Human Resources Manager

ANN BASARAB

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SUMMARY

Global Human Resource Executive with experience in management/leadership,

employee relations, compensation, diversity, benefits,

mergers/acquisitions, recruiting and training punctuated by success in

designing programs to drive positive change in a global environment.

Business focused, able to think strategically and work with all levels of

the organization to create innovative solutions. Provides sound,

influential counsel and guidance to management teams.

Results-oriented performer with keen understanding of relationship between

business and people. Top performer earning performance review ratings of

Outstanding or Exceptional for 20 years. Provided global leadership and

direction in several industries (software and hardware development,

semiconductor, and animal health industries) to executives and managers in

a wide range of functions including Research and Development,

Manufacturing, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Information Systems, Call Center,

Legal, Communications and Public Affairs.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Employee Relations:

. Provided coaching and counseling to managers and employees on

difficult employee relation issues with none of them ever proceeding

to an EEOC complaint

. Earned the Chairman's Award at Merial for maintaining a high level

of HR support to the R&D organization as it underwent a

reorganization

Performance Management:

. Led effort to execute a new global performance management process

. Designed and implemented the performance management training process

. Managed the annual performance review cycle and provided coaching to

managers and employees

. Designed Motorola's 1st relative assessment process to tie

performance with compensation; adopted company-wide

Compensation:

. Led and supported implementation of a global grading system from

Watson Wyatt

. Managed the annual merit planning, promotions and short and long

term incentive allocations

. Benchmarked engineering technical ladders for team of 1,000.

Designed/implemented an automated rate/rank process; introduced a

code of ethics for the engineering function

. Automated costing for sales compensation plans

Talent Identification and Management:

. Provided leadership and direction to managers for succession

planning

. Designed career development tools to facilitate opportunities for

employees in the U.S. and France

. Provided coaching to managers and employees in the design of short

and long term development plans

Strategic Planning

. Led effort to define HR's Strategic long range plan in 2003 and 2008

including benchmarking, defining and managing the process to track

strategic action plans

. Created leadership succession plan identifying talent for hard-to-

fill positions; placed 6 roles within 1st-year

Diversity and Affirmative Actions:

. Completed 30+ Affirmative Action plans, responding to EEOC

complaints with zero findings for non-compliance

. Designed and implemented program involving employees in educating

each other about diversity

Mergers and Acquisitions:

. Integrated HR functions and served as single point of contact

following merger; retained nearly every key employee.

. Managed 300 job transfers into new parent company, achieving over

90% employee acceptance rate.

. Earned Outstanding Achievement Award for leadership shown during

AT&T's acquisition of NCR

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Training:

. Designed/implemented new-hire orientation used for all U.S. hires

. Designed and implemented the performance management training process

. Taught Targeted Section which is a recruiting technique

Pension and Welfare Benefits:

. Promoted to managed NCR's 26 pension plans and 401(k) plan

. Recognized with Outstanding Achievement Award for creating/managing

a flexible benefits enrollment process.

Recruiting:

. Certified Targeted Selection trainer

. Earned Outstanding Achievement Award for

designing/implementing/managing job posting process for team of

2,000

Other:

. Designed/implemented new employee integration process geared to

enhance productivity and retention of new hires

. Re-designed/implemented exit interview process for separations in

the U.S.

. Led change management and training effort for re-design of the

company's new product development process

. Saved $4.8M by leading involuntary reduction process during company

restructuring

employment history and company profile

MERIAL, Duluth, GA (2002-present)

. Human Resources Director providing generalist support for the

Corporate Support Functions with a global population of 700 employees

(2007-present)

. Human Resources Director providing generalist support for R&D with a

global population of 500 employees (2002-2007)

Merial is an animal health company with $2B revenue and 5K employees)

MOTOROLA, Austin, TX, (1996-2002)

. Human Resources Director providing generalist support for the

Corporate Support Functions & Sales with a global population of 3,000

(2001-2002)

. Human Resources Manager providing generalist support for the Corporate

Support Functions with a global population of 2,000 (1998-2000)

. HR Manager providing generalist support for Manufacturing with a

population of 800 (1997)

. Compensation Professional (1996)

The Austin, TX division of Motorola specialized in semi-conductor industry.

At that time Motorola $26.7B revenue and 97K employees company-wide.

AT&T GLOBAL INFORMATION SOLUTIONS (1991 to 1996)

. HR Director providing generalist support for the Retail Hardware

Division in Atlanta, GA (1994-1995)

. HR Director leading the HR function for the Naperville, IL site of 300

people(1991-1994)

AT&T acquired NCR in 1991Formerly NCR thereby adding a hardware and

software development division to the product offerings. At the time AT&T

had $6.9B revenue and 39K employees

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NCR, Dayton, OH (1984 to 1991)

. Pension Manager (1989-1991)

. Welfare Consultant (1988-1989)

. Affirmative Action & Relocation Consultant (1987)

. Compensation Analyst (1986)

. Staffing Consultant (1985)

. Financial Analyst (1984)

NCR is a hardware and software development company. At the time NCR had 30K

employees before being acquired by AT&T

Education

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Columbus, OH

MBA, Finance, 3.72 GPA, 1983

BA, Psychology, 3.92 GPA, 1981

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