Manager Human Resources

Kari R. Crowley, SPHR, PCC

Experience

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Head of Global Leadership Development

• Responsible for the design and implementation of Applied’s strategic roadmap for management and leadership development.

• Developed a comprehensive coaching framework that introduced core-coaching capabilities to Management/HR and designed an external coaching process for recruiting, matching and tracking engagements with Applied leaders.

• Partnered with UC Berkeley to design and delivered a three week “Strategic General Manager” program that focused on the key competencies of this targeted executive population.

• Re-designed Applied’s executive action learning program to balance the development of leadership capabilities and delivery of innovative solutions to some of the company’s key strategic challenges.

2006 -2011 Build to Grow, L.L.C. San Jose, CA

Organizational Development Consultant and Leadership Coach

• Contracted with Blanchard Learning Services to provide executive coaching and leadership development to students within their Situational Leadership ® programs.

• Associate Faculty for the Management Department at West Valley-Mission College, Saratoga, CA. Designing & delivering Management and Leadership Development workshops.

• Consulted with leaders in Biotech and Independent Financial Institutions to implement performance management systems, identify leadership competencies and target development needs that support organizational growth and succession planning.

2003– 2006 ALZA Corporation (a Johnson & Johnson Company) Mountain View, CA

Sr. Human Resources Manager

§ Partnered with Senior Level management to provide Talent Management & Succession planning. Also lead efforts to identify and deliver innovative employee development programs aligned with corporate business strategies.

§ ALZA Mentoring Program core team leader that participated in the design and implementation of ALZA’s first formal mentorship program. Personally mentored 2 employees nominated to the program.

§ Co-founder of the ALZA Women’s Leadership Initiative. Created and implemented a charter that was designed to “Promote a work environment that engages, grows, and empowers women at various stages of their career and life”

§ Participated on a global team responsible for the design of Human Resource systems and talent management for Johnson & Johnson’s new Global Clinical Operating (GCO) company.

2001–2003 ALZA Corporation Mountain View, CA

Manager, Learning & Development

§ Responsible for design, development and delivery of ALZA’s corporate training programs.

§ Managed a team of Learning & Development professionals who were responsible for the design and implementation of Succession Planning, Talent Management, Organizational Development and Corporate Training Activities.

§ Member of core Human Resources ALZA/Johnson & Johnson Merger integration team.

§ Partnered with ALZA’s Quality and Operation groups to align talent development with their objectives for increased customer satisfaction and improved efficiency.

1997-2001 ALZA Corporation Mountain View, CA

Learning & Development Associate III

§ Provided instructional design and facilitation of corporate training activities and just-in-time initiatives.

§ Oversight of corporate compliance training. Led Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Task Force that identified and developed learning activities in support of FDA compliance.

§ Designed and facilitated team and individual effectiveness assessments .

1993-1997 Lam Research Fremont, CA

TQM Trainer

• Conducted corporate process improvement training seminars.

• Facilitated team building and process improvement activities.

• Partnered with Operations Division leaders in the design and implementation of a just-in-time work flow improvement activities for sub-assembly and procurement.

Education

Ph.D. Student in Human & Organizational Development

(scheduled graduation fall 2012)

2006-present Fielding University Santa Barbara, CA

M.A. in Organizational Communication & Instructional Design 1991–1993 California State University, Chico Chico, CA

B.A. in Communication Studies

Minor in Fine Arts

1987-1991 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA

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