercised decisive risk management while successfully managing two start-up businesses, taking both to multi-million dollar annual revenues in less than 24 months.
Established interpersonal relationship and rapport with leaders of the area medical community, improving the perception of a new service sector leading to a successful launch and operation of a new company. The company continues operation 22 years later.
Utilized strategic planning and forecasting methodologies while writing a business plan for a regional transportation company, resulting in explosive growth, reaching multi-million dollar annual revenues within 18 months.
Established criteria, standards and procedures for all positions in a 500 employee nationwide transportation company, as part of the criteria to achieve ISO-9002 registration.
Arranged, coordinated and conducted monthly training meetings, and organization wide educational seminars for Owners, Senior Management and workforce resulting in a company becoming ISO-9002 registered.
Project Manager of fleet wide electronic equipment purchase, installation and education process resulting in improved operational efficiency, lowered equipment damage cost and provided better data to improve fleet efficiency.
Project Manager of fleet fuel efficiency program which improved overall fleet fuel efficiency by 25%.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Exemplary Background gained in successful positions as:
Vice President of Support Operations
-Keen Transport, Inc. 2014 - 2015
Director of Safety and Human Resources 2002 - 2014
- Trans-States Express, Inc.
Director of Safety and Recruiting 2000 - 2002
- 1st Carrier Corp.
Director of Quality Assurance 1997 - 2000
- Gasel Transportation
Owner 1994 - 1997
- TransCare Ambulette, Inc.
Vice President 1990 - 1994
- MLW Medical Billing Service
Infantryman / Squad Leader 1985 - 1990
- US Army
EDUCATION
Wheeling Jesuit College - Human Resource Management – Course work
completed
Associate Degree in Business Management; Minors in, Marketing, Sales, Accounting
Washington State Community College
Ohio University – Studies in Engineering and Psychology
Marietta College – Studies in Business and History
ISO-9000 Lead Auditor / Lead Assessor Certification