Develop and enhance company programs in segments that include employee relations, annual review and merit process, organizational development, total rewards, and recruiting. Work with senior management to review organizational growth, employee retention strategies, and strategic growth options.

Manage human resources operations by recruiting, selecting, orienting, developing, training, coaching, and counseling staff; planning, appraising, and reviewing staff job contributions; maintaining compensation; determining production, productivity, quality and customer-service strategies; designing systems; resolving problems; implementing change. Promote and implement human resource values by planning and managing human resources programs.

Conduct internal assessments, ensure legal compliance and best practices across a variety of Human Resources activities. Provide coaching, counseling, and consulting to managers and employees in order to achieve positive results.

Serve in a leadership capacity for the continuing roll out of Tokai's articulated goals, values, vision and culture while facilitating entrepreneurial, business enhancing activities. Provide strategic HR support to the senior management team. Act as a trusted consultant and functional expert to all levels of employees. Ensure that Tokai attracts, develops and retains high quality talent at all levels; Work with stakeholders to manage human resources processes including performance management, organization and HR planning, compensation and reward systems, termination and separation and more.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and working closely with the leadership team, serve as a strategic business partner working with all levels in the organization to manage and provide daily oversight of employee relations, workforce planning, performance development, talent acquisition, total rewards, training, on-boarding, benefits administration, and EHS in alignment with the company's values and culture. Achievements: : Establish company's first HR department including policies, procedures and communications : Implement HRIS: Brought all people-related processes and procedures into legal and "best-practice"​ compliance: "Best Place to Work" 2013

Served as a strategic and tactical partner working with all levels in the organization to coordinate goals and initiatives relating to productivity, organizational alignment, staffing, employee engagement, performance management, talent acquisition, compensation, training and development, on-boarding, communications, benefits administration, and EHS. Achievements:: Improved employee satisfaction survey by 36% in first two years with the operation: Implemented HRIS saving 50% in processing fees while optimizing reporting capabilities: Adopted wellness program that improved employee health profiles by 33% and saved 25% in claims costs: Leveraged health and safety measures that decreased workers'​ compensation exposure by $240,000 in one year: Led monthly training programs including supervisory certification series: Co-ordinated Lean, Six-Sigma, and ergonomic improvement efforts to enhance productivity: Co-winner of the Accellent HR "President's Award" for project innovation and overall effect

Functioned in a dual role for two separate social services agencies, fulfilling a broad range of HR functions including recruiting, training, policy development, employee relations, compensation, benefits administration, etc. Achievements: : Updated policies, employee handbooks and policy manuals: Enhanced on-boarding programs : Facilitated leadership development strategy including teamwork & collaboration workshops

Set up first US based full-service HR function including policy development, performance management, compensation, benefits administration, training talent acquisition, etc. Headed global training department. Achievements:: Let HR initiatives related to acquisition, divestiture, globalization and merger activities