David B. Tessier

*** **** ****** ***** **, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403

319-***-****, e-mail abktvw@r.postjobfree.com

Objective To serve within the capacity as a Human Resources Manager,

providing sound guidance and leadership in all levels of

personnel administration and organizational governance

Summary of Excellent Human Resources background, including:

Qualifications applicant screening; employee orientation, evaluation and

placement; safety planning and training; experienced in

developing and implementing training both within a specific

set of criteria, as well as a corporate setting; procuring,

monitoring and evaluating employee benefits programs;

managing employee assistance programs; working within a

collective bargaining agreement; acting as ADA and EEO

officer

Keywords ADA, FMLA, EEO Conflict Resolution

Benefits Administration Strategic Planning

Performance Appraisal Strong Communication Skills

EAP Team Building

Relevant Work Executive Director, Family Service Agency, May 1989

Experience Cedar Rapids, IA to February

Designed new employee orientation package and 1996

established and facilitated all new employee

activities and sessions, which provided (for

the first time) continuity in all company and

benefit information presented verbally and in

writing.

Responsible for budget preparation and

reconciliation and other forecasting/planning

activities.

Developed specific employee evaluation

program, which allows for improvement on

identified problem areas before final

evaluation.

Prepare confidential material for grievance

and other personnel-related meetings.

Researched and instituted a new benefits

program, reducing benefit cost by 25%, while

keeping comparable coverage.

Initiated and provided all ADA, EEO, and

facility safety programs within the agency.

Erased a $69,000 deficit the first year.

Expanded agency from a $400,000 budget to $1.2

million in less than five years.

Financial Manager, Visiting Nurse Association, June 1999

Iowa City, IA to March 2000

Designed and instituted a new reporting

facility which saved over $25,000 in costs

Wrote all monthly financial reports and

presented to the Board of Directors

Analyzed personnel budgets and expenses to

identify trends and cost containment measures

Worked with the Executive Director and the

Board of Directors to plan, purchase and train

on a new computer system, included laptops for

nurses in the field

Chief Deputy, Linn County Clerk of Court,

Cedar Rapids, IA

Managed 60 employees, including mid-level

managers

Instituted an employee specific evaluation

program within a collective bargaining

environment

Appointed to state-wide Court forms committee

Created multiple forms for use by Judges,

local police departments, traffic bureaus, and

court personnel to decrease costs and increase

efficiency

October 1982

to May 1989

Additional Jumpstart Specialist. Transitions Made Better, November 2009

Chronological Inc. to April 2010

Work Experience Cedar Rapids, IA

Work with owners and general managers of flood

impacted businesses to assess qualifications

into government funded assistance programs

Determine, calculate, and distribute monetary

assistance within program guidelines

Assist businesses to meet documentation,

performance and other entrance qualifications

Fully communicate and assist businesses to

comply with federal, state, and city process

and documentation requirements

Administer programs assisting 122 local

businesses to distribute twenty one million

dollars

Senior Business Analyst/Project Manager, January 2007

KForce Staffing, assigned to Verizon Business, to May 2009

Cedar Rapids, IA

Authored a complete mapping guide for moving

applications to a single billing process,

including fields definitions, data origination

and final placement (@1400 pages)

Manage multiple projects, solving problems to

meet code development milestones towards

implementation

Single point of contact for all national and

international sales commissions projects

within a multi-department arena

Project Manager, McLeodUSA, Cedar Rapids, IA June 2006

Worked directly with wholesale customers and to December

field sales staff to secure contracts and 2006

build a new wholesale product

Standardized the wholesale customer

implementation process, reducing costs and

increasing product delivery efficiency

Designated as the lead in all wholesale

customer contracts, including the areas of

billing, ordering and scheduling, FTP site

preparation and firewall security, and testing

of all external interface connection and data

transfer

Business Analyst, McLeodUSA, Cedar Rapids, IA March 2000

Primary lead for international 3rd party $10 to June 2006

million integration, including interface

between UNIX system application and AS/400

ordering system

Maintained LEC requirements for directory

ordering and LEC billing, identifying all

business rules and exceptions

Identified and captured $20,000 compounding

lost revenue, going from initial concept and

research to automated monthly billing audits

Authored and instituted training documentation

for all projects for which I was assigned

Member of the corporate Software Development

Life Cycle oversight committee

Owner/General Manager, Jazzer's Coffee and Tea

Emporium, Cedar Rapids, IA

Prepared business plan to secure project

funding

Direct marketing to customers, including

displays, direct mail, television and radio

advertising

Completed all recruiting, payroll, training,

and resolution of employment issues

Education M.A. in Public Affairs (Administration),

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, focusing on

quantitative analysis of policy deployment

B.A in Political Science, Coe College, Cedar

Rapids, IA

Additional course work in Personnel

Administration, Managing in Limited

Jurisdictions from Michigan State through ICM

Volunteer Music Committee Chair - Freedom Festival, Board of Directors

Activities - Salvation Army, Indian Creek Nature Center, Area Substance

Abuse Council, Member - Coe College Alumni Council,

President - Cedar Rapids Coe College Alumni, Class Rep - Coe

College, Worship Team Leader - Noelridge Church, Liaison

-Victims of Homicide Survivors group, (others)

References Available upon request

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