John Morris

Current

Transformation Coach at Oregon Department of Human Services
Instructor at Oregon State University

Past

Technology Services Intern at Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments
Learning Program Manager at Hewlett-Packard Company
Sr Human Resource Consultant at Alliant Health System, Inc

Employee Relations Manager at Mutual of Omaha Insurance Companies
Director of Recruiting at Pace Membership Warehouse
Manager of HR Planning at Richman Gordman
Employment Manager at Coca-Cola Bottling of Mid-America

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Education

University of Nebraska at Omaha
University of Kansas
Wichita East High School

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Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

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John Morris’s Summary

In February 2009, John left a position with technology leader Hewlett-Packard where he worked for 13 years in the technical training function. At HP, John began by creating end-user training for an SAP project. Promoted to Engineer Training, John led entry-level and mastery-level training for thermal inkjet engineers designing inkjet printers. His last position as Learning Program Manager in HP's Center of Expertise for Technical Development -- gave him training responsibility for global supply chain, business process management, innovation, problem solving and decision making.

Now, he is embarking on a new adventure in state government. Calling upon his experience working with for-profit corporations, not-for-profit Boards of Directors and his personal thirst for learning and sharing, John starts June 15 as a Transformation Coach with the Oregon Department of Human Services. The following week he begins teaching two sections of Business Strategy for Oregon State University as adjunct professor.

John's background includes a broad range of experiences in Human Resources, working more than 28 years in high tech, health care, insurance, wholesale, retail and manufacturing. He has worked as an independent consultant and was educated as an MBA. He is active in his community promoting bicycle safety, arts and high school athletics. John is the proud father of two children -- Jessie who works in marketing for Microsoft and Scott who is currently traveling through the Mid-West on his motorcycle.

John Morris’s Specialties:

Project management, training, organization development, strategic planning, recruiting, competency development, employee relations, human resource planning, generalist and others. Experience with Supply Chain, Innovation (using TRIZ) and Problem Solving, Collaboration, Knowledge Management, Decision Management and Business Process Management.

John Morris’s Experience

Transformation Coach

Oregon Department of Human Services

(Government Administration industry)

June 2009 — Present (2 months)
Instructor

Oregon State University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

April 2009 — Present (4 months)

Teaching two sections of Business Strategy.
Technology Services Intern

Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

April 2009 — June 2009 (3 months)

Starting a second career learning about information technology from the ground floor.
Learning Program Manager

Hewlett-Packard Company

(Public Company; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 1996 — February 2009 (13 years 1 month)

• Leadership and Results. Manage portfolio teams in multiple training portfolios with 200+ learning solutions.
• Problem Solving. Led complex, multi-year program to consolidate courses resulting in estimated an $700M annual savings.
• Advanced Procurement Training. Collaborated in an enterprise-wide supply chain effort to reduce global annual spend by $2B.
• Business Process Management and Quality. Led development of web-based and virtual instructor-led training to align and improve global business processes.
• Training delivery innovation. Managed $1M budget and saved an estimated $12M annually using streaming video technology.
• IT project implementation. Led training development and deployment for enterprise-wide IT projects – SAP, Windchill, Goldfire, Robust Decisions and others.
• Collaboration Learning Lab. Co-led effort with colleagues, vendors and two Vice-President/GMs to create a collaborative work environment.
Sr Human Resource Consultant

Alliant Health System, Inc

(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Human Resources industry)

December 1992 — February 1996 (3 years 3 months)

• Total Performance Management program. Created and implemented an organization-wide, competency-based performance management system covering job analysis, selection, performance planning, evaluation and compensation for 8000 employees.
• Self-managed team program. Led a cross-functional team to create a nationally recognized program to replace the duties of supervisors through the work of team members resulting in improved results while reducing overall payroll expense.
Employee Relations Manager

Mutual of Omaha Insurance Companies

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Human Resources industry)

January 1989 — September 1992 (3 years 9 months)
Director of Recruiting

Pace Membership Warehouse

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

January 1988 — January 1989 (1 year 1 month)
Manager of HR Planning

Richman Gordman

(Human Resources industry)

1983 — 1988 (5 years)
Employment Manager

Coca-Cola Bottling of Mid-America

(Human Resources industry)

1980 — 1983 (3 years)

John Morris’s Education

University of Nebraska at Omaha

EMBA , International Business , 1990 — 1992

Achieved degree while working full-time.
University of Kansas

BS , Business Administration , 1976 — 1980

Activities and Societies:

Sigma Nu Fraternity (House Manager, 2 years)
Wichita East High School

Diploma , College Preparatory , 1973 — 1976

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John Morris’s Interests:

Family, learning, organizational development, consulting, self development, cycling, cross country skiing, snow shoeing, wine making, helping others

John Morris’s Groups:

Society of Human Resource Management, American Society of Training and Development., Corvallis Art Center, Masie Center Learning Consortium, Mankind Project