A NN S HERRILL

571-455-3677 (mobile) ann2006kc@yahoo.com **Open to travel and relocation**

STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCES LEADER

HR Strategy | Mergers & Acquisitions | Organizational Alignment | Workforce Planning Leadership Development & Talent Management | Compensation & Benefits | Outsourcing Employment Law / Employee Relations | Performance Management | Reductions in Force

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
HR STRATEGY In an effort to raise employee engagement scores, designed and implemented a Job Fit toolkit which provided a coaching tool for managers to assess employees career motivators in order to provide career advancement opportunities, foster improved business performance, employee engagement and commitment. TALENT MANAGEMENT Strengthened talent management practices by creating career development strategies and performance improvement plans with senior executive leaders based on high and low performers. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Saved $93,000 annually in healthcare costs through implementation of an HSA plan. Persuaded CEO to adopt this new plan by demonstrating measurable cost savings through robust analytics. WORKFORCE PLANNING Developed a workforce management program saving the company $2.8M by successfully placing employees whose positions were going to be eliminated into positions being filled by contractors. Developed a skills inventory database to collect skills, functions and experience data to be able to align impacted employees into positions with resource demands. MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Acted as the HR leader in supporting the CIO during the Sprint Nextel merger by creating the organization design, facilitating the placements for all levels of the organization, completing due diligence and notifying employees of their outcomes. OUTSOURCING Received Sprint Nextel Circle of Excellence Award for serving as HR Lead in the outsourcing of 1,100 IT employees. Managed backsourcing of 700 employees to Sprint from IBM after Sprint Nextel merger. Member of the Sprint/IBM contract negotiation team that signed a $400M, multi-year outsourcing agreement in 2004.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TPO INC. 2012 Present Senior HR Consultant Serve as the HR Director managing all areas of HR to include benefits, HRIS, recruitment, employee relations, executive coaching, communications and compensation for client companies ranging from start-ups to well established organizations including technology, healthcare, government contracting, trade associations and nonprofits. **Recognized as one of the top revenue generating HR consultants

 Employee Benefits. Saved client $93k annually in medical benefit plan option for an organization of 23 employees. Performance Management. Implemented a performance management program to recognize high performers and coach low performers and developed rewards and recognition programs. Talent Acquisition. Rapidly staffed organizational headcount more than 100% per month within a 6 month period. HR Operations. Conducted HR operations assessment and presented an executive summary to the CEO and COO; developed HR initiatives based on the assessment findings. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ DELTEK 2010 2012

Senior Director Human Resources Served as HR business partner to the engineering, IT, sales and consulting services senior management teams by developing and implementing performance management, workforce planning, organization design, leadership development, recruiting, executive coaching and programs impacting human capital. Workforce Planning. Developed a workforce planning program to address the current and future states of the business unit workforce. Reductions in Force. Mitigated employee reductions in force by providing options for internal placement for impacted employees. Compensation. Created an incentive program to reward consultants for upselling billable hour service beyond original contract scope. Performance Management. Created customized career development and performance improvement plans with senior executive leaders based on high and low performers in their business unit. Strategic Advisor. Coached leaders and provided strategic advice to management staff in organizational effectiveness, performance management, management development and employee communications. HR Business Partner. Facilitated executive buy-in with newly hired EVP of Sales through intentional orientation to HR business partner leaders to educate on value proposition of HR services. __________________________________________________________________________________________ REALNETWORKS, INC. 2008 2010

Director Human Resources Functioned as a strategic HR partner to the Technology Products and Solutions senior executive team (network, IT, product development, sales and marketing) by providing consultative services in the assessment of the division's employee resource needs and the development and implementation of programs to include performance management, workforce planning, organization design, leadership development, recruiting, executive coaching and a variety of programs that impact employees. Global and Remote Leadership. Lead HR for the companys east coast offices while supporting clients in HQ and Europe. Management Training. Trained managers on the Success in Management program to empower managers to effectively manage and direct employees and their performance. Reductions in Force. Prepared manager notification documents and trained managers on conducting effective separation notification meetings with employees impacted due to downsizing. Strategic Advisor. Actively became engaged in the client business and determined business challenges then implemented people related solutions to improve business results. Office Consolidation. Facilitated NYC office consolidation effort by informing impacted employees of the upcoming changes, empowering them to provide input for office seating assignments while persuading them of the positive effect the consolidation would have on the employees and the business. ___________________________________________________________________________________________

SPRINT NEXTEL

1998 2008

Senior Human Resources Business Partner (2006 2008) Responsible for providing client strategic HR support at the Senior Vice President level to include performance management solutions, workforce planning, organization effectiveness, development consulting, succession planning, talent review, leadership development, and executive coaching.

