Human Resources Management
Resume:
James H.
Davis
Barnstable, MA 02630
***************@*****.***
EXECUTIVE
PROFILE
Human Resources executive known for strategic thinking, pragmatic advice
and delivering results that directly improve business performance.
Expertise in risk management, governance and compliance.
Capabilities include:
. Collaborative, constructive, strategic partnerships with
business leaders
. Strategic implementation and execution
. Compensation and Employee Relations
. Talent Management and Leadership Development
. Organizational Effectiveness and Change Management
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
STATE STREET CORPORATION, Boston, MA 2003 - 2008
Global provider to institutional investors; $17.9 trillion in custody and
$1.7 trillion under management.
Vice President - Global Human Resources Business Partner/HR Policy and
Operations
Delivered world-wide HR service excellence to business units globally,
supporting over 3,000 employees.
Track record of building high-performing, strategically focused HR teams
supporting business units in
the U.S., Canada and the U.K.
Strategic HR Management
. Employee Engagement: Collaborated with business leaders to design
initiatives that improved morale. Maximized employee engagement,
measurably improved productivity and lowered turnover by applying
targeted organizational design, compensation, talent acquisition,
retention and skill development programs that improved business
performance.
. Mergers & Acquisitions: Led the M&A team. Established best practice
principles that facilitated new employee integrations. Conducted due
diligence of proposed transactions and addressed all integration issues.
Developed the terms of transition for newly acquired employees.
. Implementation: Directed the HR Project Management Group and ensured that
project managers achieved on-time delivery for approximately 20 large-
scale HR initiatives annually.
Talent Acquisition/Organizational Development
. Talent Acquisition: Attracted top talent in a highly competitive
environment. Collaborated with senior leaders to develop innovative
hiring strategies and best-in-class talent pools. Achieved recruiting
goals.
. Leadership Development: Designed and facilitated the leadership
assessment process to identify top-performers. Initiated development
planning for top performers aligned with strategic imperatives which
facilitated the growth of new product lines and increased profitability.
Coached high-performers to successfully lead during a period of rapid
change.
. Organizational Development: Created and implemented an organization-wide
internal mobility program that enabled rapid professional growth of top
performers, improving organizational capacity.
Compensation
. Compensation: Directed the Compensation Strategy project team. Introduced
redesigned compensation programs that rationalized reward systems,
leading to improved employee motivation and profitability.
. Strategy: Armed business unit leaders with data and analyses to
facilitate compensation decision-making. Created analytical information
to identify top performers and to ensure parity of awards.
. Mobility: Designed global salary and promotion processes that ensured
consistent and timely awards.
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Change Management/Employee Relations/Policy Development
. Workforce Planning: Collaborated with leadership teams to define critical
skills, shifts in the composition or location of the workforce,
anticipate the impact of technology and identify the drivers
of future business success. Implemented hiring strategies to align
with prospective requirements.
. Change Management: Created programs that increased employee understanding
and buy-in.
. Employee Relations: Led all sensitive and complex employee relations
investigations in the U.S.
. Policy Development: Coordinated policy development, approval process,
implementation and communications for U.S. policies and select global
policies.
COLUMBIA ASSET MANAGEMENT, Boston, MA 2000 - 2003
$195 billion asset management subsidiary of Bank of America, formerly
Liberty Financial Cos.
Vice President - Human Resources Director
Delivered strategic and operational support to 1,200 employees in the
Investment Technology and Transfer Agent organizations during a period of
acquisition, divestiture and reorganization.
. Change Management: Created corporate-wide change management program and
related training that improved business performance and staff retention
during acquisition.
. Organizational Development: Managed division-wide reorganization that
facilitated the rapid implementation of a transformed business model,
increasing revenue.
. Staff Integration: Managed integration of new staff through
acquisition/restructuring transactions.
. Training and Development: Co-developed a strategy that improved
leadership effectiveness.
. Business Planning: Coordinated business planning process; created
integrated business plans.
IXIS ASSET MANAGEMENT, Boston, MA 1985 - 2000
International asset management firm, with $495 billion under management,
formerly Nvest Funds.
Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Corporate Administration
. Organizational Effectiveness: Built a positive, results-driven culture
that encouraged initiative and excellence.
. Sales: Enabled sales/marketing organization to meet target of 25% sales
growth by coaching sales management, implementing performance
metrics/reward systems and recruiting the right sales force.
. Compensation: Implemented innovative, forward-thinking compensation
programs that drove
employee initiative and profitability.
. Recruitment: Introduced competency-based recruitment model that
identified high-performing candidates; created targeted sourcing
strategies to support 10-25% annual growth.
. Turnover: Reduced key employee turnover by 50% through implementation of
"High Potential" development program and strengthening performance
management processes.
. Learning & Development: Integrated training consulting services to
provide coordinated support to client organization, which improved
management effectiveness and staff competencies.
. Held positions as Acting CFO (NASD 7, 24, 26) and Acting Director of IT,
each for nine months.
Coopers & Lybrand - Tax Attorney (1983-1985)
EDUCATION/REGISTRATIONS
JD, Suffolk University Law School; Member of the Massachusetts Bar
BS, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
Certificate in Strategic HR Management - Cornell University
Completed the Chicago Triathlon, August 2006, ranked in top 50%
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