Paul Cole Email & Phone Number

Wilmington, Massachusetts, Us

At Charles River, I develop and implement the people strategy that supports the business operations, goals and values of the Research Models and Services (RMS) business. I work closely with leaders across RMS and within HR to ensure our culture supports and motivates our people, and that we have the right talent to support quality outcomes.

Wilmington, Massachusetts, Us

Worldwide, Oo

As a manager in Deloitte Consulting's Human Capital service area, I led teams of consultants to provide change management, organizational design, and business process improvement expertise to clients within Deloitte’s Organization Transformation practice• Led a team of consultants and subcontractors to manage results for a global client’s migration to enterprise IT as a service, incorporating an agile approach to task management, implementing a new governance plan and operating model, completing a comprehensive knowledge management plan, and incorporating program administration processes

Worldwide, Oo

• Coordinated the strategy and vision for a client’s operating model post-merger• Developed a large, global client’s new HR operating model, evaluating the trades and risks necessary to modernize and synchronize process and technology, redesign shared services and create new business partnerships, transforming the client’s global HR services delivery for 40,000 employees• Led a team of 35 consultants and subcontractors responsible for a client’s end-to-end talent acquisition process, including external recruiting, screening, staffing, and hiring actions support, to achieve a 92% fill rate for the fiscal year

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Joint Requirements Officer, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8. United States Army representative in the Protection Functional Capability Board of the Joint Staff’s acquisition review process, the Joint Requirements Oversight Council; also Army biometrics, forensics, and counter-improvised explosive device (IED) functional expert / representative to multiple Department of Defense and interagency bodies. In this position, I focused diverse groups across the Department of Defense towards resolving very contentious and complex Defense and Joint issues. This included the Army's acquisition reform initiative, interagency biometrics programs and the transition of the Joint IED Defeat Office.I represented the Army to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Staff for all of the Army's biometrics requirements. In this capacity I worked successfully to secure approval and funding for several Army programs worth over $1B through FY2020, including the $550M Automated Biometrics Identity System, Biometrics Enabling Capability and biometrics tactical collection devices programs.I served on the Chief of Staff, Army's acquisition reform team, formed to respond to the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act. The recommendations we made resulted in the elimination of significant bureaucracy across the Army staff and throughout its major commands and the creation of the Army Futures Command. Implementation of our recommendations also created efficiency and improved the Army’s requirements approval process, which reduced years of staffing time, ultimately saving the Army millions of dollars.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Special Assistant to the Director of the Army Staff, Executive Communications and Control, Office of the Chief of Staff, Army. Assigned, planned, coordinated and documented human resources meetings with the Secretary of the Army; Chief of Staff, Army; Under Secretary of the Army; Vice Chief of Staff, Army; and the Director of the Army Staff. Drafted and published minutes to capture leader intent, guidance, decisions, and requirements. Managed, reviewed, and tracked staff actions to and from the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs); Army G-1 and others in the Army human resources community to ensure they were coordinated and complete.I was the subject matter expert and facilitator for human resources and personnel matters involving the Army's senior leaders. I was a functional expert for meetings and briefings involving the Army's Sexual Assault / Harassment Response and Prevention (SHARP), Ready and Resilient Campaign and suicide response programs. In the 13 months I was assigned to the Office of the Chief of Staff, Army, I coordinated, flawlessly planned, and executed 117 meetings and briefings.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Manager of the day-to-day operations, human resources, resource management, logistics, security, and facilities for 269 civilian and military personnel at three geographically-dispersed locations.As the executive officer, I secured approval for and hired more than 40 new employees despite budget cuts and a hiring freeze, contributing to a 20% increase in the agency's document production. As the executive officer I also successfully supervised the creation and execution of the agency’s $30M annual budget. As the Contracting Officer's Representative, I secured full funding for the agency’s $3.9M support contract and supervised a 6.6% reduction in contract costs, which saved the Government more than $3M.I administered the agency's labor/management and employee relations programs, resolving multiple employee disputes to the satisfaction of both management and the agency's two collective bargaining units to appropriate, legal outcomes.I also managed the agency’s security, administrative, and organizational inspection programs, resulting in a 100% pass rate of all external audits and inspections, and implemented a voluntary early retirement and separation incentive program that saved the agency more than $240K annually after restructuring.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and US Forces-Afghanistan Lead Force Management Planner for the movement of US and coalition personnel into and out of Afghanistan, delivering to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Commander the forces required to win the war.I successfully planned, developed, and executed the force uplift of more than 30,000 troops, the largest troop increase to a combat theater since the Vietnam War. I managed the forces in Afghanistan with precision, ensuring the ISAF Commander remained below the Congressionally-mandated 98,000 troop cap while simultaneously delivering the combat power necessary to wrest momentum from the insurgency during an historic point in the war.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Headquarters, Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7. Developer and coordinator of a new reset model, an Army-wide transformational initiative that created a paradigm shift in how the Army conducted soldier, family, and unit recovery and preparation for deployment; integrator of Army force structure actions under that new model.Implementation of the reset model improved manning, equipping, sustainment, and training of units for follow-on missions, which expanded the amount of time soldiers could spend at home with their families between deployments and ensured reconstituted and ready units for years to come. I also led numerous task forces and traveled the world extensively visiting returning units to assess the Army’s ability to provide resources to redeploying units.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

US Army Force Management MBA Program, George Mason University

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Commanded a recruiting company consisting of 55 personnel and eight geographically-dispersed recruiting stations covering 1,870 square miles in the Boston metropolitan area.As the commander of the largest recruiting company in New England, I successfully led the company to finish in the top third of all recruiting companies throughout my assignment, supervising the successful enlistment of over 1,000 Soldiers, Warrant Officer Candidates, Officer Candidates, and other special mission categories into the Regular Army and Army Reserve.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Commanded a basic combat training company consisting of 23 permanent cadre, 13 headquarters and staff personnel, and the initial entry training of 1219 new soldiers (at a rate of 257 Soldiers every nine weeks).I also successfully maintained the 100% operational readiness of a 257-man barracks with offices, a separate dining facility, two commercial trucks, and all accompanying equipment with a total estimated value of over $3 million.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Armor Captain's Career Course

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Airborne SchoolArmor Officer Basic CourseScout Platoon Leader's Course

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Military History

Mba, Master Of Business Administration