Yvette C. Burton PhD.

New York, New York *****

linkedin.com/in/yvette-burton8b3b241 ad22dk@r.postjobfree.com 917-***-**** Senior Inclusion Leader and Business Strategist

HR Executive Strategic Management and Planning People and Talent Innovation to Drive Growth Globally experienced DEI and human capital management executive with demonstrated track record, and proven excellence in the implementation of scalable workforce and leadership strategies. Designer of unique business and DEI strategies that accelerate strategic and operational business goals with global consistency and local relevance. Successful record of accomplishments in leadership and team development, organizational change, business strategy, workforce augmentation, culture transformation, policy development, commercial innovation, and professional advisory. Known for quickly establishing credibility, synthesizing complex information into actionable insights, and partnership. Areas of Expertise:

− HR and Workforce Strategy − Employee Engagement

− Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion − ESG and HCM SEC Reporting

− Strategic Communications − Learning & Development

− Talent Management & Succession − DEI Workforce Policies and Compliance PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Korn Ferry 2022 – 11/2023

A global organizational consulting and executive search firm with revenues of $1.9B and 8K employees. Senior Client Partner, Diversity Practice New York, NY Design and provide premier DEI leadership and talent solutions for senior Fortune 500 clients in the consumer, health care, finance, and technology sectors. Lead qualitative and quantitative diagnostics on DEI business processes that span the employee talent lifecycle, long term workforce planning, and company operations. Provide inclusive succession best practice strategy consultation to corporate boards, senior executives, and HR leaders.

Managed all aspects of DEI program development, external partnerships, strategy design and implementation, and project execution. Generated a revenue pipeline of 2.5 million.

Designed and executed DEI structural and behavioral talent management strategies to improve leadership and customer acumen skills for a global workforce of 5K employees. Increased employee performance ratings by 35% and diverse pipeline by 27%.

Evolved Korn Ferry’s "future of work" DEI thought leadership and DEI metrics to deliver breakthrough talent insights to C-suite leaders. Silent Partner Solutions 2008 – 2022

US-based organizational consulting and executive coaching firm with lifetime revenues of $5M Founder and Senior DEI Consultant, New York, New York Provided DEI advisory services to senior business leaders mid-level managers designed to align and advance people & culture priorities that support business growth, innovation, and external brand goals.

Led professional development projects that increased cross-team collaboration and R&D employee workflow contributions to and utilization of corporate business intelligence repositories by 26-64%.

Designed and launched DEI initiatives to advance compliance and workforce transformation agendas. Led the development of employee resource groups for hi-potential and underrepresented talent segments. Launched Supplier Diversity Program for Tier companies.

Architected DEI/HR talent acquisition strategies and policies to improve company pipeline in technology talent markets. Resulted in 50% increase in achievement of global diversity goals and 30% increase in hiring from local talent communities. Ernst & Young 2018 – 2020

Multi-national professional services firm delivering accounting and management consulting services. with $45B of revenues and 385K employees. Associate Director, Human Resources – New York, New York Principal architect of Ernst & Young’s internal next generation DEI leadership development programs and team effectiveness solutions for 3 business units and 1 function. Led strategic ESG firm initiatives designed to leverage DEI, ethics, and professional development trainings toward the development of a purpose-driven high performance culture. Ernst & Young (continued)

Led global solution design and delivery team of 10 that delivered global DEI learning and development projects/tools ranging from $5M to $20M, increasing organizational performance and client service delivery execution.

Designed high impact blended learning solutions to accelerate client serving teams DEI compliance and ability to shift from product- driven to customer focused, exceeding business growth and profitability goals by 15%.

Converted 150 in-person DEI learning programs to digital delivery, saving over 470 million dollars in training expenses. Columbia University 2017 - 2020

Private IVY League research university organized into 20 schools, including 4 undergraduate schools and 16 graduate schools with 30k students. Academic Director and Professor of Practice, School of Professional Studies – New York, New York Designed, led, and instructed Columbia University’s first ever Master of Science program in Human Capital Management with DEI specialization. Responsible for faculty recruitment and development, curriculum design, student admissions, business development, market development, and brand development.

Created an industry-based professional development program designed to develop DEI data-driven advisory skills, business acumen, and digital fluency for global leaders that consistently exceeded year over year growth targets by 15-25%

Advised global business and global government leaders on DEI and workforce strategies to upskill critical talent segments

Received the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Award for Innovation for use of predictive people analytic simulations in the improvement of employee and customer engagement experiences.

Lockheed Martin 2015 - 2018

Aerospace, arms, defense, information security, and technology corporation with 65.8 Billion in revenue and 116k employees. Vice President of Inclusive Workforce Solutions, Corporate Headquarters – Bethesda, Maryland Responsible for enterprise-wide DEI/HR strategy and management of corporate headquarter centers of excellence for DEI, leadership development, talent acquisition, succession planning, talent management, M&A, and strategic workforce planning. Provide C-suite advisory on inclusive workforce strategies for all tiers of the company. Advance growth and innovation objectives through DEI leadership and talent strategies.

Design and implemented workforce strategies to augment R&D and manufacturing workflows for business processes that improved innovation and new product development pipeline by 32%

Developed and launched talent acquisition process optimization initiative that reduced time to fill for critical roles by 59 % and exceeded diversity goals by 26%

Sourced and implemented SAP SuccessFactors as the enterprise-wide SaaS for human capital management on time and under budget.

Created strategic workforce plans to preserve diverse and critical technical skills as part of the 5B spin-off of the IT business to Leidos Deloitte 2013 - 2015

Multi-national professional services firm delivering accounting and management consulting services. with $59.3B of revenues and 415K employees. Director of Human Capital Management, Advisory Practice – New York, New York Provided HR and DEI management consulting services to senior business leaders and HR executives in the US consumer, health, finance, and sports sectors. Designed and delivered leadership effectiveness solutions that addressed technical, professional, and functional leadership competency gaps. Created enterprise-wide DEI strategies and team based diversity and belonging programs to meet unique organizational culture, leadership, and business needs.

Architected workforce and teaming effectiveness solutions to improve performance and productivity of diverse and dispersed workforce.

Designed, sold, and implemented inclusive leadership programs to address gender based violence and gender bias in sports sector

Led industry strategies for the implementation of structural and behavioral DEI transformation services. First year revenue of 1.5m. EXPERIENCE

IBM, Business Development Executive, Human Resources Senior Leadership Consultant, and Research Workplace On Demand Lead Armonk, New York

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION

Certification in Advanced Management Program, Wharton Executive Education University of Pennsylvania Doctorate of Philosophy Human Development and Organizational Systems, Fielding Graduate Institute Masters of Arts Criminal and Procedural Law, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Bachelor of Arts Psychology, State University of New York at Stony brook

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