Experience

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  REMEDI8®

  • United States
  • Facilities Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • VP, HR & Compliance

    • Jan 2024 - Present

    Responsible for HR; recruiting; corporate compliance; property & casualty insurance; executive risk insurance; Federal, State and Local registrations, licenses and permits; construction license applications and management; and company safety program.

  • Compliance Officer

    • Aug 2022 - Feb 2024

    Remedi8 is the combination of Fire Door Solutions, Barrier Compliance Services service division and Prevent Life Safety Services. Responsible for corporate compliance; property & casualty insurance; executive risk insurance; Federal, State and Local registrations, licenses and permits; construction license applications and management; and company safety program.

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  Fire Door Solutions

  • Overland Park, Ks

  • Executive Vice President, Human Resources

    • Jan 2015 - Aug 2022
    • Overland Park, Ks

    Responsible for all aspects of Human Resources to include payroll, compliance, employee on-boarding, budgeting, training and benefits programs. Manage legal administration, project management, vendor relations, building administration, property & casualty program and corporate entity management.

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  Encore Hospitality Services

  • Overland Park, KS

  • Director of Administration

    • Jan 2010 - Jan 2015
    • Overland Park, KS

    Encore Hospitality Services is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Towne Park, the leading provider of valet parking and parking management services to hotels and hospitals nationwide. Encore specializes in providing union staffing for hotels, hospitals, event centers and commercial parking facilities.Daily involvement in all aspects of company operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll processing, compliance, human resources, employee onboarding, budgeting, training, marketing, client relations, labor relations, COBRA compliance, collective bargaining, EEO, legal administration, new site openings, IT, procurement, insurance sourcing/administration, vendor relations, vendor selection, multi-state operations and safety management.Manage, negotiate and ensure compliance with 8 Collective Bargaining Agreements, 10 payroll policies, 9 holiday policies, mulitple benefit plans and multiple pension plans.

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  Towne Park

  • Overland Park, KS

  • Director, Emerging Markets

    • Jan 2012 - Jan 2013
    • Overland Park, KS

    Towne Park is America’s premier provider of valet parking, parking management, and hospitality staffing services. Serving people is our passion. On behalf of our 400 plus clients, our 6500+ Associates welcome thousands of guests every day from coast to coast. Responsible for completion of special projects for the Healthcare Division, Healthcare Division Regional Office administration, Healthcare Division meeting/event coordination and local procurement.

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  Avascend Hospitality Services

  • Director of Human Resources & Risk Management/Director of Operations

    • Sep 1996 - Dec 2009

    Avascend was purchased by Towne Park in 2009.Selected as the company's first Director of Human Resources; responsible for formalizing the structure, staffing and responsibilities of the department.Exercised daily oversight of Human Resources, Recruiting, Risk Management, EEO, Casino Operations, Fleet Management, IT, Office Administration, Procurement and Legal Affairs. Responsible for administrative functions in support of over 1200 team members working at 120+ locations in 34 states. Served as the Director of Operations for 3 years; duties included daily oversight of existing accounts, managing the start up of new accounts and legal affairs to include risk management. During 8 years in Operations contributed to company's growth from 24 accounts to 120+ accounts.Hired as a line level associate and promoted to management within 2 months. Served as the company recruiter for the KC market; responsible for keeping 200+ line level service positions staffed on a daily basis.

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  US Army

  • Staff Sergeant, Military Police Corps

    • Mar 1984 - Jun 1996

    Assigned world wide enforcing Federal, State and Local laws. Military Working Dog (MWD) Handler who performed critical VIP security missions and Customs interdictions.• Selected by the Department of Defense (DoD) to manage MWDs providing security at the United Nations, for the President of the US, the Vice-President of the US and visiting foreign heads of state in conjunction with the Secret Service.• Selected by the DoD to manage MWDs providing US Customs interdiction services in TX and Puerto Rico.• Responsible for training and career growth of up to 16 soldiers. Key Accomplishments• Consistently rated in the top 10% of all personnel in pay grade.• Authored an on the job training manual for Military Working Dog Handlers that was adopted for use at 9 TRADOC military bases.• Named Honor Graduate for 3 military courses.• Decorated numerous times for exceptional performance of duties. • Coordinated and conducted over 80 public demonstrations per year for audiences of up to 5000 attendees.