Ronald Crawford [LION]

Current

Director of Human Resources at Lyon County School District

Past

HR Director/Ass't General Counsel at Mission Industries
Chief Operations Officer at ShowMotion, Inc.

Education

Southern New England School of Law
Quinnipiac University - School of Business
Salve Regina University

Guilford High School

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Ronald Crawford [LION]’s Summary

Highly motivated and exceptionally competent Human Resources Director with more than ten years managing in challenging and diverse workplaces. Superior analytical skills combined with a solid educational background. Top level analytical skills enable quick problem solving. Executive quality communications skills clearly convey information to professionals at all levels.

Labor Relations
Successfully spearheaded several collective bargaining negotiations. Oversaw relations with six collective bargaining units. Built close relationships with the bargaining units without failing to meet the needs and goals of management. Administered grievance and arbitration procedures for over 3,500 employees. Reduced turn-over by 60%. Reduced workers compensation claims by more than $1,000,000 a year.

Analysis and Execution
Exceptional abilities to identify problem areas in communication, policy administration and employee relations. Through careful analysis many points of friction can be addressed and relations issues can be avoided. Finding what the issues are is only the beginning, without insightful implementation the problem is only addressed for the moment, not prevented in the future. The most obvious cause is, often, only a symptom.

Team Building through Diversity
Bringing people of diverse backgrounds together builds a team which performs better due to increased collective insight. Often, all diversity means to a company is that they need to avoid showing discrimination. By developing relationships with recruiters, employment agencies and universities in different geographic locations, we enlarge the pool of applicants and, by extension, the diversity therein. A diverse workforce builds a better workplace and a better world.

Ronald Crawford [LION]’s Specialties:

Labor Relations: Greivances, Negotiations, Arbitrations, Etc.
Employee Retention
Recruiting
Consulting
Executive Management
Organizational Development
Stategic Planning

Ronald Crawford [LION]’s Experience

Director of Human Resources

Lyon County School District

(Education Management industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

Overseeing the Human Resources needs for over 1,200 employees involved in the education of over 9,000 students.
HR Director/Ass't General Counsel

Mission Industries

(Textiles industry)

June 1998 — March 2008 (9 years 10 months)

Union Negotiation, Corporate Health and Safety Compliance. Heavily involved in collective bargaining agreements, labor relations, benefits, retention and grievance resolution. Specialized in creative alternatives and fostering long term cooperative relationships. Set corporate policies, handled organizational development, assisted in strategic planning, and reduced workers compensations costs by more than $1M/yr).
Chief Operations Officer

ShowMotion, Inc.

(Construction industry)

May 1997 — May 1998 (1 year 1 month)

Managed the departments of Human Resources, Legal, Finance, Production, and Marketing. Expanded the company’s operations, upgraded the facilities, and established set contract and employment agreements in order to create an environment of cohesion and stability thus maximizing retention.

Ronald Crawford [LION]’s Education

Southern New England School of Law

JD , Law , 1995 — 1997

Activities and Societies:

Positions Held: SBA President, Dean of DTP Law Fraternity, President of International Law Students Association, ILSA Moot Court Team Captain
Honors Received: Who’s Who of American Law Students, DTP Law Fraternity Awarded Outstanding Student Region 1, Francis J. Larkin Amicus Award, SNESL Student Service Award, Featured Student Commencement Speaker
Quinnipiac University - School of Business

MBA , Business , 1992 — 1994
Salve Regina University

BS , Management , 1987 — 1991
Guilford High School

1983 — 1986