- Titles
- Program Manager, Global Sales Organization
Employee Quality Index Program Manager
Change Agent, HR Re-engineering
Education Specialist, SunU - Years
- 1997–2001
- Where
- Palo Alto, CA
Education Specialist, SunU (summer 1997; 1998)
- Managed the new-hire curriculum (Surviving@Sun and Thriving@Sun), attended by more than 3,000 employees worldwide each year
- Held the curriculum budget and managed six vendors; converted a class into one of Sun’s first web-based courses
- Ran integration training for employees from acquired companies
Change Agent, HR Re-engineering (1998–1999)
- One of a 12-person team that re-engineered the human resources function for 30,000 employees
- Wrote the plan that reshaped international HR and staffing, and identified HR’s top outsourcing opportunities
- Analyzed Sun’s span of control; worked on two projects for CEO Scott McNealy
Employee Quality Index Program Manager (1999–2000)
- Redesigned Sun’s monthly employee survey program around retaining talent and customers
- Managed IT support and two vendors for survey distribution, collection, and reporting; built a 360-degree feedback program with SunU
Program Manager, Global Sales Organization (2000–2001)
- Consulted with executives to re-engineer the sales organization’s people systems for Sun’s “dot-comming” push: raise electronically booked revenue from 5% to 75%
- Facilitated process-improvement sessions on the commission process and global pricing; presented to employees on web-enabling the sales channel
- Won the International Society for Performance Improvement’s 2001 award for leading the commission-process improvement
- Member, Sun Microsystems Leadership Institute (SMILI); doubled his salary across three promotions