Human Resources Management

Kenneth B. Murphy

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Irvine, CA 92603

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Accomplished business leader with over twenty-five years in executive and

senior management roles in fast paced, rapidly changing, global

organizations, with extensive experience in startups, turnarounds, mergers

and acquisitions, small-medium-large multinational corporations, and

management consulting ventures.

Thought leadership and proficiency at driving growth and profitability,

managing organization transformation, creating entrepreneurial work

cultures, and optimizing individual and team performance to achieve

strategic business goals.

Deep subject matter expertise and demonstrated leadership in:

. Vision-mission-strategy formulation; translating strategy into

operational goals and results

. Building organization capability and capacity; human capital

development; talent management

. Business planning and project management, continuous business process

improvement and cycle time reduction

. Merger and acquisition planning and integration, from early due

diligence through deal close and integration of staff and operations

. Leading complex change management initiatives

. Strategic human resource management and organization development

. Leadership/management development strategies linked to business

imperatives, needs analysis, learning system architecture and

implementation, evaluation, best-in-class vendor management

. Innovation in human resource management, best practices in all

functional areas - talent acquisition, retention, organization

development, performance management, corporate culture, training,

succession planning, career development, employee relations,

compensation, benefits, corporate policy development, legal

compliance, conflict resolution.

EXPERIENCE / ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Blue Shield of California, San Francisco, CA

2007 to 2009

Director, Executive & Organization Development

Chief architect and program director for leadership development strategy,

organization capability planning, top talent review system, executive

assessment and coaching services, reengineering corporate-wide performance

management system, employee engagement strategies and surveys, and

succession planning for this $8 billion non-profit health insurance

provider (4,500 employees).

JDSU (JDS Uniphase), Milpitas, CA

2005 to 2007

Director, Human Resources - Worldwide Operations

Provided strategic organization consulting and human resources leadership

to executive team and management staff for 3,500 employees in

manufacturing, materials/supply chain, planning/logistics, new product

introduction and global quality for direct and outsourced operations in

U.S., Canada, Singapore, Thailand and China. JDSU: $1.4 billion

"turnaround" specializing in broadband and optical communications, test and

measurement equipment, commercial lasers, and other optics-related products

in commercial and consumer markets. Critical project successes included

high-profile role in two major reorganizations (Operations and Corporate

level), co-led annual strategic planning sessions, orchestrated and

authored organization change communications, architected/introduced new

product line management team structure, and architected next-generation

corporate human resources service delivery model with SVP-HR. Led major

organization planning, development and employee retention initiatives for

U.S. and Shenzhen, China operations, multiple site consolidations and

mergers/acquisitions integration.

ALTERA CORPORATION, San Jose, CA

2002 to 2005

Director, Human Resource Planning, Learning and

Development

Served as lead HR/OD strategist and human resource development executive

for this global $1.2 billion, 2,200 employee provider of programmable logic

devices (semiconductors):

Created a new function tasked with corporate-wide HR strategy and

planning, organization development consulting, leadership development,

corporate-wide training, employee retention strategies, corporate

culture evolution, management assessment and coaching. Upgraded staff

services, solutions and best practices; increased learning/development

output by 900%.

Appointed to serve two-year term on U.S. Semiconductor Industry

Association's Workforce Strategy Committee with other top executives

from semiconductor industry's leading companies.

COMMERCE ONE, Pleasanton, CA 2000 to 2002

Vice President, Organization Planning, Learning and

Development

Senior Director, Mergers & Acquisitions Integration

Created a new corporate function responsible for all merger and acquisition

integration projects, divestitures, talent acquisition/talent management,

leadership training and development, organization planning, layoffs and

outplacement services for this rapidly growing/changing business-to-

business e-commerce/procurement software

company with revenues of > $750 million and 4,000 employees.

. Fully completed two acquisitions ranging in size from 175 to 1,500

employees during 18 month period, plus conducted due diligence for

three other M & A deals. Successfully chaired large cross-functional,

multi-location global M & A project integration teams representing all

business disciplines (Finance, R&D, Engineering, Sales, Customer

Operations, IT, Marketing, Professional Services, HR, Facilities,

Administration, etc.).

