Karen Turnquest Email & Phone Number

Remote

I serve as an Executive Coach and business partner to the CEO and the organization. In this global non-profit, we work together to drive organizational transformation with an emphasis on organizational effectiveness, partner development, financial health, and operational efficiency. This work also includes facilitating and/or outlining strategic planning sessions with the board.

Waco, Texas, United States

Remote

Global Talent Consultant responsible for defining the overarching philosophy of the career practice and leading and strategically managing those practice initiatives that focus on preparing each team member and the organization for the future of work while providing resources that nurture growth and allow team members to reach their personal and professional aspirations. Our practice achieves these objectives by creating processes that facilitate opportunities for skill development, by supporting and expanding the Talent marketplace and internal movement and by working with HR Digital Technology to develop tools that simplify career management.

United States

In this targeted and tactical work, I come alongside small and medium-sized business owners for a few days or several weeks, immersing myself in all aspects of their business. The stakes are so much higher and immediate for smaller companies, and the good news is how quickly and dramatically positive results emerge when owners take steps to: • Build and understand their vision • Set short and long-term goals• Create clear roles and responsibilities and communication channels• Develop standards and procedures that includes training for understanding• Set clear expectations• Know what’s happening with the cash• Assess the current state• Measure the right things and change behavior as needed• Look to the future to develop into something more than they are todayIMPACT ON BUSINESS: ☑️ Clients achieved recruiting, retention and training targets.☑️ 30-40% increase in first-time right outputs, increased profits, and increased client satisfaction rates. ☑️ Leaders designed & developed scalable solutions that align to their culture and strategic goals and move teams toward a common vision. ☑️ Established metrics to define progress and success, included ongoing reporting requirements and key performance indicators. Clients now maintain regular talent reports, including a talent metrics dashboard.ADKAR | Business Transformation | Operational Improvement | Business Process Improvement | Cost Reduction | Root Cause Analysis | Process Re engineering | SWOT Analyses and Risk Assessments | Recruiting and Retention | Client Engagement | Employee Engagement | Project PrioritizationLeading and Developing High Performance Teams | Communication Plan Development

Austin, Texas Area

Provides coaching programs, seminars, workshops and consulting services that enhance personal and organizational performance in multiple areas, including: sales, leadership, teamwork, communication, scalability, process and organizational analysis, assessment, operational efficiency, motivation and change management. Consult and coach individuals, C-suite executives and teams of 300+ focused on setting direction, strategy implementation and organizational effectiveness throughout multiple industries and in both the for-profit and non-profit realms.• Consult and assist in development of mission and vision focused on their customers, business and societal impact and organizational goals for 100+ clients across multiple industries.• Facilitate industry trend, SWOT, obstacle removal, and impact analyses with organizational leaders, teams and boards in effort to develop strategic plans that govern both long- and short-term initiatives, goals and objectives.• Improve execution and retention through complete analysis and assessment of current processes, communication plans, and recruiting and retention processes leading to increased sales and revenues from 2%-100%. • Develop key performance indicators and create holistic approach to performance through implementation of dashboards as a way to measure the overall health of organizations.• Build effective working relationships with 200+ C-suite executives and business leaders building opportunities for partnerships and business development.

Austin, Texas Area

Drove culture change through executive and senior management coaching, vision creation, process definition, organizational restructuring and development, KPI development, Lean/Kaizen event facilitation, strategic deployment and continuous improvement strategies.• Developed and implemented curriculums across all levels of management including: Leadership and Purpose, Data-driven decision Making, Systems Thinking, Motivation, and Change Management.• Established and delivered 8-month training program to 50+ managers through a change management journey which assisted in increased productivity and performance. Managers implemented several elements of training with various levels of success.• Reprioritized project planning and management of Fortune 500 client resulting in improved project timeline, output and success.• Mentored and coached executives and team members, 1:1 to 60:1, of Fortune 500 companies to create a continuous improvement culture.

