T.Reed Gary

Current

Vice President at Pyramid ODI (www.pyramidodi.com)
Talent Acquisition (Consultant) at Gary Associates, Inc.

Past

Talent Acquisition (contractor) at Microsoft Corporation
Talent Acquisition (Consultant) to Sun Microsystems at Hewitt Associates, LLC
National Employment Programs Manager at MCI

Human Resources Manager at Unisys
Employment Representative at University Hospital
Systems Engineer Trainee at EDS

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Education

Clemson University

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T.Reed Gary’s Summary

Pyramid is a unique organization development support company.

We tailor solutions in change management; performance improvement; and, talent acquisition within international; national; and, niche market clients.

Our uniqueness is the combination of "hard" and "soft" talent in leading edge approaches. Our professionals coach from experience.

Pyramid ODI highlights:
* A record of achieving rapid change and often unexpected results in large, multi-cultural, distributed organisations.

* A perfect 5.0 rating from independent agency for overall customer satisfaction, proficiency and responsiveness.

* Global support for the roll out of lean manufacturing implementation for a pharma services company.

* Assisting a chemical company to achieve a 20-40% improvements in productivity in multiple locations and types of work environments -- and improving employee relationships at the same time.

* Development of a new competency assessment engine that dramatically reduces the time, costs and reliability of competency testing.

* Multi-cultural experience, doing business in Europe, North Africa, Asia, Middle East, North and South America.

* Talent acquisition for multinational sales & marketing; lean manufacturing; enterprise software engineering; internet centric; and, financial clients.

T.Reed Gary’s Specialties:

Cultural adaptation of corporate projects
Organization design for high performance (Self managed teams, Virtual Work, Lean, customer-organization interfaces)
New plant launch

Coaching for performance improvement
Custom Assessments
Competency testing
Personality and behavior feedback

Collaboration and employee engagement
Strategic plan development
Facilitation of critical decision making events
Facilitator Development

T.Reed Gary’s Experience

Vice President

Pyramid ODI (www.pyramidodi.com)

(Privately Held; Human Resources industry)

September 2009 — Present (7 months)

The Pyramid Group (www.pyramidodi.com), is an international Organization Development (OD) group with strong competencies in the design and development of high performance organizations. Pyramid ODI pioneers the use of large-scale “fast cycle” design techniques + organization redesign, team development and chartering, and building collaborative work systems + specializes in helping leaders adapt their behaviors to promote collaboration and empowerment + strong problem-solving skills to complex and difficult organizational change issues.
Talent Acquisition (Consultant)

Gary Associates, Inc.

(Human Resources industry)

June 1995 — Present (14 years 10 months)

• inactive SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE
• International & National experience

* Talent Acquisition: Sourcing; Candidate Development; and, Full Life Cycle recruiting
* Cold-calling "hunter" engaging, developing, & screening talent @ targeted global; national; and, niche employers
* Develop passive prospects from a name on a list into a screened candidate with an updated resume
* Increase % offers accepted via pre-closing
* Strategic thinker with solid interpersonal and communication skills
* Partner with leadership to ensure alignment to business objectives
* Analyze skill gaps and deliver customized organizational development training
* Employee Relations; Labor & Union relations; & respond to union organizing
* Employee orientations
* Manage external search, contingency and research vendors; academic institutions; and, industry groups
* PhD; MS; and BS College Recruiting
* Develop diversity recruitment
* Experienced in compensation salary structures + acknowledged by VP of Comp as having exceptional competency of comp theory and, guidelines
* Demonstrated HR experience in:
(1)ENGINEERING - PhD , MS, & BS electrical & mechanical; software development & enterprise solutions; and, telecommunications
(2)US GOVERNMENT / PUBLIC SECTOR - military systems & enterprise solutions subject matter experts
(3)MARKETING - market research; product marketing; brand marketing; public & analyst relations; channel & partner marketing; SEO/SEM marketing; social media; etc.
(4)SALES - large accounts; quota bearing sales; and, business development

