Founded Lynk Benefits and HR Solutions to provide employee benefits brokerage and human resources consulting services for small to mid-sized organizations. SHRM-SCP and SPHR certified with over 24 years of benefits and HR experience. Specialties include:• Group insurance and employee benefits for clients with 2 to 1,000 employees,• Emphasis on cost-containment strategies,• Expert at benefits communication and education to influence utilization and strategic outcomes,• Highly skilled in all functional and strategic areas of Human Resource Management (including HRIS and payroll implementation, mergers/acquisitions, and start-up businesses),• Remote and on-site HR consulting services available for organizations of all sizes and industries.Our solutions include:• Health and medical insurance,• Vision and dental insurance,• Life, and disability insurance.• Health reimbursement plans,• Health Savings Accounts,• Retirement plans,• Payroll processing and human resources consulting services.In addition, we can handle the enrollment process and all communication and education regarding benefits so that your HR staff is not burdened including:• Holding group meetings,• Enrolling employees,• One-on-one benefits counseling sessions where a licensed agent helps employees with their benefit elections based on their individual needs.

Directed the HR function at GDC, Inc., a tier one automotive supplier of interior and exterior acoustical, sound dampening, anti-vibration solutions. Key responsibilities and accomplishments include:• Managed employee growth from approximately 75 employees in a single location to a workforce of nearly 500 employees in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.• Responsible for ensuring compliance to all required regulations; executive, managerial, and technical recruitment; facilitated annual insurance, 401k and payroll audits.• Developed hiring process and training programs for all employment levels.• Developed compensation management program.• Wrote job descriptions for all functions and created standard operating procedures for the HR Department.• Responsible for the implementation and user adoption of HRIS, replacing manual HR functions with more efficient automation.• Strategically designed employee benefits programs to support organizational goals, included shopping benefits, cost containment strategies, and employee communication.• Managed staff of five direct reports.

Formed Resource Systems in May 1999 as provider of HR consulting and outsourcing services.• Provided strategic and functional human resources management services as well as specialized project work.• Clients ranged in size from 10 to 1500 employees.

Human Resources Consultant

Human Resources Manager for a mid-sized RV supplier of formed steel roof supports, and the Ameri-Kan subsidiary that produced commercial refuse containers:• Responsible for workforce across all facilities of over 350 employees,• Responsible for the safety management function for both companies,• Managed two direct reports,• Reported to the President.