Dawn Holdren Email & Phone Number

United States

Denver, Colorado, United States

Contract Chief of Staff to the CEO of ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists).

Greater Denver Area

• Functioning as key adviser and reporting to Co-Partners in a complex physician practice
• Responsible for leadership and operational oversight for Intensive Care Unit, Out-Patient Clinic, and Sleep Lab including the managing of: operations, budgeting and finance, compensation, contract negotiations, vendor.
• Experience in managing multiple sites across different specialties, while maintaining a balanced focus on patient experience and strategic priorities
• Led team through numerous financial, operational, legal, and budget challenges. Hired medical personnel, created employment agreements, and partnered with other providers through revenue share agreements, implemented.
• Adept at delegating, disseminating and tracking project work assigned to staff as well as managing and overseeing key operational factors (time, costs, resources, scope, and quality)

Greater Denver Area

• Served as a trusted partner, in a startup Mortgage Due Diligence Company, to President and executive team to ensure effective time management and execution of key initiatives
• Built internal infrastructure during high growth (220 to 600 employees in 14 months) including but not limited to, HR policies, training, recruiting, and employee culture)
• Developed detail work plans, assessed project risk factors and suggested alternatives to mitigate or eliminate possible risk within assignments
• Coordinated a reduction in force of 250 employees in a 72-hour timeframe with a specific focus on adherence to HR policy, employment law, and internal communication strategy
• Led the acquisition and build-out of 34K square foot operational facility including lease negotiation, $1.5M build-out, design, and construction management
• Provide high-level problem solving, energy and integrity to multiple projects with fluctuating prioritiesStewart Lender Services (acquired Allonhill in August 2014):Served as single point of intake for all new deal.

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Providing project management for the Human Resources department.
• Effectively provided strategic project management of Workforce Reduction, Operational and Technological Integration of Performance Reviews, and Employee Compensation Process for Human Resources.
• Reduced costs by managing cross-functional teams in all phases of 15% reduction in force.
• Led technical design and implementation of UltiPro software that improved the process for firm wide performance reviews.
• Defined effective performance metrics to evaluate productivity of all employees by consulting with each Department Head to meet their specific objectives.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Served as project manager of six-person senior management team assembled to facilitate the successful integration of a $146.7M merger and acquisition of Canadian Investment Bank in 2008
• Collaborated with department managers to determine organizational goals; implemented a plan to achieve company objectives and created scorecard and communication tools to measure the success of integration

San Francisco Bay Area

• Directed operations and administration of equity research department including the creation of an organizational structure and detailed processes across three domestic and one international office
• Supervised employee compensation structure; aligned monetary increases with employee performance to create a stronger workforce
• Responsible for vendor management to ensure fiscally sound negotiations
• Analyzed department staffing levels; developed hiring strategies based on projections and established budget
• Resolved critical personnel issues; managed the investigation of employee relations issues and recommended and initiated proper steps towards resolution
• Designed and supervised monthly reporting of analyst productivity; drafted reports for use in evaluations