Guadalupe L. Petrone, Jd, Gphr Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa

Bothell, Washington, United States

Greater Seattle Area

Startup, With People- People Operations Consulting: HR for Startups, Short and Long Term Contracts, Full Time Hires- Management & Leadership Development- Executive CoachingGuadalupe is an accomplished Human Resources professional with extensive experience providing leadership, strategic direction, and counsel to Senior management in all disciplines of Human Resources. She’s been instrumental in streamlining and improving processes, enhancing productivity, and implementing technology solutions. She is skilled in managing employee transitions resulting from mergers, acquisitions, layoffs and divestitures. At Reverb we are collaborative and practical, and we get stuff done. We do what’s right for the customer, helping leaders create great places to work. We do this by maintaining our core values:We believe in collaboration and partnership.We are humble and hands-on.We put culture first, because that’s what matters most.Supporting women and girls in reaching their goals (1% of all profits go to BEST)

Seattle

Human Resource Operations ConsultingSample Client ProjectAssessed and recommended governance and process changes to achieve compliance and improve profitability for a 450-employee US based and 10,000-employees global consulting company.

Greater San Diego Area

Orchestrated all international Human Resource activities including: merger and acquisition integration, international talent management, employee relations, succession planning, leadership and management development, U.S. immigration and expatriate employment. Trusted advisor to global and local senior leadership teams. Led 7 senior HR managers and 7 HR staff serving Immigration, Benefits, and Staffing for the 10,000 employees worldwide in India, China, UK, Korea, Taiwan US and Canada. Collaborated with SVP to manage the merger of two software organizations and subsequent consolidation. Reduced employee relations issues by 50% and improved employee satisfaction and retention, by designing and implementing need-specific management development programs. Partnered with VPs and senior managers to design and implement a talent reassignment and retraining initiative, while developing solutions to buffer the impact of reorganization on people and projects. Developed the organization’s first succession planning and mentoring programs for the (23) senior managers of global software groups. Developed the first “Unconscious Bias and Diversity” training program, which increased collaboration and effective communication in projects.

San Diego,

Led HR compensation, benefits, learning and development for 800 employees of the Multi Media Graphics & Architecture Group and 900 employees of the Product Test Engineering Group. Business partner and trusted advisor to 5 VPs.  Managed employee relations issues including employee-to-manager and peer-to-peer miscommunications, workplace satisfaction, compensation, and performance management strategies, tactics and plans.  Developed a compensation plan and career structure for one of the up and coming technologies in Multi Media  Coached VPs on their management and communication style and effectiveness, and recommended initiatives for improving employee development and satisfaction. Designed, developed and implemented management development training which reduced employee relations issues by 25% in the following year. Improved employee satisfaction and retention. Coached a new VP to successfully onboard and integrate into his group, which was noted for over 20 employee relations issues per quarter. Guided the VP in developing his communications style and goals, which contributed to reducing employee relations issues by 50% and increasing employee satisfaction by 75% in the first quarter.

Greater San Diego Area

Orchestrated all international HR activities, including U.S. immigration, international talent management, and expatriate employment. Facilitated U.S. immigration for IT, medical, technical, and engineering professionals. Established local human resources operations in India, Australia, and the Netherlands. Performed international compensation analysis to determine all human resources costs for contract proposals, including wages, benefits, taxes, overtime and security.  Developed and implemented staffing solutions for green-lighted contracts and mergers in Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, and the Middle East.  Slashed legal costs by more than 50% by consolidating immigration attorney contracts from 10 to 3 law firms and negotiating standardized fee schedules. Reduced L visa processing time to less than 2 weeks by streamlining document collection in house. Boosted productivity through creation of performance-based compensation plan including bonus and company stock rewards and commissions for oil and gas consultants. Provided analysis and strategy for proposed mergers and acquisitions as well as implementation and process improvement of plans.

Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: Board Member: Classic4Kids Board Member: Outdoor outreachUC- Davis Political Science/Public Service

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)