James Mcdevitt Email & Phone Number

Waukesha, Wi, Us

MRA helps member organizations thrive by creating powerful teams and successful workplaces.MRA is a nonprofit employer association serving over 4,000 employers, covering over one million employees worldwide. Our members range from small entrepreneurs to Fortune 50 companies and reflect the diversity of industries in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, Kentucky, and Wisconsin.As the largest employer association in the nation, MRA helps its member organizations thrive by offering the most comprehensive assortment of HR services, talent management, learning, and organization development opportunities, and total rewards planning to help businesses build successful workplaces and powerful workforces.In partnership with the CEO and the MRA Senior Team, I have responsibility for developing and implementing HR policies, practices, and procedures to enable a team of highly engaged and motivated HR professionals to meet our business objectives and help our members thrive. I also have responsibility for the Human Resources Services team of approx. thirty HR professionals who are available to support our members on-site and virtually by providing HR assistance, however, wherever and whenever they need it.

Watertown, Wi, Us

Served as head of HR, reporting to CEO, responsible for HR strategy and team of up to ten HR professionals and budget of $1M+. Assumed oversight for both finance and IT teams for several months.• Key leader in transitioning to “One Fisher Barton,” which led to increased capacity to deliver an additional $5M in revenue in 2022 and reduced outsourcing that saved over $500,000.• Aligned HR policies and procedures, as well as compensation and benefits, which improved the employee value proposition and enabled the transition. Leveraged training as Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Change Leader to define and achieve process and benefits improvements.

Chicago, Us

Senior HR business partner to executive team. Led execution of organizational transformation and enabled business objectives through Digital Technology (DT) team that planned, operated, and supported company’s digital infrastructure. • Led initiatives on behalf of API Healthcare during integration into GE and subsequently assumed leadership role as part of driving efforts to advance work of DT group in 2016. • Managed cultural transformation to drive organizational development efforts during complex change, including cost-cutting initiatives and reductions in force.

Houston, Texas, Us

Recruited to build strategic HR function to enable company to double in size, prior to acquisition by GE Healthcare. Oversaw professional development and performance of 6 HR professionals. Managed approximately $1M budget. Reported to CEO. HR integration leader, after the integration, resulting in API’s successful incorporation into GE.• Restructured HR function from tactical operation to one aligned with business to serve as strategic partner.• Program managed $1.5M relocation of API’s corporate office and 250 associates without loss of any key associates.

Chicago, Us

Recruited to build global medical and clinical affairs team and provide strategic and tactical HR and business advisory services to chief medical officer (CMO).• Partnered with CMO to hire approximately 35 medical and clinical resources for each modality to achieve regulatory compliance as GE built technology leveraging input from medical and clinical affairs specialists. • Conceptualized model that integrated medical and clinical resources into product development process and enabled medical director to secure consensus from various GE businesses to support sales efforts.

Wilmington, Massachusetts, Us

Hired to transform pre-clinical services (PCS) Massachusetts Division. Developed and implemented HR strategy to meet business needs. Recognized as having profound influence beyond HR strategy. Managed $500,000 budget and six HR professionals. • Grew business by 50%, from $30M to $45M. Led organizational development initiatives to drive productivity by 10%.• Designed and implemented recruitment and retention strategy to grow business from 350 employees to 520.

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Global business partner and member of senior management team for Perceptive Informatics, technology subsidiary of PAREXEL, with offices in US, Germany, and UK and revenues of approximately $60M. Designed recruitment and retention strategy, supporting growth from 120 to 360+ employees. Integrated 80+ new employees following acquisition of global software company.

Managed business with 60 licensed betting offices, $80M+ in revenues, 300+ staff, and $5.2M+ in profit.

Ba (Hons), Political Studies

Post Graduate Diploma, Labor Studies