Richard Templeton

Peachtree Rd ** Valley Dr

Apt 2232

Atlanta, Ga. 30309

404-***-****

Career Summary: A seasoned Human Resources business partner with expertise gained in challenging environments.

EDUCATION:

Highest Education: Bachlors of Science. Credited with Bachelors degree in Business and Personnel managementsychology, from Troy State University, Montgomery, AL.

Attended Auburn University – Business/Personnel Management then transferred and received a

B.S., from Troy State University, Montgomery, AL

During the Air Force tour I attended community college in Utica, Ny and Tacoma Wa.

Several Air Force tech schools and courses were completed with the USAF Community College

I also attended Troy’s Graduate School and successfully completed the courses required for a Masters in Personnel Counseling.

EXPERIENCE:

Oct 2004 to PRESENT: Recruiting and HR Consultant. During this period of time I have worked in several industries such as Automation and Control, Technical Manufacturing, and Telecommunications. I have been working independently, recruiting for previous and newly referred clients, part time and full time as a fallback due to several layoffs and closing of companies, After the sudden serious illness and forced retirement of my major client for which I was a key subcontractor, my only option was to find other avenues to generate income. During this period I also picked up various contract HR projects and recruiting assignments giving me further diversified experience in recruiting and Human Resources Project Management for companies. Contract recruiter positions included working with Taleo Applicant Tracking Systems as a remote recruiter for Omnicare, Inc. An Omnicare planned merger fell through and the company downsized immediately after this. I was able to pick up another contract where I worked as a contract recruiter fat Southern Company Services group. While filling technical positions II gained experience with Southern Company’s Peoplesoft HR systems. At the Home Depot HR Customer Service center I held a short term position working with a DOS custom HR package. One contract HR Management position involved a company startup of a VOIP telecommunications company.

May 2003 to Oct 04 : Recruiting and Business Development, Adecco Technical, Birmingham, Al. Worked in small technical recruiting office, working on professional technical positions. Office manager left after I had worked there a couple of months and the branch’s main customer moved their IT operations {Bell South] to Atlanta, Ga.

Aug 2001 to Oct 2003 - Integrated Medical Systems International, Inc. (IMS), Birmingham, AL, Director, Human Resources

Recruited to IMS to staff and manage a new corporate HR department for a small family owned company in the medical equipment repair industry. Responsibilities included all HR related processes. I implemented a new performance management process improved recruiting, and supported installation for an Oracle ERP system. Three years later due to a merger and change in management direction we experienced a drop in cash flow/profitability. This resulted in another downsizing with several executives including myself and my supervisor, the EVP Operations, along with other executive staff members leaving the company. The owners completed their divorce as well.

March 2000 to January 2001 - FairPoint Communications, Inc., Birmingham, AL,

Regional Human Resources Manager

I was recruited to FairPoint participating in a start up of a regional operations center in the telecommunications industry. As part of the start up team for this region, I set up and staffed the HR department with regional recruiters in order to fill an anticipated 350 positions within 18 - 24 months. Included in the startup was the staffing plan for the operation’s center, as well as field operations, order management, sales, and marketing positions extending from North Carolina to Florida. This position was a generalist management position for Regional Human Resources, Administration, and

Facilities, with primary emphasis in recruiting, employee relations, compensation, and performance management. After a downturn in the economy and a severe shortage of venture capital, we were directed to implement a major company downsizing resulting in closing my regional operations center along with several other regional operations’ centers resulting in a downsizing of 750 employees.

March 1999 to March 2000 - Computer Generation, Inc., (CGI) Atlanta, GA, Manager

Human Resources & Staffing Joined CGI with a primary goal of maintaining the

Human Resources function with a focus in the recruiting activity for this leading computer software company in the Atlanta area. CGI was one of the oldest and most successful telephone billing software companies in the country with major long term contracts with such companies as Bell South, AT&T and others. Continuing with the basics, I improved recruiting by continuing a shift to focusing on the Internet as the primary source for high-tech talent recruiting. I also participated in recruiting on the Georgia Tech campus and Alumni opportunities. This business was purchased and downsized by an English company and I was recruited to Fairpoint Communications as part of a five member start up team.

Aug 1986 to Feb Nov 1999 – Yokogawa Corporation of America: After growing YCA and becoming known as the company of choice in Coweta County, Georgia we merged with several business units of JCI. Inc, becoming Johnson Yokogawa Corp., Newnan, GA:, over time I was promoted to Director of Human Resources/Legal/Risk.

