NICK VOYVODICH, SPHR

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Director of Human Resources

Strategic HR Planning • Organizational Development • Change Management • HR Generalist

• Success transforming HR into strategic partner and driving synergy across decentralized business structure to meet all operating, organizational, performance, and financial demands.

• Expertise in HR strategy, compensation, labor and employee relations, and organizational change and design. Balance big picture strategy, HR data, legal regulations, and people to achieve organizational effectiveness and performance excellence.

• Key resource, advisor, and partner to C-suite executives, providing guidance and strategy through acquisitions, integrations, and reorganizations.

• Achieve tremendous results through collaboration with all corporate levels. Innate ability to ‘bridge the gap’ and connect with and relate to people; strong knowledge of HR policies, processes, procedures, and legal statutes and trends.

• Decisive leadership, critical thinking, and problem-solving competencies with experience refining HR functions and infrastructures to support business transformation and growth.

“Nick is that rare HR professional who has broad and deep experience across the business and is the kind of professional any team would be lucky to acquire.” William Schenher, Asst. Treasurer, Fujitsu.

“Under Nick’s guidance we always solved any personnel issue, his technical expertise and employee awareness equipped us to manage through any situation no matter how sensitive. Nick always made sure we had the appropriate balance between business and employee.” Kevin Wrenn, Sr. Vice President, Fujitsu. Core Competencies Include

P Corporate Restructuring & Integrations P Employee Retention & Culture Change P Change Management P Program and Project Management P Employee Relations, Engagement & Diversity P HR Risk Management & Regulatory Compliance P Staffing, Succession Planning & Mobility P Team Leadership, Training & Collaboration P Compensation P HR Metrics, Staff Productivity & Engagement Professional Experience

Job Break 2020-2023

• Job break due to Covid-19 pandemic

• Used time for personal and professional development Salud Para La Gente Laid-off due to Covid-19 2018-2020 Director of Human Resources

• Arranged for new benefits vendor to implement agreed upon benefit options saving 14% of total benefit spending annually.

• Arranged for new Workers Compensation vendor to implement cost cutting measures saving $143,000 per year annually.

• Co-developed first ever leadership development program and co-taught program to all management receiving 4.85 attendee rating out of a scale of 5.

• Expanded new hire orientation from one day to two full days providing new employees with a complete picture of the organization and their place in the company.

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• Drove HR initiative to map all work processes to be used for new hire training and continuous process improvements.

• Spearheaded first safety committee across the organization resulting in first disaster recovery process document.

• Streamlined employee 401K program enrollment timetable allowing anytime enrollment option producing a 17% increase in employee participation in the program.

• Arranged for onsite financial planning course for all employees to provide them education and tools to improve their financial futures.

• Initiated management approval to purchase outside compensation vendor providing real time salary and industry information allowing for accurate and competitive new hire salaries and pay equity analysis.

• Implemented online ability for employees to report ergonomic claims providing rapid HR response to employee claims and resolution.

• Created first intranet manager tool box providing managers to access HR processes and forms in addition to over 500 manager guidance articles.

• Implemented first HR service ticket software to improve HR response times to employee questions and needs.

• Began development of first career tracks program with local colleges to provide each employee with a roadmap to achieve their future career goals. This program was transferred to the corporate board of directors who intended to use my work to build it out for all of the city.

• Created 30-60-90-day new hire one on ones resulting in a 25% reduction in employee first year turnover. Life Chiropractic College West 2016-2018

Director of Human Resources

Direct and oversee planning and administration of the human resources function of 700 students and 175 employees including recruitment, training, compliance, safety and coordination of benefit administration, compensation, and employee relations. Developed and implemented:

• Pay structure for all job titles providing benchmark data to drive future hiring, retention and employee engagement programs.

• Talent management/succession planning program resulting in specific development plans for top talent to secure high retention and successors for critical positions.

• Quarterly manager/employee performance meetings to replace annual performance management process.

• College wide culture initiative generating 45 recommendations to increase HR presence and employee engagement.

• College wide Mentor program for new employees to increase retention and employee satisfaction.

• Revamped New Hire Orientation program resulting in attendee score of 5.0 out of 5.0 rating.

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Adjunct Professor:

Cogswell University 2017-2018

• Created instructional materials, lesson plans, and instruct HR Management and Group Behavior in Business courses within their Business Management program.

Palo Alto University 2016-2018

• Created instructional materials, lesson plans for courses in HR Management and Leadership. De Anza College 2006-2016

• Created instructional materials, lesson plans for courses in HR Management, Business Communications, Leadership and Introduction to Business. Average of 30 students per course and achieved student satisfaction rating of 4.8 out of 5.0 scale on RateMyProfessor.com. HR Advisor 2017-2018

• Provided organizational design and created onboarding processes for the People Centric Organization (PCO) Group.

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HR Consultant 2015-2016

• Provided organizational design, talent management, onboarding and staffing and proof of concept for AltaMax LLC.

Fujitsu America, Inc. 2009-2015

Director of Human Resources

Supervised HR Business Partners and worked collaboratively to administer a variety of Human Resources plans and programs for the Platform Products Group and G&A organizations. This included, but was not limited to, CFO/CIO, Finance, Accounting, IT, Engineering, Software, Marketing, Strategy, Hardware and Legal. Total client group of 700 employees located throughout the U.S. and Canada. Created and implemented a number of strategies and initiatives to meet HR and employee relations goals and objectives:

• Established career development program known as Career Framework; attained 4-point improvement in employee engagement survey for Finance/IT Division and advanced initiative into the Platform Products Group.

• Worked closely with outside legal representation mediating discrimination claim filed by former employee; saved final resolution amount by $180K within the Software Products Group.

• Led western region University Relations Program focusing on hiring interns. Formed relationships with SCU, SJSU, Mission College and De Anza College. Became member of Mission College Center for Innovation and Technology advisory board.

• Facilitated 6 classes for the corporate rebranding program called “Shaping Tomorrow with You” and received attendee overall rating of 4.5 out of 5.

• Led HR team to develop ISO HR processes resulting in external ISO certification over 6 years.

• Led HR team to develop and implement HR portal providing manager access to HR information and training.

• Working directly with the CFO, redesigned ISS organization structure providing internal promotions, fewer management levels saving the organization $500,000 annually.

• RELATED ROLES as Senior HR Business Partner, Nortel Networks; HR Manager, Operations Manager, Financial Analyst and Senior Education Specialist, Amdahl Corporation. Education

Bachelor of Science in Finance

San Jose State University

Certifications:

Senior Professional in Human Resources

Computer Applications

• Proficient in MS Office, Ascentis, PayCom, UltiPro, TriNet, PeopleSoft, Halogen, Outlook, Canvas, Zoom, Webex Meet, Slack.

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