Masterful Human Resources Director and Strategist, with demonstrated leadership and counsel that generates effective HR delivery, top talent recruitment and retention, optimized incentive compensation management, and organization development and performance strategies. Proven to excel in a high impact, highly visible position that maps business growth initiatives to learning, workforce transitions, competency building, and employee relations.Proven performance in the areas of:*Implementing cost-saving initiatives including incentive compensation programs, outsourcing, offshoring and site-specific expense reductions.*Building successful HR infrastructure from full cycle recruitment to retention benefits, enabling increased revenue capability and producing single-digit turnover rates.*Developing and implementing an Employee Relations shared services function*Preparing, negotiating, and executing tasks during divestitures including U.S. to non-U.S. transfers, compensation, benefits, payroll, and service delivery.Specialties: Employee relations investigations and arbitration, performance management, recruiting and staffing, productivity improvement, HR metrics and analytics, incentive compensation, workforce transition, change management, project management, training/talent management, employee retention, compensation, employee benefits, communication, mergers and acquisitions, employment law i.e. FLSA, ADA, FMLA, EEO/Affirmative Action, ERISA, HIPPA and ARRA.