Experience

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  First merchants corporation

  May 1985 - Sept 1994

  Sr. human resources officer
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  Aimco

  Sept 1994 - May 1997

  Director of human resources

  As a result of the purchase of NHP by AIMCO, many HR functions were moved to our Indianapolis office. Responsible for staffing HR department to accommodate the merger transition and service employees in the Eastern United States. AIMCO has properties and offices nationwide with approximately 8000 employees.

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  Avis budget group

  Sept 1997 - Dec 1999

  Director of human resources

  Reported to the President, Served on Premier’s Executive Committee, administered the Human Resource function of this corporate division with 55 locations nationwide. • Directed the relocation of Premier headquarters from Cleveland, OH to Indianapolis, IN saving 200k annually.• Recruited and re-staffed 80% of the corporate office positions in a new marketplace, serving as move and facilities coordinator. • Integrated various human resource functions, policies and practices into BGI global structures to include key projects in benefits, salary administration, employee handbooks, worker’s compensation, and unemployment and recruitment efforts.Budget Car Sales ($700 million BGI subsidiary)• Partnered with VP of HR in guiding organization through downsizing, saving $2 million in labor costs annually.• Partnered with Director of Training to establish in-house management training program that addressed company capability needs in performance management, interviewing skills, and sales associate skills. Show less

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  Damar services, inc.

  Dec 1999 - Jul 2014

  Vice president, human resources

  Reported to the President. Served on Executive Committee providing input on strategic planning, budgeting and overall operations for the agency. Managed all HR functions.• Developed professional HR Department (7 team members) combining separate functions into an integrated and progressive unit with state-of the art HRIS technologies to accommodate future growth.• Managed HR Systems and recruiting processes to grow the organization from 230 employees to almost 500 in less than 5 years, 900 employees in 12 years.• Implemented a self-insured medical plan and enhanced the overall benefit program’s effectiveness through better contracts with providers. Well versed in Healthcare reform issues and ACA.• Improved overall process for managing employee relations issues, complaints, and conflicts resulting in a 98% success rate on legal challenges and EEOC complaints. Kept any settlement costs to a minimum.• Led interdisciplinary project team in selection of a new HRIS/payroll system to manage state licensing growth.• Implemented and automated a new recruitment processes to expand talent pool of candidates that allowed for rapid organizational growth and developed a pipeline of talent to maintain programming and service demands.• Established a staff development committee to address employment, policy and organizational matters to promote an engaged and productive workforce and culture.• Directed HR’s role in achieving Council on Accreditation (COA) certification through adoption of nationally recognized best practices and outcome tracking requirements.• Successfully managed recent budget reductions required by diminishing state funding through skillful staff reductions that maintained service and quality levels, by negotiating better vendor contracts.• Implemented more cost effective methods for archiving required records saving the organization over $50,000. Show less

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  Snyder hr consulting

  Oct 2014 - Sept 2020

  Hr consultant
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  At your school

  Aug 2015 - Feb 2020

  Director of human resources and professional development
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  Indiana university health

  Aug 2020 - now

  Senior benefits consultant