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South San Francisco, Ca, Us

Culture Biosciences leverages innovative cloud-connected bioreactors to enable bioprocess development and cell culture experiments with more flexibility and lower cost.As the VP of People developed integrated human resource initiatives to foster high employee engagement, clarify focus on performance, foster collaboration and learning, and build trust based relationships. Championed efforts to integrate company values into talent acquisition, performance management, and norms of behavior. Established reward and recognition programs that celebrated focus on innovation, quality, ownership, and enabling of others. Established formal processes for goal management, performance management and people development. Successful in establishing a culture of learning engaging executive, leaders, managers and individual contributors. Made significant improvements relative to compensation practices and overall benefits. Increased employee engagement and improved communications in support of ongoing transition of business strategy, maturation and establishment of business processes, and the continuous shift in focus from research and development to commercial success of our hardware, software, and bioprocess service offerings.

As the leader of human resources in a highly innovative and dynamic start-up drive program and infrastructure investments to enable strategic and operational execution. Championed full employment life-cycle programs that integrated talent acquisition, onboarding, performance management, learning and development and employee relations/communications to foster a superior employment experience tied to the business objectives and cultural norms critical to success. Implemented infrastructure improvements to allow for integration between key information management systems to foster improved quality, reliability, efficiency and compliance. Successful in execution of key initiatives requiring dynamic and agile solutions to mature capability, improve communications, and adapt resource acquisition and utilization.

Columbia, Maryland, Us

Advarra is an industry leader in human protection services firm headquartered in Baltimore Maryland and offering comprehensive IRB services, IBC Services, consulting, technology and SAAS solutions with locations in US, Canada, India, and Europe. Performed focused leadership of a dynamic HR team committed to improving culture, employee engagement, staffing optimization, total compensation, benefits and career development. Implemented new technology solutions to improve employee engagement , performance focus, and employee experience, while providing for significant increases in scale of operation. Successful in integrating and harmonizing through merger and acquisition activity which increased headcount from 250 to 800 employees in less than 18 months. In rapid change environment, executed to adapt human capital management strategies to best meet the dynamic changes in business need, leverage talent, integrate shared services, and evolve policies and culture through rapid integration of uniquely distinct companies. This period required rapid adaptation to secure the health and safety of employees to address the COVID Pandemic including drive to nearly 100% Global operations.

Quorum Review IRB is established leader in Human Protection Services providing comprehensive IRB services and consulting services through Kinetiq consulting. Having over 200 employees nationally and headquartered in Seattle. Acquired by Advarra.As executive leader of Human Resources responsible for all aspects of Human Resource management. Primary accomplishments prior to acquisition by Advarra in initial eight months included: Establishment of robust Business Partner services focused on enabling critical business and department objectives. Selection and deployment of a robust employee engagement, recognition, goal management, and performance solution (Reflektive). Established Employee Engagement and Career Development as primary corporate objective. Engaged in employee and management focus on improved communications. Performed comprehensive compensation philosophy, structure, and market alignment. Developed highly cohesive human resource team dynamic which leveraged empowerment and accountability to enable initiation of new initiatives around in depth analytics, recruitment, qualification, manager/employee communications, team building, and establishment of increased recognition, improved assimilation and structured on-boarding.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Global HR leader for this innovative public company specializing in the creation of leading PicoP Laser Beam Scanning and Display Solutions applicable to the consumer electronics display, Head up Display, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, 3D Vision, Laser Sensor, LiDAR and IOT application areas. Lead efforts to adapt business models to enable revenue growth and market adoption. Supported transitions in revenue creation from government contracting to consumer sales, to OEM licensing. Supported similar transitions from onsite manufacturing to global outsourced manufacturing.

Mba, International Management, Marketing

Ba, Major-History, Minor-Physics