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Remote

- Offer guidance and expert counsel to leaders across a wide spectrum of areas including employee relations, change management, organization design, talent management, and workforce planning.- Steer leaders through people-centric processes, navigating critical processes such as compensation planning, promotion planning, performance management, goal setting, employee engagement surveys, and cultivation of key talent.- Play key role in the integration, right sizing, and restructuring of twelve acquired companies orchestrating their convergence into one cohesive organization. - Partner with cross-functional teams and HR experts to implement initiatives spanning performance management, compensation equity and education, and HRIS implementation.- Design and deliver training initiatives including leave of absence and creating a culture of feedback.Material is a global strategy, insights, design, and technology partner to companies striving for true customer centricity and ongoing relevance in a digital-first, customer-led world. By leveraging proprietary, science-based tools that enable human understanding, Material informs and creates customer-centric business models and experiences + deploy measurement systems – to build transformational relationships between businesses and the people they serve.

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Advised and guided leadership on diverse HR topics, including employee relations, compensation and promotion processes, talent management, and diversity and inclusion.- Led remote work transition and partnered with Culture and Engagement team on an employee engagement survey playbook.- Leveraged Centers of Excellence for aligning HR processes with business strategy.- Utilized data-driven insights to enhance retention and engagement strategies.- Facilitated senior leader onboarding and assimilation.Harbor Freight Tools is a 45 year-old, $6.5 billion national tool retailer with the energy, enthusiasm, and growth potential of a start-up. They have over 1,400 stores in 48 states across the country and are opening several new locations every week. They offer customers more than 7,000 tools and accessories, from hand tools and generators to air and power tools, from shop equipment to automotive tools. They provide customers with the right tool for the right job at the right price, always delivering quality and value.

Calabasas, Ca

- Managed health and welfare plans for 850 employees, focusing on plan design, communications, and wellness initiatives.- Implemented a successful "Culture of Wellness" program, including wellness challenges and educational content.- Conducted compensation analyses to ensure internal and market equity.- Managed leaves of absence and workplace accommodations. Marcus & Millichap was founded in 1971 with the goal of being a new kind of company – one driven by long-term relationships and built on a culture of collaboration. They focus on bringing together specialized market knowledge, the industry's leading brokerage platform and exclusive access to inventory to achieve exceptional results for our clients, year after year. Today, they are the industry’s largest firm specializing in real estate investment sales and financing, with over 80 offices and nearly 2,000 investment sales and financing professionals throughout the United States and Canada. In 2022, the firm closed 12,272 transactions with a sales volume of over $86.3 billion.

West Hills, Ca

- Provided HR consulting to small to medium-sized businesses, specializing in Employee Relations and Investigations, Benefits, and Program Design.

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Guided leadership through HR processes, including compensation, performance management and reviews, talent management, employee relations, and change management.- Coached and developed direct reports, reshaped organizational and leadership structures.Since 2006, Riot Games has stayed committed to changing the way video games are developed, published, and supported for players. From their first title, League of Legends, to 2020’s VALORANT, they have strived to evolve the community with growth in Esports, and expansion from games into entertainment. Players are the foundation of Riot's community and because of them, Riot Games is able to reach new heights. Founded by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill, Riot is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and has 4,500+ Rioters in 20+ offices worldwide. Riot has been featured on numerous lists including Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For,” “25 Best Companies to Work in Technology,” “100 Best Workplaces for Millennials,” and “50 Best Workplaces for Flexibility.”

Northridge, Ca

- Advised business leaders on individual and team development and performance, engagement action planning, and change management.- Worked with leaders to evaluate and prepare for future talent needs; guided leadership through succession planning process, identified high potentials, emerging leaders and critical individual contributors, and assisted with creating development plans.- Led HR-related process implementations to achieve business goals.Medtronic is a global healthcare technology leader — boldly attacking the most challenging health problems facing humanity with innovations that transform lives.

Santa Monica, Ca

- Advised on employee relations and investigations, coaching/development, compensation, talent assessment, and performance management.- Managed downsizing and restructuring initiatives.Founded in 1979, Activision continues to disrupt the world of entertainment with its extensive roster of epic blockbuster games -- Pitfall®, Tony Hawk®, Guitar Hero®, Crash Bandicoot™, Skylanders™, Bungie’s Destiny and Call of Duty.® As the leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and products on consoles, mobile and PC, our “press start” is simple: delight players around the world with innovative, fun, thrilling, and engaging entertainment experiences.

Calabasas, Ca

- Collaborated with HR experts and business leaders on downsizing efforts, leadership selection, organizational redesign, and cultural and business integration in a newly combined mortgage organization.- Facilitated team building, change management, and leadership development activities.Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individuals, small- and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company serves approximately 56 million U.S. consumer and small business relationships. It is among the world's leading wealth management companies and is a global leader in corporate and investment banking and trading.

Woodland Hills, Ca

- Key member of the California leadership team with a strategic focus on performance management, talent management, succession planning, employee retention, and executive coaching. Managed a team of 3 HR Generalists.USI is one of the largest insurance brokerage and consulting firms in the world, delivering property and casualty, employee benefits, personal risk, program and retirement solutions to large risk management clients, middle market companies, smaller firms and individuals. Headquartered in Valhalla, New York, USI connects over 10,000 industry-leading professionals across more than 200 offices to serve clients’ local, national and international needs.

Woodland Hills, Ca

- HR advisor/business partner to management teams in the areas of employee relations, performance management, training, leadership and talent development, staffing, and compensation.Zenith is the premier specialist in workers’ compensation nationally, and a leader in property and casualty insurance for the California agriculture industry.

Woodland Hills, Ca

- Responsible for creating and leading the Human Resources function for the U.S. Sales Division, a start up division of St. Jude Medical. Provided HR operational and strategic direction for the division. Managed a team of five HR professionals.St. Jude Medical is now Abbott. They are a global medical device manufacturer dedicated to transforming the treatment of some of the world’s most expensive epidemic diseases. They do this by developing cost-effective medical technologies that save and improve lives. Headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., St. Jude Medical has four major clinical focus areas: cardiac rhythm management, atrial fibrillation, cardiovascular and neuromodulation.