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Expert has over 20 years of functional and consulting experience across several industries and spanning all stages of the business life-cycle. She has accrued extensive hands-on experience leading all phases of HR initiatives including recruiting, policy design, training, workforce development, employee relations, compensation planning, payroll administration, benefits procurement/administration, compliance, and outplacement/career transition services.
She has a solid background in not only corporate Human Resources but also on the other side of the business as a Consultant with one of the largest HR Solutions providers in the nation (Insperity, formerly Administaff, Inc.) and with a benefits/healthcare giant (Aetna U.S. Healthcare). This unique combination of experience with all facets of human resources and Consulting led her to branch out as an independent Business Consultant in 2016.
Expert's current clients include a private Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Company, where her responsibilities involve directly managing a number of programs including salary administration, health, life, and retirement plans, payroll processing, employee recruitment and selection, on boarding, benefits procurement/administration, employee policy, communications and compliance. She assists clients by consulting on a variety of HR matters, and also provides sales and marketing expertise/services including business development ideas, prospecting and lead generation activities.
She effectively handled all Human Resources functions and was instrumental from the start-up of Milagro Exploration through to the ultimate Chapter 11 filing and closing of the company eight years later. Her responsibilities included ensuring the human resources competencies were implemented, managed and maintained both at the corporate office and in multiple field offices. She was responsible for producing HR policies, an Employee Handbook and setting up procedures to ensure best practices and standards were established throughout the newly formed company. During her tenure at Milagro, she facilitated the recruiting, hiring and on-boarding of 100+ employees, aligning herself as a trusted business partner with hiring managers across the company. Expert also reduced turn over 65% in the acquired field offices by establishing competitive compensation and retention plans and further improved retention by developing a career path program. She gained significant experience designing and running an Employee Wellness program that led Milagro to receive national recognition as a “Fit Friendly Company” by the American Heart Association for 5 consecutive years. Approaching the company’s closing she effectively developed a strategy to help the company through Chapter 11 reorganization. This involved working closely with the executive team to create the communication plan that avoided issues with WARN Act and OWBPA. She formulated a severance program which gained creditor/court approval and successfully negotiated the continuation of benefits and services vital to employee retention during wind-down process. Maintaining a focus on employee welfare, Expert organized a variety of education meetings to assist people with Outplacement and Career Transition services.