Kris Thomas, PhD
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Yvonne Lee-Hawkins
Kris brings academic achievements, practical experience, and common sense to the most difficult situations in order to solve problems. He thinks outside of constraints to innovate. He encourages and inspires his teams, and leads by example. I would work for or with Kris again at any opportunity. He is a no-nonsense, calm, and humble leader with great judgement and guidance. Any leadership team is lucky to have him.
Tammy L. Rivera
Kris is a keen scholar who brings a decade and a half of human resource experience to our field. He is a diplomatic colleague, intentional scholar, and an expert practitioner.
Yvonne Lee-Hawkins
Kris brings academic achievements, practical experience, and common sense to the most difficult situations in order to solve problems. He thinks outside of constraints to innovate. He encourages and inspires his teams, and leads by example. I would work for or with Kris again at any opportunity. He is a no-nonsense, calm, and humble leader with great judgement and guidance. Any leadership team is lucky to have him.
Tammy L. Rivera
Kris is a keen scholar who brings a decade and a half of human resource experience to our field. He is a diplomatic colleague, intentional scholar, and an expert practitioner.
Yvonne Lee-Hawkins
Kris brings academic achievements, practical experience, and common sense to the most difficult situations in order to solve problems. He thinks outside of constraints to innovate. He encourages and inspires his teams, and leads by example. I would work for or with Kris again at any opportunity. He is a no-nonsense, calm, and humble leader with great judgement and guidance. Any leadership team is lucky to have him.
Tammy L. Rivera
Kris is a keen scholar who brings a decade and a half of human resource experience to our field. He is a diplomatic colleague, intentional scholar, and an expert practitioner.
Yvonne Lee-Hawkins
Kris brings academic achievements, practical experience, and common sense to the most difficult situations in order to solve problems. He thinks outside of constraints to innovate. He encourages and inspires his teams, and leads by example. I would work for or with Kris again at any opportunity. He is a no-nonsense, calm, and humble leader with great judgement and guidance. Any leadership team is lucky to have him.
Tammy L. Rivera
Kris is a keen scholar who brings a decade and a half of human resource experience to our field. He is a diplomatic colleague, intentional scholar, and an expert practitioner.
Experience
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LiveRamp
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United States
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Advertising Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Director, Talent Management
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May 2023 - Present
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Convoy Inc
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United States
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Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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500 - 600 Employee
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Director, Talent Management
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Oct 2021 - May 2023
- Lead the execution of Convoy’s talent cycle, including annual review and promotions; currently redesigning these programs as well as Convoy’s overall talent strategy. - Created and launched an executive talent review program to address succession planning and executive talent mobility. - Designed and launched a performance management program for all of Convoy; developed and led training for the new program. - Redesigned and led the relaunch of Convoy’s company-wide employee engagement survey; lead company-wide action planning resulting from survey. - Lead the workstream for Convoy’s hybrid work initiative/pandemic response; charged with drafting and recommending policy, gaining senior executive alignment, and communicating decisions to all of Convoy. Show less
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Amazon
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Global HR Leader
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Jul 2019 - Oct 2021
- Directed a global HRBP team supporting 26,000+ employees and contractors in 41 countries in Amazon's Product Assurance, Risk & Security (PARS) organization and Amazon’s Sustainability organization. - Directly supported three Vice Presidents and their leadership teams, serving as counsel for organizational and people-related concerns, particularly during annual financial and business planning processes. - Led semi-annual HR initiatives that drive talent evaluation, compensation, succession planning, and leadership development. - Reviewed and analyzed business unit data to identify trends and recommend solutions to improve performance, retention, and employee experience.- Led a reorganization of the PARS organization during which there were significant leadership changes and 343 technical employees were absorbed into the organization; partnered with Talent Acquisition to build a strategy for hiring an additional 123 technical employees (Software Developers and Data Scientists). Show less
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Principal - Leadership Development
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Jan 2018 - Jul 2019
- Designed, delivered and facilitated Leading at Amazon, an instructor-led learning experience for people managers that reached an audience of 694 managers in six months and achieved a net promoter score of 73. - Created and delivered leadership development programs for Amazon’s WorldWide Business Development, Advertising & Entertainment (BDAE) organization. - Designed and implemented a micro learning campaign that reached all of BDAE’s 12,000+ employees weekly.
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Sr. Manager - Global Talent Management
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Jun 2016 - Jan 2018
- Led the design, build out and launch of Amazon Promote, a proprietary enterprise-wide software product that launched for 40,000 people leaders responsible for the development of all 540,000 Amazonians (at the time) and now the promotion tool of record for all 1.6 million Amazonians. Met weekly with CHRO and the HR leadership team to provide program updates. - Single-threaded owner of the design, rollout, and execution of customized promotion programs for Amazon’s 53,000 technical employees. - Coordinated and led semi-annual meetings with Amazon’s most senior technical executives, including Steam members, to review senior technical promotions. Show less
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Sr. HR Lead
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Oct 2014 - Jun 2016
- Partnered with senior leadership of eCommerce Platform (eCP), a business line of 2,500 technical employees, to develop and execute the HR strategies and planning activities that drove organizational and people effectiveness.- Program managed the business line diversity and inclusion initiative; drove diversity recruitment, community engagement, data and research, training, and marketing of diversity efforts.
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MillerCoors
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United States
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Food and Beverage Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Leadership Development Manager
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Sep 2013 - Sep 2014
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U.S. Bank
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United States
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Sr. HR Manager
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Sep 2005 - Jun 2009
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U.S. Bank
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United States
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Human Resources Generalist
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Jan 2002 - Jul 2004
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Human Resources Generalist
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Jun 2000 - Dec 2001
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Cotelligent, Incorporated
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Greater Seattle Area
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Consulting Staff Manager
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Sep 1996 - Apr 2000
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Education
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Marquette University
MBA -
University of Wisconsin-Madison
BS, English, Secondary Education -
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
PhD, Human Resource Development (HRD)