Experience

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  T W Jenness Consulting and Coaching LLC

  • Huntington Bay, New York

  • Principal

    • Feb 2012 - Present
    • Huntington Bay, New York

    A full service HR Consulting firm, specializing in Executive Coaching. Serving the New York City and tri-state metropolitan area. Goal is "to help Organizations and their Talent reach their full potential".

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  SGCIB

  • France
  • Banking
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Managing Director - Head of Talent Management

    • Jan 2011 - Dec 2011

    Responsible for: identifying and assessing talent in the Americas; selecting those emerging leaders to attend the Bank's regional leadership development programs (like the CEO Club); managed the selection and oversight of the Executive Coaching assignments.

  • Managing Director - Senior HR Generalist

    • Jul 2004 - Dec 2010

    Managed staff of 4 HR Generalists covering all the Global Markets, the Structured Finance and Investment Banking divisions in the Americas (i.e., more than 800 staff) as well as the HR team itself. Activities included Recruiting, Performance Management, Compensation, Leadership Development, and Career Transitions.

  • Director - HR Generalist

    • Jun 1994 - Jun 2004

    Responsible for servicing the HR needs of constituencies ranging from Fixed Income to Investment Banking on the business side and from Information Technology to Operations on resources side. > Managed the merger/transition with Cowen and Company.> Established the Campus Recruiting function.

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  Prudential Bache Capital Funding

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Director of Training

    • Oct 1987 - Nov 1989
    • Greater New York City Area

    Designed and implemented new Investment Banking Associate program, where "final exam" was replaced with a real-life case for 4 trainee deal teams (each led by an MD and a Senior Associate) to pitch business solutions to a different Banking client. Designed and implemented Institutional Selling Skills and Product Knowledge training programs.

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  Citigroup

  • Vice President/Training Director for NAIB (North American Investment Bank)

    • 1983 - Oct 1987

    Responsible for training 2500 Capital Markets, Treasury and Investment Bankers in US.  Established and built Training Department, ultimately managing staff of 5 and $2 Million budget. Development Highlights: State-of-the-art computer-based Trading Simulation; Options Seminar (which led to 75% increase in business); Selling Skills/Negotiation Skills curricula; self-instructional Product Knowledge series.

  • Assistant Vice President/Training Manager

    • 1981 - 1983

    Responsible for all training in Investment Research, Marketing and Securities Operations. Developed Bank’s first computer-based training; Compliance (Chinese Wall) training and customized Supervisory/Management Development training.

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  Ebasco Services

  • Greater New York area

  • Manager of Human Resources Services

    • 1974 - 1981
    • Greater New York area

    > Responsible for marketing the Human Resources Department’s highly regarded Team Building, Training and Consulting services.> Directed year-long organizational diagnosis of entire company, in first-ever project of such size and complexity.