Customer-driven Career Coach, Educator, and HR leader. Expert helping professionals analyze career potential, build productive search knowledge and tools, and land opportunities that are both challenging and rewarding. Educator with decades of technical knowledge and leadership developing and delivering currculum and college level classes that focus on active learning in business and college environments. Effective in both live and online teaching environments. Expertise building, developing and maintaining highly productive, fun, union-free work environments, with a focus on growth and entrepreneurial organizations. Hands on, energetic, persuasive communicator with collaborative management style. Foster and ensure a value-driven environment, supported by metrics. HR leadership in following industries: professional services, hospitality, specialty retail, wholesale sales/distribution, imprintable garments, food services. Depth of experience working with smaller, entrepreneurial and high potential companies in both strategic and hands on leadership roles supporting planful, sustainable growth. Specialties:  Mergers and Acquisitions  Change Management  Strategic Planning  Employee Relations  Employee Acquisition  Employee Engagement  Training and Development  Compensation and Benefits Management  Performance Management  Executive Coaching  Policy and Procedure Development  Compliance  Maintaining Union Free Work Environment  Career Transition  Career Management  Staff management  Staff development  Budget management  Teaching undergraduate level courses

Senior Consultant; Vice President, Career Management @ From 2002 to Present (13 years) Adjunct Faculty @ Teach Business, Management, and Human Resources Management related courses - both online and classroom settings. From 2005 to Present (10 years) Adjunct Faculty @ Teach bachelor's level courses in Human Resources discipline (classroom and online). From 2006 to Present (9 years) Director, Human Resources @ Organized and directed all aspects of HR function for rapidly growing industry leader, with professional staff of 11. From 1996 to 2001 (5 years) Director, Human Resources @ Built and directed HR function for growing regional private organization, with restaurants in midwest. From 1995 to 1996 (1 year) Director, Human Resources @ Directed complete HR function for US operations of international HR consulting firm. From 1988 to 1994 (6 years) Regional Human Resources Manager @ From 1984 to 1988 (4 years)

M.Ed., