MATTHEW E. BROWN
Richmond,Virginia
Summary
Dynamic Senior HR Advisor with 15+ years of experience leveraging people and process management skills to lead large organizational initiatives, including process analysis and improvement. Adept at developing and implementing strategic plans, engaging with stakeholders, and leading efforts in training and development, performance management, employee experience, and workplace investigations.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior HR Advisor Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia
10.2020 - Current
- Developed and executed training tools by creating a standardized training program and toolkit on effective performance management techniques, improving the competency of 300 managers across business units.
- Create annual strategic objectives, and lead Senior Executives in executing actions that effectively recruit talent, develop employees, and ensure an inclusive workplace culture and engagement.
- Leverage JIRA to monitor, manage, and delegate team projects and tasks to ensure the effective completion of strategic initiatives.
- Lead investigations from employee complaints related to possible infractions with corporate policy, Equal Employment Opportunity, and employment law across multiple states.
- Serve as Project and Program Manager for large initiatives, and ensure successful execution of tasks, milestones, and deliverables.
HR Consultant -Tech Diversity and Inclusion
Capital One Financial
Glen Allen, Virginia
06.2019 - 10.2020
- Act as an executive consultant supporting the creation of inclusion and diversity objectives, program design and measurement plans providing leadership oversight throughout all phases of implementation
- Execute monitoring plans including the ongoing review of inclusion and diversity data conducting appropriate root cause analysis and research
- Support the mitigation of employee attrition through the generation of data trends and reporting to identify employee experience investment opportunities aligned to strategic imperatives
- Design and implement structured inclusion and diversity programs, projects and initiatives to improve diverse recruiting pipeline within both experienced and campus talent pools
- Assess and source external inclusion and diversity focused vendors to support employee development and cultivation of employee sense of belonging
Tech Events Sr. Process Manager
Capital One Financial
Glen Allen, Virginia
08.2018 - 06.2019
- Consult and partner with employee/business resource groups to enhance overall program/project delivery leveraging subject matter expertise and enterprise vantage point
- Partner with stakeholders from Recruiting, Brand, Tech Diversity & Inclusion, Community Affairs, and Enterprise Supplier Management to mitigate enterprise engagement risks
- Facilitate large-scale inclusion and diversity engagements/meetings owning end to end planning including partnerships with key stakeholders attending conferences
- Research and recommend external inclusion and diversity conferences and historical engagement opportunities for senior leadership engagement and internal employee attendance
- Consult and advise senior leaders on how to best optimize Capital One's external brand at conferences and external engagements
Operations Unit Manager
Capital One Financial
Glen Allen, Virginia
07.2013 - 08.2018
- Monitor and analyze operational performance statistics and identify risks Proactively monitor daily operations of escalated department of 150+ associates
- Conducting analysis of current state of processes and issues/gaps to provide strategic plans to senior leadership
- Manage processes gathering data to analyze trends, implementing lean tools, and accurately documenting life cycles
- Perform process improvement tasks across multiple lines of business creating and documenting critical process's impacting multiple lines of business
- Utilize MS PowerPoint, Excel, and Visio as tools for presentations and influencing stakeholders across multiple lines of business including use of Tableau and SQL queries
Education
Master of Science - PROJECT MANAGEMENT
VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Petersburg, Virginia05-2013
Bachelor of Arts - POLITICAL SCIENCE
VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Petersburg, Virginia12-2010
Skills
- Data analytics
- Project Management
- Program Management
- Employee Relations
- Executive Leadership Development
- Strategic Planning
- Scrum Master
- Organizational Development
Certification
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification (Business Process Management)
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Project Management Boot Camp: Risk Analysis, Budgeting, Procurement, and Scheduling
- Emotional Intelligence for People Leaders
- Lean/Six Sigma Principles Experience
Timeline
Senior HR Advisor Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
10.2020 - Current
HR Consultant -Tech Diversity and Inclusion
Capital One Financial
06.2019 - 10.2020
Tech Events Sr. Process Manager
Capital One Financial
08.2018 - 06.2019
Operations Unit Manager
Capital One Financial
07.2013 - 08.2018
Master of Science - PROJECT MANAGEMENT
VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Arts - POLITICAL SCIENCE
VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY