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Greater Atlanta Area

Greater Atlanta Area

Sysco Specialty Meat Group (SSMG), a division of Sysco, provides high quality meat, seafood and poultry products to customers to include many high end restaurants. This role supports a variety of SSMG companies in the eastern United States.

Greater Atlanta Area

U.S. Security Associates is a $1.5 billion security organization providing a wide array of physical security and other services to its clients many of whom are well-established Fortune 500 corporations. Senior leader for a $750 million business unit consisting of 70 branch operations across 16 states and the District of Columbia. • Developed a 7 “pillar” HR strategy to include organizational development & effectiveness approaches.• Developed a Safety Strategy using change management techniques resulting in a 12% reduction in claims and a 26% reduction in incurred cost versus baseline.

Atlanta, Georgia

As a member of the market senior leadership team provided direct business support to the Southeast Market (region) comprised of 13 operating locations with approximately 2,700 employees in 8 states. Led HR team of 11 focused on employee engagement, talent acquisition, staffing to business volume, talent and succession planning. • Drove a reduction in part-time employees eligible for benefits representing a savings of nearly $400,000 in 2015.• Created a diversity plan that resulted in improved female management and high potential representation of 4 & 8 points, respectively, and overall minority high potential representation by 3 points in 2015. • Leadership of talent management efforts to include talent review, bench strength and succession plans.• Led collaborative model leading to improved talent acquisition service delivery.

Based In Atlanta, Georgia

C&S Wholesale Grocers is a 100 year old $26 billion company providing efficient warehousing and distribution services through 16,000 employees to some of the largest supermarket chains in the United States. Regional leadership team member supporting 5 operations with 3,000 associates and 11 HR resources. Role ensures facilities are anticipating and staffing manpower to expected business volume, maintaining union free operations, bench-strength & succession planning, talent upgrade.• Led on-the-ground transition team successfully supporting $4 billion in new business.• Accomplished $2.5 million in savings by leading a national effort to reduce turnover via a cross-functional team. • Drove Operational Excellence via a cross-functional team by preparing a case study to leverage best practices.• Spreaheaded change management efforts reducing turnover in a challenged operation from 360% to 83%.

Atlanta, Georgia

With revenues of $10 billion, INVISTA owns consumer brands such as Stainmaster®, Antron®, Lycra®, Cordura® and is the preeminent global integrated fiber company employing approximately 18,000 employees in 28 countries. Leadership team member supporting a $3 billion business unit of sales & marketing, R&D, and logistics professionals.Responsibilities included leadership coaching, compensation philosophy implementation and execution, change management, culture alignment and development, employment litigation avoidance, employee relations, talent acquisition/proactive recruiting, organizational development, talent and succession planning, workforce restructuring.• Led change management efforts to reduce field-marketing turnover from 17% to 10% with $7 million impact.• Implemented performance management and compensation system resulting in 95% retention of high performing employees.• Devised a recruitment model saving $750,000 and reducing time to fill by 1/3. • Introduced talent management planning identifying risk areas in Marketing and R&D and staffing plans to correct.

San Diego, California

WIS was the second largest provider of B2B inventory counting services in the world employing approximately 12,000 employees in over 150 offices throughout the United States and Canada. The 20-person HR department included Compensation & Benefits, Talent Acquisition, Risk Management, Employee Relations, HRIS, Field HR & Records. Responsibilities included managing geographically disbursed HR team, talent acquisition, HR strategy development, risk management, benefits, compensation, records, employee relations, litigation avoidance, organizational development, board level presentations, talent & succession planning.• Redesigned bonus plan to a self-funded 3x target maximum driving company performance to record EBITDA levels.• Identified & developed a strategy to eliminate a wage and hour compliance risk valued at $7 - $10 million.• Improved field ratings of HR service delivery from last to second best; implemented “24 Hour Rule”• Reduced workers compensation costs by $1 million through improved safety focus and post injury practices.

Ft. Worth, Texas

TSR, formerly a division of AMR (parent company to American Airlines), was a call center management company with 7,000 employees in 5 centers. This business provided inbound and outbound customer service and sales solutions. Reporting to the President, this position managed a geographically dispersed HR team of 42 including Compensation & Benefits; Field HR; Recruitment; HRIS & Employee Relations. Responsibilities included talent acquisition, HR strategy development, competency development, benefits, AAP compliance, compensation, records, employee relations, litigation avoidance.

Miami, Florida & Dallas, Texas

A $3 billion transportation services division of Ryder System. Served as internal consultant to senior operational management and employee advocate. Led all Human Resource activities within an eight-state territory encompassing 21 District Offices, 2,500 employees and over 220 locations.

Masters, Psychology

Strategic Human Resources

Bachelor, Psychology

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society in Psychology - Psi Chi