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Greater Seattle Area

Collaborative leader and human resources professional passionate about developing people while driving business initiatives and operational performance. With BlackPoint, a technology and business IT services organization that has thrived for over 45 years, I have leveraged my expertise to deliver exceptional service and enable the success of our clients. Together, we prioritize crazy-good customer service and a commitment to delivering on promises every time.In my role, I bring strong analytical skills and a demonstrated ability to identify opportunities and implement scalable processes and technology solutions that optimize HR efficiencies and drive operating results. I am dedicated to enhancing the employee and candidate experience, acting as a change agent to drive results across various HR functional areas.By translating business strategy into tactical plans, I excel at identifying strategic opportunities and aligning them with day-to-day tasks. My solution-oriented thinking allows me to contribute to the overall success of the organization by delivering tangible business value and ensuring exceptional service that sets us apart from the competition.With more than 40 years of technology and business IT services expertise, BlackPoint thrives on providing exceptional service and leverages technology to further enable the success of our clients. We take business personally and believe in giving back to our clients and the community. By working as a team, we align our services and technology solutions with the goals and objectives of our clients to deliver business value and service that's second to none.

Greater Seattle Area

A Comfort Systems USA company and the Northwest leader in superior commercial construction, installation, and service of building mechanical systems.In this newly created position, reporting to the Company President, I was responsible for all aspects of HR functional areas; full-cycle recruiting (sourcing, interviewing, drafting offer letters, completing pre-employment checks (criminal background, motor vehicle record, drug screening, hiring paperwork, and conducting new employee orientations/onboarding), policy development and implementation, HR regulatory compliance, Healthcare benefits administration (including facilitation of Annual Open Enrollment presentations/meetings) and 401(k) Retirement Plans administration and Health and Safety management. Advised, coached and provided counsel to President and Business Leaders on matters involving employment law, state and federal regulations, HR trends, and upcoming changes to HR laws/regulations.

Renton, Washington

A multi-channel marketing and print solutions company; operating a total of seven US facilities in Washington, California, Utah, and Texas. led all day-to-day recruiting functions for both exempt and non-exempt positions within the HR department including processing staff requisitions, job postings, candidate sourcing, preliminary interviewing, selection, background checks, and on-boarding activities. In addition, I was responsible for benefits administration, employee relations, training, performance management, onboarding, policy implementation. employment law compliance. as well as leave administration and tracking (FLMA’s and LOA’s), training, coaching on employee performance issues, progressive discipline, terminations and Safety.

Multiple South Sound Locations

A strategic member of the Divisional management team, partnering with the Store Director on all workforce decisions. Responsible for all HR related operational duties and initiatives for a location with over 325+ employees. Including, full cycle recruitment, onboarding, training and development, performance management, retention, workforce planning, compensation and benefits administration, HRIS administration, employee relations, conflict resolution, HR labor relation complaint Investigations, employee engagement and safety.

Multiple South Puget Sound Locations

Primary supervisor of high-volume, high profile, retail locations (including our highest volume location in the continental US; with average sales exceeding $78M annually). With full P&L responsibilities for achieving sales, wage, shrink, and EBITDA budgets with contract signing authority. Responsibilities included training and development for all employees; exempt and non-exempt and workforce planning and scheduling. Directly supervised, coached, and trained 7 Divisional managers and 22 department managers while indirectly leading a team of 350+/- employees to achieve operational goals and merchandising initiatives.

Bachelor’S Degree, Human Resource Management, 3.5 Gpa

Graduated July 31, 2015

Elementary Education And Teaching

Computer Science