Cathy Howard Email and Phone Number

From Then to Now!I had owned, managed and operated MPC, Inc., in Indianapolis, IN. We were an HR Consulting and Recruiting firm, specialized in Information Technology, Engineering, and Healthcare Recruiting, delivering services to manufacturing, distribution, finance and government entities. This experience gave me, an immense exposure to business operations, HR procedures and continuous improvement in small, medium and complex multi site organizations. For the past 10 years I have been a strategic HR employee accomplishing HR goals.Below is a summary:- Talent Acquisition Leader - build large talent pools meeting human capital needs. Implement full cycle recruiting processes and strategies building retention and establishing metrics.- Employee Relations Specialist - Performance reviews, coaching, development plans, set up training and assessments. Conduct investigations and resolve inquiries and conflicts.- Restructure WorkForce - redesign job titles, classifications, and realign departments.- Rewrite Job Descriptions- meeting FLSA, DOL & ADA compliance. Design succession plans. - Compensation Analyst - implement pay bands- Retention Program Specialist - Benefits Specialist, Certified- Comparisons, aggregate usage, broker relationship, fiduciary, negotiator and stop loss management. Self Funded, Traditional and Grandfathered Benefit plans. Enrollment. HRIS adds, changes & terms.- Summary Plan Description- changes & amendments. - Manage , Administer Interpret policies: health plan, wellness, dental, vision, life, disability, COBRA, stop loss, work comp, and 401K ; OSHA safety. Set up Health Clinic.- Manage Benefit Budgets- Analyze Benefit costing, usage and claims expenditure, and deliver operational reports (managed $17 million health plan budget) Cut expenses by 14%.- Interpret and educate Health Care Reform, EEOC, Labor Law, ADA, ERISA, State laws, 401K, HSA, FSA, FMLA, STD, LTD, Section 125, Medicare, and COBRA.