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San Jose, Ca, Us

San Francisco Bay Area

Supported Group Insurance Division, Service Center Operations (US, Canada, Ireland, and India), Retail Division (US and Bermuda), Marketing, Finance, Legal, Compliance, and Actuarial. • Partnered with senior leaders to support on-going organizational realignment (job evaluations, employee notification process, communication, and recruitment) resulting in cultural shift as well as efficiencies in work flow and cost reductions. • Coached managers to manage for performance through effective recruiting, goal-setting, performance review discussions, and compensation decisions. Facilitated roll-out of new performance management process and new compensation structure. Conducted performance management training. Facilitated year-end pay-for performance process. Partnered with Compensation and Sales leaders to design and develop variable incentive plans to increase sales. • Collaborated with senior leaders to complete annual talent review and follow-through on resulting actions throughout the year. • Delivered 360-assessments and coaching to employees. Worked with employees to create development plans to enhance performance. • Resolved a variety of employee relations issues.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Lead a team providing strategic business partner support to the President, Worldwide Operations, his direct staff and the Global Sales, Service and Marketing (GSSM) organizations; • Advise, influence and guide leaders on the HR implications of business strategies and all aspects of people management ; • Provide Human Resources expertise in change management employee relations, coaching/development, conflict management, organizational development and design, training and HR program implementation; • Drive processes, rewards, and strategies that support change and optimize the company’s investment in human capital while ensuring alignment to and support of corporate culture and business initiatives; • HR Lead, driving market analysis/due diligence and tactical execution pieces of global expansion to Krakow, Poland and San Jose, Costa Rica; • Project Lead to identify, select, scope, implement and launch new Performance Management online tool; • GSSM HR lead on multiple mergers and acquisitions, integrations and a divestiture;

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

Directed executive, professional, and college recruiting with a staff of 12. • Completed intensive Six Sigma project to reduce cycle time and cost-per-hire and to streamline both college and professional hiring processes. Project included development of productivity metrics, internal customer satisfaction survey, diversity college recruiting open house, and customized comprehensive interviewer behavioral training curriculum. Exceeded college hiring goals by 15% and professional hiring goals by 10% in a tight candidate market. • Developed new recruiting model using sources for harder to find skill sets. • Increased talent pool through recruitment at national and local recruiting events. • Led team in preparing for and passing all OFCCP audits. • Increased awareness of Employee Referral Program to improve technical referral activity.

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

Recruited and hired full time software engineers and technical staff at The MathWorks, the leading developer and supplier of technical computing software in the world. Managed the internal hiring process from candidate introduction to hire.

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

Sourced, recruited and hired technical staff for Rocket Software, a global software development firm that builds enterprise products and delivers enterprise solutions in the following segments: Business Intelligence and Analytics; Storage, Networks, and Compliance; Application Development, Integration, and Modernization; and Database Servers and Tools.