List of Gary Associates Clients: [1] Pyramid ODI; [2] Jackson Healthcare; [3] Capital City Technologies; [4] Futurestep/Korn-Ferry - recruiting RPO;[5] Microsoft; [6] AG Research; [7] Accenture; [8] Motorola; [9] MCI; [10] Unisys; [11] Home Depot (IT Dept); [12] Internap; [13] Blue Martini Software; [14] Conduit Software; [15] Panasonic.
Talent Acquisition (contractor)

Microsoft Corporation

(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

February 2006 — September 2008 (2 years 8 months)

* Acquired & engaged communications with targeted talent @ select international; national; and, niche employers(Google; Yahoo; AOL; Symantec; Disney; WebEx; eBay; IBM; Oracle; Siebel; HP; Adobe; Intuit; DoubleClick; Nintendo; BMC Software; Marvell; Novell; Corel; Intel; Iron Lore; PayPall; Amazon.com;Lockheed; Plaxo; Bridgestream; Cicco; VMWare; Expedia; SAP; BEA Systems; EDS)
* Served as cold-calling "hunter" engaging 2700+ passive prospects in 32 months + screening and/or developing appropriate prospects into active candidates with updated resumes who are open to exploratory discussions with Microsoft hiring managers.
* Strategic thinker with outstanding interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
* Depth & breadth of Talent Acquisition experience in:
(1) MARKETING - Market Research; Product management; product marketing; brand marketing; public & analyst relations; event marketing; channel marketing; partner marketing; campaign insights & customer insights; Digital marketing; online advertising; SEO/SEM marketing; social media; & rich media; Marketing applications, tools & processes
(2) ENGINEERING - software development engineers; software test engineers; enterprise solutions SMEs; UX SMEs
(3) US GOVERNMENT / PUBLIC SECTOR - business development & subject matter experts
(4) SALES - business development & territory sales reps
Talent Acquisition (Consultant) to Sun Microsystems

Hewitt Associates, LLC

(Public Company; HEW; Human Resources industry)

January 2005 — February 2006 (1 year 2 months)

* Served on HR team supporting national RPO Recruiting project for SUN Microsystems
* Personally filled 81 openings in a 9 month period
* Selected to recruit PhD scientists for SUN Micosystems' Chief Technology Officer R&D laboratories
* Analyzed technical skills required; created appropriate sourcing activities generating adequate volumes of quality candidates
* A cold-calling "hunter" responsible for identifying & engaging passive pools of talent + screening
* Developing appropriate prospects into active candidates with updated resumes and open to exploratory discussions with SUN's leadership
*Sourced & recruited Java developemnt engineers; Java test engineers; territory & Public Sector Sales
*Crafted customized Interviewing training towards the organizational development of engineering managers
*worked very closely with Compensation & HR @ SUN Microsystems to craft & execute job offers within appropriate compensation management criteria and guidelines
* Depth & breadth of HR experience in:
(1) SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; JAVA software development & test engineers; PhD, MS, BS engineers
(2) US GOVERNMENT / PUBLIC SECTOR; business development; technologists; and, quota bearing sales
National Employment Programs Manager

MCI

(Public Company; MCIP; Telecommunications industry)

January 1989 — June 1995 (6 years 6 months)

* Ongoing knowledge of business objectives & metrics for each MCI group supported
* Responded to HR risks as they surfaced + provided counsel to the offices of General Counsel & cognizant Executive leadership
* Present cyclical status briefings and recommendations on the state of EEO; affirmative action goals; employee concerns; and other HR issues
* Responsible for employee relations for approx 400 employees + employees’ transition to a new payroll & benefits system following corporate M&A
* Strategic thinker with outstanding interpersonal, oral and written communication & presentation / training skills
* Development & implementation of programs that promote & maintain compliance with laws
* Crafted & delivered training towards organizational development
* HR point of contact for state and federal agencies
* Conducted fact finding investigation of all employee grievances, sexual harassment & EEO charges
* Managed employee corrective action; performance improvement plans; and, disciplinary actions & terminations
* Conducted salary planning & salary transactions utilizing compensation
"best practices"
* Personally recruited approximately 500 exempt professionals in 6 years
* Depth & breadth of HR experience in:
(1) SALES - LARGE (national & regional) account sales; territory sales for metro areas; Channel; alliance; and, strategic partner sales; Customer Service & sales support professionals
(2) TECHNOLOGISTS - Scientists; electronic Engineers; software & IT; telecommunications subject matter experts
(3) MARKETING - competitive analysis; product marketing; brand marketing; public; media; and, analyst relations; vertical; channel; and, partner marketing; sales incentive programs; special pricing programs; etc.
Human Resources Manager

