For organizations that have been faced with a sudden resignation, or are in need of additional HR support, I help my clients with HR Leadership and HR Infrastructure design and implementation. This includes HR business processes and policies, engagement strategies, and HR organizational design. I can also support your talent management initiatives through employee communication support.

Led all aspects of human resources including business partner support, total rewards (compensation, payroll, and benefits), recruitment, office services, privacy, learning and development, wellbeing, and HR technology. Accountable for human capital strategy and operational effectiveness. Key accomplishments: - Oversaw COVID-19 employee response including modification and evolution of workplace practices and accommodations; key member of Triage Team that responded to all confirmed and suspected cases. - Project Lead for corporate refresh of company’s Vision, Mission and Values; applauded by both corporate and field audiences for keynote roll-out. - Hosted 2019’s Diversity-themed Leadership Summit; lauded as the most successful leadership summit in organizational history. - Championed implementation of enterprise-wide Mental Wellbeing Strategy; earned CEPA Award for Safety in 2018, the first time a psychological safety initiative has won this award. - Garnered buy-in for Compensation and Career Framework and Senior Leadership Development Program initiatives.

Key accomplishments: - Garnered buy-in and oversaw implementation of Leadership Competency Framework; roundly approved by both employees and leaders, further embedded into performance management and recruitment processes, and foundational for the implementation of a CEO 360 process. - Completed due diligence and new employee integration related to Williams Canada acquisition; oversaw integration of ~100 employees. - Introduced Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) model; widely accepted with more than 5 HRBP positions eventually created. - Quarterbacked development of talent acquisition strategy for Heartland Petrochemical Complex (HPC); results included successful onboarding of 200+ new employees over 2 years. - Developed D&I strategy for HPC complex including Unconscious Bias training pilot; training launched organization-wide in 2020 and became foundational for enterprise D&I strategy. - Established inaugural German expatriation program for HPC complex, an organizational first; program enabled more than a dozen seamless expatriations.

Joined organization with specific responsibilities to build human resources function, establish HR governance and key business processes, and conduct a gap assessment to determine key priorities.Key accomplishments: - Introduced employee engagement survey which led to several employee experience changes including a review and overhaul of the benefits program and introduction of a frontline Leadership Development Program. Engagement surveys were utilized for a decade following introduction and maintained +90% participation rates. - Selected and implemented Workday HRIS system, one of the first implementations in Calgary. - Introduced and rolled out Respectful Workplace Policy and related training, well in advance of regulatory requirement.

Accountable for local management of compensation, benefits and assignment functions. Designated as the company's Privacy Officer and was responsible for developing and implementing policies and procedures for compliance with Alberta's privacy legislation.

Provided support to department managers in all Human Resources related issues and counseled managers as appropriate. Developed and implemented a new employee orientation program.

I began my career in Quality Assurance which provided a thorough understanding of the company’s base business; this proved invaluable to becoming a true business partner on transition to Human Resources and resulted in my promotion to a leadership role after only 4 years of direct HR experience.