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Work History

• Punk Rock HR LLC
• Founder
• August 2007 to Present

• Career Advisor. Boss. Writer. Cat Lover. Reformed HR Chick.

• HRM Today LLC
• Co-Founder
• June 2008 to August 2009

• Co-founder of HRM Today, the first social network for HR Bloggers.

• Pfizer
• HR Manager, Interim HR Director
• July 2004 to August 2007

• HR expertise bestowed upon the CIO, CTO, IT Exeuctive Team, IT Leadership Team, Global Corporate IT Division, Aviation Division, Legal Division (Midwest) and Corporate HR Divisions (Midwest).

• Kemper Insurance
• Regional HR Manager
• July 2001 to January 2003

• Provided HR expertise to the Mergers & Acquisitions division, reporting directly to the SVP of HR and CFO of the organization. Held a dual role of Strategic Staffing Manager, reporting into VP of HR, where corporate staffing goals and workforce planning strageies were re-assessed in a post-9/11 climate.

• Alberto Culver
• Corporate Recruiter, HR Generalist
• March 2000 to June 2001

• Managed corporate recruiting function for global headquarters. Recruited for all positions from production roles to IT infrastructure and software development positions to Chemical Engineers to Global Brand Managers. Coordinated recruiting budgets, aligned workforce planning strategies to budgets, and reported weekly metrics to executive leadership team. Interim role as HR Generalist for the R&D, Production, and IT divisions.