Richard Martinez7280 Assisi Hills Rd NE

Rio Rancho, NM  87144 USEvening Phone: 505-270-1251

Day Phone: 505-944-8109Email: garciamartinez@yahoo.com

I am a Senior Level Human Resource Executive with over 20 years of experience in both the private and public sectors. I am seeking new and challenging opportunities in another senior executive position.

I believe I would be able to contribute immediately to your organization because of my proven experience and ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization. I have exemplary skills in leading people toward meeting the organizations vision, mission and goals. I have over twenty years of proven ability in make high level decisions, applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems and calculating risks. I have produced high-quality results for both public and private organizations and would appreciate the opportunity of working with you

Work Experience: US FOREST SERVICEWashington DC & Albuquerque, NM

01/2007 Present

Assistant Human Resource DirectorInternal Operations ManagerFederal Emergency Preparedness CoordinatorSupervisor: Frank Gallegos (505-681-0394)

• As the Assistant Director of Human Resource Management, I provided executive leadership and direction for the administration of Human Resources functions and staff throughout the entire United States servicing 40,000 full time and 16,000 seasonal US Forest Service employees.

• I have full leadership responsibility for managing the budget, travel, training and contracts in Human Resources. With an annual budget in excess of $180 million.

• I provided executive over site to a wide range of analytical, technical, and advisory functions related to the designing, developing and implementation of strategic plans such as building construction, space consolidation, National Emergency Plans (COOP), Safety, and HSPD-12.

• I have full leadership responsibilities for providing advice and guidance in complaint investigation, OPM compliance review, OMB audits, OSHA inspections, EEO discrimination and nondiscrimination violations, civil rights internal and external matters and making recommendations with regard to disposition of audits, inspections, violations and or complaints.

• I have held Secret and Top Secret Clearances.• I have developed numerous reporting templates and metrics for advising and reporting to the

Director and other Senior Leadership on various HR, Employee and Labor Relations and Civil Rights activities.

• I served as a primary Senior Expert for the exchange of operational and policy information between FS Leadership, USDA senior management, union officials, employees, state, local and other federal govt. officials.

• As a Senior Leader I assisted US Forest Service and USDA Leadership in the transformation of the Human Capital Management operation into one central location and services.

• I have had full administrative oversight and responsibilities for human resources areas such as National Agency Policy, COOP, Homeland Security-HSPD12, OWCP, Benefits, Retirement, Classification, Pay, Performance and Awards and Customer Service Call Center, Compliance Audits, Reviews, Inspections and Space Consolidation.

• As a member of the agency’s executive team, I am also responsible for maintaining effective working relationships with various high-level individuals, including Members of Congress and their staffs, other legislative and executive agency officials, executives of major corporations, distinguished members of the public and union officials.

• I supervised and directed all aspects of the Contact Center mission, functions, and operations that provide customer service to over 40,000 Forest Service employees and additional 14,000

seasonal employees and applicants.• I established and coordinated the US Forest Service National Home Land Security HSPD-12

program. and was given an award by USDA for exceeding expectations• I assisted in designing technical and supervisor qualifications and competencies for the future

HR leadership of the US Forest Service.• I have assisted in the career development of employees by designing and developing short and

long term implementation strategies and guidelines.• I have overseen the purchase, contracting, testing and implementation of software and hardware

for National Workers Compensation, HSPD, COOP Programs and Contact Center Programs.• I provide advice and guidance on major policy and program issues associated with the new

centralized services in Human Resources to executive leadership, stakeholders, customers and partners.

• I was responsible for senior leadership in the overall development and training of employees in Pay, Performance and Awards, Unemployment compensation, Benefits, Retirement, Classification, OWCP, HSPD-12 and the Contact center during the Centralization.

• Speaker at National Hispanic Conferences on opportunities with the federal govt.• Served as a member of the USDA and Forest Service Federal Emergencies Preparedness

(COOP) program.• Responsible for managing, directing and coordinating HR Safety program and being the

technical specialist and subject matter expert.• Designed needs assessment to determine employee performance gaps and employee

development during centralization process• Project Manager for the Space Consolidation of FS Albuquerque Service Centers.• Served as Director of Human Resources in his/ her absence.

Environmental Protection AgencyDallas, TX

02/2003 01/2007

Regional Director of Human ResourcesSupervisor: Linda Carroll (Retired)

• As the Regional Director I held a Secret and Top Secret Clearance.• Responsible for assisting Senior Management in administrating the entire agency and Federal

govt. infrastructure of Administrative Services & Human Resource programs, plans and strategies to employees in a 5 state region.

