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Executive Summary

• A strategic senior level executive who has directed entrepreneurial business units, developed new product/service offerings, and developed and led international HR teams.
• An HR executive with Board-level experience with billion international organizations.
• Solid grounding in staffing, compensation, benefits, HRIS, OD, and employee relations.
• Successful senior business partner in hi-tech, fast-paced growth environments who has taken new products to market and achieved revenue goals.
• A rare balance of corporate executive leadership and HR consulting success with international operations, merger/acquisition implementations, and global workforce development.
• Results achieved in both executive leadership roles and line operations with revenue targets.

• Bypass-HR is a full service human resources consulting and outsourcing practice providing HR consultation and leadership to emerging companies.
• HR consulting firm provides a full range of HR strategic services to the emerging marketplace;
• including compensation, benefits, outsourcing, performance management, and change management strategic consulting.

• Member of Operating Committee reported to CEO responsible for strategic leadership of worldwide human resources professional staff of 50+ .
• Achieved results through Directors of Compensation, Benefits, Staffing, Learning & Development, HRIS, Business Group Operations, and International Operations.

• development of international HR professionals;
• lead role in merger/acquisition efforts and integration of acquired companies into Informix environment and culture;
• increased stock overhang by 67 ;
• introduction of web-based tools for staffing and employee referrals, stock administration, annual benefits enrollment, and 401k administration;
• decentralization of recruiting and reduction of recruiting expenses by 50 ;
• reduction of worldwide HR budget by 30 through process reengineering, operating efficiencies and use of web-based tools.

• Attained practice management and revenue goals through delivery of HR consulting services to global corporations.
• Marketed and delivered compensation, benefits, and organizational change consulting services at the Board and Executive Committee levels.
• Developed The Bay Group s Strategic Sourcing service offering and wrote the diagnostic consultant guides and workplans.

• Client/account manager for larger clients ranging in size from 50,000 to 250,000 employees and 250,000 to 1,000,000 in annual consulting revenue.
• Provided project management and technical support for health & welfare, HR, compensation, and flex benefits issues.
• Led the effort to adapt U.S. flex benefits approach for international companies in Mexico.

• Marketed and delivered HR outsource services, HR reengineering, managed care, flexible benefits implementations, due diligence for merger/acquisition implementations, insurance company/TPA administrative claim reviews, and human resources strategic planning.
• Also consulted on compensation programs including base pay, salary administration, and executive incentive compensation programs.

• An entrepreneurial, start-up venture within AcrossAmerica Corporation to provide HR outsourcing services to major clients.
• One of the first four leaders for this skunk works venture.
• Developed and marketed flex compensation consulting and HR outsourcing admin services.
• Conducted product R&D, marketing, project management, and development of Total R systems.
• Defined client benefit management requirements for the development of multi-client flexResponsible for the development and launch of the business groups first revenue producing client service. administration software.
• Served as lead project manager for client full cafeteria plan implementations.

• Provided executive leadership to align HR strategies with business unit objectives and directed global HR function through managers of Benefits, Compensation, Employment, Employee Relations, Training, and local HR Managers.
• Also supervised Public Relations, Communications, and Marketing Services Departments.
• Launched a college relations program coordinating the presence of 30 branch offices on over 50 campuses nationwide.
• Guided organizational change activities to reorganize and consolidate field operations.
• Chaired Corporate Flexible Benefits Task Force. Chaired the Joint Industry Salary Survey Committee.
• Chaired merger and acquisition teams.

• Chaired merger and acquisition evaluation teams; managed due diligence reviews.
• Developed executive incentive compensation and pay-for-performance programs.
• Developed and managed point-factor and market pricing job evaluation systems. Developed new performance management system to align planning process with goal achievement and the training of managers in use of new system. Chaired industry salary survey committee.
• Chaired corporate flexible benefits task force and served as implementation project manager. Installed event-based benefits management system.
• X Managed vendor and consultant relationships and established performance guarantees with major service providers. Negotiated plan design and cost/rate issues with carriers.
• Revised employment testing program and introduced new, validated tests. Introduced company-wide job posting. Tripled employee referrals through use of web-based tools.
• Developed college recruiting program that trained and mentored branch managers to solidify relationships with more than 50 colleges and universities.
• Implemented union prevention seminar and directed the training of 800 managers. Successfully managed major OFCCP AA audits. Wrote AA plans. Directed disposition of all EEO cases nationwide; attended hearings and trials as necessary.
• Assessed the performance levels of the leading HR/benefits outsourcing vendor and developed market benchmarks for outsource fees and performance standards from the top six outsource vendors for a 50,000 employee global client. Managed two client evaluations of the feasibility of outsourcing their human resources, benefits management, and admin tasks.
• Conducted HR best practices reviews utilizing methodologies including 360o reviews, executive interviews, process flow analysis, employee surveys, and employee focus groups. Utilized results to streamline applicant flow and staffing controls and HR administration.
• Identified the requirements definition for a new payroll/HRIS platform and assisted with the reengineering of HR and Payroll departments; resulting in the creation of a shared services unit for an 8,000 employee client. Identified critical organizational change issues regarding employee empowerment to self-serve their administrative HR needs.
• Wrote The HayGroup s strategic sourcing workplans that support consultants efforts in evaluating the appropriate mix of insourcing and outsourcing HR services including staffing, benefits, and compensation admin services.
• Designed compensation and executive incentive arrangements for clients in banking, marketing management, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and healthcare sectors. Assisted large financial institution develop an executive nonqualified retirement strategy based on a low retirement income replacement ratio analysis.
• Evaluated the impact of postretirement medical programs and developed strategies to better manage retiree medical costs. Conducted over 30 medical claim reviews of the claims payment services provided by national insurance carriers and TPAs. Evaluated health and welfare benefit programs for market competitiveness and cost efficiency.
• Directed numerous flexible benefits implementations including plan design, pricing, employee communications, and evaluation of payroll and recordkeeping requirements. Developed effective healthcare cost containment strategies in an environment of rapid health reform.
• Conducted SHRM workshop training sessions for HR professionals seeking the SPHR professional designation; frequent speaker/leader on human resources strategic issues.