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Collingwood, Ont Canada

We help business leaders solve their people and performance challenges. Our experienced, practical and candid approach, will help you to quickly improve your results.

Collingwood, Ont Canada

Organization Effectiveness Consulting - Using a variety of techniques, focused on assisting profit motivated business leaders, in all industries, to develop a durable, sustainable and profitable business. Certified ROI Institute Associate

Houston, Texas Area

Recruited to help turnaround $2.5B+, 10,000 employee global oilfield services company after its shares fell 88%. Successfully reversed share decline, thereby improving share value 400+% over 2.25-year period. Provided coaching in behavior-based interviewing to Board of Directors and assisted them in screening replacement candidates for CEO and CFO positions.Key initiatives included NA field service technician technical education, NA workforce planning and recruitment, global supervisors development at all levels, annual workplace engagement Gallup survey administration, interpretation of results and leadership training, and design and facilitation of business review and education meetings.Led team members that were all contributors to enhanced results. Significantly improved workforce engagement score. Achieved a 50% reduction in five budgets totaling $2M+ while enhancing service and product quality in NA. Completed all tasks; chose to depart to concentrate on my personal consulting business. Retained by Exterran and Archrock.

Anchorage Alaska

Recruited by Board of Directors of U.S. based, 1,000 employees, $400M publicly traded telecommunications company to navigate the transition of outgoing CEO and CFO and inbound reception of new CEO and CFO as replacements. Successfully transitioned CXO positions in six months.Revitalized the employer/employee relationship in a fractured unionized (IBEW) work environment. Played key role in improving employee engagement by 82% and productivity and reducing turnover by 50% by training leaders in effective workforce management.

Scottsdale, Az

Recognized by CEO and President of 34,000-employee, $9B company for contributions planning and executing merger of Allied Waste with Republic Services. Served on 38-person team that completed the merger in 10 months. Produced weekly employee newsletter (17 issues) and the print/online Day 1 Start Up Guide for 200+ division leaders. Designed, facilitated and co-led integration projects that refined standard operating procedures (SOPs) and construction of structured career development paths and training plans.Contributed to driving 77% improvement to standard within over 200 nationwide maintenance shops. Captured $10M+ savings in first year through reenergizing national maintenance program. Helped to introduce in-truck/driver service verification tool that realized year one ROIC of 152% and 76% reduction in customer complaints. Drivers and Supervisors embraced the change/tool. Assisted in developing self-administered safety assessment process in Divisions with poor safety records, which led to 36% reduction in accident frequency and 28% reduction in total workers compensation costs.

Houston, Texas Area

Recruited to rebuild global HR function, including the total compensation plan, to help an independent software and consulting services provider prepare for IPO. Traveled internationally to assist CEO/COO/CFO in resolving issues that would limit an IPO.Recruited and trained a global team of HR business partners. Designed and implemented equitable total compensation plan that generated multimillion-dollar annual savings. Reduced use of merger consultants while planning and executing a global acquisition.

Houston, Tx

Promoted to Global Director, Talent Management – KBR, Government & Infrastructure – Arlington at multimillion-dollar corporation providing products and services to the global energy and construction industries. Selected to design and build a talent management strategy with associated services to support global recruitment for high-volume recruitment/deployment project. Managed $2.5M+ project budget. Prior to promotion, served as Global Manager, Organizational Effectiveness - Houston and as Personnel Manager of Energy Services Group - Calgary.KBR – Arlington Hired and led orientation for 400+ new employees per week to fill infrastructure positions in Iraq, the Middle East & USA. Trained recruiters in behavioral based interviewing techniques. Improved quality and reduced time to fill positions from 100+ days to 48 days. Reduced 3rd party search firms from 30 to 18 and reduced overall recruitment costs by 20%. Created global standard of new hire orientation and on boarding. Modernized all HR policies/procedures and implemented HR best practices globally. Uploaded new HR metrics portal on worldwide Intranet to track results.Led activities that rapidly improved overall recruitment structure (e.g., employee self-generated resume database, access to US military veterans database, retooling of Applicant Tracking System, and job search engines for more efficient workability).Developed advanced workforce planning models for eight critical positions in the energy services group and designed a career training and development plan for the primary job categories.Utilized job descriptions to develop a structured career development path (SCDP) and targeted competency development/training program. Linked performance to compensation progression model and enhanced leadership selection, development and succession planning models.

Launched entrepreneurial start-up providing comprehensive HR services with specialization in large continuous improvement initiatives. Won key corporate accounts, including Air Canada, Westjet, Schlumberger (Nigeria, Canada and Egypt), TransOcean Sedco Forex (Nigeria), the Minnesota Wild (NHL team), and the Calgary Herald. Built up the HR organization for two rapidly growing airlines. Developed/implemented union free strategy for one airline with HR strategy/tactics to support it. Helped return an airline to profitability after many quarters of revenue losses. Retained by a National Hockey League team to develop the business and team culture plan.

Stavanger, Norway

Promoted/relocated to Norway as a member of regional executive team at an oilfield exploration and production support services company. Previously worked for company in Calgary.Prepared for and managed 24-day strike involving 170 employees. Negotiated requested 30% wage increase down to 1.5% and other concessions. Built/led an innovative workforce ‘voluntary redundancy’ strategy that avoided using seniority as a reduction criterion. Downsized by 17% overall and reduced HR staff by 22%. Improved bottom-line performance by 7%.Introduced first of its kind web based interactive site to screen new engineering graduates in Canada. Integrated seven product line compensation plans into one geo-market compensation plan that reduced Canadian overhead costs 40%.Led efforts that reduced total compensation costs 5%, recruited 50 graduate engineers annually, and reduced first year engineering turnover by 60%, yielding $2M+ annual savings in Canada.

Calgary, Canada Area

Recruited to spearhead turnaround strategy to re-position business for profitable sale. Replaced five key executives and led performance improvement initiatives that improved a declining stock by 100% in value. Revitalization captured market attention and company was sold to Dominion Energy Corporation within 18 months.

Bachelor Of Arts, Behavioral Sciences

Businesss Administration, Accounting Finance

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