HR Director for the Americas Medical Device Electrophysiology & Heart Failure Commercial Sales and Global Marketing organizations

People leader and strategic HR partner for US CFO in addition to Consumer Health Finance, Pharma Finance, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Audit, and Corporate Services.

• Consulting with executive-level leadership to ensure talent pipelines for critical R&D leadership roles are robust and developing on pace for an organization of 4,500 global employees• Serving as advocate and expert for the talent management processes of people strategies, people reviews, succession planning, pipeline management, and performance management • Providing support and guidance in the translation of Breeding and Biotechnology business strategies into people strategies; identifying key talent segments along with strategies to attract, develop, and retain these talent segments• Successfully managed employee development program with over 200 employees focused on mentoring, career progression, and leadership exposure• Delivered change management and change resilience training to over 700 leaders across multiple global functions as part of Bayer acquisition • Successfully developed, proposed, and implemented enterprise wide change resilience framework on energy management • Using leadership feedback and organizational data and HR analytics to track trends and develop appropriate opportunities to build competencies on business acumen, customer centricity, and developing people and teams for our leaders

Provide comprehensive HR leadership for the US Commercial Sales, Marketing & Product Management organizations. Proactively diagnose and identify retention risks for key sales teams; created comprehensive retention and engagement plan to ensure talent preservationDevelop specific leadership development plans for Regional Business Directors to align with their career development Identify leadership team effectiveness gaps using diagnostic skills; create development solutions to enhance leadership effectiveness through effective team building sessions Partnered with Talent Acquisition to significantly enhance time to fill, diversity of candidate pools, and rigor around selection process

Provide HR leadership for the Monsanto Research & Development teams consisting of Global Trait Field Solutions, Molecular Breeding, and Transgenic Sciences which consists of 500 full time employeesProvide HR support and leadership to international business teams in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Europe, India and such domestic locations as Puerto Rico and Hawaii. Champion the development of leaders within the teams by providing coaching and identifying opportunities for growthLed Technology Onboarding Program; responsible for quarterly session planning, coordination, budget management, and setting direction for team of 10 membersLed a cross functional team on the development of a scientist career development toolkit, outlining skill set and competencies required for career progression for our scientist employee base

Provided broad HR support to Finance, IT, Environmental, Safety, and Health (ESH), and Corporate ServicesWorked closely with business leaders to determine HR implications of business strategies Developed effective relationships with teams by providing guidance and coaching on employee relations, performance management, and organizational development opportunitiesCollaborated with business leads to develop Corporate Services staffing strategies for new site addition through Pfizer real estate acquisition Managed significant leadership and organizational transition during company-wide restructure

Increased understanding of work/life culture through facilitation of focus groups on work/life; and individual contributor levels; gathered and analyzed data; presented findings to senior management Developed online leadership retention toolkit for business leaders that included retention assessment and resources to enable leaders to practice retention effortsIncreased understanding of business unit needs through design, development, and deployment of organizational surveys; developed individual reports for training facilitators; analyzed and delivered survey results

Enhanced knowledge of nurses' satisfaction with support services through content analysis of 1344 nurse responses; presented findings to Barnes Jewish Hospital and University of Missouri - St. Louis nurse researchersContributed to the development and organization of report template for current and future presentations to hospitals

Research Design & Inference Expanded knowledge base on research methods and statistics to facilitate student learningMaintained office hours to assist students with subject concepts, papers, and homeworkDeveloped and instructed lectures on research methods and statistics

Contributed to the development and design of employee training programsGenerated and organized directory system for RIA department advisors and clientsEvaluated practice Series 7 and Series 63 licensure exams of employees