WHO

Senior People leader with 25 years of progressive experience specializing in Total Rewards and Global Human Resources. Diverse career experience spanning startup high-growth environments to global MNCs with industry experience in Biotech/Pharma, Life Sciences/Medical Device, and Renewables/Energy with both Private/PE and Public Company knowledge. Ardent advocate of responsible pay transparency and rewards education. Keen technology and systems focus paired with dynamic interpersonal communication acumen.

Totus Medicines / Emeryville, CA / 2022 - 2023

Clinical-stage private equity biopharmaceutical company that develops small molecule targets for the treatment of cancer

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TOTAL REWARDS, PEOPLE & OPERATIONS

Strategic ownership of Total Rewards and role purview expansion into employee policy development and management, HR systems, culture, organizational design, marketing, public relations, and internal & external communications.

· Produced multi-scenario new hire and refresh grant share request models and presentation materials for Compensation Committee and Board of Directors

· Repriced and rebuilt compensation frameworks to ensure competitiveness to market along with correlated career pathing frameworks

· Designed and rolled out multi-module employee compensation education to enable responsible rewards transparency

· Developed and managed the company's internal and external communications strategy, which included earned media and digital content social site traffic increases by 22% in Followers, 52% in Engagement, and 105% in Impressions in a 5-month period

Zymeworks Biopharmaceuticals / Vancouver, BC / 2021 - 2022

Global public clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops protein therapeutics for the treatment of cancer as well as for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases; 500 FTEs in US and Canada

DIRECTOR, GLOBAL TOTAL REWARDS 

Directed the design and implementation of the compensation, executive compensation, and benefits initiatives, including base pay, incentive pay, equity plans, and health and welfare benefits programs. 

· Led an RFP for first-time adoption of market pricing system and build-out of salary database resources to ensure strong market competitive positioning

· Designed and rolled out a management-wide foundational compensation education module

· Led an option type correction exercise through to a successful conclusion

· Designed  and delivered equity and cash-based retention plans for both senior leadership and non-executive populations

· Functional leader owning all compensation and benefits modules for global big-bang implementation of SAP replacing disparate systems

First Solar / Tempe, AZ / 2008 - 2021

Global leader in photovoltaic (PV) solar energy solutions; Fortune 500, $3.5B revenues, 7k FTEs worldwide

HEAD, GLOBAL TOTAL REWARDS   2020 - 2021

Successfully partnered with Executive and Senior Management and HR Leadership to evaluate, develop, implement, and administer all global executive and general compensation and benefits frameworks, systems, and programs

· Led Global Job Family Architecture structure decision and company-wide adoption; partnered with leading practitioner and executive leadership to adopt framework for worldwide role hierarchies

· Successfully introduced Performance Share Units (PSUs) to a non-executive group to engage and retain key pipeline talent and drive strategic accountability deeper into the organization

· Functional leader owning compensation, benefits, and payroll in big-bang global HRMS replacement from Workday to Oracle

· Leader of global Covid response team: developed remote/hybrid working strategy, improved telemedicine offerings, oversaw deployment of onsite vaccination clinics

· Represented HR in globally complex business unit divestiture to a successful outcome

HEAD, INTERNATIONAL HR  2013 - 2020

Provided strategic leadership through best-in-class human resources practices, processes, and solutions to support over 4,500 employees / 75% of company headcount for all international environments including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Germany (Works Council and non-Works Council employees), India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, UAE, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam.

· Led all functions of International Human Resources with 30+ team members located in 5 countries 

· Led first-time country set-up and local employment activities for business development offices in 11 jurisdictions and office closure and country withdrawal activities in 7 environments

· Led manufacturing site set-up and first-time hiring in Vietnam, including first-time employment set-up, compensation and benefits plan design and implementation, HRMS and payroll readiness, oversight of a high-volume ramp to hire 1,000+ employees in 12-month period, and ILR and Company Handbook policy drafting and registration

· Co-led successful global implementation of 2018 GDPR-compliant employee data protection including a direct electronic training of all EU-based employees and global HR (150 FTEs)

· Key business leader owning all global cohesion of HR processes, International compensation and benefits configuration, Manager and Employee Self Service transaction menus to support global big-bang implementation of Workday replacing PeopleSoft/Oracle

· Served as interim head of Global Talent Acquisition for 18 months, resulting in over 800 domestic and international hires, and implemented recruiting metrics suite and requisition tracking process

DIRECTOR, GLOBAL COMPENSATION  2010 - 2013

Successfully partnered with all levels of Management and HR to evaluate, develop, implement, and administer global compensation programs and activities.

· Oversaw all broad-based/general compensation activities and led all executive compensation activities, including preparation of Compensation Committee materials and Proxy CD&A narrative and comp tables

· Rebuilt all non-executive short-and long-term incentive programs resulting in total OPEX cost-savings of over $90M

· Led implementation of PeopleSoft/Oracle global e-Compensation planning system impacting 5,000+ employees in multiple countries replacing previous excel spreadsheet solution

MANAGER, GLOBAL COMPENSATION  2008 - 2010

Led the worldwide general/broad-based compensation activities through the design and build-out of direct reward frameworks including fixed cash, short-term and long-term incentive.

· Activities included creation of multi-country compensation structures, implementation of a job analysis process and market-pricing software, and HRIS configuration to warehouse data 

· Management of global annual pay cycle for salary, bonus, and LTI planning, including development of progressive system-driven improvements to automate process and reduce manual error

Alcon, A Novartis Company / Atlanta, GA / 2004 – 2008

Global medical device subsidiary (formerly CIBA Vision) specializing in eye care products; Fortune Global 500, $5.8B revenues, 17k FTEs worldwide

SENIOR ANALYST, GLOBAL COMPENSATION

• Senior individual contributor support; activities included management of the annual market benchmarking exercise, leading of the annual pay planning process, reward and recognition system ownership, annual total rewards statement production, and deferred compensation program administration, and successful completion of global job family architecture mapping.

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