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My role: Aligning the full-scope HR practice with the organizational strategy, vision, and mission. - Talent Development / Organizational Development - Talent Acquisition, Retention & Succession Planning - Compensation, Benefits & Total Rewards - Talent Management / Performance Management - Strategic Planning - DE&I - Employment Law & Compliance - Internal Communication Management - Operational Safety Program Management - Vendor Relationship Management / Negotiation / Budget ManagementAnritsu is proud to be recognized as an Inclusive Workplace and Best Place to Work in IL for 4 years in a row.Anritsu is a leading manufacturer of inspection solutions for the food and pharmaceutical industries. Our product line includes X-ray inspection systems, metal detection equipment, and checkweighers that are designed to detect and remove contaminants, ensure product quality, and improve production efficiency. Anritsu Infivis products are built with advanced technology and are designed to meet the strictest industry standards for food safety and quality control. Anritsu is a trusted partner helping companies improve product quality, reduce waste, and ensure regulatory compliance. Anritsu is an engineering-driven company with a long tradition of advancing quality control programs across the globe with innovative, reliable technology and solutions. - Food Inspection Equipment - Pharmaceutical Inspection Equipment - X-Ray Inspection Systems - Metal Detection Equipment - Checkweighers - Combination Systems - Product Inspection Systems - Quality Control Equipment - Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) - Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) - Foreign Material Detection - Contaminant Detection - Packaging Inspection Equipment - Inspection Solutions - Product Safety - Compliance - Traceability - Sensitivity - Performance - Reliability

- Serve as HR / Talent expert advisor to executive leadership teams with regard to talent management, retention, organizational development, compensation, and employee relations. - Provide tactical support to implement programs that align with organizational business objectives. - Consult to and collaborate with executive leadership team and hiring managers to provide hands-on, full-cycle Talent Acquisition / Recruiting support for the growing organizations.Tools: Workday, Bullhorn, Kronos UKG, SAP, Ultipro, LinkedIn Recruiter

Provided Talent Acquisition expertise to the largest, most experienced vascular treatment center in the US. Recruited Physicians, Clinicians, Office Support, and Corporate Executives for the growing organization.VCA is a national physician network with over 65 clinics in multiple states. We support successful physician practice development and foster exceptional patient care; enabling our patients to walk away happy, healthy, and strong.I recruited Physicians and Clinical staff nationally as well as Executives for the Corporate Management Team. Successfully built a pipeline of Physician and management candidates nationally for the rapidly growing organization.

Accretive Solutions is a national professional services firm providing Executive Search, Consulting, Project Resources and Outsourcing solutions to a variety of organizations from start-ups to the Fortune 500.Our services improve financial performance by addressing critical resource, process, technology, and governance challenges. Our objective is to be a long-term go-to partner for our clients through the entire business life-cycle.Successful Placements include: Corporate Executives, Data Scientists, Project Mangers, IT/IS Professionals, Accountants, Auditors, Financial Analysts, HR, and Marketing Leaders

Baker Tilly International, the world’s eighth largest accountancy and business advisory network of independent members, comprised of more than 150 firms operating in 131 countries with combined revenue of $3.3 billion and more than 26,000 people. Together, we collaborate to serve clients around the world.Baker Tilly Search & Staffing earned recognition as one of Inavero, Inc.’s Best of Staffing® Talent Award winners.Hands-on manager of staff that provided full life-cycle talent solutions to connect executive talent with world-class opportunities. Coached, trained and managed workload; maintained client relationships and managed performance for internal and client-facing resources. Directly addressed staff performance issues and collaborated with clients and internal partners to timely remedy issues as needed and reward performance to maintain high employee engagement scores.Successful Placements: (Directy-hire and Interim) - CFO - Director of Finance - Director of FP&A - Director of Supply Chain - Director of Corporate Communications - Director of IT PMO - Corporate Controller - Director of Compliance - Project Managers (Several across diverse functional areas) - Investment Accountant - Staff Accountants (Functional and System / IT) - Accounts Payable Specialist - Bookkeeper - Systems Optimization Consultants - Risk Advisory and Compliance Professionals / Auditors (Functional and IT) - Project Managers - Business Process Modelers / Analysts

