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New York, Ny, Us

San Ramon, California, Us

New York City, Ny, Us

I led a team of HR generalists, OD specialists and coordinators to provide strategic and tactical HR support to the NBC Sports Group Regional Networks and the Sports Groups corporate functions. I was additionally responsible for leading talent and organizational development programs and processes across the Sports Group, including talent reviews, performance evaluation, compensation, and diversity.

Boston, Ma, Us

I partnered with GE Capital's senior leadership team to develop organizational and talent strategies aligned to business objectives and led our global HR teams to execute. I acted as the interface between GE Corporate's Talent Development & Learning organizations to integrate those strategies, processes and tools into GE Capital, with a focus on shaping the organization's culture and driving optimal business outcomes.

Boston, Ma, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

I led an HR team initially tasked to rapidly build the sub-functions of Capital Management, Enterprise Data and Enterprise Initiatives within the “Getting to Strong” (GTS) program for regulatory readiness. After GE Capital's April 2015 announcement of its intent to divest its majority stake, I shifted to focus on management of the short and long term organizational changes and related people strategy during a period of uncertainty and ambiguity. I was additionally responsible for driving annual performance management, compensation, talent review, succession planning and goal setting processes for IT function of 4000+ employees.Highlights: Hired and assimilated 15 external leaders; Co-developed and implemented an “IT Connections” program to export GE Capital IT talent to GE businesses (250+ employees placed); Led workforce planning activity for Business Development deal needs, transition services agreements and multi-year workforce plan for IT and GTS teams.

Boston, Ma, Us

I served as the HR business partner for five global Treasury teams comprised of 375+ employees. I was also responsible for Treasury's performance management, talent review and succession planning processes, and diversity initiatives for the overall Treasury organization of 800. In this role I managed junior HR associates and had oversight for the summer intern program. Highlights: Recipient of 2013 annual Treasurer Award for outstanding HR partnership. Co-designed and executed initiatives to improve engagement, customer alignment and process simplification, for a 10%+ improvement on employee survey scores; Consistently filled 100+ roles per year with average cycle time of 63 days supporting Treasury’s regulatory growth with minimal recruiter spend; Led GE Capital Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender & Allies Development & Engagement Committee to engage 100+ executive allies, increase ally membership by 500+ and promote member career development through mentoring and training.

Boston, Ma, Us

In this OD role, I led Treasury's global talent management and staffing strategy, processes and initiatives, which included talent & succession planning, performance management, engagement, diversity, staffing process, vendor and budget management, and all related analytics.Highlights: Co-developed and led engagement committee focused on recruitment and onboarding, employee development, community service, culture and communication. The committee was used as a pipeline for leadership development and yielded the promotion of 5 employees to GE Executive level; Developed learning strategy based on voice of the employee and needs assessment. Planned 63 session “Learning Month” in alignment with strategy at zero cost and created manager training program; Co-developed and implemented staffing process changes to fill ~250 positions and increase headcount by ~150 while decreasing scheduling rework by 50%, cycle time by 20% and improving overall candidate experience.

New York City, Ny, Us

I was tapped to be the first site HR leader for the Stamford Media Center's 250 staff and union represented employees. In this role I also served as HR business partner for corporate East Coast TV Distribution organization, led employee relations for east coast episodic production (1K+ primarily union represented) and managed the HR generalist supporting east coast talk and variety shows. Selection based member of NBCUniversal/Comcast Transition team for Policies, Payroll & HRIS.Highlights: Selection based member of the NBC Universal/Comcast Transition Team where I co-developed policies and procedures based on industry best practices and created and facilitated training on the new handbook and operational procedures. During the HRIS and Payroll transition period, I served as gatekeeper of HRIS transactions and liaison between HR teams and Payroll to troubleshoot and solve pay issues; Built credibility to influence and established HR function through start-up of new production facility. Created site policies, SOPs, and safety and security protocols for improved compliance and consistency.

New York City, Ny, Us

In this role I was the functional HR leader for 400+ sales, strategic marketing, research, traffic and finance employees across NBC Local Media & Telemundo Stations during a change in go-to-market strategy, which required significant organizational change and a new sales incentive compensation plan. Highlights: Selected by CHRO as project leader for company-wide implementation of new alternative dispute resolution program for 250 senior level executives (100% participation); Co-designed and implemented sales and sales support reorganizations across complex, matrixed organization for $5M savings.

New York City, Ny, Us

I was an HR business partner with responsibilities across multiple areas of Network News, including marquee programs, newsgathering and digital media startups. Responsible for negotiation, drafting and administration of employment contracts for 300+ employees.

New York City, Ny, Us

I was responsible for negotiation, drafting and administration of employment contracts for ~1000 on-air talent, producers and executives.

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