Ed Johnson Mba, Sphr Email & Phone Number

• Clients and roles have been a mix of serial and concurrent, including:
• Attenditus -- HR Strategic Advisor - Advising as de facto EVP and CHRO for very large scale yet-to-be-funded start-up in the digital out-of-home advertising space. (2009 - present)
• [Confidential tech start-up] Strategic HR advisor (1/17-Present)
• AALRR -- 250 attorney law firm. Consulting/Interim part-time HR Director. Reorganized administrative functions, led recruitment for Dir HR & Admin. (7/17-5/18)
• L.A. Care Health Plan - 2000 employee not-for-profit health insurer. Facilitated Strategic Planning session for HR team (10/16) and later (2/17) assessed internal customer service delivery issues and recommended changes.
• Simms Restaurant Group (2/16-8/16) -- Evaluated HR-related policies, practices, and compliance for fast-growing, 10-unit restaurant enterprise.

Long Beach, CA, US

Have taught multiple sections HRM 445, Compensation, and HRM 652, Seminar in HRM, for MBA students

Los Angeles, CA, US

Have taught multiple sections of HR Strategy (500), Talent Management (520), Total Rewards (525), and Employee Relations (535) in the MS HRM degree program for Bovard College, USC.

Stanton, California, US

Privately held manufacturer of specialty pipe and components for water wells and water treatment facilities, with operations in seven states. Newly created role to revamp management team and enable aggressive growth.

Pittsburgh, PA, US

VPHR (CHRO/CPO) with global responsibility (US, Canada, Sweden, Serbia, Israel, Korea).. Empahisis on recruiting and M&A integration to enable growth.* Brought recruiting in-house; made>150 hires and reduced cost per hire from ~20% to < 10%.* Renewed Health & Welfare Benefits plans, enhancing the plans while reducing cost by ~$250k* Overhauled Sales.

City Of Industry, California, US

VPHR for $1.8B privately held, Chinese-owned e-commerce co. with 900 employees in three states and other 650 employees in Greater China. Emphasis on creating infrastructure, building the executive team, and enabling gowth.* Hired as company's first ever VPHR to build HR capability and recruit sr execs in preparation for an IPO.* Renewed Health & Welfare.

Aliso Viejo, CA, US

• $450 global software developer with 3500 employees in 17 countries (1400 in US). Emphasis was on creating infrastructure, recruiting, and enabling growth. Global staff of 28. As Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO):
• Rebuilt and strengthened the HR team by selection and hiring of five key staff.
• Health & Welfare Benefits renewals held to 3% cost growth with industry average was 9-11%.
• Substantially increased recruiting effectiveness; increased quality of applicants and hires, reduced cost/hire to $2900 (781 hires in 2005), and time-to-fill from > 90 days to 54 days.
• Due diligence and successful integration of five acquisitions, including international.

Solectron is a $12 Billion, Fortune 500 electronics contract manufacturer with more than 60 sites and 70,000 employees worldwide. CAGR >40% year thru 2000. Two time Baldrige Award winner. I’ve had several roles, with responsibility for various client groups including global responsibility in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Reported to Region President.

Variety of strategic and tactical assignments in management and HR consulting, including interim assignments, ongoing and project consulting, and executive search. Clients varied widely by size and industry, and included: Applied Medical Resources, Blue Cross of Washington & Alaska, CitiNational Bank, PairGain Technologies, Panda Management, Pitney.

US

$5 billion wholesale distributor of computer hardware and software; 1600 employees.Vice President, Human ResourcesManaged HR and Facilities / Office Services departments with an annual expense budget of $4 million and staff of 24. Provided HR support for U.S. and corporate staffs. Emphasis on upgrading the departments and reducing cost. Reported to.

Global, US

$300 million business law firm with twelve offices in the U.S. and 1600 employees. Hired as Firm's first Human Resources executive (effectively VPHR). Emphasis on forming department and function, developing infrastructure, and reducing cost. Reported to Executive Director.* Reduced Workers Comp insurance premium by $285K through negotiation.* Developed.

Chicago, Illinois, US

$345 million, 2300 employee co. designs and manufactures bar code reading equipment, hand-held computers, and RF data communications products.Director, Human Resources and Administrative ServicesMulti-function responsibilities, including TQM implementation. Staff of 17. Reported to President.Human Resources* Restructured Division to right-size and lower.

Mgr Staffing -- Rockwell Semiconductor Products Division; 1984 – 1986 (2 years)HR Manager -- Getty Synthetic Fuels < Getty Oil; 1980 – 1984 (4 years)

#2 HR role in Crude Oil & Natural Gas Supply Division.

Getty Synthetic Fuels, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Getty Oil, extracting landfill methane.

Washington, DC, US

Sgt. (E5) Squad leader in an infantry co., 2bn, 23rd Marines.

Mba, Business Administraton

Ba, Industrial Arts & Vocational Education