Vice President, Human Resources

Michael Henry, MBA, SPHR

**********@*****.*** ** Niguel Pointe Drive, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 949-***-****

Nationwide and Global Human Resources Leadership and Strategy

Recruiting Programs, Metrics and Tactics

Executive and Management Coaching

Compensation and Benefits Programs Analysis and Design

Legal Compliance and HR Operational Systems Efficiency

Change Management

Experience

Sonic Healthcare USA / WestPac Labs, Inc. Los Angeles, CA / Austin, TX

Vice President, Human Resources (April 2018 – Present)

Provided strategic direction and oversight of the HR function, ensuring effective planning, direction, and administration of human resources strategies and programs that support the achievement of business goals, while pushing a culture of continuous change and improvement.

Identified areas of risk and developed plans to reduce such by strengthening policies, develop training and development opportunities, and constant communications to business leaders.

Designed, developed and implemented a cultural “revamp” for all divisions driving the focus to “Medical Leadership” and reinforcing a patient first culture.

Developed appropriate policies and programs for effective management of the people resources of the organization including the development of metrics and tools to track changes.

Developed progressive and proactive compensation programs and increased the value of present health and welfare benefits through education and promotion.

Continually assessed the competitiveness of all programs and practices against relevant comparable companies, industries and markets.

Served as a member of the senior leadership team and provided leadership and counsel to resolve complex, systematic and persistent business challenges.

Led the talent management function through assessing the leadership skills of managers, coaching executives and senior managers, established performance improvement plans, assessed succession planning, and identified leadership gaps.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and Division Presidents, created consistency in human resources, risk management and payroll functions, streamlined practices nationwide, and defined the departments including hiring key staff.

Re-build the reputation of the human resources department through consistent interactions with regional laboratory leaders and regular visits to the patient service centers, earning the role as a trusted partner.

Led HR consolidation of all three regions and company rebranding.

Dual Diagnosis Treatment Center / Vedanta Labs / MedsRX Pharmacy San Clemente, CA

Vice President, Human Resources / Head of Human Resources (January 2013 – April 2018)

Reporting directly to the CEO, brought all human resources, risk management and payroll competencies in-house from a PEO, while defining the departments from scratch and hiring key staff.

Designed a comprehensive health and welfare package to include 70% new offerings used to attract and retain talent, decreased premiums while using the savings to increase company contributions.

Led risk management programs pertaining to federal and state compliance, saving the company hundreds of thousands in legal fees. Created internal compliance auditing tools for all HR programs ranging from TB tests, DMV checks, CPR tests, license verification, vehicle (drivers) training, safety training, etc.

Identified and drove implementation of Ceridian’s DayForce HCM transforming the culture from a paper driven HR Department to a paperless, fully automated setup.

Developed internal recruiting capabilities reducing the need for staffing agencies reducing spend 88% monthly or over $720,000 per annum.

Designed an HR strategy and blueprint to include staffing projections, implementation of technology, and addition of new competencies, while leveraging the offshore team in India and simultaneously dealing with major changes in corporate growth plans and timelines.

SCAN Health Plan Long Beach, CA

Director, Human Resources (January 2012 – August 2012) Laid Off

Created an internal recruiting capability to attract and retain top talent, trending to decrease external agency recruiting cost from $880,000 to $390,000.

Created employee relation’s strategies for 3 reductions-in-force over 6 months so patient care would not be jeopardized while maintaining Medicare staffing requirements.

Restructured compensation programs, implemented new salary grades, reclassified positions and processed market analysis for nearly 300 jobs ensuring the organization would retain top talent.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation Los Angeles, CA

Global Director, Human Resources (January 2010 – January 2012)

Redesigned the human resources function, throughout 22 countries, resulting in the alignment of HR strategies and initiatives to business objectives allowing all countries to identify as one organization.

Implemented recruitment procedures and strategies, including collaborative relationships with universities to build a pipeline of candidates, resulting in access to top talent for professional positions.

Designed and negotiated health and welfare benefits worldwide resulting in minimal to no annual premium increase to the organization and the employees.

Developed a human resources dashboard to provide the Executive Team a snapshot of workforce demographics and statistics earning human resources a seat at the Executive Committee Meetings.

Managed labor relations, grievances and other negotiations with labor unions around the globe.

ACE Parking Management, Inc. Newport Beach, CA

Director, Human Resources (November 2007 – January 2010)

Led all human resources functions for multiple states and a workforce of 2,600 employees, transforming human resources from transactional to business partners. Led efforts to develop the capabilities of the regional operations teams resulting in fewer legal and agency complaints, decrease in turnover, improved company reputation and increased efficiency recognized by third party clients.

Developed comprehensive training programs to address safety, workers compensation, performance management, sexual harassment, customer service and lawful hiring preparing new and experienced managers to deliver on company objectives.

Developed, enhanced and maintained total rewards programs focused on compensation and benefits plans, designed to help link individual performance to corporate performance, foster an environment which retains the highest quality of staff and sustains a high level of employee morale.

The Boeing Company Long Beach, CA

Manager, Human Resources (December 1999 – November 2007)

Responsible for supporting engineering and manufacturing teams with employee relations, benefits and compensation, performance management and workforce planning while leading employee advocacy initiatives.

Partnered with key business leaders on strategic initiatives such as developing program metrics and succession planning to ensure human resource programs are aligned with program and company business objectives and are realistic to the populations affected.

Education

San Diego State University, San Diego, California

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Human Resources Certification Institute

Senior Professional of Human Resources, 2009 - Ongoing

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