• Change and growth management: start-ups, turnarounds, downsizing, mergers and acquisitions, national and international market expansion• Staff training and development, talent management and leadership development• Executive coaching and counseling, performance management, career planning, succession planning• Coaching and counseling on complex employee relations issues and non-traditional working arrangements • Strategic planning and culture building: establishment of processes, assistance with facilitation and follow-up• Employee communication: establishment of processes, facilitation, follow-up, surveys and evaluations • Establishment of best practices, creation of positive work environments, becoming “employer of choice.”

Managed staff of eight direct reports, providing support to 3000 employees in the USA, APAC, and EMEA; returned to consulting when economic downturn resulted in 40% downsizing. • Upgraded HR functions and skill levels of HR staff throughout the firm.• Established the first HR Strategic Plan for the firm, uniting previously disconnected functions and locations. • Established HR metrics as business driver, including applying metrics in performance management process. • Expanded the firm's global footprint in the Middle East and managed global mobility across all locations.

Responsible for program management and delivery of HR services to Marketing and other technical client groups, with 1800 employees in the USA, APAC, and EMEA; left when company downsized 20%. • Executed implementation of the Focal process, a complex appraisal and compensation management system, after only four months with the company, and while meeting or exceeding budget and all other metrics.• Facilitated hiring hundreds of new employees; then managed downsizing process, with positive feedback from managers and employees for handling of numerous special circumstances and difficult cases. • Managed the succession planning and key player processes, numerous employee relations and organization development issues, with skills sited as "exquisite" and "extraordinary."

Hired into architecture firm to “modernize” the HR function; 1200 employees in USA, APAC, and EMEA.• Established Strategic Plan for Human Resources, department infrastructure, policies and processes. • Developed first Employee Handbook to address ten recently acquired companies. • Facilitated teambuilding and collaborative communication processes to build a “one company” culture.

Led HR function for four branch offices; 1200 employees, and thirty HR staff; left when downsizing was required. • Led management and resolution of mergers and acquisition integration issues.• Developed new Sales compensation program, to address new markets and service offerings. • Established Training Advisory Board, company’s first career paths, and individualized training plans. • Directed company’s first employee satisfaction survey; planned and executed systematic campaigns to target improvements, including immediate changes to benefits and employee communication programs.