Leading several project teams to support an ongoing extremely successful global culture transformation designed to enable the company’s Mission, Vision and Purpose, specifically:> Lead, Global Culture Initiative> Change Lead, Global HRIS Implementation> Communications Oversight Lead, HR Transformation/One DS People> Advisor to the CEO for Global Executive Talent

Founded, with a small group of volunteers, an international community-of-practice based in Munich to exchange on issues related to culture, leadership, learning and change, and share experiential learning among practitioners. We organize several public events per year with between 25 & 40 participants, featuring expert presenters who have come from Stuttgart, Zurich, Paris and New York. This complemented by a LinkedIn Group with over 200 members - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/5079581/

Authored two courses for LinkedIn Learning:Creating a Culture of Change, May 2018- Translated in to all 7 languages offered on LinkedIn Learning: English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese and Chinese- Viewed over 300k timesCreating a Top Talent Program, March 2022- Just released

Deliver engaging conference presentations at various European conferences on the topics of learning, leadership, talent development and culture change.May 2019Corporate University | Corporate Learning Summit, Düsseldorf, Germany"The evolving role of the manager: becoming a 2.0 people developer"January 2019Merit Summit, Vienna, Austria"Differentiating Education and Development for Top Talent"Member of the 2019 Merit Leadership Advisory Board November 2017HR Congress Brussels, Belgium"Engaging Business Leaders to Drive Culture Change"September 2017Raytheon Symposium, Frankfurt, Germany"Content Curation in Times of Uncertainty and Complexity"

Leading a team to design and implement leadership development and top talent programs, a learning portfolio, and talent management processes to support a values-driven culture change for all employees across 12 European offices for a leading pharmaceutical company.• Successfully collaborated with an external partner to design and launch a leadership development program for First Line Leaders within first six months• Developed and implemented a Top Talent Program to identify and develop high performers within the first year• Designing and rolled-out a unique and innovative leadership development program for the senior executive team • Building out a learning and development portfolio to serve the development needs of all employees and managers• Created a strong relationship with Workers’ Council to support program development

Allianz is one of the most successful financial services company in the world – with a 125 year history, it is the largest insurance company in Europe, and the largest Property & Casualty (P&C) insurer in the world.Allianz maintains its competitive advantage in the global insurance market by being an underwriting led company, which requires a high level of technical competence in evaluating and appropriately pricing risks, and effectively managing insurance portfolios.Allianz’s P&C Academy is accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) in London to deliver underwriting and portfolio management program for various lines of business.Within the P&C Academy, I work with functional experts to design and facilitate engaging technical learning programs, specifically for the mid-corporate commercial and motor fleet lines of business. We deliver these programs globally to ensure sustainable excellence in serving our customers and shareholders.

Founded and lead a successful international consulting practice that provides customized and contextual solutions on a regional or global basis in the domains of talent development and management, learning, leadership and organization development, employer branding, talent acquisition and performance management. -- Recent projects include (detailed descriptions under Projects) --• Partnering with internal SMEs and vendors at ABB to develop training content to support a global IT-related organizational change initiative for 100k+ employees • Designing and facilitating an innovative global sales training program for Swiss Reinsurance based upon the development of emotional intelligence and active listening skills• Coaching C-Level Executives at Zurich InsuranceDevelop and apply best practices in executive coaching, group facilitation, action learning, team collaboration and effectiveness, process analysis and organizational design, and diversity and inclusion to improve individual, team and organizational performance. Clients are industry leading companies in the Technology, Financial Services, Premium Retail (FMCG) and Manufacturing sectors.• Lead, design and facilitate highly effective and innovative global learning programs• Consult with Executives and HR Business Partners to help them clarify their talent needs and develop strategies to fill the gaps• Perform assessments, and provide executive and career coaching services to identify and develop capabilities• Perform organizational assessments, gap analyses, and diagnose issues • Provide management coaching, training and facilitate change management to enable the adoption of the new organizational models• Develop role and leadership competency models • Design and facilitate team and leadership development programs• Conduct research, develop and introduce best practices in performance management, leadership development, emotional intelligence, and diversity and inclusion

Led the creation, execution and launch of a highly innovative and successful training/learning experience to enable a more effective and robust Performance Dialogue to support the achievement of Swarovski’s strategic corporate goal of becoming ‘an employer of choice’, and in alignment with the Human Resources vision of creating enablement and engagement. This was also designed with the intent to move the company to a more performance and feedback oriented culture. The team I led delivered a completely modular, versatile and globally available learning experience that is being facilitated in instructor-led-training (ILT) and web-based sessions for all Managers in the company (approximately 6,000), and is also available via a secure online platform for all company employees (approximately 21,000) as e-learning. Personally facilitated the Train-the-Trainer for all regions globally.Other key achievements included:• Partnered with the Swarovski Leadership Academy to create and implement a clear, consistent and rigorous process for high-potential identification and engagement• Collaborated with the Compensation and Benefits Executive and his team to develop ‘pay for performance practices’ that were aligned with the company's performance management strategy• Initiated a Performance Management Coaching program for company’s Executive Board

Partnered with key business leaders to identify and engage their top talent.

