RICHARD JOHN GREGA

P.O. Box ***

Sylvania, Ohio *3560

Telephone: 419-***-**** E-Mail: abnl59@r.postjobfree.com

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Human Resources, Benefits, Compensation, Employee Relations, Organizational Development,

Recruiting, Succession Planning, Unemployment, Workers’ Compensation, Insurance, Risk

Management, Health, Safety, Legal Compliance, Labor & Employment Law, Contract Law, Business

Law, Mediation, Cost Reduction, Administration, Operations, Purchasing and Change Management.

EDUCATION

Juris Doctor and Masters in Business Administration - The University of Akron

Juris Doctor - May 1992; Masters in Business Administration - May 1993

Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts - The Ohio State University

Bachelor of Science - Computer & Information Science - June 1989; Bachelor of Arts - History - June 1989

LICENSES & CERTIFICATION

• Licensed by The Supreme Court of Ohio & State Bar of Michigan as an Attorney & Counselor at Law.

• Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) Certification.

EXPERIENCE

• Extensive Human Resource, Administration and Operations experience including: Management of all

Human Resource and Legal functions at multiple facilities; Benefits; Compensation; Employee Relations;

Organizational Development; Insurance; Health; Safety; Payroll; Recruiting; Union Avoidance; Internal

Investigations; Employee Counseling; Discipline; Termination; Workers’ Compensation; Unemployment

Compensation; Succession Planning; Immigration and Naturalization; Change Management; Risk

Management; Mediation; Arbitration; Auditing; Purchasing; Facilities; Security; Fleet; Inventory; Evaluation,

modification, and development of corporate policies, procedures and manuals; Editing and publication of

corporate newsletters.

• Extensive Legal experience including law firm, in-house counsel, university and government experience.

• Extensive Automotive Industry related Legal, Purchasing and Supply experience.

• Extensive experience in drafting and negotiating contracts and settlement agreements.

• Extensive employment law, workers’ compensation, business law and mediation experience.

• Extensive legal compliance experience.

• Extensive experience in drafting policies, procedures, documents and complete manuals for human

resource, purchasing, sales, quality, administrative and production applications.

Attorney and Counselor at Law

Richard J. Grega, Attorney at Law – Sylvania, Ohio & Temperance, Michigan

August 2002 - Present

Human Resource consulting and law practice concentrated in the areas of Contract Law, Labor & Employment

Law, Business Law, Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Unemployment, and Workers’ Compensation.

Attorney and Counselor at Law

Hunter & Schank Co., L.P.A. – Toledo, Ohio

October 2005 – January 2009

Law firm practice concentrated in the areas of Contract Law, Business Law, Corporate Law, Commercial Law,

Labor & Employment Law, Unemployment, and Workers’ Compensation.

Director of Human Resources – Benefit Services

Miami University – Oxford, Ohio

October 2004 – October 2005

Management of all Human Resource - Benefit Services functions at three (3) separate campuses for approximately

4500 employees and 20,000 students. Responsibilities included Benefits, HR Legal Compliance, Employee Health

Insurance, Student Health Insurance, Athletic Insurance, Leaves, Workers’ Compensation, Unemployment, Family

Support, Retirement Plans, Employee Relations, Counseling, Training, Vendor Relations and Community

Relations.

RICHARD JOHN GREGA

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Manager of Administration & Human Resources

MEAA - Detroit, Michigan

July 2000 – August 2002

(Tier I Automotive Parts Manufacturer – Approximately 900 Employees)

Management of all Human Resource, Benefits, Compensation, Employee Relations, Recruiting, Succession

Planning, Organizational Development, Unemployment, Workers’ Compensation, Insurance, Risk Management,

Health, Safety and Legal functions for two (2) separate facilities. In addition, the management of all Administration,

Purchasing, Facilities, Security and Fleet functions at the main facility.

Manager of Human Resources

Newman Technology, Inc. - Mansfield, Ohio

July 1997 – July 2000

(Tier I Automotive Parts Manufacturer – Approximately 850 Employees)

Management of all Human Resource, Benefits, Compensation, Employee Relations, Recruiting, Succession

Planning, Organizational Development, Unemployment, Workers’ Compensation, Insurance, Risk Management,

Health, Safety and Legal functions for three (3) separate facilities.

Claims Representative Supervisor II /Team Leader

The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation - Toledo, Ohio

November 1992 – July 1997

Performed a wide range of field human resource, organizational development and labor relations functions;

Participated in union grievances and arbitration; Supervised, mentored, trained, developed, and evaluated both

managerial and labor staff; Organized, evaluated, prioritized and assigned work duties/responsibilities; Facilitated

staffings between members of different disciplines; Ensured that both quality and production standards were either

met or exceeded via the performance of audits and customer surveys; Developed and implemented plans of action;

Succession Planning; Performed legal analysis, issued opinions and represented the Bureau at both Industrial

Commission Hearings and in court; Risk Management; Claims Management; Internal Investigations; Safety;

Responded to legislative, government and public inquiries; Evaluated then current Bureau functions and developed

new guidelines, policies and procedures; Represented the Northwest Region on several committees.

ACCOMPLISHMENT EXAMPLES

• Achieved significant cost reductions in the areas of Health Insurance, Legal, Workers’ Compensation,

Unemployment Compensation, Security, Temporary Staffing, Janitorial Services, Travel, Long Distance

Telephone Service, Cellular Telephone Service, Fleet Management and General Maintenance.

• Managed all Human Resource and Legal functions of multiple facilities simultaneously.

• Developed and implemented leave systems and workers’ compensation systems for a university and

several Tier I automotive suppliers.

• Settled substantial liabilities for minimal amounts.

• Performed extensive human resource, financial, production and legal audits.

• Performed an independent audit of the Company 401K Plan, discovered missing payments, launched an

investigation, discovered payroll process failures which created the missing payments, modified the payroll

process and established an on-going audit/quality assurance procedure for the entire payroll system.

• Performed an in-depth evaluation and restructuring of a compensation system. The result was the

creation of a competitive position focused compensation system which retained and rewarded the best

associates, motivated all associates, and treated all associates in a fair, equitable and consistent manner.

• Successfully negotiated health insurance contracts which resulted in increased health benefits,

dramatically improved customer service and substantial cost reductions.

• Successfully negotiated production, sales and supply contracts for multi-national Tier I automotive

suppliers.

• Improved morale by establishing fair and consistent policies, procedures and environments.

• Established and promoted “Open Door” environments.

• Successfully re-organized several departments.

• Promoted Change Management initiatives.

• Established a full service cafeteria in a manufacturing plant.

• Developed and implemented effective security plans and systems.

• Managed all Legislative complaints and inquiries for The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation NW Region.

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