Experience

Saint Joseph's College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Associate Professor of Business

  • Sep 2014 - Present

  teach a variety of business courses including: Human Resources Management, Business Internship, and Senior Business Seminar. As director of the B.S.B.A, Human Resources major, I also teach five HR specialty courses including the SHRM-CP prep course for graduating seniors. SJC's HR program is aligned with SHRM's recommended guidelines for HR education. My research interests include teaching methods, virtual learning modalities, and student perceptions of instructional delivery. You can find links to my research team's body of work by visiting my google scholar profile at: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=8rxC50wAAAAJ Show less



The Granite Group

• United States
• Wholesale
• 300 - 400 Employee

• SVP, Human Resources

  • Jan 2003 - Jul 2014

  As a member of the Senior Management team provided Human Resources Leadership for this $175m, 400 person privately held plumbing and heating wholesaler. A summary of accomplishments includes: •Reduced worker’s compensation expense by $100,000 through effective safety training, communications and case management and reduced the mod rate from 1.35 to .99. •Designed, deployed and interpreted for Executive Management, the company’s first employee satisfaction survey in 2011. Outcomes included improving our inventory processes, adding additional training on our complex benefits and new employee communication mechanisms. •Created the hiring and selection process, trained managers on behavioral interviewing, developed job specific interview cheat sheets and introduced the Predictive Index survey improving management team’s ability to hire the right candidate. •Managed several cost cutting initiatives during the Great Recession to include 5 reductions in force and development of a multiple year furlough program resulting in over $2.5m in cost savings. •Designed and implemented the talent assessment process utilized to identify and monitor the company’s high potential employees targeted for accelerated on the job learning and external training. Created career paths to match employee aspirations and improve company bench strength. •Developed and managed the Sales and Management Trainee program resulting in the successful hiring and retention of talent over multiple years. Show less



ManagedOps.com (The Taylor Group)

• Bedford, NH

• Human Resources Director

  • Mar 1998 - Dec 2002

  My responsibilities at this privately held start-up, $15m, 200 person, software company included overseeing, planning and execution of all human resource functions. Select accomplishments include: •Refined recruitment and selection processes and implemented Targeted Selection® behavioral interviewing methodology and Predicative Index® behavioral assessment. •Executed the transition to a 360-degree feedback performance system to insure continuous team member performance and development. •Managed a recruitment team of 3 HR professionals tasked with sourcing, selection and hiring over 150 new employees upon the company’s receipt of 20m in venture capital. •Deployed annual employee satisfaction surveys and implemented actions based on results including the introduction of 360 feedback employee development process, adding a dental program and improving the 401k program with the addition of high performing robust variety of fund options. Show less



Concord Monitor

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Human Resources Manager

  • Jul 1995 - Mar 1998

  Responsible for managing all human resources functions for a newspaper facility of 160 employees. Areas of responsibility included: employee relations, safety administration, training, staffing, performance management, benefits administration, safety training, policy development, employee orientations and functions, compensation and 401(k) plan administration. Select accomplishments include: •Developed comprehensive employee and manager handbooks. •Created a Human Resources procedural guide. •Managed the company’s safety program and conducted safety training. •Expanded and refined the company’s internship program and recruiting sources. •Coordinated the company’s first manager and employee sexual harassment training program. • Developed MS Word and Excel training and delivered training to all editors and journalists. Show less