Manager Management

LISA M. wELDON

*********@*****.***

Address: *** ******, ******* *****, ** 32266 Phone: 904-***-****

|SUMMARY |Action-oriented leader with strong project management and team |

| |development skills successful in achieving extraordinary results |

| |and consistent success for my employer. |

|Experience |CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA |

| |Manager of Labor Relations |

|8/08- PRESENT |Total LR support for the Chicago transportation division, |

| |providing labor agreement interpretation, guidance and employee |

| |relations. |

| |Establish critical relationships with departmental leaders and |

| |labor representatives. |

| |Facilitated cross-departmental People Goals initiative teams in |

| |learning and development and addressing resistance from union to |

| |management. |

| |Led initiatives in alternative dispute handling and web |

| |conferencing, presenting the first arbitration cases via web |

| |arbitration. |

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| |Developed new Hearing Officer Training and presented training to |

| |over 150 field managers. |

| |Collaborated with Payroll and Mechanical departments in the |

| |development of JobTrax system and STARS attendance and reporting |

| |system. |

| |Spearheaded cross-training organizational plan for Labor |

| |Relations department for effective knowledge transfer and |

| |succession planning. |

| |Ensured consistent application of Mechanical policies and rules |

| |throughout all locations. |

| |Assisted Mechanical department in the analysis and forecasting of|

| |operating trends and manpower needs to drive key measures. |

| |Assisted in development of Mechanical hours of service policy in |

| |compliance with federal regulations. |

| |Managed the contract employee discipline process from time of |

| |incident through arbitration. |

| |Managed creation and implementation of labor contract management |

| |system. |

| |ADP program as a participant and coach. |

|3/05- 8/08 |CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA |

| |Manager of Professional Recruiting |

| |Managed and developed the recruiting team for the Management |

| |Trainee Program and Internship/Co-op Program (roughly 160 |

| |hires/year). |

| |Grew Management Trainee Program from 22 trainees a year to over |

| |100 trainees a year; from 7 participating departments to 17 |

| |departments. |

| |Developed college recruiting strategy, establishing relationships|

| |at 25 colleges and analyzing data semi-annually for continual |

| |strategy refinement. |

| |Key partner in the creation of new rail program at Penn State, |

| |Altoona, providing direction and insight regarding program |

| |development and coursework selection. |

| |Expanded rail program at the University of Illinois by obtaining |

| |funding for an additional rail professor, providing the |

| |opportunity to establish CSX as a top recruiting partner. |

| |Established Internship and Co-op Program, growing program from 0 |

| |to 60 interns and co-ops per year. |

| |Exceeded customer satisfaction goal of 85%, reaching score of |

| |100% for the Management Trainee Program. |

| |Launched the CSX Diversity Scholarship Program, offering |

| |scholarships at 20 colleges and up to 40 students per year. |

| |Led benchmarking initiatives for recruitment and retention |

| |programs including CSX's Field Centricity project and Roadmaster |

| |Retention Working Group, organizing roundtable events for |

| |railroad and other industry representatives, analyzing data and |

| |trends, and offering solutions for change. |

| |Participated in the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance |

| |of Way Association (AREMA), Committee 24, as a key member in |

| |developing an educational program to train college professors |

| |regarding the rail industry and student job opportunities. |

| |Created and implemented a comprehensive process map for |

| |Management Training Program hiring and onboarding, including |

| |timelines and deliverables at each process step. |

|3/03 - 3/05 |Anspach Meeks Ellenberger LLP, Toledo, Ohio |

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| |Litigation Attorney |

| |Participated in all areas of litigation including discovery, |

| |depositions, pleadings and motion practice, hearings, |

| |negotiations and trial. |

| |Assisted and/or co-chaired in cases involving Common Law |

| |Negligence, Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), and Worker's|

| |Compensation. |

| |Defended multi-million dollar FELA case in front of federal judge|

| |and jury, obtaining a defense verdict for Fortune 500 client. |

| |Obtained summary judgment in personal injury case involving |

| |injury to plaintiff's lower back, saving the corporate defendant |

| |over $500,000. |

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|MEMBERSHIPS |OHIO STATE BAR ASSOCIATION |

| |Society for Human Resource Management |

|Education |University of Toledo College of Law, Toledo, Ohio |

| |J.D. 2002 |

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| |University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio |

| |B.A. 1998 |

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