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Founder of boutique Advisory Services Company partnering with leaders to accelerate growth, stimulate innovation and achieve higher productivity, profitability and employee retention. Working with Small Business owners, Middle Market companies and Private Equity owned organizations, we assess your unique Mission, Business Strategy & Objectives and align the Talent & HR Strategy to help you achieve exceptional outcomes through optimized organizational effectiveness. Author of upcoming book: What Really Matters: The Retention-Productivity Link.

New York, New York, Us

Oversaw HR strategy, financial planning, and operating model redesign as part of Citi simplification plan. Directly led 800 HR generalists supporting global employee base of 240K employees.  Redesigned generalist teams, meeting evolving manager and employee expectations and aligning with Citi's regulatory and risk-management practices.  Improved customer satisfaction, productivity and effectiveness, meeting compliance metrics consistent with consent order milestones set by Federal regulators to improve risk management practices . Tracked global HR shared services and technology metrics and planning, ensuring alignment with HR strategy, expense targets, risk planning, and employee / manager service expectations.  Established plan to achieve expense savings in line with global divestitures for consumer bank while investing in technology, including artificial intelligence (AI) recruiting tool and cloud-based learning management system (LMS), operating model, and skill improvements that substantively enhanced efficiencies.

Ridgefield Park, Nj, Us

Headed HR, general affairs (GA), security, and citizenship functions for complex US legal entity, Samsung Electronics America (SEA) with $40BN in annual sales. Role had oversight for broad ecosystem of staff, including sales, marketing, and engineering teams in mobile, consumer electronics, network, and ecommerce business units, as well as all corporate staff, logistics, and supply chain teams across 38 facilities. Reported to Corporate President KS Choi, United States (US) based executive expatriate for North America reporting directly to Vice Chair JH Han, head of global Samsung Electronics business of $200BN. Chaired weekly executive staff meetings, maintaining cross-functional and communication / coordination of all key business and corporate initiatives . Joined Samsung 4 months before global pandemic, requiring accelerated learning curve to understand how Samsung operated while working remotely.  Sustained vital ongoing response to global pandemic for all employee, contractor, and vendor staff, including policy, process, program, and communications.  Achieved record sales and profit in 2021 despite headwinds from pandemic, supply chain, and staffing challenges.  Stabilized business and functional leadership after long period of high turnover, executing restructuring for improved efficiency and matching best talent to key growth areas during 2020.  Reported highest culture index scores in SEA history in 2020 despite challenges of workers operating both remote and onsite, as well as constant changes necessary to maintain health and safety protocols responding to pandemic.  Launched first ever diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) function with dedicated team and executive inclusion / diversity council. Revamped long-term Incentive program, aligning to market and connecting to SEA business performance.

Fort Lee, Nj, Us

Hired as 1st CHRO for high growth direct to consumer private equity owned organization funded by Clayton Dubilier and Rice, helping execute exit sale to strategic buyer within 2 years. Achieved record productivity and growth through revamped sales training, recruiting, and incentive compensation leading to 35% annual revenue growth and 300% EBTIDA increase.  Responsible for HR, payroll, facilities and all sales related licensing, training, incentives and recruiting.  Led integration of 2 acquisitions and rebranding of overall organization into one Company and had oversight for Lima, Peru operation serving as backbone for all tech operations.

New York, Ny, Us

Directed HR, procurement, and vendor management functions while leading the integration of 3 separate acquisitions with more than 1800 employees over 2-year period at formerly bankrupt commercial bank while divesting from 20 countries. Acquisition of OneWest Bank created the first Systemically Important Financial Institution post financial crisis transforming the 100-year old finance company.  Worked closely with the Board / CEO on restructuring executive compensation practices to align with evolving regulatory requirements and Federal Reserve Guidance. Attained ISS “Yes” recommendation for Executive Compensation Practices in 2015 / 2016 after “No” recommendations in 2 of prior 3 years.  Supported a significant restructuring of international portfolio including the transition of hundreds of employees to buyers across multiple countries. Streamlined operating structure with restructuring of the corporation into an OCC bank with distinct business lines.  Led transition of Sourcing / Procurement and Vendor Management teams into compliance with Federal Reserve Bank regulations .

Senior Vice President & CHRODirected HR & payroll in addition to all philanthropic activities of Hanover Foundation, and community relations.  Joined during initial stages of turnaround from severely impaired multiline insurance service business to highly focused and diversified property casualty insurer rebranding the organization under one umbrella while shoring up the capital and talent base to withstand future industry challenges in a highly regulated industry.  Orchestrated extensive talent upgrade and transition, recruiting 100+ of top 150 leaders during tenure and initiating early career Future Leaders program as talent pipeline for hiring 200 college graduates over 4-year period.  Assessed and integrated 8 unique and complex acquisitions, including London Stock Exchange (LSE) listed Lloyd’s Syndicate, repositioning Hanover with stronger capital base and more diversified and profitably growing global business portfolio.  Served as board member and treasurer of Worcester County Poetry Association (WCPA) which led downtown transformation of Worcester, Massachusetts with $32M public private partnership refurbishing and rebranding 100-year-old theatre into world class performing arts center.

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Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Accounting And Finance

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Industrial & Labor Relations