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• Exemplary leader with more than 20 years’ experience in managing complex organizations and motivating individuals to significantly higher levels of performance. • Executive level professional with advanced experience in human resource management, governance, and veteran programs under fiscally-constrained conditions. Skilled at working in a fast-paced environment and solving intricate managerial, financial, and personnel issues. • Transformational change agent; expert at using six sigma toolkit to drive change globally across the business. • Proven integrity; driven to achieve organizational success and to meet departmental goals and objectives within budgetary constraints. • Selected as first-ever President of Merck's Veteran's Leadership Network. In one year, grew organization from grassroots group to a structured employee resource team, which was nationally recognized with numerous awards for overall program design and collaboration with organizations assisting Veterans. ACCOMPLISHMENTS and RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Senior-Level Leadership / Strategic Planning • Led Pfizer’s Clinical Trial Process Improvement & Innovation Team within CTPQ, providing project management, and continuous improvement and process management support and consulting. Led numerous RCA efforts that proved instrumental in diagnosing ongoing systemic issues within clinical trials and at Alliance Partners. • As Senior Director, HR, Merck Sigma -- responsible for leading Human Resources with the full range of Merck Sigma activities, including advising divisional and functional management on developing, prioritizing and executing Sigma strategies to include change efforts, and overseeing the portfolio of divisional improvement initiatives. Exceeded divisional scorecard measures, netting nearly $7MM in direct savings during 2009. • Provided direct leadership and coaching to launch Merck's HR Process Council