Senior Total Rewards leader responsible for design, delivery, compliance, communications and financial management of all health & welfare and retirement plans for 85,000 plus employees in the United States and Canada.With 83,000 locations, the 7‑Eleven brand is known and loved around the world, and our iconic products are a big part of the American culture. And although we’ve grown significantly over the years, our focus stays fixed on making life easier for customers. This simple idea is the reason we’re the marketplace leader. It’s also why our customers, employees, Franchisees and community leaders are proud to be part of the 7‑Eleven story.

Provide advisory services to Private Equity/Venture Capital Funds for health solutions and fin-tech start-ups catering to large, self-insured benefit plans. Advisory services focus on product design, pricing, compliance, go-to-market strategies, employee engagement/communication, go-live readiness and buy/build/divest decision support.

Advises employee benefit plans for large employers in the areas of strategy, M&A post-merger integration/harmonization, delivery, innovation and employee communication/engagement strategies.

★ Oversaw all employee benefits plans and HR Systems with accountability for strategic planning, delivery, compliance issues, financial management, and communications relating to these two areas. ★ Supervised an 18-person team and a $230M annual budget.★ Developed an integrated, data-driven benefits ecosystem that drove significant employee engagement and fostered improved price / quality transparency; this system generated $32M in annual savings and a -4.5% trend rate compounded annually over 5 years.★ Introduced a Health Transformation initiative to improve employee wellness that integrated incentives for employees participating in annual physicals, biometric screenings and health coaching.★ Led a Dependent Eligibility Verification Audit that identified and removed ineligible participants, securing $6.5M in annual savings.★ Adopted a third party bundled Leave Management and STD solution while renegotiating and revising a LTD/Life/AD&D carrier solution that saved over $1M while standardizing FMLA leave request processes.★ Executed a project that transitioned two 401(k) plans with 15,000 employee participants and $1B in assets under management to a new record keeper and trustee.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT DEAN FOODS COMPANYDean Foods Company, a Fortune 250 CPG food and beverage company, processes and distributes milk, and other dairy and dairy case products in the United States.

★ Managed the Benefits Consulting practice, working with Fortune 100 companies to provide guidance and direction on implementing consumerism and benefits strategies.★ Built the Benefits Consulting practice from the ground up and expanded the practice to include benefits strategy, vendor management & governance, compliance and condition/disease management. Led the Benefits Consulting practice operations in Texas.★ Provided guidance to clients in the areas of benefit plan design/administration/compliance, risk management, compliance with the ACA, vendor selection, and disease-specific management programs.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP offers auditing, accounting, and assurance services. The firm provides IFRS reporting, valuation, human resources, accounting advisory, and forensic services. It offers business compliance, internal audit, IT and project assurance, global tax, tax accounting, economics and statistics, and transfer pricing services. The firm also provides consulting services for analytics, finance, operations, risk management, benchmarking, and security.

Led the design, strategy, delivery, compliance, communication and financial management for global benefits and mobility. Also provided executive oversight, strategy and financial management of HRIS.★ Responsible for leading a team of 11 direct reports and a department budget of $140M.★ Maintained oversight of global benefits program management, design, administration/delivery, financial management, communication and compliance, in addition to HRIS and Mobility issues.★ Designed a decision framework and strategy to achieve compliance with healthcare reform mandates.★ Developed a five-year roadmap for population health management that lowered annual medical trend to less than 5%.★ Following an acquisition, applied plan efficiencies, economies of scale, improved cost transparency, and the use of market-based cost sharing to produce over $2M in annual savings.★ Orchestrated the merger of plans and implemented a consolidated outsourced administrative and investment platform solution for the pension and 401(k) plans which achieved an additional $1.5M in savings.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT TRAVELPORTTravelport Inc. offers travel technology services to stakeholders in the travel space. The company operates a network of travel brands and content, and provides travel technologies, solutions, and services.

Led system-wide HR organization consisting of: Talent Acquisition, Training & Development, Compensation & Benefits, Executive Compensation, Payroll, HR Systems/Operations, Employee Relations and Chaplain Ministry.

Served as Southwest Practice Leader for health & welfare and benefits consulting. Also served as a national resource in HR strategic alignment, performance management, vendor search & negotiation, total cost of ownership, strategic total rewards and HR leadership transition.

Led global employee benefits, corporate relocation and expatriate services functions for the 9,000 employees of this AMR spin-off travel technology company.

Managed the strategy, administration, communications, compliance and vendor management for all health & welfare plans worldwide for this 35,000 employee global oil field services and manufacturing company. (acquired by Halliburton in 1998)