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Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California

Lead administration of health and welfare plans globally, 401(k) education, and other company employee benefits plans such as executive benefits and wellness programs. Responsible for strategic initiatives, benefit redesigns, communication and management of all aspects of employee benefits programs. Successfully led several benefit redesigns and implementations from start to finish. Recognized by peers and senior leadership as a multifaceted and engaging leader and mentor to others.

Los Angeles, California

As Employee Benefits Project Manager, I worked in Lockton's Private Equity and Corporate Acquisitions Practice (PECAP) department and provided my expertise in employee benefits conducting due diligence in acquisitions for Lockton clients. I worked in conjunction with the property and casualty team to asses, analyze, produce and present a detailed account of the findings and recommendations.

Los Angeles, California

Responsible for the full benefits life-cycle supporting the business goals through shared services of five business units with over 1,000 employees housed in multiple location centers in USA, Puerto Rico and Guam. Partnered with Canada HR on a variety of projects as well as USA liaison for Kuwait Human Resources departments. Managed Payroll Department , overseeing day-to-day operations of Payroll Manager and staff. Other responsibilities include, carrier negotiations, vendor management, strategic plan management, wellness initiatives, manage $12M annual health and welfare budget, HRIS benefits system, 401(k) and benefits plan compliance requirements. Developed and executed three year benefits strategic road map, incorporating business needs of five diverse business units, using benchmark data, internal cooperation from Human Resource partners, external resources from consultants and executive committee. Manage benefits conversion resulting from mergers and acquisitions.

Irvine, Ca

Responsible for the full benefits life-cycle supporting the business goals through shared services of five business units with over 1,000 employees housed in multiple location centers in US and lead consultant for Canada, Guam, Puerto Rico and Kuwait Human Resources departments. Other responsibilities include, carrier negotiations, vendor management, strategic plan management, wellness initiatives, manage $12M annual health and welfare budget, HRIS benefits system, 401(k) and benefits plan compliance requirements. Developed and executed three year benefits strategic road map, incorporating business needs of five diverse business units, using benchmark data, internal cooperation from Human Resource partners, external resources from consultants and executive committee. Manage benefits conversion resulting from mergers and acquisitions.

Rockville, Md

Senior member of Human Resource staff responsible for the design and implementation of a broad range of health and welfare benefits within a 40 year old company while managing the infrastructure needs during exponential growth. Managed COBRA, HIPAA, ADA, FMLA, and Worker’s Compensation throughout all offices as well as manage wellness programs and multiple carriers and vendor relationships.

Silver Spring, Md

Managed union and non-union benefits to ensure programs assisted in attraction and retention of staff needed to meet growing business initiatives. Managed Unemployment, Workers’ Compensation (primarily in Maryland, Virginia and California), HIPAA, FMLA, ADA for 1,300 decentralized employees. Developed comprehensive health and welfare benefits plans during pre-acquisition of new contracts in conjunction with contract specification.

Dulles, Virginia

Collaborated with client services, creative, and technical creative team with focus on developing exciting products to meet the needs of clients. Specialized in maintaining AOL's culture by providing AOL's customer's creative and innovative products. Producer for "Welcome Screen." Worked with specialized team to identify issues and create action plan to bring to efficient resolution - resulting in increased hits on the Welcome Screen.Worked closely with internal business units for highly visible projects. Approved project requirements and project plan creation - successfully launched popular pop-up sites for Harry Potter, the Sorcerer's Stone, and Coca-Cola Pop Your TopManaged production changes with internal units for Entertainment, Teens, Kids Only and International Channels during AOL 6.0 client transition to AOL 7.0.