I joined Yokogawa early on during the company’s expansion of its multiple business units, including: Manufacturing, Industrial Automation, Process Control and Computer Control Systems. The joint venture raised our employee count to over 1000 people most of which were working in Sales, Manufacturing, Service, and Systems Engineering operations in multiple sites nationwide. I provided leadership to a diverse workforce through numerous organizational changes, company downsizings and expansions. With a staff or 10 employees I organized our corporate H.R. department to function in a process improvement environment. I implemented several new measures to improve HR, Facilities, Safety, Risk, Recruiting, Benefits Administration, and Employee Relations. I managed the overall corporate recruiting program which placed approximately 100-200 employees per year. I partnered with various key managers to improve Risk issues through a project team headed by my Risk Manager which she termed “Focus on the Solution” to prevent unprofitable or unfavorable delivery and execution of service of our multimillion dollar automation and controls installations. I authored a new employee handbook featuring a comprehensive approach to obtain a High Performance Workplace.

My excellent HR staff completed a major HR/Risk assignment involving a Joint Venture buyout by Yokogawa when it bought out Johnson Controls’ share of the joint venture, thus becoming Yokogawa Industrial Automation, Inc... This included installation of the total benefits’ package, the new Ceridian H.R.I.S. for employee payroll and management reporting along with the Global Risk Program for Yokogawa Electric Company in Tokyo Japan.

Significantly, I brought together key top level VPs and Directors to design and implement a top level tier-down performance management system. This system included monthly goals’ reviews of all key managers including sales, operations, and service, and devising mid course corrections to our annual business plan as needed. Goals were tiered down to each employee. In 1998 our business was merged with another Yokogawa entity with the goal to downsize U.S. manufacturing and expand Advanced Control Systems business in a new facility in Texas. As a result of this corporate political decision our US corporate office and supporting staff members and key managers were downsized after 12 years of very fast paced challenging working conditions. During my 12 years of working with Yokogawa and Johnson Yokogawa I received above average performance reviews each year.

Bostrom Seating Inc, Corporate HR Mgr: approximately 4 years 1983 – 1986 Corporate Human Resources Manager. This was a subsidiary of The Signal Companies which had acquired both Bostrom and Neptune International. This was a turnaround and startup combined. I was promoted to this Bostrom acquisition from the Neptune Group HQ in Atlanta, Ga. For Bostrom I worked as Corporate HR manager in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Piedmont, Alabama. I was instrumental in managing a union plant in Milwaukee and preventing unionization of the southern site plant which had a history of union drives, and interrupted productivity. Also my responsibilities included typical projects associated with HR during a turnaround situation and a major transformation of the southern site into a stand alone successful company. While I can take credit for being a positive catalyst in the turnaround, the good employees of Bostrom really deserve the credit for saving their company.

After both locations became profitable, the business was sold a third time, I resigned along with the company President/ CEO and joined Yokogawa Corporation of America.

Neptune International, a subsidiary of The Signal Companies -5 years 1979 – 1984, worked as Personnel Mgr in Tallassee and later Group Employee Relations Manager in Atlanta, Ga. working with manufacturing Plant HR executives and other key managers in Atlanta, Ga., Tallassee, Al., Toronto, the UK Neptune, Greenwood, South Carolina, and in Lagrange, Ga. Working with the Neptune Group I was trained in manufacturing best practices, helping to manage a 3 shift, 7 day a week manufacturing and engineering company. After several years as Plant HR Manager I was promoted to a new acquisition, Bostrom Seating Inc.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Attended Auburn University - Personnel Management then transferred and received a

B.S. in Psychology, from Troy State University, Montgomery, AL

During the Air Force tour I attended community college in Utica, Ny and Tacoma Wa.

I received training certifications in:

Behavioral Interviewing

Front line Leadership

Quality Skills Training

Certified to teach Career Development

Trained in JIT, Kanban, and Lean Manufacturing processes

Various OSHA programs –Lead Standard, Air Sampling, Industrial Safety

Various Labor Law seminars and Union Avoidance stragies

Taught seminars on How to do a Superior Performance Appraisal and Goals Setting

Developed and Implemented Top Down Performance Management Process

Authored “High Performance Employee Manual”

Coordinated Change Management Strategy with guidance from Zinger Miller

Instructed managers and supervisors in strategic use of competencies to meet business goals

Trained in use of HRIS systems including: Ceridian, Peoplesoft, ADP, Oracle, Taleo Applicant Tracking

Implemented Training Tracking package “Registrar”

Organizations:

ISA (Instrumentation Society America)

SHRM (various local and national chapters)

ASTD (Atlanta Chapter)

MAHTPA (Metro Atlanta High Tech Personnel Assoc.)

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