
Vice President, People at CST Consultants Inc.
Kitchener, Canada Area

Vice President, People at CST Consultants Inc.
Kitchener, Canada Area
A dynamic, senior Global HR professional with extensive experience in the creation and delivery of strategic individual and organizational HR design in the aerospace, high tech, banking/insurance, and medical devices industries, is seeking a senior position in strategic organizational development and people practices. Known for strategic focus and drive for results. Adept at formulating and implementing turnaround HR strategies for companies. A strong leader with superior team skills and a record of motivating/mentoring others to achieve their potential.
Total Rewards Management ▪ International Mergers/Acquisitions Human Capital Management
▪ Organizational/Leadership Development ▪ Employee Succession/Retention/Competency Modeling▪ International Talent Management Strategy ▪ Achievement Management Process
▪ International Employment Policy and Law
Talent Management
Total Rewards (Compensation)
Strategic Planning
Executive Coaching in Human Capital Management
OnLine Collaborative workspaces
Leadership Development programs
Achievement Management systems
Employee and Culture Branding - Employee Value Propositions (Branding)
People Issues as they relate to M and A
Succession Planning
Skilled Negotiator
Certified Project Manager
(Non-Profit; Financial Services industry)
April 2009 — Present (4 months)
Support the growth and development of CST.
(Staffing and Recruiting industry)
September 2008 — April 2009 (8 months)
Independant Contractor - Human Resources Practice
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SYK; Medical Devices industry)
December 2007 — September 2008 (10 months)
Executive country leader in Human Capital management
Lead the high growth organization of ortho and medical/surgical instruments in recruiting,total rewards compensation, and organizational development in human capital.
Projects in succession planning, achievement mgmt.
User of Gallup tools,talent=high achievement, Strengthfinder coach,Q12
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)
January 2005 — January 2007 (2 years 1 month)
• Leads Human Resources for 3 Canadian facilities – engineering, manufacturing, and sales in a matrix organization
• Developed/executed leadership development for Raytheon U.S./Canada
• Build strategic organizational and individual capabilities through learning and OD initiatives eg: Implementation of Integrated Product teams, implementation of 90-day planning cycles in performance management, increased agility in organizational goal setting and execution
• Manage $550k budget – realized cost savings in 2006 of $85k, cost avoidance of $200k
• Green Belt Six Sigma – leaning of HR processes – imbedding 6S within all areas of Raytheon Canada Limited
(Human Resources industry)
October 2003 — January 2005 (1 year 4 months)
A key achievement was core management involvement in maturation of new business units including the development of human resource strategies, executive recruitment, benefits, compensation, training, and labour relations.
Created Canadian, European, and Philippines HR Departments, Policies and Procedures
Recruiting Initiatives -creation of talent pools for Canada, Europe and Philippines
HR Metrics – reporting systems,
Employment Law in UK, Philippines, and Canada
Termination principles and process
Litigious actions relating to terminations, Human Rights
Leadership Learning Development– Building Strategy, Teambuilding , LMS-Learning Management Systems
Health and Safety issues - created return-to-work programs
Orientation Packages – Ontario and Philippines
Expat Orientation Handbooks
Relocation for expats
Achievement Management process – succession planning, career paths
Leadership, coaching, and training of Core Leadership teams
(Banking industry)
August 2001 — October 2003 (2 years 3 months)
Management/Leadership of knowledge team: coaching, mentoring, performance management, comp
Facilitation of the harvest of tacit knowledge making it explicit, utilizing strategic IT support
Integrating humanistic focus of knowledge/learning, analyzing enterprise learning objectives and create business value
Creation of virtual collaborative/learning workspaces for the enterprise
Contributed to enterprise-wide committees setting IT direction for BMO lines of business as it relates to learning/knowledge
Collaborate with International colleagues, internal/external, to influence development of knowledge/human capital
Create relationships at all levels of the Bank to CEO level, to discover opportunities to create and harvest knowledge for everyday work problem solving, increasing shareholder value
Experienced project manager of creation of physical/virtual knowledge work spaces
Spoke at International Conferences re: learning cultures, collaborative workspaces
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CLI; Financial Services industry)
November 1996 — August 2001 (4 years 10 months)
Led project groups in creation of enterprise-wide hr/knowledge projects, completing within project timelines and budgets
Contributed to the strategic direction of hr/ knowledge management in the organization
Conducted focus groups to target learning/knowledge needs of business partners
Influenced the changing of culture to knowledge strategies
Created partnerships with internal business managers to expedite the creation of strategic learning
Created partnerships/consortiums with external partners - vendors, e-learning/knowledge leaders, for the creation of symbiotic learning packages
Utilized a combination of synchronous and asynchronous knowledge/learning opportunities, customizing to the needs of the participants and subject matter
Created/designed “Leaders in People Practices” knowledge/learning site
Honours BA , Psych, English , 1976 — 1979
Have spoken at many international conferences on how people utilize technologies to collaborate in business and learn from each other.
Qualified Project Manager