Experience

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  State of texas

  Mar 1993 - Jul 1995

  Human resources services regional director

  STATE OF TEXAS, Arlington, Texas. 1992 to 1995 Texas Department of Human Services, Human Resource Services Regional Director, June, 1994 to July, 1995 and Human Resource Services Officer, August, 1992 to February, 1993.Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, Human Resources Management Director, January, 1994 to June, 1994 and Regional Personnel Specialist, March, 1993 to December, 1993Rose quick through the levels of management to become responsible for the development and operation of human resources management programs for a regional state agency having over 2500 employees with a complex organizational structure and extensive field operations. Involved developing methods and installing procedures for executing human resources policies and supervising human resources operations including: employee relations, recruitment/selection of personnel, job classification, payroll and benefits administration. Responsibilities also included directing and developing of human resource staff consisting of 29 professional, technical and support staff to ensure the effectiveness of human resources programs. Show less

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  City of arlington

  Jul 1995 - Mar 2003

  Human resources manager

  Responsible for directing and monitoring the development and operation of a broad spectrum of human resources functions including: employee relations, employee development and training, compensation, testing/selection, recruitment of personnel, workers compensation, benefits, policy development and other related human resources programs for over 2500 employees. Responsibilities also involved the supervision and development of professional, technical and support staff. Accomplishments/ experience: creation of an award winning series communicating employee benefits; introduced an integrated disability management (IDM) program for workers’ compensation to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the program and productivity of the workforce; restructured organization’s personnel policy manual into a more employee friendly format; facilitated introduction and implementation of Discipline Without Punishment strategy into discipline process; developed and implemented organizational pay practices to ensure the organization’s competitiveness in a number of labor market environments including skill-based pay plans; facilitated department consultant model paradigm shift to improve service to employees and management; and initiated a number of outsourcing processes to improve service and reduce costs. Show less

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  City of farmers branch

  Mar 2003 - Apr 2007

  Human resources director

  Responsible for all areas of Human Resources and Risk Management functions of the City including: employee relations, compensation, organizational development and training, benefits, policy development, and workers’ compensation. Accomplishments/ experience: drafting a comprehensive employee policy manual; redesigning the health plan and introduced a strong wellness program to address the City’s cost for employee healthcare that maintained a zero trend for 5 years; developing and introducing changes to reduce liability of retiree health; negotiating improvement to the City’s 457 Deferred Compensation Plan that lowered plan costs and improved quality of investment offerings; introducing the use of positive discipline; directing the automation of the benefits enrollment process; and developing and introducing on-line training to facilitate compliance and reduce training costs. Show less

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  Cigna healthcare

  Apr 2007 - Mar 2011

  Regional vice president - government and education segment

  Responsible for leading the build of the government and education book of business in the Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma region. Accomplishments/experience: built contacts with elected officials and staff members of governmental entities; identified and evaluated prospects; assisted in identifying strategies for proposals to address health care needs of the governmental entity; served as liaison between local offices and lobbyists; identified, screened and developed minority business firms for inclusion in proposals; determined and executed local marketing strategy; identified market trends and requirements; improved market awareness of CIGNA as an alternative health care provider; met sales goals for 2008 – 2010. Show less

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  City of mesquite

  Apr 2011 - Jan 2014

  Director of human resources

  Responsible for all areas of Human Resources and Risk Management functions of the City including: employee relations, compensation, organizational development and training, benefits, policy development, civil service and workers’ compensation. Accomplishments/experience: Lowering cost of health plan by improving transparency that lead to a negative trend over a twenty-four month period; improved wellness program results that included a 50% reduction in tobacco use, installation of a fitness program and steerage of specialist referrals to high value providers; implemented updated automated applicant tracking and digitized personnel file systems to reduce transactional workload and increase compliance. Show less

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  City of fort worth

  Jan 2014 - Sept 2020

  Director of human resources

  Responsible for making independent decisions related to planning, leading, and managing all aspects of the Human Resources and Risk Management functions of the country’s 13th largest and fast growing city in the US, including: employee relations, compensation, benefits, policy development, civil service, workers' compensation, property and liability structure and coverage, Human Resources Information System. Accomplishments/experience: Lowered health plan costs by introducing numerous programs that improved member health and quality of care that resulted in a negative prescription and medical trend since 2017. Restructured compensation and rewards structure to drive organization’s move to pay for performance. Lead major update of personnel rules and regulations. Restructured workers’ compensation program to provide better quality of care, with improved outcomes, that returned injured employees to work faster and resulted in lower costs. Lowered property and casualty costs through layering of coverage and better management of claims. Implemented new recruitment model and applicant tracking system to improve depth and breath of talent in the organization that resulted in reduced time to fill positions, number of applications and quality of candidates. Designated "Best Place for Working Parents" in 2020. Show less

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  City of lubbock

  Apr 2023 - Nov 2023

  Interim director of human resources

  Full-time, on-site interim position to lead all aspects of the Human Resources function, including: employee relations, compensation, benefits, policy development and civil service. Accomplishments/experience: Implemented several new options for health plan participants to address gaps in care while lowering health plan pharmacy costs by 15% and reducing costs of specialty drugs to participants. Analyzed current compensation plans and initiated strategy to address structural issues. Introduced changes to recruitment function to strength results in the areas of time to fill, facilitate expansion of applicant pools and increasing accountability for results. Led major update of personnel policy manual that included introduction of alternative work schedules, improvements to leave and hiring pay flexibility and streamlined disciplinary process. Shaped Generalist model to improve skill level of staff and provide career path. Show less