Experience

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  Texas Tech University System

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Vice Chancellor for Leader & Culture Development

    • Sep 2021 - Present

    I work with leaders across a highly collaborative system of the five universities that make up the Texas Tech University System. Together we are building a sustainable culture based on the unique values that define our remarkable students, faculty, staff, and administrators in each component organization. We integrate those values into our daily lives by following lessons in a field guide tailored to each university. Our people development programs emphasize our culture as we grow individuals' capability to excel and capacity to grow into positions of greater responsibility. We integrate our values-based culture into our hiring processes so we increase our chances of hiring the Ideal Team Player who will thrive in our environment. My role is to work with phenomenal people in these functional areas. It is a high honor.

  • Chief People Officer

    • Sep 2020 - Aug 2021

    I work with leaders at our four universities to design and integrate their desired culture based on the core values shared by their team members. We also work to design and implement people development programs at all levels of the organization to increase internal promotions, retention of high-performers who model the culture and avoid the Peter Principle.

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  Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

  • Lubbock, Amarillo, Abilene, Odessa, Midland and...

  • Chief People Officer

    • Jan 2018 - Aug 2021
    • Lubbock, Amarillo, Abilene, Odessa, Midland and...

    Responsible for 1) leading the team responsible for the human resources functions on all campuses to fully support the university's vision and mission; leading the organization-wide journey to establish a sustainable people-focused culture; and 3) designing and implementing a well-defined, qu...

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  UNT Health Science Center

  • Fort Worth, Texas

  • Chief People & Performance Officer, Executive Vice President

    • Nov 2015 - Jan 2018
    • Fort Worth, Texas

    Responsible for establishing a sustainable values-based culture with a focus on each team member having a professionally-trained performance coach. Responsible for establishing leadership programs for senior executives, mid-level managers, the new HSC Fellows Program, Student Leadership Academy a...

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  UNTHSC Leadership Institute

  • Fort Worth, Texas

  • Founder

    • Nov 2015 - Jan 2018
    • Fort Worth, Texas

    The University of North Texas Health Science Center Leadership Institute in Fort Worth creates and develops sustainable values-based solutions through leadership that empowers our clients to build strong, effective organizations. We accomplish this by engaging and listening to our clients to und...

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  University of North Texas

  • Ft. Worth

  • Chief People Officer

    • Sep 2013 - Nov 2015
    • Ft. Worth

    Responsible for leadership development and values alignment of 4,000 person team consisting of faculty, staff and students of a five-school multi-disciplinary health science center. Responsible to manage the programs that support people processes and development to include individual coaching and...

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  Hill Country Memorial Hospital

  • Fredericksburg, Texas

  • Chief Operating Officer

    • Aug 2010 - Sep 2013
    • Fredericksburg, Texas

    A not-for-profit community hospital providing remarkable care for family, friends and neighbors in an eight-county rural area in central Texas and having the vision to be the best community hospital anywhere. While at HCM, he worked with a diverse team to develop and implement a values-based cu...

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  Cameron-Brooks, Inc.

  • Recruiter

    • Aug 1997 - Aug 2010

    Traveled to military bases throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia to select junior military officers for a competitive leadership devlopment program in preparation for transition to careers in corporate America. Conducted hundreds of interviews each year. Delivered more than 1500 two-hour informat...

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  Cozymel's division of Brinker International

  • General Manager

    • Jun 1995 - Aug 1997

    Worked with a phenomenal, energetic, diverse team of 150 people to open Memphis' largest restaurant in 1995. Cozymel's was the newest concept - a coastal Mexican grill - from Brinker International and the result of a partnership with restauranteur Phil Romano.

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  Pepsico--KFC Management Corp.

  • Area Manager

    • Jun 1991 - Jun 1995

    Led team of 44 salaried managers and 536 hourly employees in the largest market in the U.S. consisting of 23 restaurants.

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  US Army

  • Worldwide assignments

  • Infantry Officer

    • May 1980 - Jun 1991
    • Worldwide assignments

    Served in variety of officer leadership assignments in mechanized and airborne ranger infantry units conducting operations in the continental U.S., Europe, and Central America.