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Boston, Ma, Us

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Responsible for the integration, enablement, and optimization of the Talent & Learning organization at Comcast. Establishing a strategic focus on digital transformation, mid to long range planning and investment bets across a $95M budget line. Fostering innovation while driving talent and learning initiatives to improve business outcomes, organizational capability, and employee engagement. Lead the Talent and Learning teams focused on Generative AI adoption, global talent operations, social media initiatives, Inclusion, data privacy/security, vendor relationships, and analytics and insights.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Recalled to active duty at the Pentagon to lead the digital transformation of the U.S. Navy Human Resources service delivery model as a MyNavy HR Transformation Lead.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Headed Talent Acquisition (TA) and Talent Management (TM) for Comcast's NorthEast Division consisting of 23,000 employees serving 8.7 million customers generating $15.1 billion in revenue across 5 regions. Developed and executed divisional talent strategy to fill 6,000 requisitions yearly. Responsible for oversight of divisional talent management, succession planning, and hi-potential leader development. Nominated by division President to serve as founding member of the executive diversity council setting the strategy and vision for Inclusion initiatives division-wide.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Spearheaded and developed initiatives across Comcast and in coordination with NBCUniversal to engage, attract, and hire executives, undergraduate and MBA students, and transitioning military and veterans. Led Diversity Talent Acquisition nationally. Headed executive search and university recruiting practices responsible for 120+ executive search engagements at VP+ level, and more than 550 grad/undergrad campus hires annually. Coordinated enterprise strategy on military outreach and recruitment resulting in 5100 veteran hires over 3.5 years and GI Jobs Magazine Top 100 Military Friendly ranking and U.S Veteran's Magazine Best of the Best Top 100 placement for Comcast-NBCUniversal.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Selected to lead enterprise-wide campus recruiting strategies inclusive of University Relations, internship programs, undergraduate hi-po rotational programs, and MBA hiring initiatives for Comcast. Developed and executed Comcast's nationally recognized military and veteran outreach, recruiting and branding strategies.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Managed executive staffing, Director/VP succession planning, and diversity outreach and recruiting initiatives for Comcast's NorthEast Division. Integrated Topgrading selection and assessment strategies into the recruitment process helping managers hire, coach and retain top performers. Fostered and developed key relationships with professional organizations and vendors to drive diversity outreach and hiring initiatives.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

As a member of a newly established Divisional Center of Expertise (COE), directed and coordinated efforts in talent management, staffing, and executive search for Comcast's NorthCentral Division of 22,000+ employees supporting over 6.5 million customers across five regions in New England and the Midwest.

Norfolk, Va, Us

Recalled to active duty January 2019 - January 2022: Office of the Chief of Navy Reserve, Pentagon, Washington, DC.MyNavyHR Reserve Transformation Lead - Spearheaded the Navy's Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Education (MPT&E) and digital transformation (dx) efforts to modernize human resource systems for the 100,000 sailors of the Navy Reserve Force. Integrated the transformation of the legacy HR systems architecture into a modern, cloud-based infrastructure delivering 21st century capabilities to Navy Reserve sailors. MyNavyHR is focused on effectively recruiting, training, developing, and managing the force of tomorrow while transforming how personnel, pay, and training services are offered throughout a Sailor's entire career by delivering customer service digitally and on-demand with increasing speed and accuracy.2011-2019: Office of the Inspector General (IG), Naval Intelligence Activity (NIA), Washington, DC. Command Inspection Leader - Headed multi-disciplined inspection teams assessing mission, manpower, command climate, and overall readiness on behalf of the naval service intelligence element within the U.S. Intelligence Community.2015- 2018: Commanding Officer, NR VTU 0196G, Quincy, MA. Navy Reserve unit providing mobilization and operational support to Navy missions world-wide.2009-2011: Commanding Officer, Navy Information Operations Command Detroit, Selfridge ANGB, MI. Led a Navy Reserve signals intelligence command performing national intelligence missions in support of global operations.2006-2008 Commanding Officer, Navy Information Operations Command, Fort Devens, MA. Led a Navy Reserve signals intelligence command performing operations supporting world-wide national intelligence missions.1999-2006 Deputy Operations Officer, NR Navy Information Operations Command, National Security Agency (NSA), MD.1991-1999 Active Duty U.S. Navy OfficerSecurity Clearance: Top Secret SCI with current SSBI

Valley Forge, Pa, Us

Led the Web Services Department responsible for delivering and supporting capabilities across several external web experiences, shared desktops, and CRM solutions serving Vanguard's Institutional and International business lines. Managed the web experience for client company HR Executives and 401K plan participants. Collaborated with business partners to deliver, manage, and monitor web functionality for external and internal applications on Vanguard's award winning web site.

Valley Forge, Pa, Us

Selected to lead a critical, short fused strategic change initiative for the High Net Worth Client Group. Responsible for developing and implementing new organizational design models for client service teams and the leadership of two major technology initiatives transfering 700K client households into new asset based service segments. Led staffing efforts to fill over 25 critical vacanices supporting the new strategic growth strategy and drove the diversity hiring strategy for Vanguard's Retail Investment Group.

Valley Forge, Pa, Us

Responsible for all Employment and Recruiting functions for Vanguard to include employment advertising, university and business school relations, search firm partnerships, recruiting technology, and headcount planning. Led hiring efforts across candidate segments from entry level to executive. Managed a $8 million annual recruiting budget and the 50 person Employment Department distributed across three domestic locations. Responsible for filling 2500+ internal and external requisitions yearly. Launched a highly successful corporate-wide diversity recruiting and branding initiative garnering national recognition for Vanguard..

Valley Forge, Pa, Us

Reporting to the Managing Director of Human Resources, responsible for developing and implementing Human Resources strategy, business and technology planning, human capital metrics and reporting functions, and coordination and staffing of key issues across the HR Management Team. Led the HR six-sigma quality improvement program as a certified Six-Sigma Specialist (Green Belt).

Valley Forge, Pa, Us

Managed 50 employees tasked with the scheduling, resourcing, and administration of training functions for Vanguard’s corporate university. Ranked yearly as a Top 100 training organization by Training Magazine, Vanguard University offers 2500+ available courses with an average daily attendance of 300 employees. As Operations Manager, developed and implemented comprehensive learning effectiveness metrics and designed the first training “dashboard” to monitor the performance of the key learning functions and their correlation to business results and objectives.

Washington, Dc, Us

Cryptologic Officer - Navy IntelligenceUSS George Washington (CVN-73) 1997-1999- Ship's Cryptologist- Deployed to Persian Gulf supporting Operation Southern Watch- Armed Forces Expeditionary MedalNSGA Bad Aibling , Germany 1995-1997- Senior Watch Officer supporting 24/7 Worldwide Operations- Intelligence Support to Combat Operations in the Balkan's TheaterNational Security Agency (NSA) 1994-1995Naval Security Group Command 1991-1993

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Russian Studies

Doctor Of Education (Ed.D.), Organizational Leadership

Master Of Arts - Ma, Human Resources Development

Wharton Management Program

High School Diploma

Diploma, Joint Professional Military Education I (Non-Resident)