Human Resources Executive
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JOHN H. HUDSON
Newbury Park, CA. 91320
805-***-**** • ***********@***.***
Human Resources Executive
Proven, strategic Senior Human Resources Executive adept at proactively ensuring the successful implementation and uniform administration of company-wide organization development and productivity initiatives. Proven effectiveness in providing vision and counsel in steering domestic and international organizations through accelerated growth, acquisitions, and corporate culture changes. Consistently achieve financial and business goals by developing programs that foster employee involvement, ensure retention of top talent, and result in significant culture changes and profitability. Proficient at recruiting and hiring managers and training cross-functional teams. Respected decision-maker with a demonstrated ability to build consensus among groups with conflicting interests related to strategic and tactical direction in the petroleum, pharmaceuticals, semi-conductors, and gaming industries.
Executive Coaching • Strategic Human Resources Planning • Executive Team Building & Leadership Organizational Development & Capability Planning • Operations Metrics & Analysis • Recruiting Retention • Employee Relations • Diversity Recruiting • HRIS EEO/AA Compliance • Work/Life Balance EH&S • Global HR Management • Training • Consulting • Assimilating Acquired Companies
Workforce Reengineering • Corporate Culture Development • Continuous Process Improvement
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Owner, CEO of “The Growth Coach of Ventura County”
Business Coach, working with small business owners and professional to improve their business operations. I specialize in strategic planning, business plan preparation, employee selection and leadership development
AMGEN COPORATION, Thousand Oaks, California • 2003-2008
Biopharmaceutical company with 22K employees in 50 countries
Executive Director of Human Resources
Spearheaded multiple departments and functions, including: staffing, employee relations, HR operations, HRIS, diversity recruiting, EEO/AA compliance, metrics and analysis, employee work/life balance programs, and corporate ombudsperson.
• Increased staff size by 51% - from 14K to 22K employees – by attracting and retaining top-quality talent for the Global Enterprise group.
• Reduced employee turnover from 13% to 7% by instituting a work/life balance program.
• Introduced HR metrics and analysis (the first in the company’s history), to operationalize the HR function and create consistent means of measurement across all divisions of the company.
• Collaborated with recruiters, line managers, and division executives to maximize budgets and meet manpower needs while ensuring maximum visibility for HR as a crucial component of overall strategic business planning.
• Earned special recognition from the CEO for operationalizing HR function and meeting aggressive growth goals and manpower demands.
XIRCOM CORPORATION, Thousand Oaks, California • 2000-2003
Provider of high-tech local area and wide area networks with 2,600 employees in 18 countries
Vice President of Human Resources
Directed the global HR, corporate security, and global facilities functions for a 27-person group. Developed and implemented international strategies to create a stronger, more effective senior management team.
• Slashed recruiting costs by 40% by developing a new human resources planning system.
• Reduced HR budget spend by 25% by developing a dashboard that instituted metrics to increase the accountability of the HR function.
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• Collaborated with the CEO and Board Compensation Committee to develop a global grading system and pay structure (the first of its kind in the company) to increase competitive value in attracting top-tier talent.
• Directly contributed to a 20% increase in overall company profits in 1 year by restructuring regionally-focused organization and developing and instituting a global management system that improved communication and cooperation among regions.
ALLIANCE GAMING CORPORATION, • Las Vegas, Nevada 1998-2000
An integrated gaming enterprise comprised of acquired entities that included casinos, machine manufacturers, systems development, and field maintenance organizations with 2,640 employees in 10 countries
Senior Vice President of Human Resources
Orchestrated all aspects of the global HR, corporate security, and environmental health and safety functions for a 50-person group. Prepared documentation for Board Compensation Committee and ensured global quality control.
• Assimilated functions of multiple acquired companies to create a cohesive new corporation, and developed a collaborative infrastructure and culture to meet operational requirements.
• Ensured profitability of company within first year of operation by collaborating with the CEO and executive team to recruit and hire the management team and build the Board of Directors.
• Developed and led numerous training, team building, and strategic planning sessions to successfully translate and ensure buy-in of corporate goals across functional and operational boarders to create one viable business enterprise.
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., Santa Clara, California • 1994-1998
World’s leading semi-conductor equipment manufacturer with 14K employees in 18 countries
Managing Director, Human Resources
Managed all aspects of the HR operations for the finance, legal, facilities, environmental health and safety, quality control, and business development functions for the Worldwide Business Organization covering the United States, Europe, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and China. Optimized a $200M budget while directly supervising 125 associates.
• Reduced recruiting costs by $14M in first year of operation by developing a strategic HR planning function that drastically decreased employee turnover at senior levels.
• Centralized HR reporting function by positively influencing individual country HR managers and employees to see the benefits of a stronger business function and access to more and improved corporate and peer data.
• Provided country managers with the ability to measure HR in the same way as other operating units by developing an operational model that utilized similar business and financial metrics.
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SYNTEX CORPORATION, Palo Alto, California
Corporate Director, Human Resources
Director of Human Resources – Bahamas Chemical Division, Freeport Grand Bahamas
Corporate Director of Staffing and Human Resource Planning
BOYLE/KIRKMAN AND ASSOCIATES, New York, New York
Organizational Development Consultant
SUN OIL COMPANY, Radnor, Pennsylvania
Manager of Organization and Management Development
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EDUCATION & TRAINING
Masters of Business Administration (Organization Development)
University of Phoenix, San Jose California
Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Advanced Human Resource Executive Certificate
University of Michigan
Certified Compensation Professional
American Compensation Association
ICF Certified Executive Coach
The Hudson Institute, Santa Barbara, California
Meyers Briggs Trait Indicator Certificate
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Society for Training and Development
National Human Resources Association
Northern California Human Resources Association
Human Resources Planning Society
Society for Human Resources Management
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