Richard O'Gara

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President at ARAGO Associates LLC @
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Westminster, Colorado, United States, United States
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About Richard O'Gara

Retired Human Resource executive and broad generalist that has enjoyed growing talent in all functions and implementing processes and programs that complement the company/city and benefit the employee population. Broad corporate experience, from manufacturing to precision electronic products, medical products, construction, financial services, insurance, consulting engineering, architecture and municipal government.Specialties: Compensation, benefits, management consulting, communication, union negotiation, HR/PR/Applicant Track software project management, mergers and acquisitions, expatriate compensation, employee relations, employment/search at all levels, training and organization development, safety, reorganization, fund raising, community involvement, non-profit management, project management methodology,sales compensation, consulting

Richard O'Gara's Current Company Details
ARAGO Associates LLC

Arago Associates Llc

President at ARAGO Associates LLC
Richard O'Gara Work Experience Details
  • Arago Associates Llc
    President
    Arago Associates Llc Feb 2018 - Present
    Westminster, Co
    Human Resource, HR Systems & Municipal consulting for Engineering, Manufacturing & Municipal Governments
  • Arago Associates
    Senior Director
    Arago Associates Jun 2013 - Present
    Westminster, Co
    Provide Human Resource consulting services for public and private entities.
  • City Of Omaha
    Director Of Human Resources, Rights & Relations
    City Of Omaha Jan 2010 - Jun 2013
    Omaha/Douglas Civic Center, Omaha, Ne
    Responsible for all City Human Resources functions of Labor Relations, Comp & Benefits, Employment, Employee Relations & Safety for 3200 employees, plus responsibility for Human Rights and Relations functions of Civil Rights Case Management for HUD and EEOC cases, Community Outreach and qualifying Small and Emerging Businesses for City contracts• Reduced retiree healthcare plans from 36 to 4 saving $450k annually in administrative fees• Moved from BCBS to Coventry HC resulting in $750k annual savings• Reduced open Workers Comp cases from over 1900 to 900• Implemented innovative PTSD treatment program enabling employees to return to work Vs filing for disability pensions• Outsourced all Police/Fire testing, resolving over 30 years of issues, using national peer assessors, achieving greater percent of minorities & females passing tests• Implemented Police/Fire recruiting program resulting in 30% more minority and female applicants• Implemented Fire test-prep program to enable candidates to prepare for written and physical testing• Implemented Brass Ring applicant tracking software• Implemented Retiree file scanning process to have online access to all retiree files• Managed Police Chief national recruiting process, keeping candidate confidentiality• Implemented city-wide safety program, reducing reportable accidents by 10%• Re-implemented City compensation function for review of 250 positions• Upgraded HRIS position to Programmer Analyst resulting in improved performance of systems and significant improvement in on-line employee benefits enrollment
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  • Mwh Global, Inc.
    Director, Global Talent Management
    Mwh Global, Inc. Jul 2007 - Dec 2009
    Broomfield, Co
    Responsible for Global Talent management, to include Diversity, Global Mobility, Workforce Planning and Talent Acquisition• Successfully recruited CFO, Chief Legal Officer, Global SVP of HR, Global Marketing Director, Global Director of Communications, Controller, Director of Financial Reporting• Served as Acting Vice President of HR for nine months (interim)• Implemented new Employee Referral Program • Project managed Kenexa/BrassRing upgrade• Developed initial succession planning process
  • Arago Associates
    Senior Director
    Arago Associates Sep 2006 - Jul 2007
    Westminster, Co
    Provided search, contingency recruiting and HR consulting services for architecture and engineering firms.
  • Hdr, Inc.
    Director Of Human Resources, Vp
    Hdr, Inc. Jul 1998 - Sep 2006
    Omaha, Ne
