Transportation One is a $180MM growth focused brokerage that offers full-service, multi-modal logistics solutions. As HRVP, most significant achievements include:▪︎ Set strategic departmental priorities in alignment with organizational growth and profitability objectives.▪︎ Built talent acquisition organization and implemented strategy to achieve aggressive growth targets.▪︎ Redesigned employee relations program to drive business strategy, while identifying opportunities and mitigating risks.▪︎ Implemented DEI program to achieve talent acquisition, retention and employee engagement objectives.▪︎ Implemented robust HRIS technology to improve people analytics, reduce HR operational expenditures and drive employee engagement.▪︎ Rebuilt training & development organization and implemented a new cloud-based Learning Management System to support business growth.

Aspira's mission is to educate and provide leadership development opportunities to its students and youth in the community.▪︎ Built HR organization from the ground up and established department strategy and priorities.▪︎ Implemented innovative solutions for all facets of HR administration to drive the acquisition, retention and motivation of employees.▪︎ Led all activities related to employee and labor relations, including managing complex and highly adversarial labor grievance process and legal disputes.▪︎ Managed and brought into compliance complex union salary steps and lanes compensation program.

Fluresh invests in the right people, equipment, and practices to ensure its consumers are getting the best cannabis at the best price.▪︎ Built the HR team, processes, and systems to support rapid headcount growth during pre-revenue stage.▪︎ Implemented leadership training to drive consistent decision-making and improve supervisor effectiveness.▪︎ Quickly implemented employee relations program to drive disciplined execution of operational objectives.▪︎ Designed compensation and benefits programs to attract and retain talent, while strategically anticipating effects on the P&L.

Fortune Fish & Gourmet is a $300MM premier fresh and frozen seafood processor and specialty food distributor servicing restaurants, hotels, and grocers nationwide.▪︎ Implementation of HR strategy that drove the attainment of aggressive growth, profitability, and people targets.▪︎ Built and trained newly formed HR team to deliver high impact service translating into higher revenue and profitability.▪︎ Developed KPI's to measure the effectiveness of the HR function, including metrics around the acquisition, development, and engagement of talent.▪︎ Effectively led large-scale initiatives leading to company culture change and leadership growth.▪︎ Designed and implemented compensation and benefits models that attracted, motivated, and engaged staff across the enterprise.▪︎ Led HR related M&A activity leading to the successful integration for three bolt-on acquisitions.

Power Plant Services is a $70MM high-technology manufacturer and supplier of a wide array of parts and repairs for the power generation industry.▪︎ Designed and implemented HR strategy and tactical plan to support financial and operational objectives.▪︎ Led the implementation of a talent acquisition program to ensure the company attracted top engineering and CNC manufacturing talent.▪︎ Implemented a highly effective performance management system to drive company and employee performance.▪︎ Designed and implemented market aligned compensation and benefits programs to drive people goals.▪︎ Built leadership capacity through annual supervisory training focused on talent acquisition, performance management, employee relations and labor law.▪︎ Established policies and procedures to drive strategic goals around increasing employee engagement and lowering unionization risk.▪︎ Led EH&S department to drive safety awareness throughout organization ensuring employee safety, ongoing productivity, WC cost mitigation and OSHA compliance.

Smiths Group is a $3BB leading provider of engineered solutions in the threat detection, energy, and electronics markets and parent company of John Crane. John Crane is a $1.2BB leading provider of engineered global technology. JC provides mission-critical products, services and solutions that enable the energy and process industries to achieve efficient, sustainable operations.▪︎ Promoted to lead all HR operations for $180MM artificial lift business.▪︎ Held generalist responsibility over all U.S. corporate operations including a staff of 500 employees in Engineering, Finance, HR, IT, Purchasing, and Marketing.▪︎ Worked international assignments to support LatAm HR operations, including: Mexico, Brazil and Venezuela.▪︎ Aligned corporate compensation program with subsidiary business units (domestic and international) to meet financial, operational, and people objectives.▪︎ Implemented performance management system to meet aggressive growth objectives.▪︎ Led cultural assimilation efforts to ensure acquired companies quickly delivered results.▪︎ Led talent acquisition function to fill domestic and global roles in engineering, HR, purchasing, IT, finance and operations in a highly competitive labor market.▪︎ Implemented employee relations strategies to drive performance objectives, while mitigating legal and financial risks.

The Home Depot is $90BB perennial most admired company. The company was founded on a "taking care of our people" philosophy, which has translated to massive growth and success.▪︎ Served as interim District HR Manager supporting a $360MM region, with 6 stores and 1800 employees.▪︎ Led HR operations for a $72MM, 350 employee business. Responsible for talent acquisition, ER, training & development, safety, performance management, compensation and benefits.▪︎ Appointed to serve on HR Manager Council, representing Midwest Region due to outstanding individual performance.▪︎ Served as business partner to Store Managers in identifying opportunities for HR operational improvement.▪︎ Led store level investigations and presented before the EEOC, IDES and Department of Human Rights.