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Chief People and Culture Officer
IMSolutions, LLCChief People and Culture Officer
Jul. 2022Dumfries, Virginia, United StatesI have expanded the company's productivity, while serving as a member of the senior leadership team. I oversee strategic and operational human resources activities to successfully achieve company goals. Successfully promote culture change, compliance, best practice, and standard operating procedure (SOPs) within growing company preparing to scale. Some of my notable achievements are mentioned below:  Devised and carried out new strategy with business development improving reimbursement rate for direct cost employees; estimated to boost project revenue by 5%.  Conducted negotiations on health care benefits to deliver HD/HSA and maintain company and employees’ costs at current levels.  Decreased administrative inefficiencies by implementing best practice guidelines, standard operating procedures, and fully utilizing available technology.
Director of Faculty Affairs
UVA HealthDirector of Faculty Affairs
Jan. 2020 - Jul. 2022Charlottesville, Virginia, United StatesFirst incumbent in a new role, creating and leading a service-oriented team, partnering with cross-University organizations to support faculty success. Important accomplishments for this role:  Interacted with department leaders to create and automate standard practices across HR and budget/financial aspects of the faculty life cycle.  Enhanced payroll and related employee record change processes, reducing error rate of over 20% to less than 2%.  Drove faculty data validation, resulting in significantly improved reporting and new diversity and turnover dashboards.
Health System Senior Business Partner
UVA HealthHealth System Senior Business Partner
Oct. 2018 - May. 2020In this role I was accountable for streamlining HR strategies and operations in support of the business objectives of Health System. I managed the shift in HR delivery model through education, active listening, advocacy, and problem-solving. Guided new business partners learning the Health System. Collaborated with finance team to create hospital-wide position tracking methodology for assigning fixed and variable positions and related budget projections. Supported leadership during management of shifting landscape in initial stage of COVID-19 breakout. Most impactful accomplishments for this role:  Crafted and implemented service level agreements to assure accountability, communication, and transparency.  Trained new business partner team to successfully understand/fulfill defined roles and enhance client satisfaction.  Oversaw deployment of new HRIS system within Medical Center, including managing daily needs of senior leaders, interacting with staff employee group, developing/executing keying model, and steering change management operations required to assist nurse leaders in comprehending and adopting new system.
Director of Human Resouces, School of Medicine
UVA HealthDirector of Human Resouces, School of Medicine
Jan. 2009 - Jul. 2012
University of Virginia Academic Recruitment Team Manager
University of VirginiaUniversity of Virginia Academic Recruitment Team Manager
Apr. 2018 - Oct. 2018Charlottesville, Virginia AreaLDuring this tenure I directed the establishment of the first centralized recruiting team at UVA. I recruited and mentored new team members, promoted best practice process guidelines, cultivated positive relationships with leaders, and collaborated with consultants to build Workday recruitment functions. I effectively developed and carried out a University-wide diversity and excellence-focused faculty recruiting model. Significant contributions for this position are written below:  Obtained technology to support cutting edge recruiting strategies.  Improved communication and process reducing the time for offer letter generation by over 50%.
Human Resources Director, Curry School of Education
University of VirginiaHuman Resources Director, Curry School of Education
Jul. 2012 - Jan. 2018 First Human Resources Strategic Advisor on school leadership team. One of my major tasks was to hire and train team of five high-performing, engaged, and service-oriented HR professionals. Successfully carried out effective faculty recruitment procedure through Lean methodology to prioritize diversity and encourage faculty participation, leading to the successful recruitment of first-choice, diverse candidates. I adopted innovative and agile staff recruitment and talent management processes to promote growing research function, including supporting out-of-state research sites. Composed new supervisor handbook by coordinating with faculty and managers to foster success of supervisors. Supported my team in creating and implementing performance management training for new staff. My prominent achievements in this role include:  Steered HR service delivery for 500+ salaried and wage employees, covering faculty, staff, and students.  Contributed to formation of four new academic departments and delegation of administrative duties to department chairs.  Decentralized staff business activities, optimized operating procedures, facilitated compliance, and established/executed people-focused onboarding process raising administrative effectiveness through organizational redesign. Successful matching of talent with roles to drive successful business operations and positive engagement. Appointed by peers to serve on UVA Human Resources Cross-Grounds team with academic and health system HR leadership for building future state mission and high-level human resources structure. Successfully served as Community Team Lead for UVA Strategic Redesign Initiative (Ufirst).
Assistant Dean for Personnel and Budget
University of VirginiaAssistant Dean for Personnel and Budget
Jan. 2000 - Dec. 2008
Director of Financial and Administrative Systems, CAS
George Mason UniversityDirector of Financial and Administrative Systems, CAS
Apr. 1997 - Jan. 2000
Budget Analyst III
Fairfax County GovernmentBudget Analyst III
Oct. 1992 - Apr. 1997

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