Chief Administrative And Human Resources Officer
Massachusetts Department Of Transportation
Reporting to CEO - responsible for Transition Management (Merger), Human Resources, Employee/Labor Relations, Civil Rights, Payroll, Facilities, Emergency Preparedness and Information Technology during period of a large merger and consolidation. Some highlights include:• Developed strategy, change management, and internal communication plans. Created a new organizational design and shared services model.• Negotiated new pay scales, bargaining unit structure, and work rules with eight unions in order to integrate and operate a 95% represented workforce. Created annual savings of over $14.5M. • Decreased onboarding time by 60% while increasing qualified diverse candidates by 30% through process re-engineering.• Facilitated talent management and retention through cross functional teams who problem solved and increased efficiency in some areas of operation - saving over $100m annually.• Negotiated vendor contracts, restructured administrative departments, and deployed a performance metrics system, resulting in overhead reduction of 15% and $28M in savings.• Led Transition Management Department, HR, IT, Facilities, Payroll, and Emergency Preparedness through a merger of five agencies (Rail, Highway, Aeronautics, Registry of Motor Vehicles and supportive Administrative Operations), affecting 10,000 employees and 20 unions. Ensured that financial, HRIS, communication, and benefits systems were properly integrated and fully operational on schedule.