Human Resources Manager

Rick Holmes

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__________________PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE__________________

*/** - ******* ***** ********* Consultant

Contract consultant for small to medium size

companies. Review existing Human Resources

systems and recommend modifications to senior

management. Update or develop new H.R.

systems including salary administration, fringe benefit

programs, disciplinary systems, employee handbooks, job

evaluation, performance appraisal, job descriptions, etc.

4/03 - 4/07 Owner - Discovery Point on Hunter (Child Development

Center)

Purchased a franchise and took the business from green field to

a 96 student facility. Responsible

for all business operations including general

management, finance, employee recruitment and

retention, purchasing, advertising, client relations, state

regulatory compliance, and payroll.

8/75 - 2/02 Ahlstrom Paper Group (and predecessor companies)

Corporate Director of Human Resources - Engine

Filtration Division (1/95 - 2/02)

Responsible for the overall Human Resources function for the

U.S. operations of Ahlstrom Paper Group's Engine Filtration

Division. This includes four manufacturing facilities in four

states (TN, KY, IL, and PA) with approximately 400 employees.

Responsibilities include employee relations, wage and salary

administration, employee benefits, pension administration,

EEO/Affirmative Action Compliance, recruitment, training and

development, and H.R.I.S. for one union and three non-union

facilities. Member of management team and responsible for the

implementation of the Human Resources policies and procedures

for a new $80 million start-up manufacturing facility in

Illinois. Member of international Human Resources Committee for

Ahlstrom Paper Group headquartered in Amsterdam, The

Netherlands. Travel: Domestic 25-35%, International 5%.

Human Resources Director (11/85 - 1/95)

Responsible for the Human Resources function for two non-union

manufacturing facilities in TN and KY. Member of the management

negotiating committee for union facility in Eastern

Pennsylvania.

Human Resources and Purchasing Manager (1/78 -

11/85)

Responsible for the Human Resources function for Southern

Cellulose Products

and Southern Specialty Paper Co. Responsible for the initial

organization, implementation and supervision of the company's

first computer system and department.

Personnel Manager (8/75 - 1/78)

Responsible for the Human Resources function for Southern

Cellulose Products, a 100-employee pulp mill. Functional as the

Purchasing Manager during periods of travel by the VP

Personnel/Purchasing.

_______________________________PROFESSIONAL

ACCOMPLISHMENTS_________________________

1. Maintained non-union status for three manufacturing facilities from 1975

to the present.

2. No union organizing campaigns since 1978. Five campaigns prior to 1978.

3. No lawsuits resulting in company being found guilty of violating any

State or Federal employment, labor, or civil laws or statues.

4. Established self-insured medical and short-term disability insurance

payment

system, which resulted in increased cash flow of approx. $200,000.

5. Turnover reduced to 3% (plant & office) - 1996 to 1998 rate was 0% in

the plants.

6. Established the first computer operation for the two manufacturing

facilities in TN & KY with first year cost savings of $120,000.

7. Established an employee suggestion program which resulted in a $220,000

cost savings in water consumption over a two year period.

___________________________________________EDUCATION________________________

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B.S. - Business Administration

Minor: Economics

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Certified Analyst for Praendex, Inc. "Predictive Index employee appraisal

system."

___________________________________PROFESSIONAL

ASSOCIATIONS_________________________

8. Society for Human Resources Management

9. Chattanooga Industrial Human Resources Committee

10. Tennessee Manufacturing and Taxpayer Association Human Resources

Committee

11. American Forest and Paper Association

________________________________________ COMPUTER

SKILLS___________________________________

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), PeopleSoft Human Resources

(7.5)

*References available upon request

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