Develop, oversee, and execute strategic HR initiatives that align with the company's vision and strategic plan. My mission is to lead an empowered HR organization that provides unparalleled support and guidance to our leaders and valued employees in over 30 countries. Together with my highly talented HR team, we are passionately committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive organization, where every employee's potential is maximized, and our shared values create a culture of unwavering integrity, relentless innovation, and boundless empowerment.HID powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely. We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, with over 4,000 worldwide employees. Check us out here: www.hidglobal.com and https://youtu.be/23km5H4K9Eo

Provide decentralized Global HR Leadership to two of six Business Areas within HID - Citizen Identity and Secure Issuance. HID's Citizen Identity Business is leading the way in ensuring that every citizen around the world has control of their own identity. Be sure to follow us here at https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/hid-citizen-identification/about/?viewAsMember=true. HID's Secure Issuance offers the world’s broadest and most sophisticated portfolio of card printers, laser engravers, encoders and software. Follow us at https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/secure-issuance/.

Provide Global HR Leadership to one of six Business Areas within HID - Secure Issuance. Secure Issuance offers the world’s broadest and most sophisticated portfolio of card printers, laser engravers, encoders and software. Follow us at https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/secure-issuance/.

Strategic HR business partner to the SVP and his leadership team of a global $1.5B business unit. Drive results for all human resource efforts within the business unit. Consult with leaders on a variety of areas that affect the human capital in the organization including employee relations, leadership coaching, employee engagement, employee development, organizational design, acquisition due diligence and integration, succession management, rewards and retention.

Partner with leadership to ensure we are effectively managing the talent to achieve the local business objectives. This involves optimizing all programs and processes that touch the employee life cycle including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, training & development, employee engagement, health and safety, rewards and exiting the organization.

• Provided HR expertise to generalist and capability teams.

Provided strategic, consultative and operational HR support in partnership with business leaders and the international team. Networked with the business team and the broader HR team to identify, plan for, and implement HR practice areas to realize the full value creation. Ensured cultural alignment between organizations.• Provided expertise on a variety of human resource subject matters including training and development, organizational change, performance management, selection, compensation, benefits and HR systems.• Facilitated the set up a joint venture that created the best employee and customer experience requiring partnership with the HR capability teams, business teams and Accenture partners.• Performed due diligence on potential acquisitions.• Identified a new third party vendor for HR Services that would better be able to support our needs for smaller scale acquisitions.• Led change management efforts to change the lens of the HR team from US based to a more global view, including the development of training sessions, intranet tools, reengineering of talent processes/programs and coaching.• Secured a third party vendor to provide housing to our international assignees ultimately creating a better employee experience and reducing SG&A.• Acted as an intermediary between our Canada HR and US capability teams to ensure strong partnerships and communication between the two countries.

Served as a human resource partner to business leaders strategically linking HR to business mission and results. Provided HR leadership and coaching to employees and managers at all levels of the organization. Partnered with management to establish and execute HR strategies that support business plans, strengthen organizational effectiveness and promote the development of employees and managers. Provide consultation to management and employees regarding complex employee relations situations, organizational design, reductions in force, change management, performance management, recruitment, career planning, compensation, and employee communications. Worked closely with HR functional groups to insure effective and timely delivery of HR programs, services and support to the client group.

As a member of a cross functional team, charged with developing a future state vision for how Best Buy delivers services in the areas of Total Rewards (compensation and benefits), staffing, technology and measurement. Specific area of responsibility was HR measurement.• Developed HR Measurement philosophy, as well as implemented new processes and systems for the enterprise.• Established a human capital scorecard that enabled leaders to have a snapshot view of the health of their organization.• Partnered with others in the organization on the development and deployment of a balanced scorecard to represent the health of the organization.

• Led the pilot of a centralized recruiting function which had been historically decentralized. • Managed the development and performance of a team of 5 corporate recruiters and one assistant. • Established standards by which to measure recruiter’s performance which had not been in place before.