• Responsible for Federal Emergency Management/ Continuity of Operations (COOP) planning of human resources assistance at federally declared disaster areas.

• Developed and Implementing Human Capital and Workforce Analysis planning for the region.• Senior Expert of Human Resources federal laws and regulations pertaining to labor relations,

benefits, labor standards, EEO, and Federal Mediation.• Regional Liaison between Senior Management and Union officials.• Provided guidance and advice to managers and supervisors on various administrative &

programmatic strategic plans.• Coordinated and prepared special correspondence through reports, issue paper, memos and

directives relating to administrative, human resource, employee and labor relations functions for local, state, federal and congressional officials.

• Developed needs assessment to determine employee performance gaps and employee development

• Presented and National Hispanic Conferences, local High Schools and colleges about opportunities with the Federal govt.

Farmland Foods, Inc.Kansas City, MO

10/2000 02/2003

Corporate HR ManagerSupervisor: Kevin Nellie (816-891-2666)

• Presented corporate wide Human Resource Program initiative and strategies to Board of Directors, CEO and Corporate VP’s and 22 State Human Resource officials.

• Provided guidance and advice in Spanish translations/interpretations for company communications in Employee Relations, Labor Relations and Legal/Court matters...

• Developed, planned and managed multi-complex HR programs for 3 Divisions and 22 state regional offices and over 50,000 nationwide employees.

• Prepared detailed work flow analysis, statistical analysis to assess financial impact of Human resource problems and potential solutions for successful business operations.

• Assisted in strategic personnel planning, to meet multi business unit and corporate downsizing objectives, i.e. develop new performance plan, workforce reductions plans, and retention strategies.

• Provided direction to Regional and Corporate Senior Management regarding the development

and implementation of changes to Company and Division policies and procedures.• Responsible for overseeing Corporate Diversity program, Compensation, Benefits, Employee

Relations, Labor Relations, Risk Management, Human Resources Information Systems, Organizational Development, Recruitment, Staffing, Regulator Compliance and Employee Communications at the regional and corporate locations.

• Responsible for the purchasing and training of new software to Corporate and 22 State offices.• Complete oversight responsibilities for corporate Unemployment program in 22 states.• Assisted Senior Management in resolving EEO complaints, union contracts, grievances and

disputes through negotiations, mediation and/or arbitration.• Presented Corporate Recruiting and Relocation programs to 22 State Unemployment officials

Sprint Overland Park , Kansas

10/1994 10/2000

Corporate HR ManagerSupervisor: Pam Urban- 816-682-5552

• Provided Human Resource and Administrative services, guidance and advice to managers and supervisors on matters of Diversity/Affirmative Action, Safety, Training, Employee and Labor Relations.

• Responsible for oral and written communications to corporate and division Senior Leadership, employees, congressional correspondence, state, federal and local officials.

• Conducted and submitted investigative findings of violations of company policies and procedures to Senior Management with recommendations.

• Assisted in Workforce reductions and separation programs to ensure fair and consistent treatment of employees.

• Developed and implemented training classes for Senior Management and Employees in a variety of special interest such as benefits, compensations recruiting, EEO/AAP, Training and Safety.

• Developed Corporate Recruiting Manuel to be used at local and national recruiting events.• Senior Corporate Recruiter and Speaker at local and national Career Conferences.• Served as Corporate Senior Human Resources Management Expert to managers and

employees in 21 states.• Created and produced still, audio video, power points/programs for a variety of printed materials,

news releases and training materials.• Conducted training evaluations and review of curriculum materials, methods and subject matter

to determine effectiveness.• Speaker at Urban League programs, Local High Schools, colleges, Black Engineers

Association, National Hispanic Conferences about employment opportunities with Sprint.• Performed needs assessment to determine employee performance gaps and employee

development.

Internal Revenue ServiceKansas City, MO

10/1985 06/1994

HR ManagerSupervisor: Dave Balke (retired)

• Responsible for assisting Senior Management in administrating the entire agency and Federal govt. infrastructure of Administrative Services & Human Resource programs, plans and strategies to employees in a 5 state region.

• Branch Chief of Recruitment• Responsible for National and local recruiting strategic planning• Developed and Implementing Human Capital and Workforce Analysis planning for the region.• Regional Liaison between Senior Management and Union officials• Provided guidance and advice to managers and supervisors on various administrative &

programmatic strategic plans including EEO, Diversity, and Targeted Recruiting and Employee development.

• Speaker at local High Schools, Colleges, National Hispanic, Native American, and Urban League about employment with the Federal Govt.

