CAS Smart Columbus Mobile AmbassadorDates EmployedJun 2018 – PresentEmployment Duration2 yrs 3 mosLocationColumbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area• Selected by CAS Senior Leadership to be the Mobile Ambassador to Smart Columbus, a region-wide Smart City initiative co-led by the City of Columbus and the Columbus Partnership, initiated by the U.S. Department of Transportation.• Coordinate all CAS Acceleration Partner Program initiatives with Smart Columbus; serve as internal commuting resource for all CAS leadership and employees. Assisted with ensuring CAS was one of a few select companies to document success in all key metrics.• Published a chapter in the Smart Columbus Playbook on alternative transportation adoption as an Ignite Action Fund recipient company. Achieving over 10,000 miles per month for biking, bussing, walking, and carpooling in 2019, before COVID-19 business impact.• Collaborate with other ambassadors across Central Ohio to define commuting strategies.

Sr. Innovation Catalyst, (2015 – present)• Defining the ever-evolving Catalyst role in a start-up team from inception to what it is today, driving human-centered design and futuristic thinking throughout a 110 year plus organization.• Lead business and employee engagement projects to ensure accountability, transparency, and success. Leadership on business model development resulted in a new Services team in 2019.• Facilitate customer and strategy discussions; skillfully trained in Strategyzer’s Business Model Canvas and Value Proposition Canvas.• Lead post-project retrospectives to ensure knowledge is captured and learning is achieved.• Established an internal ideation portal, achieving over 240 ideas in the first four years, with over 50% defined as completed or in process/occurring.• Lead a cross-divisional group to review and assess internal ideas and Jams/Challenges for organizational fit and practicality using a four-criteria evaluation system. • Champion an innovation culture through communications, activities, ideations, and collaborations.• Sponsor change agent network initiatives using the PROSCI® model. Named a Change Agent Network sponsor for Legal, Project Management, and Innovation, defining program needs and scope.• Defined and facilitated Customer Experience training to build organizational capability to meet a new strategic objective.

• Provided strategic support to the Sr. VP of Product and Content Operations (scientific database content building) and the Director of the Facilities Division; interim assignment with Marketing. • Served as the HRBP to over 750 employees, consulting in all aspects of HR.• Emphasized manager development; creating, conducting, and reinforcing leadership development. Was a key voice in creating and conducting a results-focused six-week new manager class.• Coordinated organizational performance management process and Succession Planning through SuccessFactors administration. Led the use of the 70/20/10 model for all levels of development.• Championed best-in-class leadership in strategic workforce planning, training and development, employee relations, compensation administration, and multitudes of HR projects.

• Served as Corporate HR Generalist/Consultant to the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, Corporate Marketing and Communications, Corporate Citizenship and Customer Relations, Internal Audit, and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.• Coordinated planning for engagement survey; performed analysis of results to communicate to business leaders.• Originated an HR Consultant/Manager Forum to bring together expertise and build relationships.• Consulted closely with the Office of Associate Relations on employee issues.

• Originated the position; served as a strategic business partner with the Board of Directors.• Introduced HR Generalist expertise, providing leadership from recruitment through exit.• Participated in a major restructuring of staffing in 2001, adding over 100 employees and all of the support systems, orientation, and training to make them successful. • Prioritized manager/employee development, creating and conducting a majority of the training.• Obtained MLHR degree during employment, taking evening classes for three years.