Michelle B Blieberg

Partner with principal/CEO as an advisor and Head of HR to transform an established, global, private high-end commercial, residential and hospitality firm into a high-performance global enterprise.

• Evaluated current Human Resources operations and upgrading policies & processes.
• Significantly upgraded key talent and redesigned organizational structures.
• Responsible for NYC union/labor relations.
• Created analytic dashboards with Human Resources Strategy
• Assumed responsibility for London office HR function.

Guided startup expansion and managed pandemic response, evaluated all HR operations, and upgraded HR systems.

Advised executive management and the board of directors on human resources strategy and culture.

• Successfully increased recruiting by 300% and started campus recruiting and intern program.
• Contributed to strategic planning and development of HR operations transformation roadmap.
• Created succession plans, promotion paths, and job competencies.
• Established employee relations practices, devised and executed onboarding, employee development, performance oversight, compensation, and benefits programs.
• Started as a full-time consultant in 1/2019 and joined full-time in 12/2019.

• Established GOLD (Global Organization & Leadership Development) offering executive development including flagship Chairman's Program, high potential initiatives, digital learning and women's leadership breakthrough events.
• Implemented and managed enterprise-wide talent management processes including a unique approach to succession planning highlighting both internal and external candidates as well as diverse talent.
• Outcomes included robust talent review conversations measured against customized TW Leadership Expectations.
• Orchestrated first firm-wide culture survey to tie employee engagement & diversity initiatives to measurable results.
• Started up change management function to enable transformation enterprise wide initiatives to include the human capital element in all phases.
• Co-created first high potential diverse multi-cultural business learning project initiative.
• Responsible for HR services for the Corporate population. Created a new talent analytic dashboard linking HR planning to business priorities.

Head of Leadership, Organization & Talent Development and Head of the Americas for UBS Business University

• Led a team to create one leadership & talent strategy and architecture for four divisions (70,000 employees). Reviewed 26 programs and implemented six core offerings. Implemented a leader-led learning approach and blended learning technologies.

Managing Director, Global Learning Officer, UBS Investment Bank

• Managed global learning centers throughout Asia, Zurich, London and US offering a full range of leadership, professional, technical, bank trainee and client education including a full time staff of 100 covering 17,000 employees.
• Through the strategic direction of a senior management-led Development Board, introduced highly experiential leadership and talent development programs spanning graduate through Managing Director levels. UBS’s key talent/high potential program ASCENT was offered to 300 employees a year for a two year program. SUMMIT was created for MDs in partnership with the business as a culture building, innovation think tank.

Relationship evolved from a successful consulting engagement initiated with KMV in 2000. Orchestrated the HR integration process during the acquisition of KMV by Moody’s.

• Oversight and design of all HR activities worldwide.
• Served as an executive coach to the Senior Leadership team.
• Implemented a succession planning process and talent review.
• Oversight of Moody's Foundation investment selection process in the SF Bay Area with annual funding of $350,000.

Started up and expanded HR functions during a dynamic growth period (employee population tripled from 5,000 to over 18,000; three acquisitions /joint ventures occurred).

• Launched Schwab University & Leadership Academy and web-based e-learning strategy.
• Facilitated first talent review/succession planning process.
• Managed new Workforce Initiatives function that included Employer of Choice, Schwab Alumni Network and Vision Quest (a strategy, vision and alignment initiative championed by Schwab’s CEO). Achieved Fortune magazine listing among top 10 employers for Best Place to Work for two years, Working Women’s Best Place for Women to Work, and the Catalyst Organization Award.
• Reimagined diversity, relocation, staff relations and the generalist function (managing 75 Generalists worldwide) to become proactive functions focusing on business growth.

Promoted from AVP to SVP over 4 years. One of youngest SVPs promoted in HR. Redesigned and integrated Corporate Training and Organizational Development for Travelers and Smith Barney World Wide. (formally Shearson Lehman/American Express).

• Facilitated annual Investment Banking Talent Review process.
• Oversaw merger integration activities.
• Served as HR Business Partner and managed a staff of 34 professionals in the areas of Employee Relations, Compensation, Training & Development, Recruiting, Career Mobility and Employee Communications.
• Founded SPG University; using managers as “professors”.