John Morris

John Morris

Transformation Coach at Oregon Department of Human Services

Corvallis, Oregon Area

Current
Past
  • 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
Education
  • University of Nebraska at Omaha
  • University of Kansas
  • Wichita East High School
Connections
327 connections
Industry
Non-Profit Organization Management
Websites

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 2009Present (2 months)

  • Instructor

    Oregon State University

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    April 2009Present (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 2009June 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 1996February 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 1992February 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 1989September 1992 (3 years 9 months)

  • Director of Recruiting

    Pace Membership Warehouse

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

    January 1988January 1989 (1 year 1 month)

  • Manager of HR Planning

    Richman Gordman

    (Human Resources industry)

    19831988 (5 years)

  • Employment Manager

    Coca-Cola Bottling of Mid-America

    (Human Resources industry)

    19801983 (3 years)


John Morris’s Education

  • University of Nebraska at Omaha

    EMBA , International Business , 19901992

    Achieved degree while working full-time.

  • University of Kansas

    BS , Business Administration , 19761980

    Activities and Societies:
    Sigma Nu Fraternity (House Manager, 2 years)
  • Wichita East High School

    Diploma , College Preparatory , 19731976


Additional Information

John Morris’s Websites:

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

  •    HP Alumni
  •    Oregon State University Network
  •    Human Resources Professionals Worldwide
  •    HP Connections
  •    Training Professionals
  •    Mankind Project - New Warriors
  •    Jayhawk Nation
  •    Corvallis Professionals
  •    Powered by Orange - Oregon State University
  •    Hard Problem Solvers

John Morris’s Honors:

Senior Professional in Human Resources, lifetime.


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