Education

Ph.D. from Boston University
Jan 1996 – Jan 2000
Focus: Organization & Management Behavior
Activities: Dissertation Advisor/Mentor: David C. McClelland

Work Experience

Founder, Principal Consultant at Organization Performance Partners, Inc.
Apr 2015 – present | Boston, MA, USA

Organization Performance Partners is a consulting firm dedicated to driving organization performance, transformation, and growth by helping businesses set clear strategic priorities, ensuring leaders and managers are aligned, and building leadership capabilities necessary to execute. Core services: Strategic Planning, Operating Models, Workflow & Business Process, Organization Design, Transformational Change Management, Executive Capability, and Team Performance.

Senior Director, Organization Effectiveness at Biogen
May 2013 – Apr 2015 | Cambridge

People & Organization Development function lead with four fundamental responsibilities: 1) build, maintain, and scale core OE methods and service offerings across the enterprise, 2) deliver project-based consulting support to the executive team (e.g., operational excellence efforts, strategy and operating model changes, re-organizations, and large system implementation), 3) design/deliver the annual Executive Leadership Conference, and 4) drive executive leadership development programs to support organization effectiveness capability building.
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Director, Organization Development at PAREXEL 
Nov 2012  – May 2013

Provided high-impact consulting support and services across a variety of business groups. Built infrastructure to enable increased consistency and quality.

Director, Organization Development & Effectiveness at EMC 
Nov 2007 – Nov 2012 | MA

Created and led the Organization Effectiveness & Development function with EMC University. Aligned to business units, this team of Development Consultants are responsible for the implementation and integration of Leadership Development, Talent Management, and Organization Development products, processes, and services.

Learning & Development Consultant (External, Independent Consultant) at Boston Scientific 
Feb 2007  – Nov 2007

Leadership and organization development consulting. Individual-, team-, and organzation-focused consulting to enable business strategy execution through proper alignment of leadership and people processes. Competency model design and 360 development, team assessment and intervention, offsite planning and facilitation.

Associate Director, Learning & Development at Millennium Pharmaceuticals 
Jun 2004 – Mar 2007 | Cambridge

Responsible for leadership and organizational development, talent management strategy and administration, career development and performance management process design and management, corporate training function strategy and implementation, and organization development evaluation.

Consultant at Hay Group 
Jun 2000 – May 2004 | Boston

Responsible for client-facing and internally-focused activities at the McClelland Center for Research and Innovation. Experience with senior executives from leading global organizations, such as IBM, Pfizer, Aero Mexico, Caterpillar, Toyota, Health Net, and Microsoft. Contributed to multiple front-line, manager- and executive-level competency models that were built and integrated into various assessment and development tools (e.g., executive selection & development, succession planning/high potential management, performance management). Internal research and development role-building capability for individual, team, and organizational client solutions.