Casey H.

Experience

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  Petland Retail Stores

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2009

  Franchise President

  Established the initial organization for the franchise, which generated over $1M in sales during the first year of operation.  Founded a regional retail franchise that sells domestic pets, food, and accessories.  Directed all areas of operations, including human resources, payroll, purchasing, marketing, inventory control, logistics, information technology, and administrative services.

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  Sanford Orlando Kennel Club

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2011

  Human Resources Regional Sr. Manager

  Manage all HR, payroll, and benefits functions for this property of Penn National Gaming; consisting of over 115 personnel, including seven department heads and executives. Began as a part time payroll and benefits coordinator, was promoted and became responsible for all processes including: weekly payroll (processing and reconciling discrepancies), benefits/401(k) enrollment and administration, HRIS database administration, policy development, recruiting and hiring employees, training/orientation, and discipline/terminations. Show less

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  City of Winter Springs

  Aug 2011 - Jul 2023

  Oversee shared services which includes HR, payroll, benefits, leave, IT, marketing, and risk management. Manage and motivate a high-performing 10-person team and fifty related staff. Develop and implement organizational policies, long range plans, and gather feedback from stakeholders on all levels. Represent city for labor negotiations, claim settlements, and local and federal lawsuits. Monitor and audit systems to determine policies and processes are in compliance with city, state, and federal regulations. Conduct negotiations with insurance carriers for premium rates for coverage. Implement processes to organize departmental operations of recruitment, hiring, training, discipline, labor relations, negotiations, and termination of employees. Show less ● Implemented several new ERP and HRIS systems, redesigned and implemented new City Web page included self-service e-commerce portals for utilities, parks and building inspections, and employee experience.● Spearheaded completion of RFP process for over $700K in landscape services.● Successfully secured over $500K in savings by strategically negotiating health premium rates.● Organized and produced an average savings of $300K per year by revamping employee review process from anniversary-based to annual merit, which facilitated recognition and reward for employees based on merit.● Identified and resolved $80K compounding issue in city’s paid time off process.● Increased employee retention and reduced employee turnover by 11% after implementing personality assessments to identify potential knowledge gaps and right position for employees.● Created “best practice” human resource and strategic organization by updating a 20-year-old city personnel policy to make it compliant with current federal and state regulations.● Drove efficiencies with automating processes and reporting functions resulting in the elimination of redundancies, increasing accuracies / efficiencies, and decreasing time to complete goals. Show less

  • Director of HR & Shared Services (Deputy City Manager)

    Apr 2019 - Jul 2023

  • HR and Risk Manager

    Aug 2011 - Apr 2019
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  Tetra Tech

  Aug 2023 - now

  Director of HR and Talent Acquisition