Manages corporate rotational development programs for entry-level professional employees.

Providing media, presentation, and communications training for NASA, Federal Executive Institute, and other clients as contracted.

Organization Development consulting to improve organizational effectiveness in the areas of communication, teamwork, performance management, and supervisory coaching.* Designed and implemented management meeting agenda and process to improve action planning and accountability.* Redesigned performance evaluation format to improve feedback and better align with organizational objectives and values.* Facilitated process to develop behavior-based selection questionnaire based on management identified critical employee competencies.

Indirect report: 1; Member of team of 4 Reports to: Management Development DirectorThe objective: Manage global corporate induction program for experienced new hire mid to senior level employees.The challenge: Soliciting and preparing senior leaders for host and session leader roles from a relatively small pool across vast geographies while maintaining programme standards to achieve target ratings.The results: Key Accomplishments:Managed programs globally with all key roles filled and resulting in every program meeting or exceeding the target rating. Improved program invitation process, reducing program preparation time by approximately 4 hours and reducing delegate rejection and reschedule rate from 30% to 10%.Developed and piloted new agenda addressing delegate feedback with resulting 10% rating increase in subsequent programs.Performed host role for programs with average individual rating of 4.7/5.0.

Head of Office of Emerging Technology 2005-2007Direct reports: 2 Budget: $2 million Reports to: VP, Planning, Engineering & ConstructionThe objective: Explored and facilitated assessment of emerging technologies for practical applications.The challenge: Negotiating with technology vendors to find application within public sector budgets, as well as selling internal stakeholders on committing to experimental installations.The results: Obtained federal agency approval for experimental installations of a first of its kind application of pavement lighting in the US and procured 2 systems at no cost and another at nominal cost for test installations.Commissioned fabrication of a new LED traffic signal backplate technology which sucessfully piloted at a separate location.Based on results, installations of all technologies piloted were expanded on existing rail line and included in future Houston construction plans, as well as investigated by other agencies.

Directed Learning and Organization Development activities, including: creating, developing, designing, and implementing leadership development strategy and program; managing administrative and software skills training and development; designing and facilitating team building processes. Served as Acting VP of Human Resources for 4 months.

Facilitated outplacement workshops and employer information sessions. Assisted Career Center Manager in scheduling and coordinating center events, compiling and organizing workshop and educational materials. Managed client load, monitoring activities and counseling clients on job search and resume writing/updating.

Managed implementation of competency based performance management for Southdown and integration of performance management processes for merging companies, Southdown and CEMEX. Supported Human Resources in delivering outplacement information to managers and separating employees.

Managed Leadership Development and Training activities for Casa Grande manufacturing site: implemented competency based performance management process; supported training for competency based selection; coached managers regarding performance and development of staff; facilitated strategic and succession planning processes; facilitated problem solving and decision making processes for operations and quality assurance teams; managed department support staff and developed operations training team.

Managed quality improvement training for management and operations teams at plant and regional level; implemented team development.