Provide individual career coaching and high-touch outplacement services to several hundred executives, managers and individual contributors across a variety of functions and industries. Also, created and and facilitated industry specific workgroup meetings. Consistently achieved excellent results as reflected in high client satisfaction ratings and timely transitions, while serving a very large and diverse client population.

Taught graduate level courses in Leadership and the Development of Managerial Excellence to students in the Masters of Psychology, Human Resources Management and Business Administration programs. The focus of the course is to develop leaders with a high level of Emotional Intelligence (EI).Received the highest overall rating in the history of the program for a first-time instructor, 4.7 on a 5 point scale (the rating is a reflection of overall student satisfaction with the course as indicated in the confidential Student Survey completed at the end of the course).

- Coached people managers and individual contributors, empowering them to excel in a highly competitive environment; subsequently selected to join an elite community of coaches in Google's Coaching Center.- Facilitated team offsite for a globally distributed sales and support team resulting in more effective collaboration, communication, innovation and conflict resolution among team members (primarily using the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Methodology).- Worked with the emerging Learning and Leadership Development Group to define and implement its talent acquisition strategy.- Identified and implemented staffing best practices for the Google Children’s Center to support a major growth initiative – resulting in the hiring of almost 100 new staff several months ahead of schedule; trained staff and created a recruiting manual.

Conduct search, identify candidates, build database, screen and interview candidates for executive leadership positions for external clients with complex requirements like Google, Inc.- Successfully placed several executives in leadership roles.

Held several key roles for the third largest consulting firm in San Francisco. Practice focused on providing professional services to businesses from its proprietary network of consultants.• Managed consultant engagements to ensure seamless execution of deliverables• Sourced and attracted consultants into the network, then matched them for projects• Developed and grew relationships with major accounts in the financial services practice

Worked on-site at Ernst & Young to identify, screen and recruit candidates for Merger and Acquisition audit.• Provided much needed structure to the Merger and Acquisition group at Ernst & Young – the practice's Managing Partner acknowledged my contribution to his entire team

Led a successful talent acquisition, and organization development practice that delivered customized consulting services. Developed and applied best practices in executive and career coaching, group facilitation, process analysis and organizational design, and diversity and inclusion to improve individual, team and organizational performance. • Consulted with Executives and HR Business Partners to help them clarify their talent needs and developed strategies to fill the gaps• Performed organizational assessments, gap analyses, diagnosed issues and implemented solutions to proactively address talent management issues• Provided coaching, training and facilitated change management to enable the adoption of the new organizational models• Performed assessments, and provided executive and career coaching services to identify and develop capabilities• Developed role and leadership competency models • Delivered recruitment and talent acquisition solutions, specialized in diversity recruiting

Worked on-site as a Diversity Recruitier at Wells Fargo Bank to identify, screen and recruit candidates for risk management, marketing, operations and finance positions with an emphasis on attracting a diverse group of high-potential candidates; performed management coaching and development; redesigned hiring processes for internal clients; managed vendor relationships• Over 85% of hires met the company's critieria for diversity candidates• Developed a competency based recruiting process for the aforementioned group at Wells Fargo – identified the key competencies for the positions and their associated behaviors, re-wrote the position descriptions, created interview structure and tools based upon the competencies, and taught/coached the hiring manager and his team in how to perform competency and behavioral based interviewing (with many leave behinds) - then successfully sourced qualified candidates and facilitated the process for them to hire the required managers

Provided outplacement/career transition services to a diverse group of candidates through the Spherion Corporation; facilitated workshops and provided individual career counseling to clients; used the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® as a career guidance tool; and trained other consultants in workshop delivery and use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® as a career guidance tool

Provided outplacement/career transition services to a diverse group of candidates through the Spherion Corporation; facilitated workshops and provided individual career counseling to clients; and used the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® as a career guidance tool.

Worked as Organization Development Consultant for a pre-trial genetic research company. Performed organizational assessment, designed and facilitated training programs that improved interpersonal communications and increased team effectiveness; designed and facilitated a team building off-site and provided managerial coaching to line managers using Myers-Briggs methodology.

Worked on-site at Charles Schwab & Company to identify, screen and recruit candidates for human resources, sales, marketing, finance, customer service and corporate administration positions at all levels from entry level to senior management with an emphasis on attracting a diverse group of high-potential candidates.