Risk Management Labor Law

ERIC STEVEN GRIESEL, J.D.

Richmond, TX · 713-***-**** · *********@*****.*** · Will Relocate/Will Travel

Linkedin Profile: https://linkedin.com/in/seniorprofessional

FORMER U.S. NAVAL OFFICER, BOARD MEMBER, GENERAL COUNSEL, AND HUMAN CAPITAL LEADER PROVIDING TACTICAL AND STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AND SAFEGUARDING CORPORATE ASSETS IN HR, EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR LAW, EMPLOYEE SAFETY, AND RISK MANAGEMENT IN DIVERSE INDUSTRIES

Leveraging critical and strategic HR competencies to locate and oversee mergers, acquisitions, and integrations; develop and fully engage, train, and retain employees; reverse dysfunctional organizations; acquire & retain quality exempt & non-exempt talent; mitigate risk while creating and maintaining safe working environments; utilize litigation & employment & labor law skill sets to create litigation avoidant culture - preventing claims and litigation, meeting state & federal regulatory compliance requirements, & forging working relationships with regulatory authorities. A strong team builder, trainer, leader, & venerable ‘game-changer’ who will eliminate your pain points while enhancing employee engagement and increasing corporate revenue.

* PROFESSIONAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE *

Accountability

Acquisitions

Adaptability

Arbitration

Board Experience

Budgeting

Coaching

Collaborating

Communication

Contract Drafting

Contract Management

Crisis Management

Critical Thinker

Culture Creation

Culture Repairing

Customer Service

Decision Making

Department of Labor

Discipline

Diversity/Inclusion

EEOC

Empathetic

Employee Engagement

Employee Relations

Employee Reviews

Employee Safety

Employment Laws

Facilitation

Flexibility

Hiring Strategies

HR Information Systems

Initiative

Integrations

Labor Law

Labor Negotiations

Leadership

Leading by Example

Legal Compliance

Learning

Listening

Litigation Management

Long-Term Thinker

Managing People

Managing Projects

Mediation

Mentoring

Mergers

Motivating

Multi-Tasking

Onboarding

Organization Development

OSHA

Performance Improvement

Performance Management

Microsoft

Policies & Procedures

Presentations

Project Management

Public Speaking

Recruiting Talent

Regulatory Compliance

Relationship Building

Resilience

Retention Strategies

Scheduling

Sensitivity Training

Servant Leadership

Sexual Harassment

Soft Skills

Strategic Thinker

Succession Planning

Talent Acquisition

Talent Development

Teamwork

Technology Adaptation

Time Management

Training & Development

Vendor Management

Workers’ Compensation

Workplace Violence

A ‘GO-TO’ STRATEGIST ABLE TO FASHION SYNERGISTIC SOLUTIONS:

Change Agent who (1) facilitated management and cultural transformation at multiple employers, aligned organizational goals with newly created culture and core values, generated management collaboration and training, and reversed declining morale & record-high work-related injuries (Lone Star HR & Legal Consulting and Nexus); and (2) cultural change and supervisory training, while instituting recruiting & on-boarding protocols improving recruiting efficiencies and increases of 9% & 11% in revenues in successive years, while reducing attrition >60% to nearly 0% at targeted facilities (Nexus);

Start-up experience designing and operating multiple support departments (HR, Legal, Safety, Risk Management) with multi-state employers and more than 7,500 FTEs, within budget; operationalized standardized employment and safety practices that successfully engaged employees and reduced or eliminated work-related injuries exceeding department deliverables; prepared and implemented all policies and protocols (Chartwell & Nexus).

Created high-performance HR teams consistently exceeding expectations, including becoming impervious to employment law claims and litigation and regulatory complaints or fines (Chartwell, Vineyard & Nexus).

Supported aggressive M&A activity, including negotiations, due diligence, integrating and rebadging 55 targeted acquisitions in 3 years resulting in seamless and immediately profitable acquisitions (Chartwell).

Negotiated 25 labor contracts as ‘first-chair’ with Teamsters, UAW, IBEW, and SEIU; obtained favorable decisions in 26 of 28 arbitrations; decertified SEIU local in E. TX facility (TX Health, Chartwell & STP);

Crafting decisive ‘strategic’ HR plans, engineering, and networking of knowledge and analysis of critical information, creating indispensable assets in strategic leadership (ALL).

Driving lost-time injuries from record-high nos. to 0 lost-day injuries at target facilities (Nexus).

