Lenovo

Executive Director, Talent and Organizational Development

Program design and implementation (VP top-talent program, front line manager skills) as well as geographic-specific OD interventions to drive global leadership capabilities.  Worked closely with multiple vendors, with Chinese colleagues, and with executive sponsors.  Action planning at enterprise level for annual employee survey results.  Project manager for high impact business restructuring.

American Standard Companies

Director, Global Learning & Development

Led enterprise-wide initiative to determine future strategic capability needs, then design company’s leadership architecture.  Implemented flagship Leadership Development Program, introduced success profiles at each management level, updated and focused executive coaching process, updated performance management and development planning tools and introduced to Europe-based business units.  Trained global HR professionals in Performance Consulting methodology.  Conducted global biennial Human Capital Capabilities Scorecard survey (correlates development activities to profitability).

Cisco

Director, Human Resources

Multiple roles at business unit level (generalist, and organizational development) and enterprise level (leadership and organizational development, broad talent management).

As Generalist, supported national and international sales and engineering organizations in a rapid-change, high-growth environment. Partnered with senior executives to build management team and to drive initiatives focused on executive and management recruiting, business and workforce planning, compensation and job leveling, management development, talent reviews and succession planning, and fostering Cisco culture.

Some of the talent management projects and assignments I led or co-led across Cisco include:

• Identified, reviewed, and developed top talent as part of worldwide leadership development team.
• Designed and implemented programs to accelerate the development of leadership skills; implemented programs in the U.S. and in Europe/Middle East/Africa. Consulted to the worldwide sales organization on specific talent management initiatives and solutions.
• Led virtual, global team that developed and delivered a single competency model and self-serve development tool for the global sales organization (9,000 employees) to increase alignment and provide career management.
• Led the on-boarding and integration of newly acquired employees into sales organization during nine acquisitions, working globally and at all levels of the organization.

I participated on several high-powered teams that developed and implemented:

• A new online performance management tool to increase alignment and participation in goal setting
• A group coaching approach to leverage peer coaching and multi-stage learning while managing costs

Deltanet

Human Resources & Corporate Services Leader

Led human resources function for a software development company of 525 employees, including recruitment, compensation and benefits, managerial training, HRIT, employee relations, safety programs, and payroll.

Schumaker & Company

Senior Consultant / Controller

Assessed human resource operations of large utility companies as part of an overall operations assessment, presenting results to senior management and regulators.