Profile
- Currently the Principal of Solutions That Work consulting in HR and LR.
- Chief HR Officer in both management and union settings.
- Over 25 years experience in HR with extensive labour relations and organizational development background.
- Presentations at multiple HR and LR conferences.
Education
- Bachelor Commerce (Organizational Behaviour & Industrial Relations) – UBC 1980
- Master of Education – SFU 1998
- CHRP – British Columbia Human Resources Management Association
HRM Background
- Prior appointments from 1981 to date include holding the senior HR office in a college (BCIT) and in health care in addition to HR positions in the forest industry and the provincial government; and two years in private consulting practice.
- Executive Director of the Association of Administrative and Professional Staff (AAPS) at UBC from 2005 to 2008. AAPS is the exclusive bargaining agent responsible for negotiating a collective agreement and resolving grievances for 2600 management and professional staff at the University.
- Leadership of OD projects including: organizational merger, safety programs review, land/facilities development & utilization, customer service improvement, technology implementation and transportation management.
- Negotiating experience includes: collective agreements, leases, service contracts and public/private partnership contracts.
- Contract administration background encompasses the resolution of hundreds of grievances and experience presenting cases to arbitration, the Labour Relations Board, the Employment Standards Review Board and other 3rd party panels.
- A previous member of the Board of BC HRMA (1999 – 2001), volunteer activities include:
- Chair of HRMA’s Strategic Planning Task Force 1997-98, Annual Conference:- Chairing the Program in 2005 and 2007- Member, Program Committee, World HR Conference, Montreal 2010
- Chairing the Marketing Committee for conference 2006
- Chair of Conference Committee 2008 and 2009.