Keith Bogen, SPHR

Current

Human Resources Leader / Consultant at Various Companies
Chief Networking Officer at Whine & Dine Networking LLC

Past

Human Resources Project Consultant at Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Human Resources Project Management Consultant at NYFIX
Director of Human Resources - Consultant at TSYS

Human Resources Management Consultant at Savient Pharmaceuticals
Human Resources Project Consultant at Abbott Point of Care
Senior Human Resources Director - Consultant at TCS America
Director of Human Resources - Consultant at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
Director of Human Resources at ConferenceCallService
Human Resources Manager at LAN & Computer Integrators
Human Resources Manager at Toys R Us
Loss Control Analyst at City Federal Savings Bank

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Education

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick
Holmdel High School

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick

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Recommended

9 people have recommended Keith

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Human Resources

Websites

Keith Bogen, SPHR’s Summary

As a Business Professional with Human Capital Enrichment Management expertise, I have delivered HR Director, Manager and Consultant services to organizations of all sizes for the past 15 years. My networking groups and career development skills have also been of tremendous support to thousands across the United States and internationally and the circle of those for whom I make connections grows enormously each year.

Areas of expertise that have greatly benefitted companies and clients include:

Network Development
Change Management
Employee Relations
Talent Development
Process Improvement
Behavioral and Legal Analysis
Performance Management

I also have particular strengths in mergers & acquisitions, benefits, compensation, recruitment and career development.

My educational background includes dual Master's degrees in Human Resource Management and Labor & Industrial Relations, as well as certifications in Law and Six Sigma. I share my Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification with those my efforts support.

Speaking engagements include:
Garden State SHRM Conference 2009
National Association of African Americans in HR Conference 2009
Staffing Management Association of NJ 2009
Sussex-Warren SHRM Chapter 2009
Southern Connecticut SHRM 2009
Empowering Today's Professionals (ETP) 2009
Professional Services Group (PSG) Neptune 2009
Professional Services Group (PSG) Trenton 2009
Professional Services Group (PSG) Dover 2009
Professional Services Group (PSG) Lehigh Valley 2009
Central New Jersey SHRM In-Transition Group 2008
Princeton HRMA SHRM In-Transition Group 2008

Registered with National Marrow Donor Program
Registered with New York Blood Center Donor Program

Keith Bogen, SPHR’s Specialties:

Organizational development, change management, mergers and acquisitions, compensation and benefits, recruitment

Keith Bogen, SPHR’s Experience

Human Resources Leader / Consultant

Various Companies

(Human Resources industry)

June 2003 — Present (6 years 6 months)
Chief Networking Officer

Whine & Dine Networking LLC

(Human Resources industry)

March 2003 — Present (6 years 9 months)

* As Founder of the Whine & Dine Human Resources Networking Group, I am continually working with networking partners to enhance the availability and scope of networking support to the HR community.
* My Human Resources expertise allows organizations to easily and successfully grow or stabilize their businesses and individuals to augment their career development
* Extremely powerful communication skills help me to educate organizations and individuals as to the power and advantages of professional and social networking
* Public speaking at for-profit and non-profit organizations provides avenues to share educational and networking tools.
Human Resources Project Consultant

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

(Government Agency; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

February 2008 — June 2008 (5 months)

* Create communciations for benefits and compensation functions
* Facilitate survey activity for compensation studies
* Conducted extensive research on Affinity Groups
* Developed a consolidated calendaring system for HR
* Conducted extensive Alternative Work Arrangements research
Human Resources Project Management Consultant

NYFIX

(Public Company; NYFX; Financial Services industry)

February 2007 — January 2008 (1 year )

 Provide strategic guidance and project management support for Director of People Practices
 Identified third-party vendor and fully rolled out new web-based performance management system
 Built effective recruitment mechanism through certified partners in expanding European operations
 Review FLSA job categorizations and developed comprehensive job description portfolio
 Conduct needs analysis for research on vastly improved HRIS, payroll and recruitment systems
 Develop HR and administrative content for new Intranet and external corporate web sites
 Devised tracking system and pass-through mechanisms for employee/contractor headcount reporting
 Identified and transitioned to new benefit, background check and ethics/compliance hotline vendors
Director of Human Resources - Consultant

TSYS

(Public Company; TSS; Financial Services industry)

May 2006 — January 2007 (9 months)

 Lead and enhance HR function for post-acquisition affiliate corporate location and two satellite offices
 Manage transition to shared services practices for all payroll and benefits administration efforts
 Integrate policies and procedures of acquiring parent into day-to-day operations of affiliate locations
 Built process manual and employee manual to establish support infrastructure for entire organization
Human Resources Management Consultant

Savient Pharmaceuticals

(Pharmaceuticals industry)

January 2006 — May 2006 (5 months)

