Michael Dembo Email & Phone Number

Central MD, Northern VA And Washington, DC Metro Area, Eastern Shore Of Maryland

As a Vistage Chair I lead groups of up to 16 business executives in a confidential, unbiased, and agenda-free experience where leaders of similar sized and non-competing businesses help each other to resolve common issues that prevent growth and suck up time. This is an experience that most business leaders cannot get from employees, business partners.

Rockville, MD

• I partner with CEOs and executive teams with a focus on enhancing organization performance through a strategic view of assuring that the best talent is focused on the right work at the most opportune time. Engagements.
• Individual executive coaching for emerging leaders
• Partnering with CEO and Executive Teams as Coach and Counsel.
• CHRO for global NGO providing humanitarian support for children.
• Building the capacity of the Human Resources function.
• Gathering and analyzing competitive data in support of changing global strategy.

Washington, DC

• Led global HR field operations for this $600M NGO with over 7,000 employees operating in 120 countries.
• Implemented global Business Partner model in support of in-country programs and emergency response.
• Built global talent acquisition structure for ongoing as well as emergency staffing requirements.
• Introduced succession planning for country leadership and internationally deployed technical experts.
• Supported global transformation of international field operations to new centralized business unit in UK.

Bothell, WA

• Reported to CEO for $4B Medical Device division of Philips Electronics. Led staff of 45 in support of employee population of 6,200.
• Provided ongoing coaching and counsel to CEO and executive team on all matters relating to people strategies and talent management.
• Restructured North American HR function to build new business alliances with Global HR and with Global Shared Services resulting in more efficient and streamlined function enabling greater focus on talent management.
• Led newly-focused talent management, resulting in expanded pool of “ready-now” High Potentials and 25% increase in internal promotions.
• Broadened leadership development initiatives to align US and European approaches, yielding greater visibility of US talent for global opportunities.
• Initiated company-wide change initiatives around communication and engagement which built stronger collaboration between Sales and Service functions and directly led to trending up of sales results.

Singapore

• Led the HR organization for $25B UK-based pharmaceutical company’s Asia Pacific region (included 14 countries in North and Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa with 5,400 employees and annual sales.
• Implemented people strategies into business plans in all markets. Established HR vision and strategic direction for region
• Acted as coach and counsel to head of region, regional executive staff and 14 Marketing Company Presidents across the region.
• Supported several successful new product launches including establishment of field structures, staffing, and development. Built successful partnerships and collaborations with highly influential unions.
• Enhanced performance and talent management across region while working within strong cultures of seniority-focused markets such as South Korea.
• Increased leadership bench strength in key markets such as China, India, and South Korea where local talent pools had limited multinational-experienced resources.

Wilmington, DE

• Business consultant, change agent and HR generalist to client areas. Establishing client support team structure that leveraged shared services across all client groups to improve productivity.
• Supported all facets of multinational mergers from HR due diligence, through organization design and staffing, to culture assimilation.
• Facilitated the management of rapid acquisition and organic growth as company grew from domestic firm with 700 employees in 1994 (AstraMerck) to organization with 50,000+ employees by year 2001 (AstraZeneca).
• Led HR work-stream to successful global IT outsourcing with IBM that was valued at $3B over five years.

Chesterbrook, PA

• Advanced through several client areas including Drug Development, Information Services & Technology, Operations, Finance, and HR, delivering in areas of staffing, leadership development, and overall HR Generalist.
• As certified facilitator, delivered numerous leadership training and assessment programs including MBTI, Predictive Index, and Center for Creative Leadership programs.

Towson, MD

• Supported headquarters functions, global supply chain, and East Coast manufacturing facilities. Designed / implemented career path approach to professional development. Led / facilitated focus groups & corrective.
• Delivered numerous workshops, seminars, and conferences on competencies-based compensation, performance measurement, assessment, and recruitment.

Mba, Management

Ba, Industrial Psychology

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