Christopher Kraus Email & Phone Number

São José Dos Campos, Sp, Br

Responsible for all talent related activities including Talent Acquisition and Learning & Development for North America as well as the Technical Training coordination for Melbourne.

São José Dos Campos, Sp, Br

•Designed and executed global leadership soft skills programs for entry level leaders, mid-level leaders and executives. Since it’s inception, the corporate team has accepted these programs as a global practice.•Updated and redeveloped a multi-level engagement program for North American employee base saving the company more than $500k USD per year while increasing engagement.•Acted as US representative for the Embraer Global Culture Project, tasked to create a solution for a challenged company culture. Managed company wide meetings, surveys and focus groups that resulted in 5 new culture pillars promoting transparency, honesty and a “Team Embraer” mindset.•Managed the Embraer Annual People Cycle for North America, Europe and Singapore. The People Cycle includes the Performance Evaluation Process discussing individual and team feedback on the past fiscal year’s performance as well as the Career Talk process, discussing feedforward for individual future development.•Attended the Global HR Summit in early 2020 at corporate headquarters in Sao Paulo Brazil to contribute to the creation and execution of the Embraer HR strategy for 2021 and beyond.•In an effort to bring remote workforce together during the pandemic, created and hosted the Embraer Remote Learning Webinars, offered every Friday afternoon. Each week, guest speakers are invited to discuss their topics of expertise ranging from wellness, to product updates to effectively managing others and managing time remotely. This offering is available to all employees globally and has become a source of constancy for many that were forced to work remotely over the past year.•Created and developed a Diversity and Inclusion team initiative for North American employee base.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Designed and facilitated the Beneficial LEADs Program, a six month soft skills leadership program for high potential managers on track to become a future company leader. These participants are chosen by Beneficial’s executive team. The LEADs program is comprised of a mix of facilitator led training, group coaching, and networking opportunities.• Designed and facilitated the Beneficial Management Essentials Program. Designed with Beneficial mid-level supervisors in mind, the program develops participants’ management skills by reinforcing the crucial competencies required to be an optimal manager.• Designed and facilitated the Beneficial Aspiring Leader Program, a six month management development program for employees new to the managerial career track. This program teaches and reinforces management basics.• Updated and improved the Beneficial Day One Orientation Program attended by all new employees of the bank resulting in a 45% higher acceptance level in orientation.• Designed, implemented, and managed the Beneficial “B Recognized” rewards and recognition initiative, a tool that rewards employees for going above and beyond their role with customers and co-workers in an effort to improve companywide employee engagement.• Managed the on-boarding of a third party vendor utilized as an additional elective self improvement training opportunity for employees. Management included the vetting process, contract negotiation and company-wide implementation.

Camden, Nj, Us

• Led, consulted, and facilitated Campbell University corporate training programs attended by 19,000+ employees and leaders worldwide. Additionally, managed the relationship between Campbell University and external facilitators.• Analyzed level 2 learning ROI based on Kirkpatrick’s evaluation model to edit curriculum when required and reinforce change in behaviors where appropriate.• Designed, developed, implemented and facilitated a manager quality program for front line leaders attended by over 700 entry to mid-level managers.• Designed and managed the Campbell Tuition Assistance Program, administrating $2MM annual budget for 400+ employees. Facilitated the implementation of a digital program by hiring a third party vendor through collaboration with Human Resources and IT leadership teams. Revised the company’s tuition policy delivering a savings of over $500k annually.• Designed, narrated, launched and tracked 40+ web-based e-learning programs through Articulate Studio for the global Campbell community to increase employee performance at all levels. Due to the global reach of learning, 40% more employees gained access to Campbell University training after this launch.• Designed, implemented, and managed the global Campbell Leadership Model 360 Degree Program. Collaborated with IT and vendors to digitally enhance the program resulting in a more self service process in addition to saving the company $25k annually.• Consulted with managers, leaders and Human Resources personnel on an ongoing basis to decide on optimal course of action for client groups regarding Campbell University programs, the Tuition Assistance Program, and the 360 Degree Program.• Developed and implemented the Campbell Mentoring Program utilized globally to increase and enhance talent capabilities within all company levels, including C-Suite.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Hired as senior executive liaison to coordinate excellence with talent management servicesAchieved two promotions in five years; last position held focused on performance analysis Directed the Performance Excellence Team; drove sales improvement initiatives with 1200 agentsPerformed benchmarking on survey/ measurement processes to offer valued feedback at all levels Redesigned and maintained HR/ training evaluations to improve data effectiveness/ accuracy

Burbank, Ca, Us

Psychology, Industrial Organizational Psychology

Bs, Industrial/Organizational Psychology