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Pinnacle Performance Solutions specializes in helping troubled businesses and aspiring startups achieve sustainable success. We work closely with senior management to identify core challenges, optimize operations, and implement strategic initiatives that drive profitability and growth. We have a proven track record in turnaround management, culture/HR.

• Recruited by the Chairman of the Board to transform the business and position the Company for significant future growth.
• Developed and implemented a company vision, mission statement, and core values, establishing a foundation for a new culture of respect and accountability.
• Collaborated with the Chairman of the Board to create a new business strategy to re-enter the snow removal business and aggressively pursue commercial properties, resulting in a projected increase in revenue of.
• Led a comprehensive rebranding and marketing effort, including a redesigned logo/website and maximized SEO, resulting in a more vibrant and modern brand image and increased online presence.
• Conducted an intensive risk management review to identify and address obstacles to the new strategy and future growth, ensuring a solid foundation for future sustained success.
• Restructured the company's balance sheet and financial position improving its credit rating and strengthening relationships with key stakeholders such as bankers, suppliers, and vendors.

Greenway Property Services is a full-service property services company that provides landscaping, snow removal and athletic field services to schools, universities, municipalities, state agencies, and Fortune 500 companies in New York and Connecticut.

Second Chance Foods, Inc is a nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing unsold, un-served, and aesthetically imperfect food and distributing it in an effort to reduce food waste and food insecurity. SCF collects food from farms, grocery stores, restaurants and other purveyors and distributes it directly to community outreach organizations that provide.

Online Learning For Ecology, Sustainability, and The Environment. The EAT Community is affiliated with the Institute of Ecolonomics (IOE) that was founded by actor Dennis Weaver back in 1993 as a 501C3 Non-Profit to merge the concept of economy and ecology together to help regenerate the earth. The EAT Community provides world-class information and.

• Created, along with the CEO, a new culture of accountability and execution where multiple international units operated under one common business model. Designed and implemented new core values of Safety.
• Designed a global talent management/succession planning process to identify positions critical to the new strategic plan and ensured appropriate role/skills matching, identified gaps, and trained/recruited accordingly.
• Established, together with the CEO and CFO, a Project Management Office (PMO) to drive the Company’s growth strategy. Directed all HR implications of the PMO to ensure management engagement, resource allocation.
• Created “Sims University” to train and develop employees on best practices identified by PMO and drive global standardization of key operating procedures.
• Implemented a global performance management process driven by accountability and metrics. Retained virtually 100% of all targeted individuals critical to the strategic plan.
• Developed a global Diversity/Inclusion program, which drove a 25% increase in women at the top two levels of the company.

Orange, CA, US

SA Recycling is one of the largest scrap metal recyclers in North America. Recognized as an industry leader in metal recycling, operating over 70 recycling facilities located throughout California, Texas, Arizona, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee.

New York, New York, US

• Promoted to this senior generalist position, transitioned the HR function from a highly decentralized model to an integrated HR function supported by a structure of centers of excellence and shared services.
• Designed and implemented centers of excellence in Global Compensation and Benefits, Payroll, Employee Communications, and HRIS.
• Developed and launched a new HR Service Delivery Model, including an Employee Call Center and an HR portal to support employee self-service. Outsourced all benefits administration. Reduced HR spend per employee.
• Implemented Sarbanes-Oxley compliance for all HR functions; partnered with Finance and Audit to ensure success.Vice President – Global Compensation and Benefits (2001 – 2002)
• Developed and administered global compensation/rewards programs for a very sophisticated audience.
• Designed and implemented defined benefit, defined contribution and health, and welfare benefit changes, resulting in savings of more than $200 million annually.

• RJRN was the parent company of Nabisco Foods and RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. It was dissolved after the food and tobacco businesses separated in June 1999. 1986 pre-LBO Revenue approx. $17 billion.
• Designed and implemented an innovative long-term incentive compensation program to replace the use of stock options in an environment that limited the effectiveness of traditional incentives. Collaborated with senior.
• Directed all compensation and benefits-related activities surrounding the sale of the $8 billion international tobacco business and subsequent spin-off of the remaining food and domestic tobacco businesses.
• Created a retention program that retained 97% of all targeted executives during one of the most challenging times in the company’s history.
• Designed and implemented a deferred compensation plan for middle and senior management, resulting in a 90% participation level.Senior Director – Corporate Accounting, Planning and Administration (1983 – 1997)
• Directed accounting and finance roles of increasing breadth and responsibility in Wilkes-Barre, PA, Atlanta, GA, and New York, NY.

Developed audit approach and supervised audit of fortune 500 companies. Prepared and delivered Engagement Letters and Summary of Audit Results/weaknesses to client.