 Lead HR function for corporate facility and satellite sales offices in US and European subsidiary
 Identify company training and development needs; design/select in-house and outside programs
 Upgrade compensation policies; benchmark against salary surveys, manage compensation reviews
 Streamlined performance appraisal process and matched job descriptions with core competencies
Human Resources Project Consultant

Abbott Point of Care

(Public Company; Medical Devices industry)

March 2005 — December 2005 (10 months)

 Study process mechanisms and recommend / implement human resource process improvements
 Create portfolio of job descriptions and job family matrices for recruiting and succession planning
 Provide generalist support for field sales and service teams and marketing function in 24 locations
 Develop alternative recruitment and retention techniques to supplement field staff augmentation
Senior Human Resources Director - Consultant

TCS America

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

February 2004 — February 2005 (1 year 1 month)

 Lead HR for 7500 employees in North America, including domestic and deputed workforces, covering over 30 locations in US; direct employee relations and people integration for major acquisition events
 Create assimilation programs to on-board domestic new hires and deputed overseas talent
 Manage negotiation, vendor selection and open enrollment; premiums paid reduced 50%
 Devise recruiting function to complement outsourcing supply chain; reduced fees 80%-saved $4M
 Built campus relations with target universities to market organizational brand awareness
Director of Human Resources - Consultant

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

(Partnership; RB; Management Consulting industry)

June 2003 — February 2004 (9 months)

 Employee relations liaison for North America operations to global HR in Europe, Asia, South America
 Develop guidelines to initiate statutory compliance to EEOC, Title VII, FLSA and other requirements
 Manage mentoring & performance appraisal programs; semi-annual performance management system utilizing MBO measurements while creating promotional guidelines for multiple US locations
 Select/coordinate benefit, including health, life, AD&D, LTD, FSA/HRA, pension/401(k) carriers
Director of Human Resources

ConferenceCallService

(Telecommunications industry)

July 1999 — June 2003 (4 years )

 Managed employee relations, including interactions, investigations and incentives
 Directed disciplinary/counseling issues and terminations, completed documentation
 Led negotiations on all alternative dispute resolution issues and panel grievances
 Researched, negotiated and implemented entire benefits packages, maintaining yearly single-digit premium increases while more than doubling level of benefits over three years
 Conducted HRIS needs analysis, negotiated package and managed system installation
 Originated termination analysis and exit flow process to maintain turnover under projections
 Recruited exempt/non-exempt staff via Internet, open houses, job fairs, advertising, college searches
Human Resources Manager

LAN & Computer Integrators

(Human Resources industry)

July 1996 — June 1999 (3 years )

 Developed HR Plan, including mission statement, functional purpose, goals and critical challenges
 Formulated contract language for grievance guidelines and alternative dispute resolution agreements
 Created HR, Recruitment and Training functions for organization as start-up departments
 Initiated programs to support acquisition activity and associate integration across multiple locations
 Ensured reduction-in-force program requirements protected equity and all legal requirements
 Demonstrated major placement increase for Systems & Network engineers, Unix/NT/Novell, project managers, application developers, multi-language software engineers, LAN/WAN, Oracle DBA
 Built compensation systems while setting executive management policies and guidelines
 Directed immigration process to obtain visas and resident alien status, manage recruitment process
 Manage audit efforts to ensure compliance with OFCCP and EEOC standards
Human Resources Manager

Toys R Us

(Public Company; TOY; Retail industry)

May 1994 — June 1996 (2 years 2 months)

 Improved HR support functions and services as corporate liaison for field personnel
 Maintained regular distribution staff of 250, flexed to 550 during peak distribution season
 Led labor communications committee to identify and address union-mirror issues
 Trained and developed management staffs to prepare them for promotional opportunities
 Directed implementation of productivity improvement programs through floor leadership
 Led Safety Committee that reduced labor lost time accidents by 75% in distribution warehouse
Loss Control Analyst

City Federal Savings Bank

(Human Resources industry)

1986 — 1992 (6 years )

Keith Bogen, SPHR’s Education

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick

Master of Science , Human Resources Management , 1990 — 1993

GPA 3.8
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick

Master of Arts , Labor & Industrial Relations , 1990 — 1993

GPA 3.8
Holmdel High School
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick

Bachelor of Arts , Psychology

Significant studies in American History.

Additional Information

Keith Bogen, SPHR’s Websites:

Keith Bogen, SPHR’s Interests:

Whine & Dine Networking, Independent Networking

Keith Bogen, SPHR’s Groups:

Whine & Dine, Schegg Networking Group, Jerome Laday Networking Group, New Jersey Networkers, Awesome Mr. Ray Shows, Lee Hecht Harrison, Jersey Shore Transition HR Group, Independent Networking, HRMA of Princeton, HRPN National, ETP Network, Recruiters Networking Niche, Morris County NJ Chapter of SHRM