As the Founder and Transformation Coach at April Gonzales Coaching, I am deeply committed to justice, inspiration, and growth. I provide strategic HR consulting and personalized coaching to individuals, teams, and organizations seeking to unlock their potential. Specializing in leadership development, team dynamics, and personal transformation, I take a holistic approach that bridges professional success with personal growth.Key Responsibilities:• Visionary Leadership: Set the strategic direction for April Gonzales Coaching, designing programs that focus on justice, empowerment, and transformation.• HR Consulting Expertise: Advise organizations on HR strategies, leadership, employee engagement, and organizational resilience, drawing on 25+ years of experience.• Client-Focused Coaching: Offer one-on-one and group coaching, focusing on personal growth, leadership, career development, and team effectiveness.• Transformation Initiatives: Guide clients through tailored coaching frameworks to overcome challenges, align with their true selves, and achieve breakthroughs.• Empowerment Advocacy: Champion underrepresented groups, including those with disabilities, to promote social and economic equality through coaching.• Action-Oriented Coaching: Equip clients with practical tools and strategies to create meaningful, lasting change in both their personal and professional lives.Key Achievements:• Founded and grew a successful coaching business centered on justice, empowerment, and transformation.• Helped a diverse range of clients—including business leaders and individuals—gain confidence, resilience, and leadership success.• Developed leadership and HR strategies that improved engagement, team cohesion, and sustainable growth for small businesses and organizations.

Grid United is a mission driven startup company aiming to solve the largest barrier to a cleaner, more reliable grid by developing new long haul transmission lines in North America. Successfully led and enhanced the organization's HR function, focusing on:Employee communications, handbook, compensation, recruiting, performance management, professional development, total rewards & recognition, and organizational effectiveness.Evaluating and advising on long-term strategic planning and regulatory impacts.Building credibility through effective listening, problem-solving, and handling sensitive inquiries or complaints.Implementing metrics aligned with business outcomes.Promoting diversity and improving the work environment through strategic advice and best practices.Consulting on disciplinary actions, terminations, and investigations per company policy.Ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, optimizing HR operations.

Koch Project Solutions was a small start-up organization that provided program management solutions (EPC+) to clients. Used key business drivers for strategy development, prioritization, implementation, and results to improve organizational effectiveness, employee engagement and relentlessly inspired transformation. Developed collaborative working relationships of trust and credibility through influence that not only improved business unit performance, but also the supported capabilities and strategic partners of the organization from all business levels and across functions.Demonstrated courage and tact to proactively recognize and appropriately articulate when ideas and/or strategies did not align with Principle Based Management® and/or the business vision and offer alternative solutions.Developed, proposed, and implemented strategies that improved our talent position in the market including organizational design and succession planning, work systems, talent planning, management, acquisition, and development.Coached and led professionals through concurrent change management initiatives stemming from data-driven analysis and collaborative decision making. Continuously connected individuals to business vision, strategies and effectively executed key objectives leveraging culture as a competitive advantage. Creative, hands-on problem solving in high growth and high activity setting.

Expro is a mid-size oil and gas service company, specializing in well flow management.Leader for all human resource related matters within the North and Latin America Region’s land and offshore marketsMatrix organization supporting 800 employees 150 managers within 22 locations within the United States, Canada, Trinidad, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. Drove the effective delivery of HR services and support including, but not limited to, regional strategy development, succession planning, talent management, workforce planning, risk management, compensation and benefits, management and employee development, compliance, performance management, change management, recruitment and retention, policy development and interpretation, attrition and HR metrics. All KPIs within my function were exceeding targets. Host leadership development sessions at least once per quarter.Launched Women’s Network and established Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Initiative and Region Efficiency Directive in 2019 resulting improved results in multiple KPIs.Reduced pre-employment test result time by 80%.Reduced turnover by 35%.Led multiple organizational efficiency improvement projects resulting in significant financial impact.Created and reviewed annual region strategic initiatives, budget, mission, vision and values.Improved employee engagement by 15%.Lead annual succession planning, talent reviews, incentive planning, compensation and benefit reviews. Oversee benefits design and administration to ensure compliance with ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA and ADA.Performed HR due diligence for multiple acquisitions.

ypOne is a small to mid-size independent publisher of print and online yellow page advertising.Moved organization to a low level of legal risk as a result of establishing compliance controls, consistency in setting and maintaining precedents in processes and approaches and increasing employee satisfaction. Implemented strategies to attract and retain top performers. Improved the quality of candidates received through strategic partnerships, personality assessments and changing the company culture. Reduced turnover by over 75% within the past two yearsAwarded "Outstanding Corporate Support" award in 2008Managed HR Assistant and Corporate ReceptionistServed as a backup for Payroll & Benefits Administrator using ADP Pay eXpert, HRB, and EZLMFacilitated corporate office move

First American Title Insurance Company is a large financial services company. Processed payroll and employee related issues for over 500 employees in multiple statesDeveloped internship program that was adopted company wideParticipated on a nation-wide Policies and Procedures Team, involved in over six audits with little or no deficienciesParticipated in the implementation of new online applicant tracking system, in a FLSA Job Slotting Project, Retroactive Background Check as well as three acquisitionsReceived performance reviews every six months that resulted in a salary increaseCreated new processes to provide more efficient services to our customers

Promoted to process payroll for over 1,800 associates working in California after supporting other states; Completed employment verifications, unemployment claims and subpoenasMaintained paperless work environment by scanning all payroll and HR documents into halFILE systemResearched W-2 discrepancies, resolve and issue W-2c forms as necessary; Increased training participation 27% by raising awareness and facilitating continuing education sessionsReceived Director of First Impressions plaque

Distributed and processed benefit enrollment forms for new hiresDistributed and tracked quarterly statementsProcessed time sheets for corporate employeesResearched information for