Executive Profile
• Robust experience in all facets of human resources management working on a divisional level to start-up operations
• Core areas of expertise include employment law, labor relations, EEO, personnel planning, recruitment, dispute resolution including arbitration, succession planning, compensation planning, training and budgeting
• Record of successful labor contract negotiations, discrimination complaint resolution and avoidance, counseling senior management
• Experienced and licensed in life and health insurance; and securities - NASD Series 6
• Some facility with spoken and written Spanish; somewhat conversant in Japanese
CAREER HISTORY
NJ Human Resources Group , Bloomfield, NJ 1/2002 – Pres.
• Providing low-cost human resources and compensation management services to New Jersey companies. Contracting assignments accepted for single instance or more comprehensive work.
Human Resources Contractor 7/1999 – Pres.
• Ad Hoc human resources consultant for AMCS Corp., Bridgewater, NJ. Provide guidance and recommendations on a variety of HR and employment law issues. Established an policy manual on employment policies and procedures. Created an HR infrastructure.
Registered Representative 12/2000 – 6/2001
Metropolitan Financial Services , Roseland, NJ
• Marketed life, health insurance policies and securities investments. Obtained licenses for insurance sales plus an NASD Series 6 license.
Benefits Consultant 1999 -2001
Price Waterhouse Coopers , Little Falls, NJ
• Fielded inquiries on health insurance coverage for employees of client companies.
Manager, Human Resources 1995 - 1998
Smiths Industries Aerospace Defense Systems , Florham Park, NJ
• Managed all human resource related functions at a two-hundred employee division of a high technology electronics design company.
• Stabilized and maintained effective staffing of engineering talent during transitional period using cost effective measures such as career fairs and negotiated lower commissions for contingency recruiters. Reinstated numerous employees who had previously resigned due to unclear communication and conflicting corporate strategies.
• Was instrumental in compensations planning for engineering staff.
• Trained management in implementation of performance planning methodologies; mentored one direct report in recruitment and staffing.
• Recruited computer engineers to program real-time, embedded software in Ada and C++.
• Reduced excessively high turnover rate of core personnel through effective comminication and honest disclosure promoting corporate objectives.
• Maintained cohesive relationships with state and federal compliance officers in concert with re-formatting the Affirmative Action Plan reporting requirements.
• Reconciled disputes and conflicts among and between functional management and operations personnel thereby precluding institution of more formal and costly resolution methods.
ATTORNEY AT LAW Bloomfield, NJ 1993 – 1995
• Specialized in employment law issues; settlement, prosecution and avoidance of discrimination complaints.
• Consultant to employers regarding avoidance of union organization.
ITT Clifton, NJ 1980 – 1993
Avionics Division and Aerospace Defense Division
Senior Administrator-Industrial Relations
Senior Administrator-Labor Relations
Administrator-Labor Relations
• Successfully negotiated collective bargaining agreements with three union locals representing five bargaining units: 1982, 1985, 1988, 1991.
• Performed all preparation for bargaining prior to commencement of negotiations.
• Effectively managed staffing and separation functions.
• Liaison with outside counsel during litigation of employment issues.
• Advised and implemented and defended all disciplinary proceedings.
JEROMR ALPER & ALPER Newark, NJ 1978 – 1980
Associate Attorney
• General practice law firm
APPRUZZE, McDERMOTT, MASTRO & MURPHY , Liberty Corner, NJ 1976 & 1977
• Law Clerk
Seton Hall University Law School Juris Doctor Admitted to New Jersey Bar
Seton Hall University Bachelor of Arts
Syracuse University Business Administration