CORE PROFICIENCIES
Accomplished Senior HR Executive who evangelizes that HR must understand the business as well as it clients to have real impact. A history of sustainable success, through combining clear, measurable business goals/strategies with professional and personal development of all employees.
PROFILE & VALUE
Skilled Executive: Possess critical decision making abilities relying on knowledge gained by years of experience and complete accountability for my actions.
Consistency: Delivering the right solutions at the right time taking into account any natural variations in the business cycle as well as anticipating unforeseen circumstances.
Operations: Increasing efficiency with knowledge in areas that are of value to stakeholders and harvesting maximum value from the people assets.
Leading Teams: Master motivator that recognizes individual abilities, talents and needs of my employees while achieving team successes.
EXPERTISE
Execution & Leadership
Sourcing & Selection
Retention & Engagement
Budget / P&L Management
Training & Development
Succession Planning
Supporting Field Operations
Mergers and Acquisitions
Realignments & Rightsizing
B2B, B2C and B2G
Needs Assessments
Growth & Expansion Plans
Union Avoidance
CAREER PROGRESSION
JRayl Transport Inc. - Director of Human Resources 2012 to Present
Top HR professional for a privately held transportation and logistics company with over 300 employees in multiple states. Member of the Senior Leadership Team that has led the company to almost triple top line revenue in the last three years.
Results and Achievements:
Built the HR department from scratch and now have a 3 person team.
Created a robust candidate selection process that included the use of the Predictive Index and an applicant tracking system that allows for better sourcing of candidates for our rapidly growing driver pool.
Launched a Management training program that all management has attended that is focused on supporting our company culture and creating an atmosphere of accountability.
Reduced the company’s liability by installing an employer compliance and safety initiative that looks at all applicable local, state and federal laws.
Accusoft Pegasus – Director of Human Resources 2009 to 2010 / 2000 to 2005
Top HR professional for a rapidly growing technology and software development firm. Built the department from the ground up. When I started with the company there were 10 employees and when I left in 2010 there were 100 employees with over 100M in sales.
Results and Achievements:
Wrote, designed and rolled out the company’s employee handbook.
Oversaw the selection and implementation of the Company’s HRIS, talent acquisition and payroll systems.
Created the performance management program as well as instituting job grades and a full compensation management process.
Instrumental in the successful integration of two large acquisitions.
Developed the company’s health and welfare benefits plans.
Michelin, Inc.(Tire Centers, Inc.) – Corporate HR Manager 2006 to 2009
Number two HR professional for a billion dollar wholly owned subdivision of Michelin USA. The company had over 2500 employees at 200+ locations in 40 states. The corporate team was responsible for handling all HR matters at our corporate headquarters, including supporting all the C-level executives.
Results and Achievements:
Created, implemented and automated the company succession planning process that utilized the 9 box system to identify top and emerging talent.
Ethics officer for the company responsible for managing the company ethics hotline and supervising all investigations.
Other positions held at TCI –
Regional HR Manager – Supported the SE commercial division concurrent with Corporate HR manager role.
Manager, Talent Acquisition – Created the department from scratch handling all sourcing for TCI and managed a major expansion of locations that resulted in doubling the size of our small tire division in just over 18 months.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRESSION
Pursued and completed both my Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees while working full-time.
New York Institute of Technology, Ellis College
MBA – Business Administration
Capella University (Significant coursework completed at the University of Connecticut)
B.S. – Business Management with HR Concentration