Directly impacting the success of global clients, including 86 of the Fortune 100 across all industries from nearly 80 offices around the globe and serves over 2,100 clients in more than 66 countries.Talent Acquisition and Talent Management guru providing workforce planning for a high-volume professional consulting firm to source, recruit and on-board key resources and maintain a robust talent pipeline for clients representing mid-size and Global 500 corporations in diverse industries for high-impact initiatives such as M&A, IPO readiness, and rapid growth. Service Lines supported: Supply Chain, Accounting, Finance & Audit, IT, Human Capital and Legal.Tools Used Regularly: - MS Office - Employer Brand Building via Social Media (LinkedIn, Twitter, etc) - Job Boards (Global, National and Niche)- Applicant Tracking System (ATS) - Adobe - Behavioral Based Interviewing and Technical Interviewing - Skill / Performance Assessments & Metrics - Negotiation - Brand Development, Advertising & Marketing Strategy and Metrics - Business Development - Talent Management, Succession Planning, Pipeline Building

Management Consultant providing Organizational Change Management (OCM) (Prosci Methodology and McKinsey 7S) and Project Management (PMI methodology) leadership and support to clients in broad industries.Consulted to clients in Chicago and Los AngelesClient List: - International real estate company with over $55.5 billion in assets. - One of the worlds leading exchange organizations enabling delivery of products and services to the international financial markets. - Sixth largest wireless telecommunications network service provider in the US.Recent projects: - Project Management / Business Analysis in support of ERP implementation and aligned processes to support consistency and efficiency across the enterprise via a newly created Shared Services organization. - HR Policy and Procedures Documentation Lead - Organizational Design Analyst - Training Delivery Lead (full life-cycle) on an instructor-led, web-based training initiative in support of an enterprise-wide initiative. (Plan design, content development & delivery, technical system support, Train-the-Trainer, logistics and scheduling, etc)Tools Used:Prosci, McKinsey 7S and PMI methodology, MS Office, MS Project, MS Access, MS Visio, JD Edwards, Docent LMS, SharePoint, Web-based collaboration tools, Web-based survey tools, multiple communication media.

- Planned and implemented full-range communication strategy for HR/Benefits Program to global audience of 111,000 employees and retirees to motivate improved efficiency of vendor relationships - Designed, facilitated and documented Executive Leader Council Workshops for cultural change initiatives - Managed implementation strategy using Prosci change management methodology to integrate a Culture of Health and Wellness for global airline, emphasizing the value of prevention in support of cost reduction and value-added strategy for $800 million annual Benefits budget. Communication included: print, web, voice, and other media - Managed vendor relationships and conducted benchmark analysis for strategic program design

- Project Management and Business Analysis using PMI methodology for a Global Commercial Real Estate Management Corporation - Process Documentation (BPM) for current and future state (Visio) - Led Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions and requirements gathering from cross-functional experts for organizational transformation initiatives and technology implementations - Created project status and financial reports and presented to stakeholders at all levels, including c-suite sponsors - Planned and implemented deployment of communication strategy to national workforce of 10,500 - Documented and Communicated results from Executive Leader Workshops - Leveraged OD methodology to design a national customer care call center for training support offering procedural and technical guidance to 40 Instructors and 10,500 students of a telecommunications firm - Managed a team of 12 to provide two daily shifts of call center support for the training deployment support of a national enterprise-wide initiative. (Workload distribution & performance) - Enabled national delivery of over 400 web-based training sessions to a cross-functional audience - Served as a Project Manager and Businesss Analyst / liaison to external service providers and internal staff, including Instructional Designers, Executive Leaders, and a virtual audience of over 10,500

Client-facing Human Performance Consultant (SAP Specialist) - Project Management (PMI), Talent Management, Business Analysis, Change Management Lead, Communications Lead, and Organizational Design Expert for major global transformations, process design, and other initiatives that promote continual improvement, future competitiveness, and proactive organizational change often considered as a paradigm shift. Consulted to clients in: Illinois, Texas, North Carolina, Virginia, Michigan, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Ohio.Industry experience includes: Finance / Insurance, Transportation / Logistics, Government, Supply Chain / Manufacturing, Retail, Consumer Good and Services (CPG), Food and Beverage, and Pharmaceutical.Project Management / Talent Management / Business AnalysisProsci / Accenture Methodology & PMI methodologyTools Used:SAP, APO, Oracle, IBM, WebSphere, MS Office Suite, MS Access, MS Visio, InfoPath, SharePoint and Multi-media communication tools - including video creation and editing, web-based surveys and communication tools - Project Manager - Sr. Business Analyst - Change Management Lead - Corporate Communications Lead - Talent Management and Talent Skills Assessment - Supply Chain Optimization - Stakeholder Analysis - Led Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions and requirements gathering with cross-functional stakeholders; served as business / technical liaison - Documented current and future state processes using MS Visio; ensured segregation of duty and complianceContributed to the internal referral program and internal talent acquisition / recruiting. In addition, led initiatives to strengthen employee engagement and interaction for the 5,000+ Chicago employees. Managed a team responsible for vendor relationship management, event scheduling, etc - Practice Area Communities - Event planning, etc.for bench-marking and sharing best practices - Beach Volleyball Tournaments (Summers annually) - Soccer Tournaments (year-round)

