Human Resources Vice President
Resume:
DAVID E. BESS
Madison, New Jersey 07940
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Vice President, Human Resource Business Partner
Global Technology (GT) and Operations
Work for the EVP/CIO and his GT leadership team to design and drive Human Resource (HR) strategy to support attainment of business goals with a dedicated focus on: talent management, change management, organizational design and effectiveness. Mange a team of 10 HR Business Consultants who provide strategic HR services to broader GT Associate population.
2007-2009 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY – School of Social Work New Jersey
Faculty 7/08 to present: Instructed Graduate Master of Social Work students in all direct practice and Non Profit Public Management course curriculum and designed curriculum.
Associate Director from 4/07 to 7/08: Managed Continuing Education and Professional Development department, staff of 23. Established and implemented entire HR and Employee Relations (ER) protocol for academic unit. Revised IT Application Development and Infrastructure to support stand-alone Social Work IT services and servers across all physical and satellite campuses. Implemented new approaches resulting in additional $1.25 million in revenue for academic year 2007 – 2008.
1997 – 4/2007 JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY New York, NY
2006 – 4/2007 Vice President, Senior Human Resources Business Partner, New York, NY
Corporate Finance
Worked for EVP/CFO of Corporate Sector to design and drive HR strategy to support attainment of business goals. Directed HR functions including recruiting, hiring practices, compensation, employee relations, succession, talent management, employee retention, diversity, organization, individual and culture development, training and change management. Implemented consolidation/off shoring plan realizing $20 million in savings.
2003 - 2006 Vice President, Senior Human Resources Business Partner Monroe, LA
Chase Home Finance (CHF) IT/Servicing/Loan Origination/Back Office
Reported to SVP Business Executive and EVP HR Executive to design and drive HR strategy to support attainment of business goals for 2,200 employees in four cities and managed a team of 9 HR professionals. Directed HR functions, including recruiting, hiring practices, compensation, employee relations, succession, talent management, employee retention, diversity, organization, individual and culture development, training and change management. Migrated Louisiana and Texas to automated Human Resources Platform (PeopleSoft). Built a raised floor data and call center, built a paperless mortgage loan origination system and upgraded all mortgage application development job families to support these new back end processes. Implemented IT in sourcing plan for application development and infrastructure and National ramp up/in sourcing plan generating 1,100 jobs and realizing $17 million in savings.
2002- 2003 Vice President, Human Resources Business Partner/Development Manager, New Jersey
Chase Home Finance (CHF) IT/Finance/HR
Reported to EVP/CEO and SVP HR to create, deliver and evaluate organizational HR coverage and development products and services for staff groups in 17 global locations and managed a team of 10 HR professionals. Created new job families and career paths for existing IT application development and infrastructure. Consulted and partnered with CEO and other executives to create, lead and drive Supervisor Total Enrichment Program (STEP) across CHF nationally.
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2001 – 2002 Vice President, Human Resources Business Partner/Development Manager, New Jersey
Chase Home Finance (CHF) IT
Reported to EVP/CIO to create, lead deliver and evaluate all HR, ER and OD products and services, managed team of 9 HR professionals. Served as executive coach for EVP and leadership team and expanded team skill set down to next 40 people. Implemented IT outsourcing plan realizing $10 million in savings. Accountable for $4 million: $2.5 million IT training and $1.5 million vendor contracts and service delivery.
2000 - 2001 Assistant Vice President, Development and Training Manager, New York, NY
Chase Cardmember Services: IT/Marketing and Advertising
Managed Organization and Career Development (O&CD) for two cardmember sites, managed team of 6 HR professionals. Assessed, designed and implemented O&CD initiatives across New York, Delaware and Tempe AZ cardmember sites. Created, lead, delivered and evaluated all OD products and services. Built and facilitated diversity steering committees.
1997 – 2000 Assistant Treasurer/Assistant Vice President, Development Specialist, New York, NY
Global Services: IT/Treasury and Security
Designed and facilitated diversity councils, workshops, meetings and small focus groups to large group interventions. Conducted needs assessments from data collection through implementation of recommendations. Implemented OD initiatives in New York City, England and Hong Kong.
1996 – 1997 CORPORATE COUNSELING ASSOCIATES, INC., New York, NY
Senior Employee Assistance/Employee Relations Professional Counselor
Provided employee assistance/ employee relations products for 110 corporations worldwide: individual, family and group counseling, assessment, triage, stress debriefings, management consultations, resource and referral services and ER products.
1984 – Present VARIOUS ACADEMIC, SOCIAL WORK AND MILITARY POSITIONS*
education NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, Master of Arts, Social Work, 1994
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, dual major
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, 1993
Bachelor of Arts, Social Work, 1993
USAF Basic/Fire Fighter Training, 1984
expertise in Strategic Planning, Change Management, Employee Relations, Labor Laws, Talent Management,
Process Improvements, Training & Development, Organizational Design, Organizational Effectiveness,
Policy Design & Administration, Outsourcing/Offshoring, Leadership, Diversity,
Executive Coaching, Conflict Resolution and Management.
*Formal CV and references available upon request
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