HR Executive

Lori Copeland

617-***-**** ************@*****.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-copeland-116aa81a/

PROFILE

Strategic, business-focused, high impact senior HR Executive with proven ability to engage key stakeholders, deliver results, and drive initiatives across complex global matrix organizations. Extensive M&A experience, effective in high growth and start-up environments, as well as organizations going through major transformation initiatives. Successfully builds high performance cultures, enhancing overall organizational effectiveness through talent strategies based on data, insights, action, and change management.

●Executive Comp & Total Rewards

●Mergers and Acquisitions

●Global Matrix Management

●Executive Coach & Thought Partner

●Organizational Development

●Change and Growth Management

●Solution Innovation at Scale

●Culture Evangelist

●Policy Development and Governance

●Strategic Planning and Execution

●Data Analytics and Operational Impact

●Talent Acquisition Design & Development

●Process Design and Automation

●Leadership Development and Learning

●Diversity and Inclusion

●Succession Planning

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GLOBAL VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES 2017 to Present

LGC - London, UK (Remote)

●LGC is a private equity owned leading, global life science tools company, providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments

●Scaled the organization from 450 to 1,500 employees across UK, DE, APAC, EU, US

●Transform and lead the Global HR Function; built the following teams from the ground up to support a high growth organization: Shared Services (HR Operations, Systems, Data and Insights) Centers of Excellence (Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Talent Management and Development, Benefits and Payroll)

●Lead the design of HR operations, systems, and processes that will scale to support high growth, organic and inorganic, driving operational and organizational effectiveness

●Member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and Executive Thought Partner to SLT members providing insightful, innovative thinking, and problem solving on critical people issues

●Develop and implement a global talent strategy that aligns with the overall mission and growth of the organization, resulting in innovative best practices and policies that will service the full range of the company’s talent needs; resulting in a high-performing culture of success, accountability, transparency and collaboration

●Lead M&A due diligence, deal team and HR workstream; executed full operational and cultural integration of several acquisition targets

●Effectively harmonized benefits, payroll, HR operational processes, policies, and talent programs across several acquired companies and geographies; Executive Sponsor for HCM RFP and selection process

●Successfully curated our culture, driving engagement that cultivates talent, enhances learning and development, inspires employees, ensuring LGC becomes an employer of choice

GLOBAL HR LEADER 2016 to 2017

General Electric, Digital

●Member of the executive leadership team for a growth IOT software startup within GE

●Designed and implemented a talent strategy for a new market, building a leadership team from the ground up, managing an operating plan, and designing an alignment strategy to the global GE matrix organization

●Stood up a global organizational structure and an HR support model that enabled our go to market strategy and product roadmap

●Build and operationalize a strategic vision for all aspects of talent management, organizational design and development, M&A, and leadership development

●Create and evangelize new cultural tenets and decision principles that represent our unique business operation

GLOBAL DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES 2011 to 2016

Pegasystems - Cambridge, MA

●Executive partner and trusted advisor to CFO, CMO, Chief Corporate Development Officer, Chief Product Officer, and General Counsel; member of all five leadership teams

●Build and operationalize a strategic vision for all aspects of talent management, total rewards, performance management, organizational development, change management, engagement, M&A, executive coaching and leadership development.

●Designed a suite of talent analytics to proactively diagnose people and operational issues, resulting in building scalable solutions

●Valued member of the HR leadership team focused on delivering excellence to internal customers and attracting top talent as a market leading Employer of Choice

REGIONAL SENIOR HR BUSINESS PARTNER 2006 to 2011

Avnet, Inc - North Reading, MA

●Fortune 150 Global Technology Marketing and Distribution Organization, East Coast and Canada HR Team Leader

●Partner with three Business Unit Vice Presidents and their leadership teams to align business goals with talent strategy

●Manage all aspects of employee relations, compensation analysis, performance management, organizational development, change management, employment law, engagement, leadership development for an engineering & sales region of 500+

●Collaborate with functional HR groups/Centers of Excellence to develop, deliver, and implement corporate initiatives and strategic solutions

●Experienced in M&A, new job design, job redesign, and departmental restructurings/downsizing

●Recognized as a leader in innovation, cultural change, and creative thinking

GLOBAL HR MANAGER 2004 to 2006

Sapient Corporation - Cambridge, MA

●Demonstrated success in helping business leaders align global consulting business strategy and HR planning

●Act as strategic business partner to the business for the design, implementation, and execution of all global people related programs and processes for a 350+ person Global Consulting Business Unit

●Collaborate with global team members on the development of global policies and best practices

●Travel to India to partner with the global business, facilitate workshops for process and policy development

HR AND TALENT ACQUISITION MANAGER 2002 to 2004

CHAR LTD – Boston, MA

●Manage Human Resources and Recruitment initiatives

●Provide HR consulting, coaching, and strategic planning to various business unit leaders

●Perform all functions related to employee relations, compensation analysis, and, performance management

HR MANAGER 2001 to 2002

Peopleclick, Inc

●Managed a range of strategic HR process improvement initiatives

●Project lead for several projects to include HR policy design and development, training delivery, reporting analysis, and recruiting program development

●Managed employee relations, hiring plans, performance management, and training delivery

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

University of Florida - Gainesville, FL

Bachelor of Science, Human Resource Development

Babson Women’s Leadership Program Graduate

Gartner Human Resources Leadership Academy Graduate

Academy of Certified Coaching, Certified Executive Coach

Certified Development Dimensions International (DDI) Learning Systems Facilitator

Certified Lominger International Leadership Architect Facilitator

Certified Predictive Index (PI) Analyst

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