Hired as the first HR professional for the school currently enrolling 400 students and employing 200 faculty and staff. Manage core human resources functions including employee relations, policy and procedures interpretation, performance management, recruiting and benefit administration. Provide both strategic and tactical guidance in all HR areas and manage all day-to-day activities including employee inquiries, benefit programs & leaves of absence management, compensation etc. Partner with Head of School and Division Heads to plan for and manage faculty hiring season.

Served as sole resource for a small clinical stage pharmaceutical company on all HR matters, including recruitment, compensation & benefits, performance management, employee relations. Established practices for hiring and performance management and coordinated and managed all day-to-day human resources activities. Consulted for an industry leader in secondary domain and direct navigation markets and managed entire employment process for newly acquired/vc-funded organization. Increased staff significantly during three-month assignment. Assisted with selection of new benefit offerings for open enrollment.

Provided strategic human resources consultation and partnership to US based business units with focus on employee relations, performance management, compensation, recruitment and staffing and organizational design. Assumed responsibility for employee benefit management for the US Operation.• Consulted with executive level management regarding changes in organization structure and design in response to business and economic fluctuations• Worked with HR team to coordinate, plan and facilitate several major reductions in force impacting a total of over 400 employees collectively• Provided interpretation to managers on HR Legal Compliance• Coached managers through performance management processes and facilitated and mediated complex employee relations issues• Partnered with compensation specialist to conduct market analysis to ensure equitable compensation practices• Participated in the development and implementation of a company-wide employee assessment review to identify top talent and retention concerns• Active participant in merger and acquisition due diligence and post-acquisition integration process• Managed three HR professionals including two HR Generalists and Benefits Manager• Assisted Vice President of HR in building team of 6 dedicated HR professionals to model the HR Business Partner and Specialist structure

Hired as the first HR Professional for start-up Internet organization of 65 employees in 5 geographic locations. Established core human resources functions including recruiting, benefits administration, polices and procedures, employee relations and performance management programs while growing the business to a peak of 900 + employees.• Established credibility among the management team for the HR function• Hired Recruiting Staff, HR Coordinator and HR Managers for local and satellite office• Conducted HR due diligence analysis in conjunction with the Mergers & Acquisition team• Oversaw hiring for the newly acquired Lycos owned Companies, totaling 3 organizations• Worked with HR team to implement Peoplesoft HRIS system• Developed the Company’s first Employee Handbook and Orientation Program• Managed HR department budget, specifically the staffing component