Michael Bruno Email & Phone Number

Norwalk, Connecticut, United States

Florida, United States

Phantom is an upcoming organization with a vision towards increasing the awareness of pickleball and becoming a significant player in the industry. The Co-Founders Seth Fine and Daniel Revis are experienced executives and outstanding players. Team Phantom is a family-led business enthusiastic about ALL THINGS PICKLEBALL! Our competitive spirit coupled with extensive research has driven us to build our lineup of wicked paddles. We focus on the finest innovative materials and design technology guaranteed to give players an advantage and enhance playing ability and enjoyment.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

New Directions is an Executive Search/Consulting business. My goal is to work directly with the CEO and their Senior Leadership Team as a strategic partner. I assess, design, and align the Leadership team and its initiatives to support the achievement of the organizations strategic & financial business goals and objectives. My role includes fostering talent development, employee relations and HR operational and systems excellence. As the organization evolves and expands through organic and acquisition strategies, I work with the Senior Leadership team to implement programs and infrastructure that can scale across a global workforce. As a trusted advisor to the leadership team, I ensure confidentiality and provide guidance on all people-related issues.Let me introduce my business model to you. We focus on consulting assignments with emerging businesses assisting CEO’s/CHRO’s and their respective leadership think through their Organization Design & Effectiveness as it relates to Talent in order to execute the business strategy. Bottom line is “are you aligned properly along with the right talent to achieve the objectives you committed to for growing your business and your Board expectations”.As a former executive at GE/Pepsi/IAC, I act as an advisor/confidante providing you with a resource for your decision-making process. And I talk straight. No nonsense or politics; I tell you what I think you need to hear to foster your organization; ensure you have the right talent; and provide simple solutions to complex business challenges.

Lawrenceville, New Jersey

Teaching a Career Development class for Fall 2018 for juniors and seniors. Bringing in functional experts to talk with students regarding career paths. In addition, I was a business coach/mentor for Executive MBA students at Rider University.

Greater New York City Area

IAC is viewed as a holding company. Work directly with 12 global business heads which generate $1.8B in revenue and 1300 employees . Brands include: Mindspark; Ask.com; About.com; Dictionary.com; Ask Partner Network, Apalon; Slimware; Citygrid; Investopedia; etc) . HR staff of 30+. Focus on the following areas:-- Building a Talent Management Strategy (Talent First) across all brands focusing on succession planning and a "Shooting Star" program (top 100 employees). Building a Technical Skills evaluation program to identify skill gaps going forward in a highly competitive marketplace.-- Work closely with Senior Leadership regarding organization effectiveness designs and transitioning to an employee engagement operating model versus a command/control leadership model.-- Manage all merit, bonus and equity compensation planning across the brands ensuring our Total Rewards program is highly competitive and serves as a "true" incentive/recognition program.-- Designing and implementing a comprehensive Management Development Program to strengthen mid-level and senior leaders across the brands.

Towson, Maryland

As Head of HR for private-equity backed company in long term care industry, developed an HR strategy that focused on the following areas: Organization Design & Effectiveness; Talent Management; Total Rewards; Training & Development; Employee Communications; and Culture/Change management. Unfortunately, had to return home to New Jersey after one year in order to best manage aging and ill parents in Assisted Living since I am the primary caretaker for the family.

Greater New York City Area

Head of HR for a social media software enterprise company with offices in NYC, San Francisco, London and Singapore...responsible for global staffing, compensation and benefits, executive compensation, employee relations, and management development. Worked closely with senior leadership on the sale of Buddy Media to Salesforce.Com for about $750M. Left Buddy Media after the sale was completed.

Greater Boston Area

Master'S Degree, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

Bachelor'S Degree, Education