Effective interim VP, HR for international manufacturing & energy company in MO (12 months); & SVP, HR for publicly held elective surgical hospital company in TX (20 months) (Lone Star HR & Consulting). and,

Converted 2 employers to ‘non-subscription’ saving >$1M each to the bottom line (Nexus).

*WORK HISTORY*

LONE STAR HR & LEGAL CONSULTING – RICHMOND, TX

Principal & Consultant (07/2019 – Present)

Continuing my Legal & HR consulting practice after a near-3-year hiatus at STP. The practice handles all client needs, such as regulatory compliance, training & development, training HR teams, serving as the interim HR team, creating or changing a client’s culture, employee engagement, litigation management, and interim HR leadership roles. In the market as a result of a reduction of new client activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

STP NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY – WADSWORTH, TX

Employment Law, Labor Law & Litigation Counsel (10/2016 – 06/2019)

Retained to negotiate a 4-year collective bargaining agreement as Head of Labor Relations; negotiated the lowest salary increase over STP’s 38-year history. After the IBEW labor agreement was completed, I moved to the General Counsel’s office and maintained oversight for all Employment Law and Labor Law, while also managing all outside mediation and litigation. Operating a nuclear power plant gets more expensive with age. After more than 38 years, owners wanted cost savings resulting in an FTE reduction of 250 – including my position.

LONE STAR HR & LEGAL CONSULTING – HOUSTON, TX

Principal & Consultant (05/2008 – 09/2016)

Started consulting practice in 2008 during the recession handling HR & legal issues, such as regulatory compliance, training HR teams, creating corporate cultures, employee engagement, and interim VPHR leadership roles. My primary responsibility in this role was to market services provided by my consulting practice and timely completion of all client deliverables.

GLOBALSTAINE ENERGY CORPORATION – CENTENNIAL, CO

Chief HR Officer & Chief Legal Officer (CHRO &CLO) (03/2007 – 06/2008) Oversight for HR, Legal, Safety, and Risk Management for an international start-up energy/oil & natural gas/construction company initially focusing efforts on Western Africa. Prepared governance documents, strategic planning, regulatory filings, drafting contracts, acquisition of engineering and scientific talent, client presentations, creating corporate infrastructure, and supporting corporate officers in any manner essential to the overall success of the mission.

COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. (Rebadged to CHS-Ga) – MACON, GA

Contract Vice President, HR; Reported to Chief Operating Officer - (03/2006 – 12/2006) Privately held $650M diverse healthcare company that included acute care hospitals, nursing facilities, pharmacy sales, medical supplies, home health & rehabilitation. The primary goals were to cure a fractured HR Department and establish integrated HR functions merging recent acquisitions into the existing culture. I was the interim VPHR, and they wanted to convert me to a full-time employee, but there were some challenging issues involving our 15-year-old daughter that required both parents in Texas.

*PRIOR SUCCESSES*

Gen Counsel, VPHR, Safety, Risk Management, & Compliance, Nexus Health, Houston, TX;

Chief Admin Officer, The Vineyard Manufacturing Co., Carrollton, TX;

Gen Counsel, Dir of HR, Safety & Risk Management, Chartwell Healthcare, Inc., Dallas, TX;

Assoc, Gen Counsel, Labor Law & Employment, Texas Health Enterprises, Denton, TX;

Top Billing Associate Attorney, Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller, Fort Worth, TX; &

Chief Counsel, Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, Dallas & Sherman, TX 1,600 total beds.

*MILITARY SERVICE – U.S. NAVY*

Judge Advocate General’s Corps at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, including NASCC, TX, and NAS Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX.

•Prosecuting more than 100 felony cases, approx. 50 administrative hearings & oversight of the Civil Claims Dept that maintained more than $350M in claims for the TX, OK & NM regions.

•Rated top JAGC Officer at NASCC over all JAGC officers during the first year.

Honorable Discharge received for both active and reserve duty.

•Achieved LT (0-3) rank during active duty & LCDR (0-4) rank during reserve duty.

*LICENSING & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS*

•JD – Univ. of Memphis. Academic Excellence Awards Contracts & Civil Procedure. Chosen “Best Advocate” First-Year Moot Court competition.

•Completed coursework for MPA – Univ of Memphis.

•BA, Pre-Law - Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

•Law Licenses held: Colorado - (Bar No. 20196), Georgia - (Bar No. 183147), Tennessee - (Bar No. 010779), & Texas - (Bar No. 08454435).

•Founded Texas HR Pros IN-Transition on Linkedin, with 70,000 attendees.

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