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Portland, Me, Us

Seattle, Us

Austin, Tx, Us

From candidate experience, to employee selection assessment, engagement, and retention, our team supports Whole Foods Market's Team Member insights and analytics needs. We have a team of highly skilled and experienced leaders in people analytics, IO psychology, and data visualization.

Austin, Tx, Us

I led our continuous listening team and the Culture Compass program. Through our annual culture/engagement and weekly pulse surveys, we provide actionable insights that elevate employee voice and inform leader decisions. Our work guides the employee experience and drives company outcomes. As Whole Food's Principal IO Psychologist, I support initiatives across the Team Member life cycle in the areas of employee selection and assessments, our employee value proposition, and retention.

Austin, Tx, Us

Led the expansion of Whole Food's pulse survey program. Directed role out of leader dashboards, and action plans, driving an engagement increase of over 500%.

Austin, Tx, Us

Led the design, implementation, and ongoing management of Whole Food's pulse survey program.

Orlando, Florida, Us

Provided applied and academic expertise in the areas of employee development, research design, advanced statistical data analysis (IRT, MLM, Regression), training effectiveness and measurement, organizational development, selection, emerging training technologies, research collaboration development, and data collection standards and processes. With a special emphasis in equal opportunity topics, such as sexual harassment prevention, race, religion, gender, and LGBT-based discrimination and inclusion, acted as primary investigator (PI), Co-PI, researcher, and mentor on over two dozen academic and applied projects. Creator of the DEOMI Research Fellows Program (www.deomi.org/research/research-opp.cfm)

Orlando, Fl, Us

Instructor of Job Analysis and Performace Appraisal (MA/PhD course)

Houston, Tx, Us

The Learning & Development Center (2012 - 2016)Organizational Change: Initiated investigation on the effectiveness of a recently implemented mayor-ordered performance appraisal system intended to spark cultural change. Initiated the implementation of data collection phase to gather information from over 10,000 employees. Acted as the Primary Investigator for a team of 9. Public Works Department (2010 - 2013) Employee Relations: Informed workforce strategy to aide in supervisor-subordinate relationships by developing and administered a survey on workplace engagement, attitudes, and behaviors of city workers and their supervisors.360 Employee Evaluation: Developed 360 evaluation tool, analyzed employee, supervisor, and self-reported responses. Provided in-person supervisor feedback for leadership development by comparing performance ratings over a four year period from multiple sources to offer evidence-based performance improvement recommendations.

Houston, Tx, Us

Teaching: Taught courses in Industrial and Organizational psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology, and Research Methods in both in-person and online formats.

Houston, Tx, Us

TA for the university of Houston's Psychology department

Houston, Tx, Us

Organizational Development/Interviewing: Hobby Center for Public Policy Consultant to the Greater Houston Partnership. Worked with Harris County Sheriff’s Department and Houston PD to increase the cooperation between law enforcement agencies in Houston area. Conducted a series of structured interviews, research, and analysis to provide insight on the sharing of law enforcement resources in order to ensure a safer environment and a more efficient police force.

Houston, Tx, Us

Training Needs Analysis: Led onsite interviews and conducted research to isolate training needs vital to improve the organizational effectiveness of new hires in technical oil and gas drilling positions. Mapped knowledge, skills, and abilities, working with instructional designers to meet organizational goals through tailored training program recommendations.

Austin, Tx, Us

Job Analysis/Test ValidationImproved fit, originality, and overall effectiveness of new hires to suit the adaptive work environment of an emerging animation company by creating and validating a tailored selection tool instrument.

Conducting market research in the antibody market for a leading edge biotechnology company as well as other support services for the CEO and CBO.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, In

Extensively researched medical travel, medical tourism, and their effects and potential benefits for Apollo Hospitals. Traveled to Apollo's facilities in Chennai, and Delhi in order to evaluate their international patient potential, as well as to brainstorm ways to improve patient satisfaction, marketing, cost, and to anticipate changes which will need to be made prior to an increase in international marketing. Presented a business proposal for expanding into the American market through various outlets.

Using Photoshop and MS Word, volunteered to create a three-fold double sided, color brochure to advance the summer camp's annual giving initiatives.

San Francisco, California, Us

Participated in and supported open-enrollment and custom programs that were conducted at LDI, took part in a conference call style Conflict Dynamics Profile® workshop, assisted in LDI marketing and research projects, took part in assessment of logistics services, assisted program staff instructors and coaches, and created an extensive market research document on recent trends in Leadership Development and Executive Education in order to aide in future LDI expansion.

Over the course of six summers working with the YMCA I rose to become a senior level staff member, in charge of all aquatic activities. Led a staff of 16, including an asst. WFD and 8 life guards. Created a daily planner and wrote a director's manual for the next aquatics director, held lessons to improve instructor's swim level ability and safety. Provided bi-weekly evaluations of all staff members, including goal setting and relationship building. In 2007 I was given a special project to improve the marketing program of the camp: designed fliers, banners, and other advertising materials using Photoshop, and Quark computer programs. Utilized Survey Monkey, created calling outline for phoning parents, and served as art director for layout and photography.

Phd, Industrial And Organizational Psychology

Master Of Arts - Ma, Industrial And Organizational Psychology

Ba, Psychology, Business, Religion