Quick Interview: view Salary range: $125,000 to $175,000 Willing to relocate: Yes Years of related job experience: 25 Highest degree earned: Bachelor's Languages: English Software: Excel, Word, PowerPoint
This strategy-driven Human Resources executive has global leadership experiences in the development and deployment of leading-edge Human Resources practices in professional services, high-tech, and manufacturing. With substantial board-level experience in public, private, and employee ownership environments, he has significant accomplishments in the areas of talent management, rewards programs, turnarounds, mergers and acquisitions.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Organization: Please reach us for these details! Location: Des Moines, IA Job title: Vice President, Human Resources Years and months employed: 4 Year(s) 1 Month(s) Responsibilities: Talent Management:
Successfully introduced formal talent management process identifying key organizational capabilities and establishing successors for key roles.
Leadership Development:
Led deployment of Strategic Leadership Development program providing development and assessment experiences for senior leaders.
Employee Engagement: Deployed employee opinion survey (EOS) that emphasized employee engagement as key indicator of organization success. EOS is supported by organization wide web-based action planning process that assured high level of leadership involvement and execution.
Rewards:
Working with Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, redesigned bonus structure to accommodate complex employee ownership model while providing market based compensation with emphasis on integration of bonus and employee ownership.
Organization: Invensys Controls Location: Carol Stream, IL Job title: Vice President Human Resources Years and months employed: 1 Year(s) 11 Month(s) Responsibilities: Led global initiatives with focus on rebuilding credible HR leadership team, developing necessary infrastructure, and elevating professionalism of HR practice.
Global:
With locations in 19 countries led the redevelopment and re-engagement of HR function as business partner and major enabler for commercial success. Hands-on work in China, EU, UK, Brazil as well as US. Created new leadership teams in EU, China, and US. Managed strategy for EU restructurings as part of manufacturing footprint rationalization.
Rewards: Strategically realigned short term bonus programs to reflect business performance. Revamped sales incentive plans to leverage variable pay based upon sales performance. Led development of revitalized market-based compensation practice focusing on data-driven decisions.
Talent Management:
Led the deployment of organization capability review to determine company talent inventory including succession plan, retention risks, key talent, and future leader identification. Drove talent management process through entire professional ranks of organization. Led recruitment efforts for roles such as CTO, CFO, VP Manufacturing Strategy, and VP Operations.
Organization: Shure Incorporated Location: Niles, IL Job title: Vice President Human Resources Years and months employed: 4 Year(s) Responsibilities: Global:
Led Human Resources start-up of China manufacturing operations; developed market specific Human Resources strategies for rewards, staffing, and associate development; led selection of senior management team; established necessary Human Resources infrastructure to compete in highly volatile labor market; managed international and expatriate assignments.
Compensation:
Created integrated and strategically aligned incentives and rewards programs; combined historically disparate and conflicting bonus programs into one company-wide incentive plan; aligned salary management practices to coincide with annual planning processes; created a structure that protected over $1,000,000 in payouts in down markets; revised direct compensation strategy resulting in demonstrable market competitiveness and internal equity while saving in excess of $250,000 annually; repositioned retirement programs to reflect company performance results; froze defined benefit pension plans reducing funding contributions by over $1,000,000 annually; introduced profit sharing globally.
Organization Development:
Launched culture-changing organization development programs focusing on rewards, performance management and associate selection processes; deployed a sustainable, revolutionary approach to succession planning and talent management; revitalized staffing programs resulting in over 40% reduction in hiring cycle time.
Lean:
Introduced TQM techniques to Human Resources function; utilized structured problem solving, data collection and analytical techniques resulting in a 20% increase in customer service performance.
EDUCATION
Institution Name: Southern Illinois University Location: Carbondale, IL Degree earned: Bachelor's Major/Concentration: Business Education Year Graduated: 1971
