Dennis Hanson Email & Phone Number

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Centerville, Utah

A personalized, full-service human resources consulting practice, solving the most challenging people issues with finesse and finality. "Real-world solutions for real-world HR problems."Specializing in:- Confidential investigations - Harassment prevention, employment law, performance management and other corporate training- Remaining union-free- Managing difficult employees- Expert witness- Interim HR leadership- Turnkey HR set-up- Special HR Projects Recent engagements have included:▪ Expert witness for legal defense of hiring practices - Confidential client▪ Transition leader for training and talent acquisition – Swire Coca-Cola ▪ Interim HR Director – Sutter Physician Services

Draper, Ut

Subject matter expert responsible to develop and deploy preventive labor relations strategy and practices for nearly 100 U.S. locations, including over 20,000 professional, technical, call center and fulfillment center employees. - Developed and deployed first-ever labor relations risk index to identify locations where labor organizing risk may be greatest, and help determine appropriate response plans- Developed and deployed in-person and online management training programs in preventive labor relations- Served as point of contact for integrating acquired business unit into larger organization- Led team of senior consultants in resolving escalated, complex employee relations cases- Managed workers' compensation cases

Salt Lake City

Managed staff of eleven to provide all non-legal services (including business office, HR, marketing and IT) and administrative support for full-service law firm, with over 50 attorneys and support staff of 40 in two Utah locations.- Increased firm revenue by nearly 7%- Improved firm profitability by over 160%- Reduced accounts receivable by over 20%

Developed strategy and led team of six for family-owned global transportation company with over 7000 non-union employees / independent contractor drivers in 29 locations operating throughout 48 states• Developed and presented harassment prevention and employment law training program to 400+ leaders and 1000+ employees, resulting in reduction of employment-related legal claims • Improved unemployment insurance claims win rate by 26%, resulting in 20% reduction in unemployment premiums; saved company over $350,000 annually • Spearheaded benefits consultant / broker selection process, resulting in improved employee service and competitive rates• Redesigned employee records management system to ensure timely and accurate retrieval

Led HR team of fifteen professionals to drive HR policies and processes for publicly-traded secure cash handling services company in 45 locations across 17 states with over 3000 union and non-union employees• Led top performing HR organization to adopt innovative HR productivity tools and lean manufacturing-based processes, including metrics and standards; results achieved included: - Co-Recipient of Compass Award for design and implementation of creative recruiting process that reduced time to fill by over 90% - Redesigned complex recruiting process for a direct cost reduction of over 65% • Identified, recruited key managerial talent, leading to unprecedented results, including: - 40% year-over-year profitability improvement - Reduced employee turnover by over 50% • Key role in turnaround of under-performing business units • Hands-on management of high-volume recruiting drives - on time, under budget • Winning record in NLRB elections, both recognition and decertification• Negotiated and administered over twenty-five labor contracts • Initiated and chaired team which designed Corporate employee recognition program that was installed in all 210 US locations and five international locations

Education record

Ms, Business

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science