Experience

Casino M8trix

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Human Resources Specialist

  • Jan 2022 - Present

• Human Resources Specialist

  • Jan 2022 - Present


OMNIVISION
• France
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Human Resources Generalist

  • Aug 2021 - Nov 2021


Lincoln Financial Group

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• On-site Leave of Absence Liaison Consultant

  • Jan 2020 - Apr 2021

  On-site Leave of Absence Liaison Consultant for Adobe in San Jose, CA. On-site Leave of Absence Liaison Consultant for Adobe in San Jose, CA.


Nikon Precision Inc.
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee
• Benefits Analyst Consultant

  • Jun 2019 - Jan 2020


Natera

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Benefits Administrator

  • Mar 2018 - Jun 2019

  Benefits Administration of Health & Welfare Plans, 401(k) Plan, and Workers' Comp Process. Working with Consultants/Advisers, Third Party Administrators for Health & Welfare Programs, Maintain Leave of Absence, Short Term Disability/Life Insurance, FSA/Commuter, HSA Accounts, COBRA and 401(k)programs. Maintain UltiPro HRIS system for benefits of New Hires, Life Event Changes, and LOA dates and accuracy. Benefits Administration of Health & Welfare Plans, 401(k) Plan, and Workers' Comp Process. Working with Consultants/Advisers, Third Party Administrators for Health & Welfare Programs, Maintain Leave of Absence, Short Term Disability/Life Insurance, FSA/Commuter, HSA Accounts, COBRA and 401(k)programs. Maintain UltiPro HRIS system for benefits of New Hires, Life Event Changes, and LOA dates and accuracy.



Momentum for Mental Health

• United States
• Medical Practices

• HR Administrator - Benefits Specialist

  • Oct 2015 - Mar 2018

  Benefits Specialist maintaining and improving benefits administration, providing support for all non-union and union employees. Managing benefit plans, LOA, ADA, ACA, COBRA and 403(b) retirement plan. Workers Compensation administrations, Safety Committee member and site Safety representative. Conduct New Hire Benefits Orientation, Exit Interviews, Provide topics for the weekly HR Newsletter Benefits section. Resolve Employee Issues, Update UltiPro Payroll system with new benefit deductions and status changes. Work with Third Party Administrators building strong working relationships. Show less



PMC-Sierra

• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Sr Benefits Analyst Contractor

  • Aug 2015 - Oct 2015

  •Temp Assignment to administer US Benefits, manager various projects i.e. 401k Educational Seminar, Onsite Flu Shots, 2016 Open Enrollment, Commuter Bay Area reporting, •Manage New Hire process, NH Benefits Orientation, Termination process, Workers’ Comp process •Work with Vendors, Canada Payroll partners and HR Business Partners •In-house LOA management, calculate STD payments coordinating with States SDI programs •Maintain LOA log and send out notification for status change to appropriate departments •Review Benefit documents finding inconsistencies and errors •Create Timelines for the projects, creating the communications and obtaining the approvals to meet the Company's process and the project deadlines. Assignment ended. Show less



Fortinet

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Sr. Benefits Specialist, Contract Assignment through Richmar Associates

  • Mar 2015 - Aug 2015

  Sr. Benefits Specialist at Fortinet Inc in Sunnyale, CA •Temp Assignment to manage and keep benefits processing smoothly during an employee’s LOA •Set-up contact with vendors, access to systems, training on the vendor websites & processes •Built better team work between departments such as HR and Payroll •New Hire Orientation Benefits presentation •Discovered addition cost free benefits available to employee through current benefit plans and requested promotional materials to update on internal website •401k Non-discrimination testing and 5500 filing process started, •401k Audited data file feeds & data process suggesting options to improve flow of information •Suggested process improvements to streamline HRIS system for their upgrade scheduled in May •Suggested audits to validate data within payroll and the HRIS system as well as with vendor systems Show less



Matrix Absence Management

• United States
• Insurance
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Claims Examiner

  • Apr 2014 - Nov 2014

  Job Summary: This position is accountable for the decision making process for determining eligibility under federal, state laws and client policy. Secure and analyze information to make and approve decisions on all short term disability, insured or self-insured, and/or statutory claims and their concurrent leave claims. Develop and apply appropriate claim and workflow management strategies, coordinating both disability and leave decisions while meeting timeliness regulations. Duties and Responsibilities: Determined eligibility under federal and state requirements for leaves submitted and client plan/policy. Responded to customer service issues within required timeframe. Pro-actively communicated decisions within Best Practice guidelines, consistently meeting Performance Guarantee requirements. Made determination to approve, deny or delay leave or reach out to additional resources for review, based on medical certification. Determined the duration associated with the leave and or disability based on the information given by the healthcare provider. Communicated approvals, denials, leave extensions, return to work plans and other important information regarding the leave to the employee and client. Managed leaves that are concurrent with Short Term Disability and Workers’ Compensation. Managed intermittent, continuous and client specific leaves of absences. Facilitated issue resolution and draw on expertise of internal partners as needed. Fully investigated all relevant issues, providers, payment or denials, promptly and in full compliance with departmental procedures and unfair claims practice and regulations. Managed self insured plans in accordance with clients plans and custom requirements Accurately and thoroughly documented claim filing actions and conversations Show less