MOAI TECHNOLOGIES, San Francisco, CA 1999 to 2000

Director, Human Resources (Chief Human Resources Officer)

Chief human resources officer responsible for developing and implementing

all HR strategies, systems and processes for this dot.com pre-IPO startup

(B-to-B auction/procurement software). Also responsible for managing

facilities, real estate, security, and office administration.

ASPECT COMMUNICATIONS, San Jose, CA 1997 to 1999

Senior Director, Human Resources - Worldwide Sales and

Customer Operations

Director, Human Resources - North America

Hired to create and operationalize the company's first decentralized HR/OD

"business partner" consulting role in North America, launching the new HR

structure for this global CRM hardware/software company. Reported to SVP-

HR, the President and the CEO during various phases. Revenues > $600

million.

. Led the design and implementation of a decentralized global HR model,

with worldwide responsibilities encompassing Europe, Asia-Pacific and

Latin America operations, reporting to the VP North America, the

President of the company and eventually the CEO. Conducted M & A due

diligence and integration activities for a key east coast acquisition.

METAQUEST INTERNATIONAL INC., Research Triangle Park, NC 1992 to 1997

Principal Consultant, Executive Vice President & Co-Founder

Co-founder, partner and senior executive for this diversified management

consulting and technology development firm. Responsible for corporate

strategy, operations, P & L and executing consulting projects. Major

clients included the Microelectronics Center of North Carolina, the

National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Bell Northern Research,

Bailey Controls, Nortel Networks, Fujitsu Network Switching, Army Corps of

Engineers Research Lab, Ohio Aerospace Institute, Alternate Realities

Corporation, the Semiconductor Research Corporation, and others.

MICROELECTRONICS CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA 1989-1992

Director, Human Resources (Chief Human Resources Officer)

Chief human resources officer for this consortium of industry, government

and academic entities, conducting research and product development in

microelectronics technology and fabrication, in addition to founding,

managing and operating the start-up of the North Carolina Supercomputing

Center and a renowned state-of-the-art statewide communications network.

NORTHERN TELECOM INC. - California, Michigan & North 1983-1988

Carolina

Director, Human Resources

Increasingly responsible senior management assignments as the head of Human

Resources for multiple businesses (at various times based in Los Angeles,

Santa Clara, Ann Arbor, and Research Triangle Park). Business units

included telecom switching and office systems manufacturing, equipment

installation and field service, semiconductor fab, engineering/product

development, R&D operations and sales/customer service. Responsible for

planning and implementing HR strategy, organization development and change

initiatives, staffing, talent management, employee relations, and

coordination with corporate HQ groups.

KINETIC TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, Port Hueneme, CA 1980-1983

Director, Human Resources (Chief Human Resources Officer)

Started up and managed a full service HR function for this manufacturer of

large scale offshore and onshore oil, gas and petrochem processing

equipment. Scaled the business from 250 employees to 1,100 in 18 months.

Managed M & A integration activities during acquisition by a European

company, eventually leading to a shutdown of manufacturing operations and

total reduction in workforce in this business division. Responsibilities

included intensive, high volume of union labor relations cases, contract

negotiations, grievance management/resolution and arbitrations.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology, Chapman University

Master of Human Resources & Organization Development, University of San

Francisco

AFFILIATIONS

. Society for Human Resource Management, Human Resource Planning

Society, American Society for Training and Development, Executive

Leadership Development Network. Past board member of the

International Society for Performance Improvement (Silicon Valley

Chapter).

. Founding member, North Carolina Electronics & Information Technology

Association; U.S. Council of Research Consortia Executives; U.S.

Semiconductor Industry Association Workforce Strategy Committee.

. Invited speaker and panelist at various universities and professional

forums on topics such as merger and acquisition integration, employee

retention, executive coaching, organization transformation, virtual

learning environments, and health/wellness in the workplace. Active

participant in various business "best practices" forums.

. Captain, United States Air Force Auxiliary (Civil Air Patrol), Travis

Air Force Base, CA. Assistant Homeland Security officer, Emergency

Services qualifications and trained ground team member. Also,

NCOIC/Staff Sergeant and certified Military Emergency Management

Specialist in the California State Military Reserve-100th Troop

Command Support Brigade.

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