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Summit Performance Partners is an HR Consulting firm providing organizations with collaborative HR solutions to maximize business performance. Services range from talent management, executive search, interim CHRO solutions and general HR consulting.Recent engagements include: Interim CHRO for a startup Electric Vehicle Manufacturer. Helped build HR.

Delphos, OHIO, US

Lakeview Farms, LLC is a leading manufacturer of fresh and convenient dips, desserts, and specialty products. The company brings true innovation to the refrigerated categories in which it competes, offering a wide-ranging selection of delicious and unique products to its customers and consumers. We think of ourselves as Creating a World of Fresh.

Owner and operator of a 1.2M FedEx Ground Business with 18 employees and 14 vehicles. Full responsiblility for running a 7 day a week/360 day a year operation delivering packages to 4 zip codes. Turned an unprofitable business profitable.

Cincinnati, Ohio, US

• Serve as the top HR Executive for a privately held Pepsi franchise with over 1600 employees and 13 union and union-free locations throughout Ohio and Kentucky.
• Manage all aspects of the human resources function including Employee and Labor Relations, Compensation & Benefits, HRIS, Payroll, Learning and Development, Safety, Workers Compensation and Talent Acquisition.
• Transform HR organization to high performing, client facing Strategic HR Business Partner Structure with functional COEs
• Assist the organization in building a talent pipeline for future leadership including working with the Board of Directors to Hire a new CEO.
• Implement Oracle Fusion and deploy employee and manager self-service

New York, NY, US

• Chief Division HR Executive for a major defense and aerospace organization brought in to partner with division President to transform the organization’s people, processes, and HR technologies. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
• Lead a culture transformation, moving from top down hierarchical structure to matrix organization, with increased employee engagement and empowerment.
• Rebuilt executive leadership team. Resulted in an upgrading of executive level talent.
• Implemented best in class HR processes in succession planning and talent acquisition.
• Ramped-up college recruiting program and created an awareness of the need to strategically hire for bench strength.
• Transformed HR organization into a customer-centric Human Resources Business Partner

Fridley, Minnesota, US

• Covidien is a global healthcare products and manufacturer of medical devices and supplies. It had $11B in revenue and over 39,000 employees globally. Manufacturing locations in the US, Ireland, Italy, France, and.
• Project-managed acquisition and divestiture activities to optimize the company’s global manufacturing footprint. Led to the purchase of two companies. Somanetics was a $300M deal for a business that had revenues of.
• Worked with global client groups to optimize their organization structure and productivity including the transformation to a focus factory model.
• Lead responsibility for structuring plants based on imperative to reorganize manufacturing by product lines to deliver better quality and have employees be cross trained on manufacturing techniques.
• Implemented best-in-class succession planning and talent review methodologies to ensure a high performing organization that produces a strong pipeline of talent. Resulted in adoption of semi-annual succession.

US

• Global medical technology company operating in dialysis products, dialysis care, cardio pulmonary products and blood component technologies with $1.2B in revenues and over 8,000 employees globally.Senior executive for.
• Transformed a transactional based HR function to a fully integrated HR Business Partner structure through talent upgrade and restructuring.
• Led organizational restructuring in Brazil and Mexico, and opened new market in Colombia.
• Hired a General Manager for Brazil and partnered with the new GM, and the President, to clean up compliance issues over a seven month period.
• Rebuilt senior leadership team and hired an HR Director for Brazil.
• Rebuilt the foundation of the business to be compliant and highly profitable, nearly doubling in revenue in two years.

Lawrence Township, NJ, US

• Provide full spectrum of HR Services to the Global Supply Chain Function, Worldwide Quality Organization, and provided talent management and leadership development programs for the entire manufacturing network of 32.
• Developed leadership and succession programs for the pharmaceutical manufacturing organization including creation of talent evaluation and succession planning processes and tools.
• Provided client group with HR support during a key time of talent upgrade. On-boarded external executive to head Worldwide Quality function and upgraded quality leadership team.
• Created Manufacturing Management Rotation program to attract top Masters/Ph.D talent.

Boston, MA, US

• Serve as HR integration leader for acquired business. Business was very global and included work in Korea, China, India, Uk, Mexico and Puerto Rico.2003: Provide full spectrum of HR services to a newly acquired global.
• Restructured the business from a geographically centered business to a market focused business
• Created functional excellence across the business in R&D, Finance, Business Development, & Sales.

Boston, MA, US

• 2000-2003: Provided a full spectrum of HR services to a field based organization with sales and service employees in the Northeast Region. Provided management consultation to senior staff on all HR related issues.
• Developed game changing hiring and development programs for field service engineers shorting the time for highly trained field engineers to enter the market place
• Assessed Global talent and upgraded talent in manufacturing areas.
• Developed and executed a plan to realign the America’s sales organization from a predominantly distributor network to a dedicated sales organization.
• Assessed Global HR organization and developed reorganization plans.
• Implemented results of a six sigma program which significantly reduced overtime liabilities by $1.2M.

Purchase, New York, US

• Managed and delivered a full spectrum of human resources related services for a $200M business unit, which included 13 union and union-free sales, bottling, and distribution centers. Provided strategic HR consultation.
• Established HR function by implementing core processes, developed a strategic plan, and implemented key initiatives.
• Negotiated and administered six collective bargaining agreements.
• Provided consultation on union avoidance and lead management strategy and tactics. Successfully decertified union and won 2 organizing attempts.
• Provided HR support to the acquisition and due diligence process.

St Paul, MN, US

A member of 3M's HR Manufacturing Leadership Rotation Program

Ma, Industrial Relations

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Administration And Management/Spanish