    Responsibilities included: recruitment, Employee relations, Compensation & Benefits, Training & Organization Development and Safety & Health functions for four employee owned companies in support of 130 locations internationally in the A/E/C Design-Build industry. Managed staff of 39.Developed Canadian and United Kingdom HR initiative• Designed new on-boarding program utilizing best practices from 16 companies• Streamlined annual benefits enrollment through implementation of PeopleSoft Ben-Admin module• Grew recruiting program to handle volumes of 1300-1900 hires annually• Developed and delivered“Employee Ownership” presentation company-wide, resulting in $39M in employee ownership investment• Increased the INROADS diversity intern program from 3 to 24 interns • Restructured employee referral program resulting in 275 hires per year• Organized college recruiting program -Booth & CD-ROM ranked #1 in SMPS national marketing competition -College interns increased from 23 to 205• Implemented Projectix/First Advantage applicant-tracking software to streamline the recruiting process
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  • Mutual Of Omaha Companies
    First Vice President, Human Resource Services
    Mutual Of Omaha Companies Jun 1995 - Jun 1998
    Omaha, Ne
    Responsibilities included: Planning, development and support of all company employee benefit plans, for 7600 employees, (i.e. 401(k) and pension); HRIS development and support for six operating units and four affiliate companies. Accountable for customer service and transaction processing for all benefit plans human resource transactions, health clinic services, disability case management, worker’s compensation, employee assistance program, wellness programs and wellness center. Overall budget responsibilities for HR Services of $1.7 million. Managed staff of 48.• Planned and obtained approval for a $7.6 million HR Systems PeopleSoft software reengineering project• Merged HRIS and Benefits Services functions into HR Services for phase I transaction center • Implemented drug testing program company-wide
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  • Heritage-Joslyn Foundation
    President
    Heritage-Joslyn Foundation Jan 1993 - Jun 1995
    Omaha, Ne
    Chief operating officer for a non-profit foundation, which supports the capital and endowment fund requirements for an art museum and history museum, a unique model. Reporting to two of the top Omaha business leaders, with responsibility for reaching a $60 million goal.• Moved a stalled campaign from $42 million to $56 million• Established guarantor responsibility for $20 million bond issue• Successfully managed $6 million City of Omaha investment in Western Heritage Museum • Built contact database from 500 in a shoebox to over 5,000 computerized files
  • First Data Corporation
    Senior Director, Human Resources
    First Data Corporation Jan 1990 - Sep 1993
    Omaha, Ne
    (American Express Information Services)Established headquarters human resource function for a fast growing $1 billion financial services company. Managed staff of 3.• Directed headquarters HR compensation, benefits, senior management review, values, best place to work, HR/TQM and leadership training• Developed senior management review/succession planning process gaining recognition from Amex chairman as the overall model for the corporation• Project managed/implemented HR ExpressSM HR/PR/401(k)/flex software at 22 sites in 10.5 months
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  • Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc.
    Director - Human Resource Information Systems
    Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc. Jan 1989 - Jan 1990
    Omaha, Ne
    Managed a $4.3 million project to implement a new mainframe HR/Payroll/Benefits system for a $5.8 billion construction, mining and packaging company with over 300 locations. Managed staff of 12.
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  • Becton Dickinson & Company
    Director Of Human Resources
    Becton Dickinson & Company May 1970 - Dec 1988
    Holdrege, Ne; Sharon, Ma; Hunt Valley, Md; Franklin Lakes, Nj
    Developed from a plant HR manager in a 600 employee highly automated injection molding and syringe production facility to a Division HR Director in a $12 million medical electronics division turnaround, to a Division HR Director in a $100 million medical diagnostics division turnaround to a Corporate HQ HR Director position. Managed staff from 2-14.• Coordinated a 15% overhead reduction, resulting in over $2 million savings, through maximizing internal outplacement assistance and management participation• Reduced EEO charges to zero, due to improved employee relations, communications programs and supervisory training• Realized 70% internal promotion rate through implementation of management manpower planning program, receiving corporate award for the best division program• Implemented R&D recruiting plan for limited partnership for 2 projects and 40 researchers• Improved morale by implementing the first salaried employee program within BD• Reorganized 401k ($120 million) and pension ($180 million) functions, resulting in improved efficiencies to the units, reduced reporting errors and on time statements• Implemented a distributed PC-based HR system at 42 decentralized sites in 1985. (This was a cutting edge accomplishment)

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