Human Resources Resource

Boyd Rogers, GPHR, SHRM-SCP Charlotte, NC

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Human Resources Leader

Trusted business partner and transformational leader with expertise creating teams and leading complex projects involving diverse domestic and international stakeholders. Bilingual manager leading HR alignment with business strategy in challenging environments: turnaround, cultural transformation, downsizing, and creation/centralization of functions. Employment and labor law subject matter expert.

Selected Career Accomplishments

Built global manufacturer’s first North American multi-site HR infrastructure and managed delivery of human resource services across 4 operations divisions and corporate administration at 45+ sites.

Steered company over three-year period through approximately 4,000 employee workforce reductions critical to recession survival with no resulting employment claims or labor stoppages.

Defeated two-year union organizing campaign in 30+ manufacturing sites across U.S. and Canada.

Spearheaded implementation of company’s first SOX compliance architecture and whistleblower hotline.

Employment History

3D Systems, Inc., Rock Hill, South Carolina (2016-present)

Internal Human Resources Consultant

Provide human resources and employee relations consulting services at global, publicly-traded manufacturer of 3D printers, print materials, on-demand parts services, and digital design tools.

Republic Services, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina (2015–2016)

Senior Manager, Employee and Labor Relations

Business partner to operations management in 70+ locations across 19 Eastern states and Puerto Rico. Accountable for employee and labor relations at $9B, publicly-traded provider of non-hazardous solid waste disposal and recycling services.

JELD-WEN, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina (2008–2015)

Vice President, Labor and Employee Relations (2013–2015)

Directed employee and labor relations functions in corporate turnaround phase while creating and managing global manufacturer’s first multi-site (45+ locations/10K employees) North American human resource management infrastructure and centralizing widely dispersed HR functions.

Initiated centralization of human resources services to multi-cultural workforce across 18 U.S. states, Canada, and Mexico.

Managed +$2MM budget; recruited, hired, and developed 9-person department providing delivery of HR services across four divisions and corporate administration.

Partnered with payroll and administrative services groups to implement first-ever system-wide talent management (SuccessFactors) and electronic time-keeping (Kronos) systems and technology.

Provided strategic guidance to executive team on employment and labor relations and employee communications, including policy development and implementation.

Advised and counseled executive and operations teams on sensitive, complex, and high risk employee relations matters in North and South America, Europe, and Australia.

Associate General Counsel – Human Resources/Employment (2008–2013)

Global responsibility (North/South America, Europe, Australia) for human resources, employment, and labor matters for multinational manufacturer with multiple U.S. subsidiary service companies (resort properties, hotel chain, recreational facilities, title company, auto dealerships, and health club).

Managed full spectrum of human resources and employee/labor relations issues across multiple jurisdictions:

otalent acquisition, discipline, employee misconduct, performance management

oemployee data privacy

oincentive compensation and stock option plans

oemployment practices/equal employment opportunity

oworkplace accommodation/ADA

odiscrimination, retaliation, harassment/Title VII

owage and hour/FLSA

ohealth and safety/OSHA

oreductions in force/WARN

ounion awareness/NLRA

ocontract and temporary labor/immigration

ofamily leave/medical leave/FMLA

Led employment/labor activities and planning for divestitures, acquisitions, restructuring, and integration/realignment.

Managed intake of all employment-related claims, charges, and demand letters. Primary interface with EEOC, DOL, NLRB and similar state agencies.

Planned, structured, and executed reductions in force, site closures, consolidations, sensitive and high-level terminations, and workplace investigations.

Administered corporate compliance whistleblower hotline, investigation of reports, and advised executive team on compliance, ethics, corporate governance, and Code of Conduct matters.

Negotiated and drafted non-disclosure agreements, executive employment contracts, severance/separation agreements, independent contractor agreements, sales commission contracts, employee staffing agreements, and settlement agreements.

Successfully led international restructuring and liquidation team for 562-employee, €70MM subsidiary in Spain, along with related media- and government-relations issues in Spain, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and France.

Partnered with Retirement Benefits and Plan Administrative Committees on range of issues involving defined benefit Pension Plan, Company 401(k) plan, Union members’ 401(k) plan, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP):

oSuccessfully bargained with unions to eliminate company-sponsored Union 401(k) Plan and merge participants into Company 401(k) Plan; subsequently supervised implementation processes including trust-to-trust transfers and education/communications to affected employees regarding Company Plan.

oManaged complex amendments and revisions to ESOP plan and subsequent participant communications.

oSuccessfully bargained with unions to freeze Pension Plan benefit accruals and subsequently supervised implementation of required Plan amendments.

oAdvised Retirement Benefits group on handling of QDROs and deceased participant/beneficiary issues.

Partnered with Health Benefits group on Plan interpretation, HIPAA, and related issues:

oAdvised on subrogation and collection efforts, helping to return hundreds of thousands of dollars to Plan over five year period from third parties.

oAdvised on appeals of claim denials and resulting litigation/arbitration.

oSupervised Plan communications to employee groups regarding ACA implementation and various Plan changes.

oSuccessfully led efforts to provide Plan participants with Plan communications in their native languages and provide native speakers at open enrollment sessions.

Partnered with Administrative Services Department and executives on executive employment agreements, executive compensation items, and incentive compensation matters:

oAdvised internal clients on administration of company stock plan and bonus incentive plans.

oWorking with outside counsel, assisted with development of Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) Plan and Incentive Stock Option Plans, and with related participant communications and FAQs.

oDrafted and revised executive employment agreements.

oAdvised executive team on sensitive terminations of shareholder employees.

oDrafted policies and procedures regarding management compensation structure.

Led and conducted union negotiations at sites in U.S. (Washington, Michigan, Wisconsin) and Canada (British Columbia, Manitoba).

Administered collective bargaining agreements, grievance processes, and arbitrations.

Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Salt Lake City, Utah (2004-2008)

Senior Employment Attorney

Certifications and Memberships

Senior Certified HR Professional (SHRM-SCP), Society for Human Resource Management (2015)

Certified Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR), HR Certification Institute (2010)

Certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR), HR Certification Institute (2007)

Member of Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

Member of Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE)

Member of International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

Education

B.A., Speech Communication/Decisionmaking, University of Utah

B.A., Political Science, cum laude, University of Utah

J.D., Brooklyn Law School

Language

Spanish (read, write, speak) – advanced proficiency

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