Flextronics

• United States

• Benefits Administrator

  • Mar 2010 - Nov 2013

  Supported 10K US employees via the call center transitioning to Workday global HRIS. Responsible for COBRA , extensions for TAA/TRA participants. Developed training program on US Benefits for India Support team. Which later transfered to Gualajara Mexico and was again responsible for training on US health & welfare plans. Work with IT to resolve system issues with upgrades. Leaned & managed the SF Healthcare ordinance and annual reporting. Participant in the third Kaizen team for the Leave of Absence process focused on Return to Work and Personal Leave policy changes. The Kaizen Leave of Absence teams earned the Flextronics Company 2011 annual award for best cost cutting process implementation.Implementation in 2012 of Dependent Audit process. Trained and transitioned the Dependent Audit weekly reporting process to Chennai India team. Responsible for escalated issues and the appeals. October 2012 added duties of 401k Plan Administrator, overseeing the transition and funding process of 401k contributions process to Guadalajara, Mexico designated employees. The day to day 401k employee inquiries, of active and former employees, audit and reconcile discrepancies with 401k payroll records and accounts payable. Continued to train the two members in Mexico on resolving some of the payroll/accounts payable discrepancies. Audit weekly or monthly reports for the 401k plan with Mexico team. 2012 Annual audit, nondiscrimination testing and 5500 filing successfully completed. Support Benefits for Acquisitions, Expatriate benefits program and for Canada benefits backup. Travel to provide benefit enrollment support to acquisitions in Michigan, Minnesota, Texas and Arizona. Project lead for benefit enrollment of acquisition for Texas acquisition. Show less

• Lead Benefits Call Center Administrator

  • Apr 2009 - Apr 2010

  Contract assignment through Aerotek. Lead Benefits Administrator in the new inhouse Benefits Call Center working with a six person team.



Philips Lumileds Lighting Company, LLC

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Retirement Plan Consultant

  • Jul 2008 - Jan 2009

  Contract projects completed. 1.Amend the 2006 Form 5500 with the DOL and successfully reduced the penalty of $85K to $3K for the Company. 2.Managed and completed the 2007-2008 (15 month period), Retirement Plan's final Non-discrimination Testing, Form 5500 filing and the Independent Audit. 3.Completed and submitted to Agilent Technologies the final list of eligible Joint Venture employees entitled to the JV benefit agreements and provided and complied the compensation history needed for their pension calculation. Voluntarily gave support, counsel and recommendations to employees transitioning to their retirement benefits and COBRA benefits. Show less

• U.S. Benefits Program Manager

  • 2003 - May 2008

  Responsible for US Health & Welfare benefit programs, Retirement Plan, Employee Satisfacation, Open Enrollment Process, Annual Audits and Testing of Benefit & Retirement Plans for US. Leave of Absence Administrator, COBRA and FSA Administrator working with third party vendor ADP. Establish working relationship with insurance Broker/Consultant for negotiating premium renewals with providers. Analysis of Health & Welfare plans, implementing vendor and plan changes as needed. Communication to employees for all Benefit Plans, Programs, and events. Benefit Policy implementation and maintenance. HRIS coordinator to maintain employee data and modify payroll deduction codes for benefit changes when needed. Liason to Agilent Technologies & Philips North America for Lumileds Joint Venture eligible employees for Retiree Benefits. Publish the Company US Holiday 5 year calendar. Oversee billing reconcillation and New Hire Orientation Show less



Lumileds Lighting

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• HR Benefits Administrator

  • Mar 2001 - 2003

  Administer the various Health & Welfare Plans. Billing Reconcillation. New Hire Orientation and enrollment in benefit plan systems. Administer the Retirement Plan processing new hires, terminations, leave of absences, uploading playroll contributions, quarter Company contributions, woking with ERISA attorneys to amend plan, meet the GUST and EGTRRA changes. Liason to Agilent Technologies for eligible employees with Retiree Benefits. Coordinate transition to a new Payroll and HRIS provider, from ADP to Ceridian. Implementation of new Ceridian product for employee access to forms and information from any remote location called Employee Source Self-Service. Faciliate and research candidates to select Insurance Broker/Consultant for our Benefits Programs. Maintain employee data in all provider/carrier systems and in house records. Support Employee Relations issues as needed. Annual Open Enrollment event administration. Show less



Hewlett-Packard OptoElectronics Division, Components Group Human Resource Dept

• Administrative Assistant Human Resources

  • May 1998 - Feb 2001

  Supported two HR Relationship Managers for the OptoElectronics Division, Components Group and three individual contributors who worked remotely. Maintain division organizational code structure which rolled up to the corporate HP system. Maintain department calendar, coordinate off site HR meetings, assist with employee issues as first line contact for employees. Assisted with Coordination of a major reduction in force. Clerical support with memos, power point presentations, department calendar, coordination of schedules for monthly Division HR meetings on site and off site. Supported the creation and formation of the new Joint Venture Lumileds Lighting U.S., LLC working with consultants and upper management of Agilent Technologies. Show less



Hewlett-Packard OptoElectronics Division, Components Group

• Administrative Assistant in Marketing OED Division

  • 1996 - 1998

  Maintain Managers calendar as well as the group calendar, Managed/coordinated logistics and communications for the OED World Wide Annual Business Review Meetings, Coordinated travel arrangements for in house manager and group of 8 team members as well as visiting HP marketing personnel from world wide locations. Built relationships with the manufacturing facility in Malaysia and Taiwan to support team. Assisted in coordinating transition to two foreign managers into the US Marketing department. One manager was from Japan, the other was from Germany. Coordinated shipment of sample products to customers in US and overseas. Coordinate with other department for group meetings, product information and weekly schedules. Provided addtitional support to the 4 other teams in Marketing in preparing travel arrangements, presentation materials, documentation support, assist with sample shipments to customers scheduled internal meetings as well as customer meeting. Show less



Pacific Monolithics

• HR Generalist

  • 1994 - 1996

  Temporary Staffing, New Hire Orientation, Terminating contact employees, exit interviews, cafeteria/coffee coordinator, Party Planner and benefit invoice responsibilities.

• HR Generalist

  • 1994 - 1996