Mary Faulkner Email & Phone Number

Colorado

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Denver, Co

Are you tired of the same old approach to Human Resources? Does the thought of going to yet another “networking event” make you want to run screaming from the room?Are you ready to start talking about talent in a whole new way? Then DisruptHR is for you!DisruptHR is built on the belief that the way we’ve approach people and talent in the past won’t be the best way to approach them in the future. DisruptHR is built on the belief that ALL business leaders (and that includes you, HR) are ready to take some risks, to upend the apple cart…in short, to DISRUPT.Join us for a FREE evening of short, focused presentations from local professionals who want to share their ideas on how we can move our collective thinking forward when it comes to talent. Based on the brilliance of TED Talks and borrowing from the Ignite style of presentations, each speaker will have 5 minutes to blow your mind!

Assisting organizations and talent professionals with leadership development, facilitation, writing, HR and business process improvement, and other work related to business transformation.

Denver, Co

Provide strategic direction in shaping comprehensive total rewards, workforce planning, and retention programs to attract and retain top talent. Work closely with leadership to design, develop, and deploy programs enabling the transformation and implementation of business strategies. I joined Denver Water as head of Talent Acquisition, owning recruiting, career development, succession planning and performance management. During my time here, the team and I have launched a formal intern program, solidified our university relations and military recruiting approach, and have formed relationships with community organizations to help those looking for a job hone their search skills. We have reduced our time to fill by 25 days, and we continue to meet all our metrics. Additionally, I introduced hiring manager and candidate satisfaction surveys to measure trends in our ability to meet our customers' needs.Over time, I also owned the Total Rewards function, including compensation, benefits and wellness. Our wellness group has won awards for its efforts in encouraging healthy living, and we offer wellness incentives to keep costs down for our employees. We have a number of new initiatives coming up to continue to more our Total Rewards strategy forward!

Denver, Co

Privileged to have originated the Director of Talent Management role at ClearChoice, focusing on organizational development. While with the organization, I partnered with leaders across the organization to build a strong communication culture, offering formal development and support for leaders at all levels, establishing meaningful performance review feedback, and establishing the ongoing mission, vision, and values for all members of the ClearChoice organization. This role allowed me to focus on corporate culture, team capabilities, and leadership growth; as well as acting as an internal consultant to business operations for diagnosing issues and suggesting viable solutions to drive business results. In this fast-paced, dynamic company, I had the opportunity to navigate organizational change, providing guidance and change management techniques. Recognized as an expert in employee engagement, corporate culture, communications, employee coaching, and other areas of talent management.

Head of a globally-dispersed leadership and personal curriculum development team for this leading renewable energy company. Vestas is based in Denmark, and my team was primarily in the UK and Denmark, which offered excellent opportunities to grow my experience in global teams. Responsibilities included design and development of blended, online and classroom offerings for organizations within the Technology R&D organization, including the engineering and global research functions. Audience included professionals (individual contributors) through senior leadership. Programs were designed to support the strategy of the business, focusing on new manager integration, business acumen, delivering feedback, leadership behaviors. Co-owner of Talent Accelerator (TAC), the company’s top talent leadership development program, integrating development assessments, talent and readiness assessments, and individualized development for participants. Partner with colleagues in People & Culture (HR) to support performance management cycle projects. Recognized as instructional design and facilitation expert within the organization.

Lead the leadership and management curriculum development team for this Fortune 200 company, focusing primarily on high potential development and leadership skills. Responsibilities included creation, deployment and delivery of blended, online and classroom offerings for organizations across the enterprise, including CSC (customer service centers), DNS (Dish Network Services – installation), Service and Corporate. Offerings ranged from new hire orientation to new manager training to individual contributor development. Managed the instructional design process for Talent Management’s team of curriculum developers; actively involved in each step of the process. Partnered with Human Resources to fulfill all compliance training requirements across the United States. One of my proudest accomplishments was CLIMB, the company’s high-potential leadership development program. This program required both nomination AND application to be accepted into it, and had roughly 50 participants across two phases each year. The program focused on those who were set to be our future directors and offered opportunities to not only hone leadership skills, but to learn more about the business itself, culminating on a real-world business problem project in which solutions were shared with the executive team (and often implemented). Dish was a very specific culture - driven, merit-based, and high standards. I learned so much from my time there and appreciate the opportunities it afforded me.

- Coordinate and maintain all company web announcements on major reunion web sites (classmates.com, reunions.com, reunion.com, etc.). - Graphic designer for all company announcements, memory books, brochures, etc., including researching of year-specific events. - Format, proof and edit reunion "memory books." - Coordinate and manage contract proof-readers. - IT/Network administrator for Windows2000 Server thin client environment with remote access capabilities. - Document and/or create procedures, including training job aids. - Assist in researching and locating of alumni for reunions- Process design and implementation for the scheduling, creating, proofing, and printing of all reunion memory books (close to 200 reunions in one season)- Researched and partnered with new printing partner that saved the company $2/book printed and included free delivery; increased capabilities of printer partner raised the quality of the books and stabilized the reunion process

- Writing, editing and distributing company press releases- Creation and maintenance of phone service rate tables- Attending and working industry trade shows- Creation, editing and maintenance of proprietary software user manual- First contact for web correspondence, including emails from potential partners as well as existing customers- Industry research. - Designed and maintaining company web site- Coordinated with sales and marketing departments to facilitate product development- NPA/NXX database creation and maintenance, and coordinating with Operations to satisfy specified requirements

Master Of Arts, Instructional Learning Technology

Secondary Education Teaching Certification, Social Studies

Ba, History, Physics