Experience

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  Alpha Source, Inc.

  • Greater Milwaukee Area

  • Sr Vice President, Human Resources

    • Sep 2015 - Present
    • Greater Milwaukee Area
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  Patina Solutions

  • Greater Milwaukee Area

  • Patina Professional

    • Feb 2015 - Sep 2015
    • Greater Milwaukee Area

    As a member of Patina Solutions’ diverse portfolio of accomplished and specializedprofessionals -- all with a minimum of 25 years of experience -- I helporganizations achieve their goals by performing interim executive/manager roles, managing/executing important special projects, andproviding exp...

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  Anthem, Inc.

  • United States
  • Hospitals and Health Care
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Human Resources Director/Business Partner

    • Oct 2008 - Sep 2014

    Trusted business partner to senior executives within government business, finance, internal audit and compliance and procurement. Managed core talent management and total rewards processes in collaboration with leadership including workforce / resource planning, orientation and assimilation, leadership and associate development, performance management, talent retention, employee engagement and rewards and recognition. Advised business clients on organizational structure and team effectiveness.• Collaborated with 5 HR Centers of Excellence and business leaders to develop and align HR programs and services; organizations ranged from 50 to 2000 employees.• Minimized corporate exposure in handling of complex and highly sensitive employee relations, terminations, legal and compliance issues; provided trusted counsel to leaders and managers. • Led and implemented HR programs with emphasis on: succession planning; leadership, management, and associate development and deployment; identification of high potentials; the work environment and large scale transformations. • Partnered with Compensation on position design and pay leveling strategies to achieve career mobility, market competitiveness and internal equity.• Drove engagement through customized associate development program in response to employee feedback.• Ensured successful cultural assimilation into business unit for 700 new hires through the customization and execution of onboarding program. • Customized various Total Rewards offerings, job design, base salary pricing and incentive plan design to meet the specific needs of a government business unit.• Significant contributor to the ratification of two of three contracts prior to ontract expiration date through role as Corporate HR representative in collective bargaining. • Served as the business HR representative on acquisition assessment team; provided assessment of impact of M&A on employees and effect on future business.

  • Director, Human Resources (Government Business)

    • Jan 2006 - Sep 2008

    Led a virtual team of 12 HR managers and professionals who provided HR support to up to 3,800 FTEs across 18 states. Provided strategic HR leadership to senior executives and management teams in the government business units, to include succession planning, leadership and management selection, leadership, management and associate development, and large scale organizational transformation. Served as primary HR contact for all Medicare Services external and internal audits.• Led the reorganization from five separate legacy Medicare Services companies into a consolidated single entity, with smaller leadership, management, and individual contributor teams and retention of each legacy company’s top talent.• Achieved successful integration of more than 600 jobs into 200 new enterprise positions. • Achieved continuation of existing contracts by meeting audit requirements through the launch of business unit HR policies and procedures.

  • Director, Human Resources

    • Jan 2004 - Dec 2005

    Partnered with Wisconsin-based management and associates in talent management, succession planning, organizational design and team effectiveness, position design and pay leveling, and incentive plan design. Collaborated with management and associates to ensure understanding of, and compliance with, the new WellPoint policies, programs, and procedures as well as coordinate the transition from the Cobalt policies, programs, and procedures to those of WellPoint.• Invited to serve as member of the HR Policy Integration Team. The team reviewed all policies from both companies involved in merger of Anthem and WellPoint, surveyed client needs and wishes, and examined best practices to prepare recommendations for the new enterprise-wide HR policies for implementation in 2006.• Served as the HR representative of the workers’ compensation divestiture team.

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  Cobalt Corporation/Blue Cross & Blue Shield...

  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin

  • Director, Human Resources

    • Nov 1997 - Dec 2003
    • Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Led a team of 32 Human Resources and Payroll managers and individual contributors, with budget responsibilities of $3 million. Oversaw the Compensation, Benefits, Employment, Employee Relations, Leave of Absence, Payroll, Human Resource Training, Human Resource Information System, and Payroll fu...