As a Principal,HR Business Partner/ Director with Pacific Human Capital Consultants, LLC, Mr. Quist practices in the areas of employee and labor relations, employment and labor law, and management training. Following law school, Mr. Quist practiced employment and labor law, rising to the position of partner in two law firms where he handled many jury and non-jury matters involving the ADEA, Title VII and ERISA. Mr. Quist has held senior HR management positions and as a HR Business Partner in significant businesses, including Lake Champlain Transportation Company, Sugarbush Resort Holdings, Inc., Kaiser Aerospace, Gildan, Bombardier and PetSmart. Mr. Quist has been active on behalf of labor clients in New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Washington, Nevada, Oregon and California. Additionally, Mr. Quist has represented firm clients in Quebec, Canada, Mexico, Republic of Honduras, Dominican Republic, the Territory of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana IslandsMr. Quist holds the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certificate and Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR) , the highest credentials obtainable in the human resources profession. He was an Adjunct Professor Of Management at Boise State university where he has taught courses in Employee and Labor Relations, Commercial Law and International Management. Mr. Quist has written a monthly column on HR and Labor Issues in Transportation Builder Magazine., the trade publication of ARTBA, American Bar Association (Labor Law Section) and is a recognized speaker with many business and civic groups on human resources, law and management. He has been interviewed on CNN, quoted in Worth Magazine, and listed in International Who's Who of Professionals.Specialties: Human Resources Business Partner, employee and labor relations, MS Office, Talent Management, Leadership, HRIS, management training on employment and labor issues, employment and labor law, practice before the NLRB including representation hearings, unfair labor practice charges before NLRB Administrative Law Judges and post-election proceedings; union elections, labor contract negotiations, international labor issues (Latin America). Represented clients in labor arbitrations involving discharge, disciplinary actions and labor contracts. Senior-level management of all Human Resources functions at both mid-size and publicly-owned companies.