Dr. Steven Thomas

Experience

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  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2005

  Graduate Student
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  Lockheed Martin

  May 2005 - Apr 2011

  • Responsible for orchestrating, managing, designing, and leading large-scale strategic change in complex, dynamic organizations.• Responsible for designing, developing, executing, and assessing organizational design interventions. • Responsible for delivering strategic change consultation and processes, meeting design and facilitation, team effectiveness, and other organization development design interventions. • Responsible for executing all corporate driven talent management strategies and processes. • Responsible for leading all internal/external executive coach planning, development, and delivery.• Responsible for managing all internal/external executive coach processes as the Head/Senior Coach.• Responsible for managing staff of three to deliver talent management, strategic change/organization design, and executive coach processes. Show less • Responsible for case management/employee relations in support of clients.• Provide human resources consultation (i.e., policy interpretation/practice, positive discipline, performance management, career growth/enhancement) in support of management and employees.• Provide implementation oversight for TSS business unit performance management as the business entity representative. • Serve as talent management program manager for TSS related activities which contribute to IS&GS business area.• Able to manage multiple projects in conjunction with supporting business needs of customers. • Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, strong written and verbal communication skills. • Be proactive and responsive to business needs. Show less

  • Talent and Organization Development Manager

    May 2009 - Apr 2011

  • Human Resources Business Partner

    Jul 2008 - May 2009

  • Organization Development Consultant

    May 2005 - Jul 2008
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  Raytheon

  May 2011 - Oct 2011

  Talent Management, Manager

  • Serve as internal consultant to business areas and functional groups utilizing organizational assessment tools to align talent development needs with learning solutions. • Responsible for managing critical development and assessment leadership programs including succession planning, 360 leader assessment, mentoring, and HR Review to develop Raytheon’s talent pipeline. • Facilitate meetings to gain input from multiple perspectives, build engagement, and test deliverables for various solutions.• Supervise and develop a Talent Management specialist that supports various development programs.• Support the workforce planning process by identifying talent demands, analyzing internal talent supply, and developing manpower solutions in collaboration with HR partners and business leaders. Show less

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  RGS Inc

  Oct 2011 - Apr 2017

  Principal Consultant

  Responsible for providing project management and human capital management support for the Enterprise Talent Management Office, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). Steven designed and developed the enterprise mentoring framework for NAVSEA.Steven also leads organization integration for Enteprise Talent Management Office (ETMO) to better optimize and reduce redundancies for four Integration Business Operation Teams (IBOTs). He works with Senior Leadership to create Executive Development Plans. Steven also led the development of the RGS Human Capital Management (HCM) Line of Business (LOB) Strategy. Show less

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  Apogee Engineering, LLC

  Jul 2017 - Jul 2018

  Program Manager
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  Strayer University

  Jul 2018 - May 2020

  Adjunct Professor
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  LMI

  Oct 2018 - Jun 2019

  Talent Strategy and Organization Effectiveness Consultant
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  Lockheed Martin

  Jun 2019 - May 2021

  Sr. Manager, Human Resources Business Partner
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  PhRMA

  May 2021 - Apr 2023

  Sr. Director Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Talent Programs
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  Teva Pharmaceuticals

  Apr 2023 - Sept 2024

  Director of Diversity and Inclusion