• Assisted leadership in resolving EEO complaints, union complaints, and civil court matters.• Coordinated and prepared correspondence through special reports, issue paper, memos and

directives relating to administrative, human resource, employee and labor relations functions.• Established and maintained public contact with minority and women’s groups, handicapped

groups, veterans groups and community organizations, trade and business organizations.• Developed, implemented and presented various HR programs to Veterans, Handicapped, and

EEO and private sector organizations.

• Designed and implemented various news and media releases including taking photographs, brochures, pamphlets and advertisements.

• EEO program manager for several diversity groups responsible for developing and presenting programs.

Martinez Studio- Newton Kansas01/1980 - 10/1985Hours per week: 60

Owner-PhotographerSupervisor: self

Wichita Public SchoolsWichita, KS

08/1980 - 05/1982Hours per week: 40

TeacherSupervisor: Ms. Gates

US Marine Corps 01/1972- 03/1974PhotographerSupervisor: General Brown

Education: Brooks Institute Santa Barbara, Calf.Bachelor's Degree 12/1999GPA: 3.5Major: Business

Wichita St. University, Wichita, KS  Master's Degree 08/1985GPA: 3.5Major: ED Admin

Emporia St. University, Emporia, KS  Bachelor's Degree 05/1975GPA: 3.0Major: ED

Job Related Training: SPECIAL SKILLS * RELATED TRAINING* KNOWLEDGE AREAFEMA COOP Continuity of Operations Excellence Series I&IIFederal MediatorSHRM Member Employee Management Association Member Disabled American Veteran Life Member Project Management trainerAmerican Sign Language Excel-Access-Word-Windows-Outlook-Federal EEO/AA & OFCCP Training Federal FISA, ADR & ADA Training Compensation & Benefits Administration Training Federal Employee & Labor Relations Training Contract Negotiations & Conflict Resolution training OPM Delegated Examiner Training United States Marine Corps Photographer Professional Photographers of America memberCertified Secondary Education Instructor

Language Skills: LanguageEnglishSpanish

Affiliations: Disabled Veterans of America - Life memberProfessional Photographers of AmericaNational Association of Hispanic Federal Executives

Executive Skill’s- Richard Martinez

Leading Change -

Over the past twenty years in both the public and private sectors I have been able to bring about strategic change and meet organizational goals with proven leadership skills and ability. While serving as the Assistant Director of Human Resources, Regional Human Resources Director, and Regional Administrative Officer I was able to provide senior leadership in such major organizational changes as Centralization, reducing the real estate footprint and national disaster assistance. While working in Corporate America I served as a Human Resources Manager, Regional HR Director and Diversity Director where I provided leadership that achieved a transformation of numerous work environments and cost savings due to a continuously ever changing environment.

One of my biggest leadership challenges was when my agency closed 106 local and regional Human Resource offices across the country and centralized all of its HR functions into one location. My executive duties and responsibilities range from assisting in the development and implementation of a new organizational vision to maintaining day to day policy and operation of human capital management for over 38,000 full time employees and 15,000 seasonal employee’s nationwide. This required of me a high level of competency in change management, national policy, financial resources, making and implementing new or cutting –edge programs and processes that include political, economic, social, technological and administrative direction.

Other areas where I have been successful as a leader of change included Human Capital Planning, Workforce Analysis, Valuing Diversity, Employee and Labor Relations, Safety, Leadership Development, Organizational Development and Transformation of Business. I also believe I was successful in leading change because of my leadership skills and abilities that included experiences with operations, budgeting and strategic planning.

I have devoted my work life to improving the work environment and impacting the bottom line by exercising leadership, strengthening partnerships, developing and promoting organizational engagement, and ensuring that the organizations strategic plans, mission, and vision are achieved.

Leading People -

I have been fortunate over the years to work alongside many different styles of successful leaders. And because of these diverse experiences in both the public and private sectors I have been able to shape my own successful style of leadership.

I have become the kind of leader who will not only roll up my sleeves and work alongside my staff but I have learned how to motivate, inspire, nurture and influence others to accomplish the mission at hand. This style of leadership has been very successful for me because it is the kind of leadership that is trusted, respected and results oriented.

I also believe that developing future leaders is an extremely important part of my leadership style. I help develop them by coaching them to understand that becoming a successful and effective leader is more than administrating services. Its understanding your resources, organizational goals and customer expectations, valuing them and maximizing them so they can achieve the desired outcome.

One of my most rewarding experiences of Leading People was during a recruiting effort for Corporate America. I was asked to find hundreds of employees who were willing to relocate to rural American and to work long hours in very hard working conditions. I started by developing a strategic plan and discussing that plan with the local city and state officials, educational institutions, state and Federal housing programs, financial institutions, economic development and several state unemployment offices.

