Roehl is a truck transportation and logistics company doing business nationwide with over $350 million in revenue, multiple locations and 2,800 employees.

Responsible for executing and leading HR strategy, policy, programs, and communications across multiple sites serving a nationwide distributed workforce.

I’m a highly skilled generalist with particular expertise in HR policy and operations, executive coaching, culture building, organizational development and training, and both strategic and tactical organizational communications. Partnered with senior leaders (from Directors to SVPs) across the business to deliver against operational goals, by identifying, prioritizing, and building human capital capabilities, behaviors, structures, strategy, and processes. These are major elements of my current role:

Executive Leadership Team (Senior HR Consultant, Senior HR Business Partner, HR Advisor)
Member of the company’s Executive Leadership Team consisting of the Business unit leaders, functional department heads and the CEO. Acted as an internal consultant; advising the CEO and peers on strategic planning, human capital management, organizational development, communications, process improvement initiatives, change management, and culture development.

Head of Learning and Development (Culture, Employee Engagement, Training and Development)
Developed training programs, implemented learning initiatives and continuously updated current training programs to ensure alignment with company goals. Assessed company-wide development needs to drive learning initiatives. Provided organizational strategies with the goal of helping employees perform better within the organizational context. Created programs to “close the skills gap” and provide an additional source of staffing. Advanced the company’s human capital initiatives by instilling and reinforcing a strong employee development mind-set with programs supported by management.

Internal Communications Executive (Strategic Communications, Culture, Employee Engagement)
In partnership with the CEO and leadership across the company, led the strategic development and execution of internal communications activities that positively reflected the company’s culture and enhanced employee engagement. Assessed communications needs and developed appropriate solutions – digital, social, video, presentations, etc. Managed the planning, development and execution of creative design services. Was the company’s primary spokesperson.

External Communications and Marketing Leader
Managed the planning, development, and execution of creative design services, including: presentations, digital advertising, social media, video, and PR. Received multiple advertising and communication industry awards for the creation and implementation of external communications materials and programs.

Teaching leadership by using powerful examples of leaders from the past. We all know Washington and Lincoln but the little known stories of leadership excellence I share make for a delightful learning experience your people are sure to remember.

In addition to powerful leader training I provide extensive insight into organizational culture building. I created and implemented Organizational Masonry – Building a Powerful Positive Culture – the Foundation of Success. Using Organizational Masonry at RTI, we improved individual and organizational behaviors and decision making by aligning company and employee values, resulting in a significant and sustained measurable improvements in performance metrics. Since implementing the culture, we moved from being an average safety performer to becoming the undisputed industry leader for safety performance excellence (this is not a safety program rather Safety was the corporate value we chose to highlight – insert any values(s) the company desires to represent, Organizational Masonry ensures the behaviors reflect the value system).

The result – we have been recognized as one of three best performing companies for the last 16 years in a row by the American Trucking Associations. The ATA is the industry’s largest trade association representing thousands of transportation and related companies including most household names in retail and package delivery. “Top 3” is the industry’s highest honor for safety performance and operational excellence. This recognition represents the sustained result of true culture development.

The world’s leading manufacturer of high end wicker furniture. Responsible for all aspects of Human Resources and internal communications for this 400+ employee company with 300 members of a union bargaining group, including: recruitment and selection, on-boarding, performance management, employee relations, conflict resolution, union relations, grievance management and resolution, off-boarding, safety management, gain-sharing implementation.

Company with $300 million in assets, 12 geographically dispersed locations, and 150 employees. Responsible for all aspects of Human Resources and internal communications.

Joined corporate HR as a Compensation Analyst and was a member of the team that developed the pay band structure that Nationwide continues to use today. Promoted to Human Resources Manager for the group health insurance operations center, providing a broad range of human resources services: recruiting and selection, on-boarding, employee relations, employee training and development, performance management, off-boarding, HR administration and employment law compliance.

The Army is the largest of America’s military services and one of the largest organizations in the world with over 400,000 Soldiers and an annual budget of nearly 700 billion dollars. While in the Army I held these roles:

Platoon Leader – leads a team of 30 soldiers and is responsible for accomplishing its mission according to the company and battalion commander’s intent and concept. The platoon leader has full authority for leading the team in order to maintain unit discipline and unity and to act decisively. The leader must know and understand each member of the team and their capabilities as well as how to employ the platoon, its weapons, and its systems.The demands of full spectrum operations require the platoon leader to exercise initiative without continuous guidance from higher commands.

Liaison/Protocol Officer – on behalf of a commander or staff officer manages visits by dignitaries – from other nations, other U.S. government officials, the Army, other U.S. military, etc. The liaison officer coordinates across units and commands, managing logistics, developing the agenda, and shaping perceptions of the visitors. Liaison officers must have the commander’s full confidence and experience for the mission.

Assistant S3 – The S3 is the battalion commander’s principal staff for matters concerning; operations, plans, organization, training, and coordinating and planning the battle. The nature of S3 operations responsibilities requires a high degree of coordination with other staff members.

My rank was Captain at the end of my service.