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Led the transformation of people and culture organization across Canidae, a PE portfolio company, to deliver on company growth targets, cost savings, and organizational deliverables. Established HR strategic direction with mindset of incremental progress across people operations, talent management, DEI, and culture to transform an administrative function with limited resources, systems, processes, and technology to a best in class, strategic, budget friendly, and award-winning function, with focus on business priorities. Three main areas of transformation to scale and support a decentralized workforce across manufacturing, field sales, and a post-COVID hybrid headquarters workforce including:1.) People Operations (Policy/Process, Total Rewards, Benefit Design and Administration and Workforce Technology/Analytics, COVID Leadership)2.) Talent Management (Business Partnering, Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, Performance and Coaching)3.) Culture, Communication, and DEI (Employee engagement, recognition, internal employee communication, community involvement and a culture of diversity and inclusion).

Member of the GattiHR leadership team that provided executive search and HR consulting services to domestic and international clients.

Owned and operated HR consulting practice for twelve years. Client work spanned multiple industries, size, and organizational complexities to include companies such as BJ's Wholesale Inc, Primark Ltd., Procter and Gamble, Trusteer, IBM, IHRDC, Harvard University and Northeastern University. Managed career and leadership coaching practice and client base.

Led Europe’s largest retailer during their United States entry including the delivery of an executive leadership team headquartered in Boston, MA, and the establishment of a US talent acquisition strategy, RPO selection, and technology stack for first nine retail locations from MA to Florida. Throughout assignment acted as interim Head of US Talent Acquisition during department reorganizations.

Adjunct faculty providing leadership, content development and classroom facilitation in the field of Career Development and Growth Mindset to undergraduate students. Coursework included self-awareness assessments, resume writing, interviewing skills, website development and social media review.

Provided global human resources leadership for Gillette’s Information Technology (IT) organization spanning multiple geographies including the United States, Germany, and Western Europe; Oversaw the “Fielding the Best Team” process to include the facilitation of talent identification, employee selection, and reduction-in-force process for 900 global IT employees.

Led global project team in the development of Gillette’s Employee Value Proposition to demonstrate the significance culture impacts recruitment and retention strategies, achieved through partnership and validation with C-Suite and high potential employees.

Responsible for the establishment of the Company-wide staffing strategy and centralization of Talent Acquisition services (COE and SSC) across North America and Canada, establishing the global framework, inclusive of 20 locations including manufacturing facilities, commercial offices, and corporate headquarters, reducing FTE over a two-year period, decreased agency spend in first year yielding significant cost savings a total budget reduction by 25%.Led talent acquisition team responsible for Gillette’s diversity recruitment efforts including the development of the strategic partnership with North Carolina A&T, Gillette’s first HBCU partnership, including recruitment, professional development, academic reciprocity, research opportunities, and internships.