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Deliver key HR Business Partner practices including employee relations, labor relations, manager coaching and succession planning for more than 60 leaders and 1000 employees in both union and non-union labor groups.Provide strategic HR support including organizational design, workforce planning, and change management in the merger of a network shared service across seven locations while maintaining all services to client groups.Develop and launch an HR webinar series offering to address high volume of basic HR process inquiries. Series was stored digitally to be incorporated into employee onboarding.Created HR Snapshot trainings for a large cohort of new leaders that successfully filled the knowledge gap that reduced employee relations incidents.Lead span of control analysis and assessment with recommendations to improve retention and career ladder for employees.

Provide talent acquisition services including job design and description, sourcing, workforce planning, and organization design to effectively rebuild workforce post-pandemic.Consult with stakeholders on HR documentations and policies including but not limited to Employee Handbook and Threat Assessment and Management Policy to comply with both leadership and civil mandates.Advise senior leadership in innovative benefits and wellbeing strategies to improve competitive advantage in employee retention.Guide stakeholders in development and implementation of DE&I policy and strategy.

Watertown, Massachusetts, United States

Researched industry standards for and generated diversity and inclusion initiatives for organizational goal-setting and decision-making. Examined biopharma and other corporate standards for employee recognition, conducted focus groups, and collected data for recommended adjustments to employee participation in the program.

Berlin

Team leader in the evaluation of novel business to business offering and development of international market expansion strategy. Organized and lead the research and strategic planning of the project with a new team. Successfully fostered healthy and supportive team culture in the wake of the onset of the pandemic and change to remote work environment that enabled each member to accomplish their individual goals. Directed the communication and collaboration with the international client that lead to the delivery of a viable strategy for international growth. Effectively delivered presentation remotely.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Directed and organized team in collecting and analyzing market and industry data. Delegated and oversaw the activities of and development of the consulting team. Successfully managed and re-energized the team during the conversion to remote work during onset of pandemic. Presented recommendations for necessary organizational structure changes and market development strategies to successfully adapt to market forces.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Led the team in the evaluation of talent acquisition, training, retention, and culture development for a boutique finance firm. Delegated team responsibilities and facilitated all client communications. Guided benchmarking and brainstorming that resulted in successfully providing tools and recommendations to improve the firm culture, training, retention, and organization structure.

West Haven, Ct

Led multiple project simultaneously and generated and launched innovative procedural changes to processes and tracking reports, which improved the project approval rate by 30%, contracts by 25% annually, collection of accounts receivable by 50%, which led to decreased revisions, increased productivity of resources and cost savings. Consistently identified and initiated efficiency activities that improved productivity by plus 20%.Manage Guide stakeholders to maximize existing under-utilized system capability to vastly improve delivery to meet project milestones and re-imagine legacy process to bring specifications up to industry standards and qualify for insurance requirements.

Operate all aspects of small business with sole responsibility for human resource activities, EMR, inventory, coding, billing, advertising, and accounting processes.Treat acute and chronic diseases with Complimentary and Alternative Medicine modalities (botanical, nutritive, dietary, and homeopathic medicines) such as; Lyme disease, cardiovascular disease, endocrine dysfunction.

Connecticut, United States

Developed and directed the Association’s continuing education initiative to satisfy State requirements to increase the scope of practice for naturopaths. Created a curriculum and determined relevant learning material in accordance with Association’s goals and consumer interest. Upgraded the Association’s annual continuing education conference resulting in improved quality, professionalism, and participation increase of 170%. Coordinated and reviewed contracts with speakers, vendors, and venue resulting in 85% approval rate of participants.

Certificate, Strategic Management

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Healthcare Leadership, Human Capital, Operation Management

Master'S Degree - Human Resource Management, Leadership & Executive Development, Learning And Development, Diversity & Inclusion

Nd, Naturopathic Medicine

Bs, Exercise Science