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Clayton, Mo, Us

Directed people practice for strategic HR programs and initiatives culture expansion, employee trust, leader collaboration, people strategy and internal efficiencies) at multiple sites for rapidly growing company. * Created best-in-class HR organizations, systems, processes, and practices to support company's dramatic growth and expansion through acquisition.* Fully integrated employees from two banks within first 12 months on the job and established standard “playbook” and change communications portal to facilitate seamless future integrations.* Piloted the "Meet Enterprise" initiative that convened leaders and their teams throughout the company to share business wins; program was successful and adopted into new employee onboarding process. * Released culture and DEI surveys, formed focus groups, and advocated several efforts through DEI Leadership Council including pay equity and expanded BRGs to address critical issues. * Bolstered leader engagement and long-term team employee retention through effective retention strategies that were formalized into standard retention toolkit for entire company.* Served as member of Strategy Committee and liaison to the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Introduced and duplicated widespread HR-focused leadership, operational turnaround, and workforce solutions for three business units * Supported program expansion and elevated patient care and quality of service by creating new leadership structure and revising operating systems.* Championed highly targeted communications strategy to improve employee retention across all units and reinforce accountability for long-term business performance.* Orchestrated a massive corporate culture change in response to organizational transition and implemented plans to optimize each business unit’s performance.* Contributed thought leadership on key company initiatives including HR Transformation team, Women’s ERG co-lead, Emergency Relief Fund co-lead; recognized as HR Diversity & Inclusion MVP.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Selected for new leadership role and drove tactical efforts that standardized processes for employee experience, HR compliance and governance and comprehensive labor strategy. * Refined data collection process and improved data reliability for employee engagement survey through single sign-on methodology; further engaged leaders on devising timely, responsive solutions.* Sought out for strategic advice from several company committees, groups and task forces including Collaborative Employee Relations, Diversity Roundtable and Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee. * Presided over company’s first Human Resource Employee Service Center (ESC) that centralized systems, processes, and procedures related to employee benefits.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Held newly created leadership role and successfully re-aligned nine HR operations, improved HR service delivery for 9K employees and prevented unionization among 31K employees in 13 business entities. * Served as advisor and liaison between field sites and HQ and worked closely with hospital presidents and their leadership teams.* Was instrumental in eliminating siloed operations, boosting operational cohesiveness and establishing efficient, effective processes.* Instituted series of innovative HR programs, services and leadership initiatives and shifted HR into value-added service for organization.* Fixed leadership gaps, improved leadership competencies and strengthened organizational performance through training, coaching and ongoing development.* Trained leaders on how to utilize regional town hall, group and skip-level meetings and one-on-one sessions for better team engagement and communication.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Steered broad scope of strategic HR initiatives for IT, Operations and Finance business units in rapidly growing company. * Revising recruitment practices and job alignment and implementing new succession planning criteria for all employees.* Introduced key communications strategy for leaders (team meetings, town halls and one-on-one interactions) that strengthened trust and relationships.* Discovered recurring themes among Asian and African American employee communities by mining HR data analytics from employee engagement survey; developed responsive solutions with senior leaders.* Established company’s first-ever employee resource groups; developed a formal DEI strategy as the newly appointed Diversity Director.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Invited to re-join the company in an HR role with a focus on recruiting and drug testing.* Served as Corporate Substance Testing Manager (2003 to 2005) a d established a strategic direction for drug free work environment initiative.* Held Manager role overseeing nine H.R. Generalists / Recruiters (2000-2003), streamlined talent acquisition strategy and led workforce diversity recruitment.

Nationwide, Us

Managed minority college internship program for an organization that develops and places talented underserved youth in business and industry and prepares them for corporate and community leadership.* Collaborated with INROADS St. Louis Board of Directors (C-Level Executives of St. Louis & National Corporations) and improved hiring of college intern graduates 40+% in two years and fiscal stewardship by 70% in three years while improving service.* Recognized as INROADS Visionary Leadership Honoree (2014) and INROADS President’s Citation (1999)

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Supervised skilled trades in a heavily unionized manufacturing environment and managed capital engineering / maintenance projects.* Designed and implemented safety program for 800 employees and reduced injuries by 88% in 18 months; improved union to management communication and reinforced employee ownership for personal safety. * Hand-picked for start-up team ABCs Cartersville, Georgia brewery, a unionized employee-led concept.

Executive Mba

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Mba, Master Of Business Administration, Executive Mba

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