Joe V.

About Joe V.

HR business partner and people operations manager with experience building the HR function from scratch and optimizing the employee lifecycle at startups and a global corporation as headcount grew multifold. • HR Business Partnering: Built a software company’s global HR function and helped achieve Great Place to Work certification, helped another high-tech business increase headcount and revenue by >100%, enabled an HR services company to gain 70% more profit than expected, and worked as a Fortune 100 high-tech firm’s HR advisor in APAC. • People Partnering: Decreased time to hire and improved employee retention by building onboarding and training programs. Developed company-first learning & development, talent management, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, employee engagement, and health & wellness programs. Increased diversity, equity, and inclusion at several businesses. • HR Operations: Led the building and customization of company-wide HR tech stacks, including SAP and PeopleSoft. Transformed HR from manual to automated processes. Made HR data driven by defining KPIs, building employee databases, and analyzing trends. Consistently managed HR operations within budgets. • Leadership: Developed HR policies for recruiting, onboarding, payroll & benefits, training, learning & development, employee engagement, and diversity. Managed teams of recruiters as they filled specialized positions in several countries on short notice. Provided the main bridge between HR and all other business functions. • Communication: Presented comprehensive HR strategies to upper management. Leveraged travel in India, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and North America to work with employees from many cultures. HR Business Partnering • HR Management • HR Policies • Organizational Development • Change Management Talent Acquisition • Talent Management • Workforce Management • Coaching • Employee Relations People Partnering • People Operations • HR Operations • Employee Onboarding • Payroll & Benefits Employee Training • Learning & Development • Employee Engagement • Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion SAS Analytics • Tableau • SAP Analytics, S/4HANA, & SuccessFactors • Salesforce • Fiori • FICO • MS Office HRMS • People Fluent • PeopleSoft • Bullhorn • Agile Methodology

Experience

1. Human Resources Business Partner

   Deepminds Search

   Sep 2018 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   Systemized the recruiting process and enabled it to deal with 10x more résumés. Met with clients to understand their sudden needs for specialized talent, participated in interviews, and introduced employee referral programs.• Worked with the CEO to decide on compensation and benefits, and negotiated offers with applicants. Worked in the HR panel to find the best insurance providers. • Onboarded new hires. Ensured that they understood their roles, how to work with clients, and the company’s mission, culture, processes, and technologies. Introduced them to other employees.• Helped with employee training by analyzing gaps, advising on consultants to hire for clients, and working with the training team. • Personally trained all the salespeople, and systemized sales operations. Developed templates for each client, and decided on criteria. • Reviewed employee performances each month, and wrote reports. • Deepened employee engagement by increasing celebrations by 100%, adding more events, sending notifications about birthdays and outstanding performances, and helping to introduce newsletters. • Played key part in increasing employee diversity by expanding the number of states Vector recruited from and raising the number of female employees. Ensured that employees received security and anti-harassment training. • Assisted with employee investigations when necessary. • Led the addition of HR technologies, including Bullhorn, Sense, and an integrated job portal. Ensured compliance in different U.S. states by implementing SharePoint and creating a file for each state. • Helped with HR policy changes, including compensation, employee referrals, paid leave, sales incentives and bonuses, and education reimbursement. • Monitored, analyzed, and forecasted HR-related expenses, recommended ways to minimize costs, and ensured transparency.

Education

• Lamar University

  Masters, Management Information Systems and Services

• Lamar University

  Masters, Enterprise Resource Planning

• Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

  2009 — 2011

• Mahatma Gandhi University

  Bachelor's Degree, Electronics & Communication

  2001 — 2005

• Sarvodaya Vidyalaya

  High School

  1987 — 2001