Experience

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  Cuyahoga County

  • Cleveland, Ohio, United States

  • Director of Human Resources

    • Jun 2020 - Oct 2021
    • Cleveland, Ohio, United States

    Chief Human Resources Officer

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  University of California, Irvine

  • Irvine, California

  • Senior Director, Enterprise Workforce Relations

    • Dec 2017 - Apr 2020
    • Irvine, California

    •Lead the employee and labor relations function for the three University entities, the academic campus, Health Sciences and the UCI Medical Center, with a combined gross revenue of $3 Billion. Developed and implemented strategic plans, organizational goals & objectives, business initiatives, and supporting financial plans & budgets. Provides guidance on recent legal decisions impacting university personnel policy and collective bargaining agreements.•Chief negotiator for two local collective bargaining agreements.•Liaison with the University of California Office of the President, the Office of General Counsel, and campus and medical center counsel regarding employee and labor relations issues. Represent UCI at system-wide bargaining. Develop written communication to the campus and medical center community and employees regarding bargaining and changes to union contracts.•Implemented a new service delivery model as a best practice; Developed and implemented an employee/labor relations training program to ensure organizational consistency; and work with unions and business units on developing viable solutions for positive results.

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  Cleveland State University

  • Cleveland, Ohio

  • Associate Vice President, Human Resources/Chief Human Resources Officer

    • Sep 2012 - Dec 2017
    • Cleveland, Ohio

    •Lead the Human Resources Department for this major urban university. Developed and implemented a strategic Human Resources vision; aligned Human Resources goals with organization strategic objectives.•Instituted a strategic business process improvement program for the recruiting, hiring and on-boarding process, which has decreased the time to fill by 25%. •Developed a new compensation program; implemented a three-tier leadership development program; developed a new performance evaluation system and performance based merit pay plan.•Leading an organizational development, change management initiative focusing on supervisory accountability.•Chief Negotiator for five (5) collective bargaining agreements: AAUP General Faculty, AAUP Law College Faculty, SEIU Professional Employees, CWA Classified Employees, and Federation of Police.•Launched Employee Wellness program; reduced prospective employee benefit costs by $300,000.

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  KAISER PERMANENTE

  • Human Resources Leader

    • May 2007 - Dec 2012

    •Promoted to Human Resources Leader for the Fresno, California service area of the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States. Provide value added leadership, guidance, impact analysis, and HR solutions & support for corporate and medical center missions and strategic business objectives. •Created and promote integrated human resources services which are perceived as credible, proactive, innovative, strategic, responsive, and service oriented. Developed and implemented a facility Human Resources strategic plan that addresses short and long term goals for the department. •Focused employee engagement initiative involving represented and non-represented employees, physicians and managers. Led organization’s productivity initiative utilizing employee departmental work groups.•Provide leadership for all employee/labor relations issues. Lead initiative for labor/management partnership training. •Lead proactive programs in organizational and leadership development, and performance improvement education; •Led HR component of 2010 Joint Commission survey with no Human Resources findings. •Created an HR Advisory Committee to improve customer relations and transparency of HR operations. Increased internal customer service scores by 20%.

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  KAISER PERMANENTE HEALTH PLAN, INC. - Oakland, CA

  • Sr. Labor Relations Consultant

    • Jan 2006 - May 2007

    •Team Lead and negotiator for Behavioral Health Sciences and Clerical bargaining units, including forecasting analysis and development of management proposals, collective bargaining, and timely implementation of negotiated provisions. •Provided enterprise wide labor relations consulting to management and field labor relations personnel. Led major change initiatives impacting represented employees. Analyzed business unit needs; anticipated potential barriers; generated alternative strategies; provided long-term and broad views of labor implications of business decisions; planned, created and implemented strategies to attain goals. •Provided grievance case management to minimize liability and achieve appropriate outcomes

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  UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO

  • Labor Relations Advocate and Labor/Employee Relations Manager & University Advocate

    • Feb 2003 - Jan 2006

    •Successfully represented the University in labor arbitrations and HEERA administrative proceedings before PERB; Advised Labor/Employee Relations staff concerning the efficacy of proposed corrective actions; authorized corrective actions. •Chief negotiator for local Building Trades contract. Negotiated settlement agreements, local agreements and other labor-related contracts.•Collaborated with business partners in developing strategies to address complex labor relations issues affecting major organizational plans and projects. Developed and implemented labor relations training programs for managers and supervisors. •As Manager, directed the labor relations function for a staff of 8,000 employees in eleven collective bargaining units. Managed a staff of seven professional/technical employees providing consultation and advice in labor relations matters to client departments.

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  SERVICES FOR THE UNDERSERVED

  • Director of Human Resources

    • Jan 2002 - Sep 2002

    •Formulated and implemented human resources and labor relations policies and directed a staff of five for a multi-site, 1500-employee human services agency. •Chief negotiator for four collective bargaining agreements. •Reengineered HR systems resulting in annualized savings over $350K; Developed a managerial pay-for-performance plan; Developed HR web site to facilitate employee communication.

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  CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PHYSICIANS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER

  • Director of Employee Relations

    • Sep 2000 - Jun 2001

    •Primary responsibility for labor relations for a 2,000-employee, 450 bed, regional medical center including grievances, arbitration and administrative proceedings.•Negotiated Union agreements for competitive and cost effective wage rates; Improved labor/management relationship effectively reducing grievances 50%; Developed supervisory training programs..

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  LAW OFFICES OF JESSE S. DRUCKER

  • Private Law Practice

    • Jun 1992 - Sep 2000

    •Represented businesses and individuals in Federal, State and local courts in employment, contract, real estate, and other civil matters. Appeared in administrative proceedings and arbitration concerning labor/employment and civil matters. •Performed client development, intake and counseling. Negotiated employment contracts and severance agreements; commercial and residential real estate contracts; managed commercial leases; and negotiated business service agreements. Represented businesses before municipal agencies. Associated with the law firm of Bracken & Margolin (2000).•Consultant to small and mid-sized businesses for human resources and employee/labor relations issues.

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  SUNY HEALTH SCIENCES CNTR & UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

  • Manager, Labor Relations

    • Jun 1986 - Jun 1992

    •Established employee/labor relations function to support business units. •Directed the labor relations activities for 5,000 unionized faculty, non-teaching professionals and classified employees in six bargaining units. Advised deans, directors and administrators concerning labor relations, performance improvement and tenure issues.•Negotiated local labor agreements; •Developed labor relations, attendance control & supervisory training programs.