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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 called Global English® which provides business English language learning to employees ranging from new learners to High Potential candidates. I also facilitated three internal classes; one for those new to Managing, another on improving Communication Skills and also, delivering Effective Presentations. Additionally technical training was a part of my work. I coordinated classes for engineers based on need, demand and budget. I am certified in DiSC assessment, Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®) and use these along with GlobeSmart ® when I worked developing both intact and cross functional teams. I was also responsible for the L&D budget.

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 product costs. Lowered labor by 26%, inventory levels by 22%, and total costs by 21%. Increased guest count by 31%. Staff training and development was a large part of my focus here. GM / HR Manager 50 Plates 2008-2009An American Bistro. Staff of 50. Hired during initial concept development to head the restaurant and HR operations. Strategic planning, vendor selection, construction coordination, creation of policies and procedures, job descriptions, evaluations and negotiating between the principal owners when disputes arose. Created initial budgets and sales projections and processes for inventories. Authored and delivered a successful training program for the front of house staff. Operations / HR Manager Bay 13 (Moana Restaurant Group) 2006-2008A sustainable seafood restaurant. Staff of 80. Hired at inception. Identified, developed and managed personnel needs, staffing levels, job descriptions, staff training, customer service standards, initial and ongoing training programs with evaluation protocols, timely and accurate payrolls, EEOC compliance.

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 Senior Managers. Created the positions of, as well as trained and managed, five operational department heads including Public Foods Manager, Catering Sales Manager, Executive Chef, Beverage Manager and Office Manager in addition to sales staff and supervisors. Total staff of 120. Coordinated Marketing and Public Relations efforts with PCPA management raising Catering revenue by 25%. Periodically during my tenure with Aramark I was an On-Site Manager at the Las Vegas Convention Center working with their management team to ensure success at their special “Mega Events”, managing, coordinating and executing trade show events and full service dinners for up to 14,000 people in a 2 million square foot facility. These events regularly resulted in sales of $1.5 million over a three day event.

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 staffing, hiring, scheduling, planning, and logistical coordination with vendors as well as execution of all service at 26 locations. Shared P&L responsibilities with the Chef. I was responsible for a staff of 250 with 6 managers and 14 supervisors.

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 staffing, hiring, scheduling, planning, and logistical coordination with vendors as well as execution of all service at 26 locations. I had a staff of 250 with 6 managers and 14 supervisors. Peter Jacobsen Productions Manager said the final year was the best executed in its history. Kroger chose to no longer fund the event when they acquired Fred Meyer.

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 responsibility from scheduling and payroll to cost of goods sold to budgeting, forecasting and P&L accountability. I also wrote the training program for all front of house positions for the opening of Jake’s Grill.

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