Workforce Planning and Analysis. Conducted a cost analysis outlining a workforce optimization strategy that would save the business $5M. Created a workforce planning strategy by implementing a skills database to include replacing consultants with impacted employees whose skills matched the work being performed by consultants and contractors. Mergers & Acquisitions. Acted as the HR leader in supporting the CIO during the Sprint Nextel merger by creating the organization design, facilitating the placements for all levels of the organization. Manager Quality. Conducted organization-wide climate assessments to pro-actively address retention issues and employee concerns resulting in greater focus on manager quality. Employee Experience Surveys. Facilitated Employee Experience Survey results and action planning meetings with senior executives; Developed and monitor people strategy components of balanced scorecard for business clients.

Manager Human Resources (2004 2006) Supported the Information Technology organization and managed 1-4 HR direct reports.

HR Operations: Proactively partnered with clients in areas such as organization design, succession planning, employee development, performance management, corrective action, and recognition programs. Corporate Restructuring: Coordinated multiple restructurings, the largest impacting 7,000 + IT employees over three divisions. This included recommending organizational design, creating the overall restructuring process, conducting selection meetings for all levels of the organization, conducting due diligence reviews with legal, creating separation packages, and ensuring accuracy of final HRIS data. Employee Relations: Managed a team of HR Generalists that provided day-to-day employee relations support including policy interpretation, employee investigations and training. Management: Recruited, mentored, evaluated, trained and counseled direct reports with teams ranging in size from 2-13 direct reports in multiple locations. Outsourcing: Served as the HR Lead in the outsourcing of 1,100 IT employees to include driving contract negotiation, benefit analysis, communications and program management pertaining to human capital. Managed the backsourcing of 700 employees back to Sprint from IBM after Sprint Nextel merger. Member of the Sprint/IBM contract negotiation team that signed a $400M, multi-year outsourcing agreement in 2004. Coordinated on-site job fairs to assist impacted employees in finding other jobs. Compensation: Managed annual performance management and merit review process and management incentive plans for client. Provided various reports, analysis, and recommendations to executives pertaining to incentive plans, retention plans, merit adjustments and job title consolidations.

Manager Recruiting (1999 2004) Supported a client base of over 6,000 employees and managed a team of 13 employees. Workforce Management: Benchmarked, researched, and designed a workforce management program to effectively match IT resource supply and demand with the implementation of an automated workforce management system. Developed a workforce management program saving the company $2.8 million dollars by successfully placing employees whose positions were going to be eliminated into positions being filled by contractors. Contract Recruiting: Oversaw the conversion of three separate contractor systems into a unified contractor database (sPro) which managed the contractor recruiting process from beginning (posting contractor job requisitions to vendors) to end (invoiced vendors for billable contractor work). Held a summit with primary vendors to communicate clear expectations of Sprint's guidelines and expectations in staffing contractor resources.

Senior Recruiter (1998 1999) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 1993 - 1998 EMPOWER TRAINERS & CONSULTANTS, INC. A Microsoft Solution Provider-Partner start-up company Rated #47 in Inc. magazines Top 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies Rated Kansas City's #1 Fastest Growing Company, Ingrams 1995 Lead Recruiter Associate Director Human Resources Corporate Trainer

EDUCATION Southern Illinois University Bachelor of Science in Education AWARDS, ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Sprint Nextel Circle of Excellence Award 2008 - The highest annual award given to employees; One of 5 of 1500 HR employees chosen to receive the annual excellence award based on outstanding project initiatives impacting the company during the year and overall performance Sprint Excellence Award 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 RealNetworks Grant Foundation Committee Member Society Human Resource Management Lab Rescue Club of the Potomac 2009-Present Big Brothers Big Sisters Volunteer Board Director and Secretary for The Greater Kansas City Public Achievement 2003, 2004, 2005 COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Exchange PeopleSoft, Costpoint, ADP, Ascentis, Authoria, BrassRing, Career Connection, SelecTrak