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Walker Human Resources Consulting LLC is a management consulting firm focused on creating and sustaining high-performing organizations.Representative list of engagements:Partner with a $10 million E-commerce company to:- Develop and Communicate FY25-27 Strategic/Operations Goals- Improve Profitability (Warehouse, Inventory, Product Lines/Revenue Streams)- Retain High-Potential TalentClient: CEOSuccessfully led a 19-person senior management team through a four-week strategic planning process culminating in a three-year Strategic Plan. Business is a national market leader.Client: Division GMPerformed a workplace climate and operations assessment for a 1300-employee Corporate Division. Focuses included leadership styles, management competencies and skill gaps, organization structure and alignment, talent retention issues and wide-ranging improvement recommendations.Clients: CFO, Division GMDeveloped organization restructuring plans. Initial analyses included assessment of strategic goals, executive competencies and skill gaps, customer/client satisfaction and available budget/resources. Implementation Plans included rationales for the new organization structure, budget impact analyses, elimination of low-value positions, creation of new high-value positions with position specifications and recruitment strategies, drafting of related labor relations strategies and an organization-wide communication plan.Clients: VariousSuccessfully managed a 24-month CEO transition advising the long-serving President and CEO. Subsequently consulted with the new successor CEO on solidifying Board relationships, Executive Committee composition, organization structure, retention of key talent and executing organic and acquisitive growth strategies.Clients: CEO and CEO Successor Performed annual national, regional and local market analyses and recommendations regarding compensation program competitiveness and revised salary structures.Clients: CEO, Board of Directors

Served as the lead HR executive for four separate organizations led, respectively, by the Senior Vice President, Network Innovation and Management; the Chief Physician Executive; the Senior Vice President, Health and Wellness; and the President, BCBSMA Foundation. Directed all aspects of the Human Resources functions as a member of the senior leadership teams of those organizations. Provided advice and counsel to senior executives on a range of matters including but not limited to business and HR strategy, talent recruitment and retention, executive compensation and benefits, organizational restructuring, performance management and planning, training strategies, division-wide and enterprise-wide initiatives, and change management.

Directed all Human Resources and labor relations functions at 1,300-employee independent public agency serving 61 Massachusetts communities and approximately 2.5 million customers. Management responsibilities included participation as a member of the MWRA senior management team with regular presentations to the Board of Directors. Provided leadership in the areas of personnel policy and employment law, labor relations strategy and execution, reorganizations and other organizational matters, as well as direct oversight of the employment, training, compensation, benefits, human resources information systems, workers' compensation, labor relations, and safety and health functions.

Responsible for Human Resources, Food Services and On-Site Security operations at 1,800-employee engineering facility of a Fortune 100 company. Ensured quality of Human Resources support to senior executives and functional organizations with sales in excess of $500M. Scope of responsibility included traditional areas of Human Resources as well as food services, facilities, onsite security force and community relations. Specialized in the development of innovative Human Resources solutions to unique, classified business requirements. Held Secret LIMDIS Security Clearance.

Member of the Executive Team that executed the successful turnaround of this organization and led it out of Receivership. Responsible for all aspects of the personnel and labor relations functions of 1,200-employee organization including recruitment, employment, wage and salary administration, training, employee benefits, employee relations, collective bargaining (as part of a team that included the Deputy, Operations and the General Counsel) and grievance/arbitration management.