Manage military transition assistance program to include career development programs, counseling, workshop facilitation and assisting clients with making sound career decisions. Collaborate with community employers and non-profit agencies.

Soldier for Life - Transition Assistance Program (SFL-TAP):Advisor/counselor - provided career services to transitioning Service Members and their Family Members. Assisted clients with navigating the Hiring Our Heros Act, Veteran Opportunity to Work /Career Readiness Standards (VOW/CRS) mandates for service members to become Career Ready post-military service.• Counseled clients with developing Individual Transition Plans for achieving Goals, Plans, and Successes (GPS), to enhance their potential for successful transitions to civilian workforce. • Conducted weekly pre-separation briefings, program progress and resume review meetings. • Facilitated monthly workshops on topics such as skills gap analysis, labor market analysis, stress/resilience, resume writing, social media, and networking strategies. • Executed exceptional customer service and support to clients and colleagues.• Mentored counselor team.

• Coached unemployed/underemployed job seekers and provided resources for advancement in all stages of their career search.• Career resource center assistant: - conducted career & industry database research - administered skills assessments - reviewed resumes and cover letters • Facilitated weekly workshops: - employment acquisition strategies - basic computers skills: How to complete online applications, Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook (email etiquette)- Workplace/business etiquette

• Served as independent training & development subject matter expert for global law department of 600 employees including attorneys, paralegals, and legal staff.• Curated professional and career development resources for all professional levels.• Launched in-house continuing legal education (CLE) program; liaised with multiple state licensing agencies for accreditation credentialing.• Managed 20 – 40 in-person seminars and webinars annually, averaged 60 global participants each session: managed speakers' request for proposals, venue, technology, participant communications, materials and evaluations.• Project team member for corporate-wide ethics awareness programs.• Cross-functional team and subject matter expert collaboration.• Facilitated virtual Microsoft office, SharePoint and WebEx training.• Administrated SumTotal learning management system (LMS) of over 100 ethics courses.Key Accomplishments:• Leadership Award for professional/career development project completion• Monetary Award for efficiency improvements in SharePoint collaboration system• Launched a highly sought-after in-house continuing legal education (CLE) program for 300 global attorneys, resulted in cost savings in travel expenses, registration fees, and time away from work

• U.S. Army Veteran• Human Resources Officer, Adjutant General Corps (AG)• Civil Affairs: John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center & School (SWCS)• Equal Opportunity & Mediation: Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI)• Command & General Staff School (CGSS)

• Advised senior leaders on equal opportunity guidelines and organization assessments.• Case management: investigated, interviewed and resolved employee relations issues and referred discrimination and harassment complaints to the appropriate agents. • Developed and implemented plans, programs and procedures for promoting equal opportunity throughout the organization. • Facilitated up to 3 - 5 monthly in-person training sessions on topics such as: Prevention of sexual harassment (POSH), managing conflict, ethnic and gender awareness, consideration of others, cultural awareness, and EO complaint process.• Promoted positive human relationships, workplace morale, team cohesion.

Mobilized (full-time) from Johnson & Johnson in 2005, returned to Training Specialist position in 2009.• Project team lead for Human Resources organization start-up including HR systems and policies merge of 11 subsidiaries, 330,000 personnel.• Partnered with functional business leaders and performed full-cycle recruitment.

• Trained cross-functional employee population of 2,000 on enterprise level procurement systems (rational database). • Facilitated weekly scheduled classroom training and managed logistics.• Developed/designed training manuals and job aides. • Provided expert end user help desk support.