Ruben M. Montoya
Fort Worth, Texas 76137
817-***-**** (Cell), Email: ******@*****.***
Career Summary:
Human Resources leader and strategic business partner with experience in corporate office, field and consulting roles. Partner with C-level clients to provide value, grow revenues, improve productivity and increase profit margins. Strengths include talent acquisition, performance management, leadership development, coaching, employee alignment, change management, employee retention, corporate compliance, employee communications, succession planning, acquisition and divestitures, compensation and benefits administration, and workers’ compensation and safety.
Employment History:
RMM Leadership Consulting Services, LLC
Leadership Trainer and Coach
September 2016 – Present
Leadership Consultant to C-level clients focused on growing leadership talent for small to mid-sized companies by conducting professional leadership training and coaching. Listen to client needs, understand challenges and provide best-practice leadership solutions.
Kaman Automation, Inc., Arlington, TX
Director, Human Resources/Compliance Officer, Kaman Automation Inc.
September 2013 – May 2016
Strategic HR Business Partner and member of the senior management serving executive management and employees covering over 20 distribution centers and three manufacturing operations locations across the U.S. Responsibilities include human capital talent management, acquisitions and divestitures, employee relations, succession planning, and responding to employee complaints and governmental agencies. Communicate Kaman’s Code of Conduct to platform employees, investigate and report violations and make recommendations to Legal and Executive Management. Member of Kaman Corporation’s Senior HR Advisory Council.
Conducted HR due diligence on a $25mm acquisition. Planned and led employee communications, held employee transition meetings, leveraged the value of the new benefits program, implemented an executive assimilation program, and conducted management training.
Kaman Industrial Technologies purchased a $40mm business system to implement across the company. Led employee communications, created employee recognition programs, coached managers, change management and employee engagement for the pilot business unit.
Kaman Industrial Technologies, Arlington, TX
Area Human Resources Manager
July 2012 – August 2013
HR Business Partner to the senior management team of Minarik Corporation. Provide HR support to multiple locations across multiple locations across the U.S. Source, screen and hire talent for sales, engineering, customer and management roles. Coach supervisors to resolve employee challenges and improve organization performance.
TriNet HR Outsourcing, Dallas, Texas
Senior Consultant
October 2007 – January 2012
Human Capital Management Consultant to C-Level customers in technology, financial services, and professional services business platforms. Provide clients with HR best-practice talent management solutions for acquiring talent, improving organizational performance, leadership development and compliance with state and federal regulations.
TD Ameritrade, Fort Worth, Texas
HR Relationship Manager
January 2006 to June 2007
Strategic human resources business partner serving the management team of two divisions, and 500 call center associates located in Fort Worth, Texas and San Diego, California.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, a Gannett Company, Cincinnati, Ohio
Vice-President, Human Resources
February 1998 to January 2005
Head of Human Resources, and member of the Executive Operating Committee with responsibility for over 1,100 employees; located in the company’s headquarters, regional sales and editorial offices, eight distribution centers and a production plant.
Transformed a legacy HR Department to an HR Business Partner model that resulted in improved customer service and restored credibility to the HR Department. Recipient of Gannett’s President Ring.
Prevailed in a Workers’ Compensation jury trial that saved the company over $200,000.
Education:
Bachelors of Science Degree in Personnel Technology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
Certifications:
Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) by the HR Certification Institute, January 2011.
Certified Trainer, Coach and Speaker with the John Maxwell Group, August 2016.
AIRS Certified 2005.