Full-Package HR Leader

4/2004 - 1/2009

Old World Industries, Inc.

Director / VP

• Manage staff responsible for Human Resources, Corporate Payroll, Recruiting, Corporate Travel and Building Management. Also responsible for division manufacturing at Madras Packaging and Bare Fruit LLC with 3 HR Managers. Hands-on responsibility for employment law, employee relations, organization strategy, policy, handbook, affirmative action development, recruiting, compensation, benefits administration, 401(k) administration and payroll.

1/1994 - 11/2002

MacLean-Fogg Company

Director / VP

• • Managed staff of 4 responsible for full range HR, General Administration, Health, Safety and Building Security for 2 plants (Mundelein & Richmond, IL). Successfully re-engineered “administrative” HR function into professional “strategic” HR function.

9/1992 - 1/1994

Greenleaf Human Resource Consultants

Contractor / Freelance

• Worked as a professional recruiter at - Northrop, Vasquez Management Consultants EAP, and Wonderlic • Northrop – personally delivered a national search and the placement of 90 SW programmers over a 9 month period. • Vasquez Management Consultants EAP – recruited and hired over 25 employee assistance program counselors at US Post Office location in eight states. • Wonderlic – developed a phone based application called “Phone Ap” with Charlie Wonderlic; the product launched successfully and is still in use today.

9/1991 - 9/1992

Yaskawa Electric America

Manager

• Human Resources Manager IMMIGRATION – Managed relocation of 15 expatriates from Japan. POLICY DEVELOPMENT – Developed training, employee discipline, job posting, drug/alcohol abuse and sexual harassment policies. LABOR LAW - taught sexual harassment classes and successfully defended firm in a sexual harassment claim before Department of Human Rights. TRAINING – Established supervisory training and development program, conducted classes and led monthly roundtable discussions on HR related topics. HRIS – Developed and implemented Spectrum 1200 Human Resource Information System.

9/1973 - 7/1991

Liquid Controls Corporation

Manager

• Human Resources Manager LABOR RELATIONS – Co-negotiated union agreements with United Steelworkers and helped settle our only strike with a package less costly than the original intended proposal. BENEFITS – Saved $250,000 over three years by developing healthcare programs to flatten health care costs during era they rose 20% annually nationwide. SAFETY & OSHA – Reduced lost time accidents by 80% with workstation improvements and aggressive safety training; successfully passed OSHA audit; reduced workers compensation premiums by $35,000 year. COMPENSATION – Led employee/management team that replaced a 75-classification seniority based wage system with a 6-classification performance based system; improved company wage administration and has been as a model in other Steelworker shops.

1993

Master Degree

Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

• Business Administration

1973

Bachelor Degree

Northern Illinois University

• Personnel Administration