Served as Internal Coach and Consultant at AMD specializing in change management. Focused primarily on leading transformation in Product Development Group (PDE), an organization comprised of 700+ people globally and 400+ locally. Coached and interfaced with senior management to define strategy plan and key milestones. Successfully led cross functionality efforts including organizational design which focused on KPIs, people, processes, technology and communication. • Initiated and designed structured, strategic continuous improvement plan for PDE which successfully drove corporate alignment, self-sufficiency, business process standardization, and increased efficiency. • Developed 12 coaches to lead PDE continuous improvement efforts and strategy plan execution. • Facilitated workshops for hundreds focused on performance improvement and key performance indicator (KPI) development.

Austin, Texas Area

Assigned to SEMATECH, an industry-led consortium working with industry wide and global partners.Assessed partner and global industry needs and designed, managed and executed large scale technology project focused on mitigating major industry yield/performance detractor. Forged relationships with multiple, large corporate industrial stakeholders to assess issues and determine major project goals. Wrote requests for proposal (RFPs) and assessed responses to choose technical partners. Monitored milestones and budget. • Received outstanding contribution award leading to success of SEMATECH and the division. • Designed consistent measurement process that was established as an industry standard. • Organized and chaired successful technical workshops (one global) enabling industry stakeholders to participate in information sharing activities which drove further innovation and solved critical problems; delivered presentations to as many as 300-400 stakeholders. • Facilitated negotiations of major research contracts with organizations such as NIST, MIT Lincoln Labs, and Infineon Technologies. Served as key industry contact on manufacturability and performance of specific next generation materials. Influenced both AMD’s and industry’s decision to not pursue a new major technology by successfully assessing these critical materials, determining if technology roadmap requirements could be met and communicating results to hundreds of both national and international industry stakeholders, companies and technical organizations via multiple presentations, forums and symposia. • Assessed world-wide material development progress and viability while issuing results industry-wide. Negotiated collection of test samples globally and compared results at US consortium in order to understand viability and get complete picture.• Evaluated world-wide supplier environments for contaminants understanding material viability and sensitivity and globally communicated findings.

Assigned to Motorola Company. Developed next generation processing techniques that were viable and manufacturable for both AMD and Motorola; successfully transferred processes to manufacturing teams of both corporations. • Aligned schedules, activities and project goals to meet technology roadmaps of both corporations. • Overcame significant differences in corporate culture and reporting structure ensuring that right reporting, right place, right time, and to right people were achieved so schedule could be met and goals exceeded.

Austin, Texas Area

Defect Team Lead Corrected catastrophic yield problem. Coordinated efforts, developed plans and schedules with scores of internal and external tool and material suppliers as well as cross-functional teams to identify yield limiting drivers and implement solutions. • Shaped and led defect prevention team implementing improvement activities for 150+ people driving 75% reduction in division defect levels and 38% reduction in factory defects resulting in $20M+ saved. • Designed and implemented successful defect monitoring system.• Created and conducted training for 200+ employees ensuring success of new process and monitoring system. Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Team LeadLed and developed a diverse, industry recognized TPM team of multi-disciplined employees to realize 50% increase in overall equipment efficiency. Created more self-directed work force, introduced and tracked key metrics for performance improvement in the unit. Operations Engineer & SupervisorManaged shift of 25 employees developing team into multi-skilled, self-directed workforce, increasing output by 20%. Reduced rework by 50% saving hundreds of thousands in annual production costs. Initiated cross-training of employees in alignment with their long-term goals and the organizational needs leading to five team promotions within one year.

Mba, Executive Mba

Activities and Societies: Selected as member of Beta Gamma Sigma with 4.0 GPA

B.S., Chemical Eng

Master’S Degree, Imaging Science And Engineering

Master’S Degree, Materials Engineering, 3.5 Out Of 4.0

Activities and Societies: Alpha Sigma Mu, Materials Honor FraternityChosen by IBM to participate in a one year Masters program and then.