Experience

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  LAK Group

  • Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States

  • CONSULTANT | Outplacement | Career Transition | Coaching

    • 2004 - 2019
    • Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States

    I have been a partner to hundreds of individual clients, coaching them through transitions: to a new job, to entrepreneurship, to portfolio careers, to volunteer service, or to a rewarding retirement. Working with clients ranging from tile layers to inventors, from manufacturing to national security, from entry level to the C-Suite has given me an understanding and appreciation for the diversity of the world of work.

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  JPMorgan Chase & Co.

  • REGIONAL MANAGER | Staffing | HR Generalist | Employee Relations | Benefits | Compensation

    • 1988 - 2003

    REGIONAL MANAGER / HR BUSINESS PARTNER and TALENT ACQUISITION1997 to 2003HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER 1996 to 1997 BENEFIT/COMPENSATION/HRIS/PAYROLL MANAGER 1988 to 1996Led conversion and termination of benefit plans following Bank One acquisition of Wisconsin based Marine Corporation, added Payroll and HRIS responsibility, took the lead on integrating acquisitions, and led the compensation function. I consolidated HR functions for 15 Wisconsin banks, developing and implementing a consulting/business partner model. I continued to lead that function and added staffing for Wisconsin and an Illinois credit card call center with combined hiring of 2,500 people per year. On the corporate level, I piloted and proved concept for outsourced benefit administration, worked to design specifications and select a new HRIS, managed immigration, and provided recruiting perspective to corporate EEO policy team.

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  EY

  • CONSULTANT | Compensation | Organization Analysis | Staffing

    • 1987 - 1988

    Executed engagements for Human Resource consulting services and maintaining client relationships. Engagements included compensation, recruiting and organizational analysis/design projects. Highlights include automating compensation budget modelling and job evaluation and writing a classification standard for 5,000 employees.

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  Payco American Corporation

  • COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS MANAGER | Employee Relations and Policy | Communications | HRIS

    • 1981 - 1987

    Joined an HR startup function. I had responsibility for compensation, benefits, and HRIS and scaling those functions as the company doubled in size in 5 years. Highlights include writing an HR policy manual, a new performance appraisal process, producing an employee handbook, creating a PTO program, devising a skill based pay program, creating Affirmative Action plans under the pressure of scheduled audits and supporting defeat of a union organizing campaign.

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  Various Positions

  • Previous Experience

    • 1977 - 1981

    Held positions as Budget Intern with the Michigan Bureau of Employment and Training, Economics Teaching Assistant with Michigan State University, and Warehouse Material Handler with The West Bend Company.