Tony McCauley

Executive Summary

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Senior management experience translating Deep knowledge and experience in strategic,

business and shareholder interests into Human organizational development and change

Resource initiatives management

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Career long champion of Lean Manufacturing Talent upgrading through effective performance

concepts and core values management

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Seasoned in unionized and non union settings Experience developing highly effective

leadership teams

Education

Brigham Young University Provo, UT

• Master of Organizational Behavior 1985

• Bachelor of Science Major, Psychology; Minor, Philosophy 1983

Professional History

PDM Bridge, LLC Oct. 2008 Present

Vice President of Human Resources Downers Grove, IL

• Recruited executive leadership team to take the company from an entrenched entrepreneurial phase to

one of organizational capability, building on a professional management approach

• Established a company wide benefits program for the first time in the firm’s history resulting in a 10%

cost savings and better positioning for future health care changes

• Installed an up stream safety program that reduced DART & TCIR by 76% and Worker’s

Compensation costs by 57%

• Implemented Production Leadership Process to instill lean behaviors from plant leadership to shop

floor; contributed to 15% and 7% productivity gains in two plants

• Implemented a performance management and succession system

• Reduced turnover by 60% in response to immediate stabilization need, clearing the path for a

significant CAPEX plan

• Established a salaried rate range system for first time in company history

• Developed HR Managers from an administrative focus to business partnership

• Negotiated Union contracts in three facilities with less than 1% net impact

• Drove the training and development from a “buddy system” to a defined certification and qualification

system

• Established Union Free road map in a fourth facility as part of an acquisition transition

• Drove project to take Company IT to a cloud based platform

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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co June 2001 Oct. 2008

HR Services Manager, Topeka, KS

• Negotiated $11 million in union contract savings in a 2002 opener to help secure a $120 million

investment commitment for modernization

• Negotiated $14.1 million in additional union contract savings in 2003 local negotiations

• Arbitration record: 98% success (forty nine wins or splits versus one loss in ten years)

• Successfully resolved over sixty Title VII and other complaints per year (for seven years), with only

three law suits (all settled at mediation for minimal cost)

• Performed contract administration activities encompassing grievances, arbitration, interpretations,

discipline standards, and maintained daily contact with the Union

• As an HR generalist, provided oversight for security, employment, and training

Goodyear North American Tire Division Mar. 2003 Aug 2003

Interim Division HR Leader Akron, OH

• Provided HR direction and coordination for seventeen manufacturing plants

• Drove the completion of the annual succession planning process and major salaried cost cutting

strategy for the Vice President of Manufacturing

• Directed two major investigations of impropriety in safety reporting metrics

Goodyear Research and Development Division Jan. 2001 June 2001

HR Manager, R&D Manufacturing Akron, OH

Managed the HR function while contributing as a member of the R&D division HR team

• Implemented a new performance appraisal system

• Improved worker’s compensation and disability tracking procedures

Goodyear Air Springs Business Team Jan. 1998 Jan. 2001

Business Team HR Manager – Green, OH

• Managed the HR function and served as HR principle on the Air Springs strategic business team

through a difficult transfer of capacity to a more competitive plant

• Facilitated a combined hourly and salaried task force to redesign plant layout to accommodate new role

of the Green plant in order to extend the viability of the plant

Goodyear Engineered Products Division Nov. 1990 Jan. 1998

Division Organization Development Manager Akron, OH

Provided a broad range of OD consulting for a $1.3 billion division

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Executed a strategic planning process for the Division President involving five

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international regions and seven business teams that had emerged as having the most potential

for growth. This included business portfolio rationalization to match the available capital to

the number of viable growth businesses in the division, the creation of new positions and

roles, and provided start up team building

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Goodyear Corporate OD Resource Group Aug. 1988 Nov. 1990

Organization Development Consultant Akron, OH

• Facilitated change processes for multiple culture change efforts, including two additional joint union

management processes and two Self Managed Team implementations

• Championed a logistical flow system intervention to reduce costs and increase fill rates to customers

• Facilitated multiple lean interventions such as cellular – one piece flow manufacturing, Kaizen/waste

elimination events, and Total Productive Maintenance

• Conducted numerous data collection feedback and planning interventions, team building, and conflict

resolution interventions. Trained a network of seven internal change facilitators to expand Union and

non Union change efforts in the Engineered Products Division

Goodyear Engineered Products July 1986 August 1988

Regional OD Consultant Logan, OH

• Initiated three joint Union Management process initiatives

• Adapted and implemented corporate operating team model for small to medium size plants

• Initiated employee involvement teams across three plants

Goodyear Engineered Products Aug. 1985 – July 1986

Employee Relations Specialist Norfolk, NE

• Implemented Union avoidance strategies

• Conducted organizational effectiveness/feedback audits

• Facilitated employee involvement groups and task teams

• Revised plant policies to be consistent with a “pro associate” philosophy

Professional Certification

Society for Human Resource Management

• Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) Certification 2000

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