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Chapel Hill, NC, US

Glen Allen, Virginia, US

• Responsible for all HR strategy and delivery for 4500 employee Mortgage Insurance and Life Insurance businesses. Lead team of over 70 global HR professionals. Responsible for HR support & oversight to 2 publicly traded.
• Set multiyear divisional and HR strategy with COO and business CEOs that exceeded strategic and financial plan for past two years. Delivered $8B of revenue and ~ $400M of adjusted operating net income in 2017.
• Led HR activities to evaluate potential business unit initial public offering (IPO).
• Redesigned Genworth’s short and long-term incentive plans to better align with overall business strategy.
• Led HR support to business development activities in China, India, and Mexico.
• Led processes to replace/hire multiple C-Suite leaders (platform CEOs, Product and Innovations Leader, etc.) and rebuilt US Life Insurance HR team.

Glen Allen, Virginia, US

• Provided strategic leadership and HR execution for all Global Mortgage Insurance and international HR shared services activities for 2500 employee global platform operating in 25+ countries. Managed team of 50 global.
• Provided strategic leadership and HR execution for all international HR activities including HR business partner support, international compensation, benefits, payroll, HRIS, talent acquisition/development.
• Led HR efforts associated with the IPO of Genworth’s Australian Mortgage insurance business and the transfer of 1500 global employees to Axa Financial with the disposition of Genworth’s Lifestyle Protection business.
• Executed retention and country exit plans to support the close of Korean and Chinese mortgage insurance branches.
• Led team to restructure and exit underfunded $100M defined benefit plan in the UK.
• Improved employee choice/flexibility and reduced future cost increases by 5-10% through the implementation of a new global compensation system, and redesigned US health, welfare and retirement platforms.

Glen Allen, Virginia, US

• Provided human resources leadership and support to product, distribution, marketing and wealth management functions within US Life Insurance division.
• Partnered with President of Distribution to restructure sales and marketing functions to better align to distributor/customer needs and drive cross-sell opportunities. Staffed key SVP roles, redesigned sales model.
• Led HR activities to support launch of new LTC product lines which included developing HR plan, hiring 60+ sales agents, implementing new sales incentive program and designing onboarding curriculum. Met project budget.
• Championed the assessment and redesign of all sales compensation plans to better align to key customer and product profitability metrics while reducing plan complexity by 50%.
• Led all HR activities associated with the exit of variable annuity product line. Successfully exited > 250 employees and reduced expense base by $14M while maintaining key talent through transition.
• Integrated newly acquired wealth management business into US Life Insurance business.

Glen Allen, Virginia, US

• Based in London, UK, responsible for all HR strategy and HR shared service delivery to 1500+ employees operating 15+ countries across Europe and Asia. Led cross-functional HR team of 30 employees across two business.
• Built international infrastructure to support product and geographical expansion strategy and staffed global executive team that delivered > $170M of adjusted operating income through 2010.
• Integrated two independent business platforms to improve talent, succession, and cost efficiencies, as well as executed “One Country” management and operational structure to further integrate businesses.
• Built European HR shared services support model and reduced costs by $2M while improving HR controllership and compliance. Launched European Corporate University.
• Led HR efforts to launch product lines into Latin America and Asia.
• Managed all HR interactions with European BOD including communicating HR strategy, executive compensation programs and ensuring overall HR compliance with regulatory requirements.

Glen Allen, Virginia, US

• Led successional planning, executive development, talent acquisition, diversity and organizational effectiveness for a 7500 employee spin-off from the General Electric (GE) Company. Led team of 30 talent acquisition.
• Partnered with CEO and CHRO to redesign the company into an international and US division supporting plans for international growth in Europe and Asia.
• Led the design of the company’s mission, values and employment value proposition to develop employment brand.
• Led the design, development and execution of executive development, succession planning, talent acquisition, diversity and organizational effectiveness capabilities for the company.
• Launched “Growth Ventures” innovation team to drive innovation and product line development.
• Built global staffing and talent management infrastructure including global mobility and expatriate services.

Norwalk, CT, US

• Responsible for organizational development, strategic facilitation, quality and change management. Project managed the transition of HR services from GE to Genworth in preparation of IPO.
• Coached 15+ quality projects (5 executive level projects) and developed 6-week quality training program.
• Reduced costs by $2M through the implementation of HR shared services model.
• Facilitated strategic meetings in the areas of branding, sales strategy, and operations efficiency.
• Taught HR M&A course to HR leaders and provided support to multiple acquisitions.
• Provided HR consulting services to Fortune 100 companies in the areas of leadership development, succession planning, and HR strategy.

Norwalk, CT, US

Provided HR generalist support for client group of 120 employee and 2500 insurance sales professionals.

Norwalk, CT, US

Responsible for the design and delivery of various organizational development interventions to all levels of the organization.

Norfolk, VA, US

Published 3 scientific journal articles. Taught three semesters of Introduction to Psychology and one semester of Introduction to Statistics.

Responsible for conducting strategic planning, benchmarking, and internal organizational assessment research for clients in the public and not-for-profit sectors.

Employed as leader in specialized 20-man forest firefighting crew

Phd, Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Ms, Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Bs, Psychology