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Houston, Texas Area

Graduate Adjunct Faculty member in the MBA and PhD programs for courses: (1) Leadership, (2) Strategy, (3) Mergers & Acquisitions, (4) Supply Chain and Operations Management, (5) Conflict Management and (6) Management and Decision-Making at the Houston Campus of OLLU.

Houston, Texas Area

Responsible for global delivery of human resources products and services relating to employee development, organizational development/effectiveness, performance management, and talent identification/succession processes. Provide advice and guidance to executives, managers, supervisors and employees on a variety of HR related matters and issues.

Responsible for the deployment and management of major Talent Management initiatives. These major initiatives include: competency design and integration, 360 degree feedback process, talent reviews and development planning. Also responsible for implementing and overseeing strategies to foster positive culture, employee engagement, and team effectiveness, as well as improvements in the KBR’s recruitment processes & programs. Specific responsibilities of this role include: Identifying or developing company-wide or individual learning initiatives that cost effectively focus employee development toward achievement of both business and personal career goals; Conducting training needs assessments; recommending and implementing programs to support key skill areas; ensuring learning and development programs, initiatives and delivery methods are connected to the business; driving the adoption and administration of talent management tools to include performance management, employee development, talent acquisition, and assessment instruments; diagnosing current and future capability needs and recommending innovative talent acquisition and development programs to fill gaps; recommending and implementing metrics/measures or scorecards to monitor the effectiveness and business impact of talent management initiatives (e.g. – recruitment/resourcing; training, and leadership programs); and facilitating the identification and development of the company’s high potential talent; managing the creation and deployment of talent development and talent acquisition initiatives.

Global responsibilities included: Talent and Succession Management; Executive Leadership Development and Coaching; Organizational Culture, Design, Development and Integration of business operations; Performance Management; Employee Learning development and service delivery, Diversity & Inclusion, Employee Engagement Surveys; Mentoring and Acquisition Due Diligence. Managed staff located in U.S., Europe, Israel and India. Promoted from Director level in February 2007.Results included: Company wide Succession and Talent Management process; Global employee development programs including instructor led, web based and eLearning programs; behavioral based interviewing process; Employee Engagement Survey along with feedback process and tools for managers which provided guidance on how to improve organizational and individual effectiveness; Coaching program which included 360 assessment and matching process for leaders with appropriate internal and external coaches; integration of corporate values and competencies into all people processes and systems; Management and Executive Training Programs which included using internal and external resources; State training grant awards in excess of One Million dollars from 2008-10; and Global Performance Management process.

Progressively responsible positions in Shell Chemical, Shell Exploration & Production, Shell Services International, Shell People Services, and the Global Diversity & Inclusion Practice. Extensive experience in the United States and internationally in Europe, Canada, and South America.Provided expertise in the areas of change management, leadership development, strategy development and implementation, team development, talent pipeline management, and organization assessment & development.Results included: Whole Systems re-design projects moving from hierarchical to team based work environments within Chemical and Exploration & Production business units; global people strategies developed with business senior leadership teams; strategic cultural change management interventions for global Country Chairs; Workforce Goals process and associated accountability systems; Team member in Shell Organizational Learning Project partnering with M.I.T. creating internal report and book publication; Global Mentoring program, accelerated hiring process, Diversity & Inclusion Executive Scorecard, and competency based job profiles.

Senior Human Resources Consultant (June 1990 – May 1995)Results included: Corporate goals process and productivity measurements for CEO and direct reports; change management projects for CEO at manufacturing locations resulting in improved leadership effectiveness; Lead for Management Development Program design and implementation; Led business teams to analyze their work processes resulting in $5 Million dollar per year savings and increasing customer service satisfaction levels for three straight years; Led Core Process HR Re-Engineering Team, which resulted in Human Resources Department change recommendations including organizational re-design, restructuring and establishment of competency based staffing.Supervisory and Lead roles (April 1985 – June 1990)South Texas Project Electric Generating Station – Bay City, TexasAssignments in Training and Security Departments resulting in: Leadership Development program for nuclear operations; training programs for nuclear plant security personnel from entry level to management and created and supervised personnel background investigation program.

Warrensburg, Missouri

School of Public Services

Doctorate In Business Administration (Dba)

Mba

M.S.

B.S.

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