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Burlingame, Ca

• Participated as member of acquisition team that on-boarded three animal welfare organizations and lead transition of each organization to the Pacific Animal Initiatives including northern and southern California organizations along with an organization located on the island of Lanai.• Assured that all new organizations under the Pacific Animal Initiatives acclimated to new organizational culture, standards and policies; assured that they met all legal requirements including state and federal labor laws.• Recommended and implemented new approaches to optimize each organizations effectiveness.• Perform as lead risk management officer; analyze, access and recommend solutions to all potential liabilities for each organization.• Lead trainings and discussions on organizational culture; explained the role a positive culture and good management play in retaining good employees and fostering a productive work environment.• Created and established all policies and procedures for each organization along with new employee handbooks to match each organizations mission and culture.• Lead all management trainings; including anti-harassment, personal conduct and dispute resolution trainings.• Procure, negotiate and manage all insurance policies for each individual PAI organization.• Develop staffing patterns and strategies for each of the four organizations under PAI.• Negotiated healthcare benefit transitions and negotiated new rates and plans.• Assisted in creating and managing budgets for each organization.• Created performance review process and lead all performance review trainings.• Oversee and manage all employee relations and personnel related matters as well as lead all investigations to successful completion.• Consult with legal counsel as appropriate and direct organizations on best practices to resolve all personnel and legal matters.• Report to the Board of Directors on all ongoing issues and potential liabilities.

Burlingame Ca

• Recommend and implement new approaches to optomize the organizations effectiveness.• Successfully negotiated multiple collective bargaining agreements with Teamsters Local 856 as lead negotiator along with representing employer in all grievance disputes and hearings.• Establish and maintain organizational records and reports; participate in executive staff meetings and organizational goal creation.• Evaluate reports, decisions, and results of my departments in relation to established goals of the organization.• Developed safety program that successfully lowered our safety modification rating under 1.0 ultimately saving the organization over 200k.• Member of project team that planned and executed a 25 million dollar project; The Lantos Center for Compassion that has become our new state of the art adoption facility.• Continually review health benefit packages and have successfully negotiated and transitioned to a new carrier twice over the past decade resulting in savings of over 350k.• Implement, analyze and annually update compensation programs; rewrite job descriptions; conduct annual salary surveys, develop/monitor departmental budgets; monitor performance evaluation program and revise as necessary.• Develop, recommend, and implement personnel policies and procedures; manage employee handbook, update policies and procedures manual with all legally mandated changes on annual basis.• Researched, negotiated and transitioned to a new 403b and 457b provider along with leading Retirement Plan Committee.• Oversee recruitment of all exempt and nonexempt personnel, internships and temporary employees and access organizational staffing needs and resolve with creative solutions.• Created and manage performance management process and continually update for optimal effectiveness.• Conduct investigatory interviews and manage all employee relations issues.• Manage all HR related vendor relationships.• Develop and lead internal training programs.

Milpitas, Ca

• Oversaw, Processed, and Controlled all HR functions and administration.• Managed West Coast recruiting operations.• Prepared and managed HR head count reports and Staffing budget spreadsheets for Executive Staff.• Assured that all company contracts between outside staffing agencies met current state of compliance laws.• Overhauled the record retention process and created a new filing system for all HR files while maintaining the utmost confidentiality.• Conducted exit interviews with employees to gain insight on how to strengthen employee retention.• Assured that BlueArc US met all state and federal compliance laws.• Worked with management to help them understand HR related functions and goals.• Led meeting with outside agencies to assure Blue Arc employees were offered competitive benefits and 401k options• Handled transition and administration of benefits from one insurance carrier to another.• Developed presentation explaining the need for a new benefit pan and acted as contact for all employee questions and concerns.• Oversaw all HR related changes to benefits and 401k.• Resolved employee issues and concerns and acted as lead in explaining HR's role in employee relations.• Led comprehensive workshop on harassment and violence in the workplace.• Partnered with senior management on recruiting budgets and forecasting plans.

San Mateo, Ca

• Prepared and managed HR and Staffing budget spreadsheets• Developed staffing plans and metrics, as well as PowerPoint presentations on Recruiting goals, plans and performance.• Oversaw the creation, processing and distribution of sales and engineering offer letters.• Managed offer process and expectations of sales and engineering candidates up until hire.• Spearheaded recruiting operations efforts for entire Utah office.• Streamlined benefit processes and oversaw day to day benefit operations.• Distributed and maintained monthly headcount report.• Streamlined Agency payment process and acted as liaison between HR and Accounts Payable.

San Leandro, Ca