Lauren Ramsay Email & Phone Number

Littleton, Co, Us

• Manages or leads projects, serving as client contact for analytical or statistical expertise, developing and fostering client relationships, developing conceptual frameworks that guide project work and applying appropriate techniques to collect, analyze, and report quantitative data• Organizes and documents analytical results and research procedures, preparing technical reports and journal articles and presenting findings to clients and the public• Engages in mentoring junior staff and providing feedback on the work of others

Denver, Co

• Provided leadership in developing, executing, and sustaining the Department’s data, research and strategic activities.• Drove greater transparency and accountability of the Department’s priorities and initiatives.• Oversaw assessing and reporting on the progress and success of the Department’s strategies and policy initiatives including the preparation and submission of state-level reports related to higher education enrollment, attainment, and performance.• Ensured surveying of the national landscape for new postsecondary innovations and best practices.• Used talent insights and organizational data to inform management practices and support employee engagement and retention.• Provided supervisory support to a team of data, research, policy and IT staff.

Golden, Co

• Founded Understanding Work, a consulting firm using a scientist-practitioner approach to apply evidence-based thinking to solve organizational problems.• Provided organizational research, analytics, assessment development and implementation, and training and leadership development for client organizations.• Clients served included federal agencies, state government, private sector businesses, and professional associations.• Vendor for FirstIdea, Inc. and George Washington University Center for Excellence in Public Leadership.• Recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP.

Denver, Colorado

Center for Strategic Leadership• Conducted research on organizational development topics, published thought leadership, and integrated relevant research into consulting content.• Analyzed organization-specific data to inform organizational effectiveness.

Boulder, Colorado

Leeds School of Business• Courses taught:Senior Seminar in Management (MGMT 4850)Data Analysis for Business (BCOR 1025)World of Business (BCOR 1015)First-Year Global Experience (BADM 1260)

Boulder, Co

Leeds School of Business• Drove student success through strategic leadership of a residential academic program for first-year business majors.• Restructured and rebranded program as an academic, professional, and community accelerator.• Launched experiential learning components including The Nest (a community for entrepreneurially-minded students), The Research Pod (research opportunities for students), and Consulting (skills application).• Designed and implemented curricular, cocurricular and extracurricular activities to support a holistic student experience.• Raised in-program credit hours from 4.8 to 11.7 credit hours (144% in twelve months).• Grew enrollment from 97 to 330 students (240% in twenty-one months).• Raised retention of Leeds RAP students such that 95% re-enrolled at CU for the second year.

Boulder, Co

Leeds School of Business• Drove student success through strategic leadership of a residential academic program for first-year business majors.• Designed and implemented curricular, cocurricular and extracurricular activities to support a holistic student experience.• Course taught:First-Year Seminar for Business (BADM 1250)

San Jose, Ca

College of Business• Courses taught:Fundamentals of Human Resource Management (BUS 150)Workforce Planning, Staffing, and Training (BUS 154)• Engaged in human resource management and organizational behavior research: From a broad perspective my research addresses issues of justice, diversity, and selection in the global workplace. More specifically, my interests are in reactions to work-related policies that have consequences for individuals, organizations, and society; valid and reliable selection processes that are useful predictors of performance in different contexts; and the appropriateness of workplace measures for use across race, gender and cultural groups.• Served the University:College of Business Assessment of Student Competencies Committee, 2010-2011Department of Organization and Management Curriculum Committee, 2010-2011Department of Organization and Management Human Resource Management Course Committee, 2008-2011Department of Organization and Management Course Chair for Bus 150 Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, 2010-2011Department of Organization and Management Course Chair for Bus 154 Workforces Planning, Staffing & Training, 2010-2011Department of Organization and Management Course Chair for Bus 155 Performance Management & Development, 2010-2011Elevator Pitch Judge, Silicon Valley Neat Ideas Fair hosted by the Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship, 2010Student Club Advisor for International Business Association, 2010-2011Student/Alumni Study Group Facilitator for Professional in Human Resources (PHR) exam preparation, 2010 (On leave for 2009-2010 academic year to take visiting appointment in Denver.)

Denver, Co

Business School• Courses taught:Managing Individuals and Teams (BUSN 6520)Managing People for Competitive Advantage (MGMT 6380)Human Resources Management: Performance Appraisal (MGMT 6730/MGMT 4440) Human Resources Management: Training (MGMT 6720/MGMT 4430) Human Resources Management: Staffing (MGMT 6710/MGMT 4420)

East Lansing, Mi

School of Labor and Industrial Relations• Courses taught:Organizational Behavior in Labor and Industrial Relations (LIR 823)Work in Modern Society (ISS 210)

Ph.D., Industrial/Organizational Psychology

M.A., Industrial/Organizational Psychology

M.Ed., Counseling

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Phi

B.Soc.Sc., Industrial Psychology And Economic History

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