Social Media Executive

ROBERT T FOLEY, CLDC

CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

***@*****************.*** 973-***-****

linkedin.com/in/bob-foley-0343a21 Plymouth, MA

PROFILE

Executive thought leader with over 20 years’ proven success as a visionary c-suite executive in fast-paced, high-pressure environments. Accomplished CHRO innately able to align corporate goals and objectives with insightful management development strategies to facilitate smooth succession plans. Strong interpersonal communicator adept at meeting business / workforce expansion demands through sustainable growth strategies, including recruiting, training, coaching, and mentoring high performing executive leaders.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

HR System Administration

Cost / Benefit Analysis

Organizational Development

Executive Management Recruitment

Financial / Budget Management

Employee Engagement

Digital / Social Media Marketing

Workforce & Succession Planning

Training, Coaching & Mentoring

Change Management

Start Ups / Turnarounds

Labor Negotiations

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, Sociology

Providence College, Providence, RI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

President Chief Talent Officer 2014 to Present

360 Talent Advisors, Boston, MA

Deliver fresh insight on clients’ people management challenges in fast-paced human resource consulting firm specializing in professional management hiring, training, and retention. Devise employee engagement programs to increase organizational performance through clearly defined goals and measureable progress. Cultivate culture of awareness and knowledge transfer founded on trust and open communication, leveraging Boomers’ expertise to coach emerging Millennial leaders, thereby facilitating seamless transitions and strengthening succession planning.

Crafted unique organizational development process to impart management development concepts via Millennial Mastermind groups followed by real time coaching on applying these concepts to individuals’ real life challenges.

Assist Boomers on transitioning from a corporate career into consultancy or entrepreneurial roles to achieve a soft retirement while continuing the knowledge transfer process.

Developed social media recruitment strategy educating companies on attracting top talent by marketing its culture’s features and benefits.

Partnered with client’s Talent Acquisition staff to reconfigure their recruitment process, expanding their Facebook “culture website” base to include all associates and ultimately much of their networks (who also “liked” the site) resulting in 50% of company’s open positions being filled by new applicants. Also secured heavily discounted buys with Zip Recruiter and Indeed.

Devised sustainable growth strategies to proactively meet clients’ expanding business needs drawing on four-part growth method extending from pre-opening and emerging stages to stabilization and high performance output.

Chief Human Resources Officer 2003 to 2014

Pyramid Hotel Group, Boston, MA

Created and executed highly effective business strategies while supervising eight senior HR direct reports, as well as 75 field personnel indirect reports as inaugural CHRO of hotel management startup that grew to the third largest in the nation. Managed $10M budget for talent functions by Year 10 while company managed $7.5B in assets. Designed initiatives to increase productivity, quality, profits, and revenue as well as an enterprise-wide culture of empowerment while cultivating positive relationships across all level to ensure achievement of major corporate growth goals. Developed a proprietary HR internet service (www.talentczar.com)

that streamlined human capital operations to stay ahead of growth. This multi-faceted service included a centralized talent acquisition database that grew to 75K+ applicants and incorporated predictive index, e-verify, and background / drug screening; a customized associate development curriculum; and a big data workforce and succession planning database.

Instituted multi-faceted HR operations entity to meet the challenges of 20% compounded yearly growth which led to 55 hotels and $500M in sales, as well as expansion from 10 to 10K employees over ten years.

Cited as “Best Place to Work” in Boston and Indianapolis due to focused efforts on optimizing employee satisfaction by synthesizing bi-annual opinion survey and department feedback session data to create and transform Red Zone departments.

Leveraged AFC certification to conceive and manage benefits program incurring zero net cost increases for three years.

Delivered executive coaching to CEO, COO, and CIO while mentoring my successor over a five-year period.

Contributed to all 25 union contract negotiations for 10 hotels which were transitioned into company’s management system without incident while maintaining 45 non-union hotels

Directed non-union construction operations while incorporating unionized subs as necessitated by markets, overseeing all HR operations for $200M in projects yearly.

President Executive Consultant 2002 to 2003

MRI – Sales Consultants, Hyannis, MA

Launched unique consultancy franchise of the world’s largest contingency search group specializing in executive-level talent acquisition across a variety of industries, including hospitality, healthcare, insurance, and pharmaceutical. Cultivated strong client relationships by optimizing the customer experience while meeting their management staffing needs.

Quadrupled consultants to meet within first year to meet expansive growth needs.

Sold thriving enterprise to employees who continue in successful operation today.

Additional experience as President / CEO of Travelodge Hotels and American Hotel / Motel Association Educational Institute as well as C-Suite Executive with LaQuinta Inns, RevMax Partners, Beacon/Guest Quarters, and Fidelity Investments.

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Professional Retirement Coach (CPRC) – Retirement Coaches Association

Certified Leadership Development Coach (CLDC) – 360 Solutions

AFFILIATIONS

Presidents Circle – 360 Solutions

Worldwide Faculty – High Performance Leadership

Honorary Dean – Hospitality School of Florida International University

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