Human Resources Sales

Edward J Gilbert

***** ******** *****, **** *******, MN 55347 612-***-**** *************@*****.***

An accomplished, commercially oriented executive who excels in creating strategies to enable sustained business growth. Proven experience in building high performing teams and cultures across a broad range of organizational settings from startups to large global organizations.

Core Competencies

Mergers & Acquisitions Business Partnership Global Expansion

Talent Acquisition Talent Development Acquisition Integration

Organizational Design Rewards Design Strategy Development

Professional Experience

VP Business Integration – Truven Health Analytics – Chicago, IL March 2014 to February 2016 A $600M global provider of healthcare databases, data analytics, data interoperability technology, data warehousing solutions, advisory services, and big data benchmarking solutions to hospitals & health systems, health plans & insurers, state governments, and the US federal government. Truven is a significant leader in the US market with 2500 employees world-wide.

Responsible for establishing the business integration function for Truven to support expansion strategy. Primary function is to manage the acquisition process for targeted acquisitions and large scale organizational transformation.

Key Achievements:

Led integration of Hospital and Clinician business units to establish the Provider business unit, the largest business unit within Truven. Responsible for organizational structure, talent appointment process and incentive programs to support the merger of sales organizations. Newly combined organization launched in January 2015.

Successfully acquired and integrated 3 businesses within the commercial organization. Led organizational rationalization, alignment within HR and financial systems, and managed migration to Truven’s technology platform and services.

Established international operating committee and processes to manage global operations associated with expansion.

Streamlined order to cash technology platforms (SFD/ Oracle) to better serve both internal constituents and customers.

Consultant - Xenex Healthcare – San Antonio, TX January 2012 - March 2014

A privately held leader in the hospital disinfection market offering a patented pulsed Xenon light system to save lives and reduce suffering. Reporting to the CEO, directed HR process that grew the start-up from 5 to 75 employees. (1099 consultant role)

Key Achievements:

Created talent acquisition strategy for the organization. Recruited and on-boarded field sales team, account management, engineering and manufacturing operations talent to support rapid growth. Qualified and established recruiting agency relationships. Recruited executive team including – COO, SVP Sales, VP Marketing.

Developed and implemented total rewards strategy for startup – Benefits/Compensation and equity structure.

Implemented payroll and resume tracking systems to support a rapidly expanding national workforce.

Thomson Reuters Corporation – New York, NY 1996 to 2011

A $13B global leader providing “intelligent information”, software, and technology services to the financial services, law, tax & accounting and science & healthcare industries, with over 50,000 employees worldwide.

Senior Vice President Human Resources – New York, NY 2005 to 2011

The Tax and Accounting business unit provides integrated software and information solutions to the accounting and tax professional industry. Business experienced rapid growth over six years, doubling revenues to $1.2 billion and employee population to 5300 employees in 10 countries. Reported to CEO and President, Tax and Accounting

Key Achievements:

Partnered with the executive team to acquire and integrate 31 businesses extending market position globally. Successfully retained more than 90% of talent three years post acquisition.

Redefined talent acquisition function within TTA to enable growth strategy and improve cost profile and quality of hires.

Developed and implemented a long term talent strategy “Talent 2013” to assure global workforce capability and capacity in the tax services segment.

Responsible for organizational design to support rapid growth and successful entrance into new tax services market verticals. Managed the convergence of five separate business units to form a unified go to market structure for tax information and services.

Created a developmental culture of openness and transparency which resulted in the highest employee engagement scores across Thomson Reuters.

Member of corporate steering committee to redesign HR delivery leveraging COE model.

Designed and implemented compensation and benefit strategies aligned with Tax professional services business market.

Senior member of corporate HR committee.

Created facilities expansion strategy to optimize cost and availability of talent in 50 global locations.

Vice President Human Resources – FindLaw Eagan, MN 2003 to 2005

This business unit is the leading provider of client development services and solutions to the law firm market. Reported to President-Findlaw. Revenue of $105 million and 400 employees

Key Achievements:

Start-up business that doubled revenues in two years.

Recruited senior level executive team to support growth of the business.

Completed three acquisitions/integrations to build a critical mass for the business and retained critical talent.

Implemented a sales certification program to support revenue targets.

Re-designed talent acquisition process to support critical technical talent needs.

Vice President Human Resources – Thomson Legal & Regulatory – Eagan, MN 2000 to 2003

Group level role reported to both line business unit presidents and SVP Human Resources.

Key Achievements:

Responsible for the integration management of six TLR acquisitions both domestic and international.

Recruited management team for Latin America as a result of acquisitions in Brazil and Argentina. Combined business revenues of $83 million with 1900 employees.

Responsible for the management of executive search relationships both domestic and internationally for TLR.

Managed and led the talent acquisition organization and infrastructure for TLR.

Developed and managed expatriate program supporting global expansion.

Led the business case and implementation of Taleo online job posting and applicant tracking system for TLR’s NA business units. (11,000 employees)

Led the development and deployment of TLR global online performance management system.

Deployment of corporate change management program “Pathway to Prime” for TLR

HR executive for Education Division and the Software Division for TLR.

Vice President Human Resources – West Online – Eagan, MN 1998 to 2000

Provided strategic human resources direction for 2200 professionals with business revenue of $800 million. Reported to President of West Online business unit.

Key Achievements:

Redesigned sales compensation scheme to leverage team selling methodology and integrate account management function within new sales force.

Implemented leadership development process for sales management focused on developing an e-mindset.

Restructured organization to facilitate a market segment approach and a customer centered organizational design.

Vice President Human Resources – West Group Technology – Eagan, MN 1997 to 1998

Provided HR support for the technology organization of 2800 employees. Reported to TLR CTO

Key Achievements:

Established West Group talent acquisition function including branding and positioning strategy for talent acquisition.

Developed the technology compensation strategy and delivery system to aid in retention and development.

Created an “Employer of Choice” strategy for the technology function significantly improving employee retention and satisfaction.

Won “Best Places to Work” in technology.

Senior Director Human Resources – West Group – Rochester, NY 1996 to 1997

Provided strategic human resources direction for all sales operations comprised of 1000 employees in seven regional locations throughout the U.S.

Key Achievements:

Integrated field sales operations of three separate companies merged post acquisition.

Redesigned sales incentive compensation aligned with the emergence of online distribution of content

Created a regional sale manager development program.

Bausch & Lomb, Inc. 1989 to 1996

A publicly held multi-national corporation with $1.8 billion sales in healthcare and optics.

Director Human Resources – Ray Ban Sunglass Division

Manager Human Resources - Manufacturing

Genigraphics Corporation

A privately held computer graphics manufacturer and service provider with annual sales of $80 million.

This company was purchased by Microsoft and became PowerPoint.

Human Resource Manager –

Schlegel Corporation

A privately held manufacturer of perimeter sealing products sold into transportation and building industries with annual sales of $ 300 million.

Sales Account Executive - Automotive

Manager Human Resources –

Marketing Manager Automotive Products

Manager Labor Relations

Education

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - School of Industrial and Labor Relations

B.S. with an emphasis in Labor Economics

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