Patrick Schaffner Email & Phone Number

San Diego

Greater New York City Area

Parsons Brinckerhoff was an employee-owned company with 14,000+ employees until acquired by Balfour-Beatty, a publicly-traded UK firm with 40,000+ employees, in October 2009. The Parsons Brinckerhoff entity was subsequently acquired by WSP in November 2014. Held the following executive leadership positions during this time:January 2015 - December 2015SVP Director Global MobilityAccepted a change in responsibilities as a result of the WSP acquisition of Parsons Brinckerhoff at the end of 2014. Role reported to the Global COO with accountabilities extending to managing the availability and mobility of key global project talent, e.g. the most client sought-after employees across the combined organization, absolutely critical for sustained success of the 40,000+ employee organization.January 2010 - December 2014SVP Director of Global HRReporting directly to the Parsons Brinckerhoff CEO as a member of the Executive Leadership Team, served on the Americas Retirement Savings Plan Committee and Co-Chaired the Americas Diversity Oversight Committee. Also served as the Global Ethics Officer post-acquisition. Responsible for providing HR leadership through all aspects of global HR and the management and coordination of all HR teams globally, comprised of six regions (North America and Canada, UK, Middle East, Asia, South Africa and Australia/Pacific).June 1999 - December 2009VP Director of Global Staffing and Expatriate AdministrationResponsible for all aspects of global staffing and expatriate administration in addition to those under the Global HR Manager role noted below.November 1992 - May 1999Global HR ManagerResponsible for all non-US human resources activities including Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. This position required effective coordination and communication with senior management overseas as well as corporate management in the US in the management and administration of all areas of human resources.

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Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. was an employee-owned firm with 3,000+ employees.Held the following positions during this time:Management ConsultantMay 1991 – October 1992Fairfax, VAProvided technical writing and new business support to all domestic and international divisions within the corporation in the development and submittal of qualifications and experience statements and multi-million dollar new business proposals for the federal government. Corporate Human Resources SpecialistAugust 1990 – April 1991Cambridge, MATemporary position upon completion of overseas assignment providing human resources support to ten regional offices as part of a company-wide reorganization designed to maximize utilization of staff resources. Personnel Officer, American-British Consultants (AMBRIC) ProjectJuly 1988 – July 1990Cairo, EgyptServed as in-country Personnel Officer for a multi-national consortium on a multi-million dollar health and sanitation project (design/build of sewer tunnels and wastewater treatment systems) in Cairo, Egypt. Position was part of a project management team working closely with senior project management and the Board of Control (the decision-making group comprised of executive member firm representatives) to evaluate existing personnel policies and procedures and map future strategies. Other roles:Human Resources Manager (Acting): May 1987 – July 1988Area Contract Administrator, CDM Inc. South Region: February 1983 – September 1984Operations Specialist, CDM Inc. South Region: December 1981 – January 1983