Since 2004, the Myelin Repair Foundation has funded basic research that has led to the publication of more than 120 peer-reviewed scientific articles, the identification of more than 100 novel potential myelin repair treatment targets and the discovery of multiple new research tools—animal models and assays—that may help to accelerate research on all neurological diseases. The Myelin Repair Foundation is supported by the generous gifts of individuals, foundations and corporations. Since 2004, we have raised $60 million to support our myelin repair research program. - Supported the non-profit organization with expertise in employer branding, staffing and talent acquisition for the innovative healthcare start-up - Championed efforts to build teams across North America to support the foundation’s fundraising goal to collect $5M each year for the first five years to support collaborative research among five research institutions - Sourced and staffed Technical Grant Writers, Fund Raisers, and support staff for key offices across North AmericaTools Used:Web-based search engines, boolean search methods, AIRs technique, MS Office, Multi-media communication tools and social media

(National Semiconductor was acquired by Texas Instruments in 2011)Employee Relations for 200+ technical employees representing full range of staff levels across global National Semiconductor locations in the US, Europe, and Asia.Support and counsel executive staff in the management of their professional teams. Manage performance management, influence project management efficiency, and offer broad support across diverse HR functions: Employee Relations, Staffing / Recruiting (University to Executive), Compensation, Benefits, OD, Succession Planning, and Training and Development.Special Projects: - Talent Acquisition: University recruiting program - Executive Compensation, including EXPAT program restructuring, long-term incentives, etc. - Succession Planning - H-1B Visa Program during tightened Federal restrictions - Performance Management / bonus budget program design and implementation - Organizational Design (CEO methodology): Global HR / Benefits Shared Service Center - HR Audit and Documentation Compliance - Lean / Six Sigma Project Management best practices implementation for manufacturing teams - Onboarding and engagement of new hiresTools Used:MS Office, MS Access, SAP, Web-based collaboration tools, Global compensation benchmark and analysis tools, Multi-media communication tools, including video marketing for targeted audiences with highly technical skills

Labor Relations and Human Resource Management for warehouse and delivery staff of 130+ employees. Managed workload and performance in accord with CBA and customer SLAs.HR / Labor Relations specialist offering support in: payroll administration, customer service, workforce planning, distribution and staff logistics, and employee communications. - Negotiation and Conflict / Dispute Resolution - Route and Load Planning and Just-in-time (JIT) solutions - Persuasion - Warehouse Audits - Organizational Design, Workforce Effectiveness and Talent Management

(Solutia was a spin-off of Monsanto in 1997 and Eastman Chemical Acquired Solutia in 2012)• Piloted global HR Programs as an HR Generalist for Solutia's largest manufacturing facility• Created, implemented, and managed multi-site supervisory training and reference tool for union and non-union employees. Project included redesigning Train-the-Trainer programs, as well as interviewing and diversity leadership training• Led employee relations investigation that resulted in creation of new policy for workplace violence• Re-designed the orientation program for the plant, a pilot program for use across the global enterprise• Conducted impact assessments and business readiness during international mergerTools Used:MS Office Suite, SAP HR, MS Access, Multi-media communication tools

Graduate Student at the School of Labor and Employment Relations, one of the world's premier programs dedicated to advancing theory, policy and practice in all aspects of labor and employment relations. Courses: - Human Resources Management and Strategy - Employment Law - Labor Law - Human Resources Planning and Staffing - Collective Bargaining - Global Compensation Systems - Labor Economics - Training and Development - Employee Motivation and Performance - Human Resource Systems (HRIS) - Negotiation

Special projects: - Oracle ERP implementation - Computer telephony integration - New hire onboarding, training and engagement - M&A and organizational transformations - Managed internal competitions based on sales and customer service metrics