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Portland, OR, US

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

My work focuses on men going through difficult transitions and men in crisis.

Portland, Oregon Area

Director of HR with three direct reports. Recruiting, Hiring, Training, Payroll, Engagement, Benefits, OSHA, BOLI, SAIF, Benefits, Coaching and Counseling. 240 Employees. Member of Senior Leadership Team, making smart and effective decisions for the business.

Oregon Department of Employment. Statewide sessions with WorkSource looking at ways to improve the delivery of services. Using Appreciative Inquiry, we asked what approaches were working well and what changes might be needed to improve the system. Notes were consolidated into a report for OED and the legislature.

Wilsonville OR

An industry leader in EDA (Electronic Design Automation), Mentor Graphics is headquartered in Wilsonville Oregon, employs about 5200 people and has operations in 26 countries. My work as the L&D Program Manager consisted of managing two compliance related programs; Avoiding Workplace Harassment and Standards of Business Conduct. I also oversaw a program.

Portland, Oregon Area

Human Resources Generalist / GM 23 Hoyt (Bruce Carey Restaurants) 2009 - 2010Privately owned New American Restaurant. Staff of 60, 4 managers. Hired to manage this struggling property in the midst of a concept change. There had been 39 managers prior so the need for consistency and training was paramount. Focus was to reduce and control both labor and.

Aramark Sports and Entertainment division. Managed the operations of a diverse, five theatre organization in three separate locations in downtown Portland. Responsibilities included budgeting, forecasting and providing weekly reports. Reconciled, weekly, purchases, inventories, revenues and expenses using two different fiscal cycles for two different.

Portland, Oregon Area

The Fred Meyer Challenge was an annual, multi day Celebrity Golf tournament in Portland managed by Peter Jacobsen Productions. Held positions of increased responsibility over a 16 year period. Began with McCormick & Schmick’s and culminated in General Management in its final year while employed by Aramark. As General Manager I was responsible for overall.

Portland, Oregon Area

The Fred Meyer Challenge was an annual, multi-day Celebrity Golf tournament in Portland managed by Peter Jacobsen Productions. Held positions of increased responsibility over a 16 year period. Began with McCormick & Schmick’s and culminated in General Management in its final year while employed by Aramark. As General Manager, I was responsible for overall.

During my time with McCormick & Schmick’s, I began as a server at Jake’s Famous Crawfish and was later promoted to Assistant Manager at Harborside and Oak Street then to Operations Manager at Jake’s Grill where I worked with the hotel management to seamlessly integrate our operations with those of the Governor Hotel. With each move, I earned increased.

Master'S Degree, Counseling Psychology

Human Resources Management Certification, Social Psychology

Ba Psychology, Industrial Organizational Psych. And Sociology

Activities and Societies: Helen Gordon Child Development Center, PSU Opera Workshop, Mu Phi Alpha

Hr Certificate, Human Resources Management

Activities and Societies: Membership in PHARMA and SHRMAttended workshops given by Barran Liebman, Ater Wynne, Lee Hecht Harrison.

Certification, Myers Briggs

Certification, Disc Personality Typology