Unisys

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

May 1979 — January 1989 (9 years 9 months)

* Employee Relations generalist to employees focused on DoD & Homeland Security IT solutions
* Without an error, transitioned 500 employees from 4 disparate payrolls + 3 disparate benefits systems to unique payroll & benefits system
* Developed outstanding interpersonal, oral and written communication & presentation / training skills
* Analyzed skills inventories; crafted organizational development & training
* Conducted salary planning & cost projections
* Investigated employee grievances, sexual harassment & EEO charges
* Managed employee corrective action, performance improvement plans, terminations & disciplinary actions
* Managed employee morale during 3 lay-offs of personnel
* Worked very closely w/ Compensation Dept on salary planning; cost projections; and, executing salary transactions utilizing "best practices"
* Responsible for ~120 international expatriates and repatriates in EMEA & APAC
* Labor / Union Relations in NY + responded to organizing activities in VA & maintained a nonunion workforce
* EEO officer + authored an AAP
* Personally recruited approximately 750 professionals in 10 years with depth & breadth of experience in:
(1) ENGINEERING - PhD R&D; prototyping; laboratories; MS / BS design and development; manufacture;
QA and test; field support; training; software development; and, enterprise solutions
(2) US GOVERNMENT / PUBLIC SECTOR - integrated solutions & subject matter experts on military systems (Electronic Warfare; C3I; Inertial Navigation; Optical Sight; Periscopes; Aircraft Simulators; Fire Control; Radar; Sonar; and Anti Submarine Warfare systems)
(3) SALES & MARKETING - LARGE account & territory sales; competitive analysis; vertical marketing; product marketing; sales incentive plans
(4) COLLEGE RECRUITING - created and implemented for 43 UNISYS facilities a collaborative North American College Recruiting & Relations Program; Engineering Coop & Intern Program; Capital & financial donation Program
Employment Representative

University Hospital

(Management Consulting industry)

January 1978 — May 1979 (1 year 5 months)

* Provided direction for recruitment actions and activities
* Counseled hospital leadership and collaborated with a wide range of community organizations; external vendors; academic institutions; and, industry groups
* Assured compliance with Federal; State; and, local regulations & laws
* Determined causes for personnel problems and turnover; recommended improvements to policies, processes, and practices
* Developed recruiting plans to fill vacancies of degreed; highly skilled; and, medically trained personnel such as pharmacists; nuclear medical technologists; respiratory therapists; physical therapists; nurses; emergency medical technicians; dieticians; etc.
* Worked very collaboratively with University Hospital’s Compensation Department to analyze, craft, and execute job offers utilizing appropriate compensation management criteria and guidelines
* Developed diversity recruitment initiatives
* Hospital is a 581-bed & 3100 employee not-for-profit community hospital providing healthcare programs to a 25-county region in Georgia and South Carolina for nearly 200 years.
Systems Engineer Trainee

EDS

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

May 1977 — December 1977 (8 months)

* SED Trainee in computer programming; business process improvement; and, change management
* One of the 5-6% graduates selected after interviewing w/ EDS leadership
* Selected for early entry into Phase II of SED training @ Corp Hdqrs

T.Reed Gary’s Education

Clemson University

BS , Administrative Management , 1973 — 1977

Select accomplishments while attending Clemson:
* Completed degree within 4 years while married with children
* Worked 2 simultaneous part time jobs while attending school
* Focused available electives into Calculus; Economics; and, Management Science courses.
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T.Reed Gary’s Interests:

sports, snorkeling, sailing, trophy fishing, world travel, & history.

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