I was able to have the state of California commit to recruiting, training and verifying eligibility of hundreds of unemployed citizens who wanted to work and who would be willing to relocate to other states. While working with that state I was able to meet and plan with the receiving cities, states and local officials to help prepare for the increase in populations to their cities, housing, schools and commercial businesses. The first city and state to participate was Crete, Nebraska.

The end result was our corporation was able to find and hire workers who were willing to relocate to

urban America and several receiving states where able to increase their populations, taxable base, housing, schools and other commercial business as a direct result of my ability to lead people.

Results Driven-

Over the past twenty years I have led many diverse groups of people in a vast array of programs, projects and activities in both the public and private sectors. I have been very proud of the fact that I have been able to give and seek cooperation and reciprocity from my staff, customers, stakeholders, union officials, and other senior management officials to accomplishing organizational vision, mission and common goals.

I have been able to do this by being a catalyst for transition of change and by providing creative, consistent, innovative ideas, designs, solutions and leadership.

A few of the programs, activities and assignments that I have produced high-quality results included areas such as Centralization, Diversity, Affirmative Action, Employee and Labor Relations, Union Negotiations, Succession Planning, Organizational Development, Leadership Development, Recruitment, Risk Management, Business Transition and Continuity of Operation.

One of the most challenges programs but most successful was the development and implementation of the HSPD-12 program for the US Forest Service. USDA the parent agency had given the Forest Service a dead line to develop and implement a program by and I was the Assistant Director assigned to it. I gathered a team and lead the development of the strategic plan and we were able to not only meet USDA expectations but exceeded them and were awarded a national award for the development and implementation of the program that would be used by USDA and the Forest Service.

Business Acumen -

As a Regional Administrative Officer, Regional Human Resource Officer and Agency Assistant Director of Human Capital Management I have been very successful over the years in managing human, financial and information resources strategically.

I have had the pleasure of managing such programs as Centralization of Services, Building Construction, National Human Capital Management, Recruiting, Regional and National Diversity and Affirmative Action planning, negotiated union agreements, National Emergency Contingency plans and National Home Land Security HSPD-12 programs.

For many years i have managed and overseen budgets for these and other programs in both the public and private sector. I have had complete financial executive responsibilities with budgets in excess of $180 million dollars. I was not only responsible for assessing current and future needs of local, state and national programs that impacted 60,000 full time employees and another 20,000 seasonal employees but I also had to assure that sound financial internal controls were being applied correctly by staff at the regional and national locations.

I have also had additional responsibilities of overseeing human capital management procurement, contracting, procedures and budgeting for a large number of programs including national disaster responses, space consolidation and safety.

Several natural disasters occurred within in my region while I was Regional Administrative Officer/ Regional Human Resource Officer and these disasters required my leadership in managing human, financial and information resources strategically. I served as the approving authority for a full range of responsibilities including procurement, contracting, integrating and coordinating of logistical human resources operations for hundreds of employees and volunteers. I managed setting the type of pay, limits, rotating employees, travel authorization, and many other coordinating functions with city, state, federal and local officials.

Over the past twenty years I have been fortunate to be a part of so many projects, programs and activities that acquired my skills and abilities to administer human, financial, material, and information resources in a manner which instills public trust while accomplishing the organizations mission, and goals.

Building Coalitions -

As an executive Regional Administrative Officer, Regional Human Resource Officer, Diversity and Affirmative Action Director and the Agency Assistant Director of Human Capital Management I have been very successful in building and maintaining effective working relationships, negotiations and discussions with so many levels of representatives in tribal, local, state, union officials and other federal officials.

Over the twenty years as an executive leader I have been able to develop a large network of internal and external resources that have helped me accomplish many different goals and task in both the public and private sectors.

I have worked with such organizations as Federal Executive Board, Federal Hispanic Executive Council, United Way, Red Cross, Urban League, National Council of La Raza, Disabled American Veterans, YMCA, Boys Clubs of America, Good Will Industries, State Vocational Rehabilitation, FEMA, Black Engineers Association, Hispanic Engineers, Oklahoma and New Mexico Tribal Councils, Sprint, Disney, Food Banks of New Mexico, DOD, Home land Security, Los Alamos, Boarder Patrol, state and local law enforcement.

It’s been a pleasure to communicate complex and politically sensitive issues to various audiences such as senior agency officials, staff, stakeholders, customers and other city, state and federal officials. I enjoy the challenge of explaining, advocating and expressing ideas to a vast array of internal and external parties.