Privately held leading library and education supplies company including Demco, Demco Europe Ltd., Hatch, Gaylord, Timstar Ltd., Technology Supplies Ltd., and Maudesport Ltd. Reported to CEO.Lead HR function and served as Secretary on the Board of Directors. • Worked with senior team to turn declining US businesses around to profitable organic growth for two consecutive years, an increase in US company value of 110% • Worked with senior team to reduce margin and operating expenses by 30%, including a total headcount reduction of 21%• Reduced UK HR costs 43% by outsourcing transactional services• Oversaw UK businesses for six months during leadership transition (2014-2015)

A boutique consulting firm specializing in talent management, performance management, strategic planning, change management, and global HR practices. Created assessment methodology for use by a major HR consulting firm. Facilitated strategic planning process for private high school resulting in metrics and accountability to improve school management and ensure goal achievement.

Senior Human Resource leader for the $300M , 1,800-employee Division of privately held global home products company. Reported to Division President.§ Improved HR service delivery based on internal client ratings while reducing staff by 40%.§ Reduced workers’ compensation incidents, resulting in $1M in annual savings.§ Completed historic, long-range collective bargaining agreement creating a performance-based manufacturing center and retained a Chicago-based factory.§ Implemented Talent Management processes that improved readiness of internal candidates. § Went from 60% of positions filled on time to over 90% while improving quality and cost of hires. § Implemented market-based compensation system, resulting in higher offer acceptance rate.§ Completed HR due diligence and integration for strategic acquisitions in the US and China.

Supported 6,000 employees worldwide in training, organization effectiveness, staffing, internal communications, program management, and leadership supply. Held P&L accountability for an external safety/certification training business. Reported to the EVP Human Resources.§ Reduced expenses of external safety/certification training business by 10% while delivering a150% revenue increase to $8M.§ Increased employee change readiness ratings by 40% in three months. § Reduced costs of executive recruiting by 67% while reducing cycle time by 50%.§ Drove organization effectiveness improvement projects: Implemented electronic infrastructure for training with payback time of six months.§ Improved consistency of technical decisions while reducing training time by 33%.