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Santa Maria, Ca, Us

California, United States

Bellevue, Wa

Edmonds, Wa

- Leading a team of 12 people in managing all aspects of talent; hire-to-retire human resource programs. Providing benefits, payroll, onboarding, recruiting, labor management, training, and a host of other human resources programs to 1,500 faculty, administrative staff, and student employees. - Modernized HR processes. Transformed onboarding program, minimized HR touchpoints for recruiting processes and automated outdated payroll and hiring procedures. Launched on-line address form and implemented changes to eliminate 18 month paperwork backlog. - Member of President’s cabinet; regularly meet with and provide presentations to six-member board of trustees. - Led compliance efforts with new laws and regulations. Developed automated contracts and sick leave accounting. Retooled compensation system for exempt employees; upgraded outdated policies, revised compensation scales, vetted changes with president’s cabinet and implemented within six months.- Championed nine new policies: drafted and published policies on workplace civility, employee relationships, vacation and sick leave, suspended operations, employee guidelines, tuition waivers, shared leave and more.- Improved accountability through launch of performance evaluation program. Annual performance evaluation completion rates went from less than 10% to more than 99% in one year. Promoted from Associate to full Vice President after 15 months on the job.

Pentagon

- Developed strategic human resource policy for a 450,000 person organization. Managed office of 13 senior employees developing plans and programs to better recruit and manage the workforce.- Implemented modernization of $33 Billion retirement benefit; saved $3 Billion per year while improving retirement benefit through a blend of defined benefits and defined contributions.- Built comprehensive recruiting strategy for the Air Force; formulating all-encompassing program that employs a single IT solution and improves crossflow across numerous recruiting sources.- Crafted and refined more than 75 initiatives to recruit, develop, and retain top talent; developed cost effective proposals to improve benefits, track and mine data, enhance policy flexibility and manage talent.

Kunsan Air Base, Korea

- Led an organization of 1,400+ personnel; provided security, Information Technology, public works, human resources, logistics, disaster preparedness, parks and recreation and emergency services to a 2,761 acre base with 5,000+ employees.- Revised security directives/installed $500,000 detection system to improve detection technology to improve perimeter and entry point security.- Managed $400 Million construction program; set priorities, oversaw road resurfacing, roof/HVAC replacements, and sewage system upgrades.- Revamped command and control network to state-of-the-art system. Installed/configured 100+ computer systems and networked printers and migrated tracking and communications processes.- Increased profits year-over-year by more than 10% in parks and rec entities: bar/grill, multiple dining facilities, adventure programs, bowling center, fitness center, and golf course.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Implemented corporate governance structure. Developed construct for executives to manage, review, discuss and approve key initiatives impacting the Air Force. - Identified organizational inefficiencies and recommended areas to cut costs...realized 20% savings; analyzed requirements across five divisions; prioritized needs based on workload and recommended areas to reduce costs.- Executed vision to build administrative staffs across the Air Force. Devised structure, drafted roles and responsibilities and identified more than 5,000 positions to stand up the new offices. - Oversaw the drafting and development of more than 30 legislative proposals to cut costs, improve retention and improve critical skills. Vetted proposals for submission to Congress.- Authored talent management and development plan for 1,200 HR personnel; identified career needs, established career milestones and published guidance documents.

Santa Monica, Ca

- 1 of 9 Air Force officers selected for prestigious public policy research fellowship. - Devised methodologies for three policy research studies. Drafted questions and interviewed experts, analyzed trends, and drafted recommendations to improve government policies and programs. - Formulated courses of action to improve the Air Force enlisted promotion system, enhance special operations fitness programs, and built framework for developing human capital.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Advised senior defense officials on best mix/use of 1.4 million military personnel. Justified to Congress an increase of Army personnel by 50,000+ to meet surge requirements.- Critically analyzed incentive programs to improve retention and recruiting of personnel. Consistent record of garnering funding after sponsors adopted my recommendations. - Led defense-wide team to provide recommendations to the Secretary of Defense on best areas to draw down DoD civilians. Identified lowest priorities and realized a 15% personnel savings.- Delivered strategic Human Resource communications for senior defense officials via social media venues.- Developed policy and guidance to evacuate thousands of Americans during Japanese Tsunami disaster.

Nellis Air Force Base, Nv

- Led organization of 1,000+ personnel; provided hospitality services, human resource and education services for 15,000 families and over 100,000 local retirees. - Ranked number 1 of 6 Commanders and number 1 of 39 Lt Colonel’s in 2009. - Boosted college student enrollment 20%. Analyzed root causes of drop in education requests; addressed instructor needs, revamped the Learning Center and organized college fairs. - Revised leadership school curriculum and hired five full time instructors to teach leadership and management skills. Graduated the most students out of 16 bases. - After only three months, Parks and Rec realized a profit for the first time in two years. Analyzed profit/loss data to cut costs and increase sales through reallocation of resources and resetting policies and priorities.

Pentagon, Washington, Dc

- Hand-picked executive assistant to the Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff of Human Resources. - Reviewed and polished thousands of documents for executive review. Best on-time record on the staff over a 12 month span. - Streamlined and automated correspondence policies and processes which led to a 30% reduction in time required to publish policies affecting 350,000 people.

Langley Air Force Base And The Pentagon, Washington, Dc

- Oversaw program development, costing and budgeting for $30 billion in human resources.- Revolutionized personnel pricing factors to accurately capture costs and build efficient organizations. - Directed six cost studies; analyzed processes and costs and used data to make decisions on streamlining organizations. Managed timelines across multiple geographic locations. Improved services provided and saved the Air Force millions of dollars. - Devised and presented educational briefings on guidelines for public/private competition.

Mba, Economics (Manpower Systems Analysis)

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma SigmaDistinguished Graduate; winner of Louis B. Liskin Award for Academic Excellence

Ma, Clinical Psychology

Distinguished Graduate

Ba, Psychology