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Dennis Richter

Gainesville,VA

Summary

Innovative and adaptable leader with 22+ years of Global Leadership, Human Resources (HR), and People Operations experience in increasingly senior roles. Well-versed in creative problem-solving and innovative global personnel solutions. Trusted advisor to all levels of an organization that builds successful teams producing extraordinary results.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Chief People Officer

Ad Hoc LLC
07.2022 - Current
  • Leading a team of 50+ HR, recruiting, analytics, learning & development, IT & Security, design, communications and administrative professionals providing service/support to a remote first $170+ million revenue company of 800+ employees working in all 50 United States and Washington DC.
  • Evaluated systems and processes for opportunities and efficiencies leading to consolidating 14 non-integrated people tools to 2 new enterprise solutions increasing data integrity, employee experience and providing opportunities to restructure and repurpose 10+ team members to more impactful roles.
  • Designed new job title, pay grade, and compensation model reducing 356 active job titles to 121. This simplified approach provides clear understanding for employees and managers for career development and performance management while aligning Ad Hoc to industry and Department of Labor standards.
  • Managed first two acquisitions in Ad Hoc's 10 year history including due diligence, valuation, people integration, financial modeling, and stakeholder management. Ultimately retaining 53 of 59 employees 13 months post-acquisition.

Head of Global People Operations

Meta (Facebook)
09.2019 - 07.2022
  • Selected as Special Consultant to the Office of the CEO & COO to create and scale pilot program to reinvigorate People Operations. Began with 2 directs to create a refreshed and integrated operating model that is fully remote (Pre-COVID) to provide superior service, flexibility and global alignment with fewer FTEs.
  • Built and led team of 500+ HR, legal, analytics, recruiting, finance and administrative professionals globally dispersed among 12 international hubs supporting organizations in 36 countries and 39 US States.
  • 18 months post launch team grew by 775% saving Meta $35+ million by creating leaner and more efficient teams built to flex with regions not departments.
  • Member of Executive Location committee to drive future office/site location to support company growth of 30,000 in 2022. Specifically leading international partnerships with 40+ country labor departments.

Head Of HR Program Management for Tech Infra

Meta (Facebook)
05.2018 - 09.2019
  • Created and led cross-functional team of over 55+ FTE and external vendors to automate previously manual and inconsistent onboarding process. This will increase time to belonging and productivity of new hires and internal transfers through consistency in experience. Progressed from Proof of Concept to Facebook wide implementation in 14 months.
  • Created and led cross-functional global team of 35+ FTEs and vendors (L&D, DEI, legal, contracting, recruiting, analytics, and HR) to establish previously non-existent leader development program for 9,000+ geographically dispersed employees for both technical and non-technical roles encompassing 110+ job profiles.
  • Designed and led scaling of 12-week Prospective Manager training program to identify, coach and convert individual contributors to managers.

Global Staffing Leader & Tech Program Manager

Google
12.2015 - 05.2018
  • Partnered successfully with executive stakeholders to implement accelerated software engineer direct to on site program improving screening of 40,000+ applications and overall candidate quality resulting in hiring being 25% faster from start to finish.
  • Streamlined all facets of people operations and project management by creating new dashboard UI for HR to bring all projects/programs under one umbrella. This resulted in projects being completed 20% faster and eliminated redundancy among global stakeholders.
  • Created and implemented internal/external growth framework to staff what eventually became Google Cloud. Started with staff of 5, to eventually build business base of almost 4,000 FTEs within 16 months.
  • (TPM) Managed 60+ globally dispersed cross-functional team building a new system managing over $10 billion in assets and provided real time access to information for 35,000+ users saving 100's of millions of dollars in ordering and re-purposing of inventory for SOX compliance. Recognized with Google Tech leadership award for managing innovative end-to-end system build landing 4 months early managing billions of dollars of assets for SOX compliance.

Practice Director

Knowledge Systems, LLC
01.2014 - 01.2016
  • Started with one direct report and built a team of 45+ managers, software engineers, and designers while managing ever changing employee support structure to scale enterprise HR solutions for global clients.
  • Increased client organizational efficiency by 35% in one year after evaluating 24,000 globally dispersed employees and managing the reorganizing and reducing of teams while developing a tailored talent acquisition plan to support growth in specific markets.

Senior Consultant/Manager

Deloitte
01.2013 - 01.2014
  • Managed over 50 globally dispersed FTEs and contractors supporting the strategic merger of the two largest HR organizations in the US government by influencing global stakeholders with the potential to save $50+ million within 3 years of completion.
  • Led 4 global teams and developed an aggressive plan to reduce costs by 50% within 5 years by analyzing over 240 IT systems to identify redundant capabilities, regulatory deficiencies, and sustainment costs.

Education

Advanced Management Program -

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
10.2023

Master of Science - Criminal Justice

Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach, AL
02.2007

Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies

Thomas Edison State University
Trenton, NJ
09.2005

Skills

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Systems Implementation
  • Organizational Design and Restructuring
  • Culture Transformation
  • Budgeting and Forecasting
  • Public Speaking
  • Global Recruitment Strategy
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Global Site Management
  • Operations Management
  • Employee Motivation and Performance
  • Global Compensation Strategy
  • Learning and Development
  • Startup Experience
  • Strategic Planning
  • Board Collaboration

Early Career Highlights

United States Army, 08/2001 - 07/2013  

  • Held increasingly senior HR individual contributor and leadership roles with 10th Special Forces Group and Army Training Command. Positions included HR Business Partner, HR Program Manager, Chief of Staff, Talent Acquisition Manager, Learning & Development Director and HR Director working in 6 States and 11 countries.
  • Led agile teams of 5 employees supporting an organization of 60 people to leading multi-departmental team of 9 directs and 95 total employees supporting a globally dispersed organization of 10,000+ employees.

Accomplishments

  • Advisor to Veteran Non-Profits to guide and mentor veterans and military spouses by leading podcasts and training sessions to help them navigate their transition from military service to civilian work.

Timeline

Chief People Officer

Ad Hoc LLC
07.2022 - Current

Head of Global People Operations

Meta (Facebook)
09.2019 - 07.2022

Head Of HR Program Management for Tech Infra

Meta (Facebook)
05.2018 - 09.2019

Global Staffing Leader & Tech Program Manager

Google
12.2015 - 05.2018

Practice Director

Knowledge Systems, LLC
01.2014 - 01.2016

Senior Consultant/Manager

Deloitte
01.2013 - 01.2014

Advanced Management Program -

University of Pennsylvania

Master of Science - Criminal Justice

Columbia Southern University

Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies

Thomas Edison State University

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