Derrick Allen

• Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively. Includes program analysts and management consultants

Selected accomplishments:

• Gather and organize information on problems or procedures.
• Confer with personnel concerned to ensure successful functioning of newly implemented systems or procedures.
• Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.
• Document findings of study and prepare recommendations for implementation of new systems, procedures, or organizational changes.
• Plan study of work problems and procedures, such as organizational change, communications, information flow, integrated production methods, inventory control, or cost analysis.

• Served as second in charge in the organization. Responsible for ensuring that the business operates with the highest optimization. Highly skilled with unique opportunities to include delegating tasks and directing agendas to drive success by managing organizational structure.

Selected accomplishments:

• Develop, execute, and assess top business strategies that will propel company growth.
• Collaborate with other executives, managers, and employees to identify meaningful solutions.
• Serve as a main resource for managers in finance, marketing, and sales operations.
• Responsible for a facility and equipment valued at seventeen million dollars.
• Successfully managed and operated three thousand dollars operating budget.
• Adjust important procedures and policies by collaborating with HR and assessing current industry trends.

• Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering contracts and helping resolve work-related problems. Advised managers on organizational policy matters, such as equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment, and recommend needed changes.

Selected accomplishments:

• Analyze and modify compensation and benefits policies to establish competitive programs and ensure compliance with legal requirements.
• Performed difficult staffing duties, including dealing with understaffing, refereeing disputes, firing employees, and administering disciplinary procedures.
• Represented organization at personnel-related hearings and investigations.

• Serve as faculty member with the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI) (accredited by the American Council on Education-ACE) providing distance and classroom-based education related to equal opportunity programs, policies, and standards. Key liaison with the United States Army Reserve and the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Selected accomplishments:

• Certified in providing training on topics such as Hazing and Bullying, Sexual Harassment, Racism, and Training & Development.
• Provide critical education to five EO Classes per year with more than 500 total students.
• Managed curriculum for specialized instruction in the organization.

• Steered staffing and resourcing of U.S. Army Active Duty and Reserve programs by writing, interpreting, implementing, and enforcing related human resources policies. Held accountability for inputting deployment priority codes to Army Reserves, as well as providing direct assistance with replacement and staffing requirements. Analyze forecasts related to future operations to determine personnel needs. Played a key role in transformation, shaping, and deactivation of Reserve components world-wide.

Selected accomplishments:

• Successfully mentored 15 HR professionals in developing personnel management procedures resulting in increased productivity of personnel actions by 40%.
• Meticulously managed 2K+ codes to ensure effective and efficient staffing and preparation to meet immediate and long-term requirements.
• Initiates and sustains collaborative, trust-based relationships with senior leaders, peers and subordinates
• Adapts, develops and/or implement appropriate human resource structures, tools policies, processes and procedures to support the business strategy.

• Oversaw HR operations, training, and development for 6K personnel in three states for a logistics based organization. Spearheaded personnel programs, developed and implemented policies, and advised on assignments and deployments. Closely monitored results and performance to ensure 100% readiness at all times.

Selected accomplishments:

• Led seamless integration of new tracking system resulting in improved transparency and decreased phone calls and complaints.
• Established highly efficient workflows to enable processing of 300+ personnel actions weekly with exceptional accuracy.
• Creates, nurtures and sustains a positive, engaging work environment that attracts, develops and retains critical talent.

• Managed preparation and execution of comprehensive security plan to proactively identify threats, issues, and disasters. Ensured personnel maintained required clearances. Led training in physical security, economic security, and other related topics.

Selected accomplishments:

• Credited with boosting security compliance rate by 20% through effective program management.
• Improved training quality and performance to decrease failure rates and successfully pass multiple inspections with 100% pass rate.

• Formulated and delivered recruiting and marketing plans to attract high-caliber candidates from a three-state region, maintaining full compliance with enlistment standards and procedures. Managed budget, supervised and trained 357 personnel, and oversaw security. Assisted in processing recruitment waivers. Designated lead instructor for multiple database systems and policies. Led investigations into allegations of recruiter misconduct.

Selected accomplishments:

• Drove continuous improvement to quality of recruits, decreasing losses due to previously undisclosed issues and enable team to meet recruitment and retention goals.
• Advanced through multiple roles between 1997 and 2005, Training Officer/Budget Analyst, Personnel Management Supervisor, Recruiter, HR Manager, HR Specialist, Instructor, and Personnel Administration Supervisor.
• Earned multiple awards throughout 20-year career, including Top Army Recruiter of the Quarter and other medals and commendations for outstanding performance.
• Promotes a change-oriented culture to help drive priority-based initiatives aligned with the business goals throughout the organization.
• Contributes leading-edge thought leadership and innovative approaches to maximize organizational performance within the region