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Agile Human Resources is an executive coaching and advisory services practice, focused on leadership effectiveness and development, executive presence, productivity and business results, and growing a diverse and inclusive workforce. Clients range from C Suite and mid to senior level management across a variety of industries.

-Partnered with CIO and the executive team to develop and deliver people strategies that attract, motivate and retain talent-Lead organizational design efforts to align structures with business imperatives and strategic direction -Coached leaders to maximize their effectiveness with their teams and amongst their peers

-Led a team of 52 compensation and benefits professionals in 14 markets that designed and managed enterprise-wide programs to successfully attract and retain talent and inspire a higher degree of performance enabling business results-Spearheaded the AXP reward and recognition program for 52,000 employees across 40 countries and a budget of $16.5M. Recipient of the 2014 OC Tanner Recognition Leadership Award.-Launched a new global compensation system that transformed the annual year-end processes and redesigned cash incentive plans to better link pay with performance enabling greater transparency in awards and simplifying decision-making for leaders -Presented new incentive design to Chairman and CEO and his top executive management team, gaining buy-in for the changes and approval to implement

-Served as CHRO for the Global Commercial Services unit, a B to B business, producing $4.7B net revenue, $860M net income and an employee population of 16,700 across 42 markets-Led a team of 20 executive professionals during pivotal multi-unit merge and reorganized central functions to establish a new segment structure that leveraged the strengths of both businesses to achieve efficiencies, identify joint growth opportunities, and deliver greater value to corporate customers. -Developed business specific human capital plans and consulted with the executive teams on organizational design, leadership effectiveness and talent management strategies to ensure alignment with the organization's strategic imperatives and maximize human capital gains -Drove significant Employee Scorecard results for the combined business units. Increased diversity on the team by 25%, improved talent placement by 33%, and achieved 98% retention of critical resources.

-Led Global ER, Compliance and Privacy function for HR, supervising an organization of 80 professionals worldwide-Developed a Center of Expertise by implementing value-added leader and employee services with immediate and simple access during difficult and transitional situations-Oversaw a 10% headcount reduction across the enterprise and developed consistent protocols and equitable severance policies to manage it -Created and implemented a global crisis management playbook that ensured physical, financial and emotional employee support systems and secured business continuity during times of crisis-Created employee privacy awareness campaign and secured containment of employees' sensitive and personal identification implemented throughout the enterprise

-Chosen as senior HR business partner to President of the Travelers Cheques and Prepaid Services organization during a time of significant change and transformation to grow a declining business-Led a global team of 17 HR and Training colleagues that initiated organizational designs and talent management plans that resulted in improving staff efficiency and line of business economics - Rationalized presence in markets around the world and redesigned staffing models to reduce non-revenue generating headcount by 30% and improve productivity- Maintained strong employee engagement scores and retention of top talent throughout the transformation

-Director- HR RL-Director - Senior Compensaiton Consultant-Manager - Compensation Consultant-Senior Compensation Analyst

-Handled all aspects of compensation for the organization which included external benchmarking, developing pay scales, managing salary adjustments, evaluating positions, training for leaders and union contract negotiations.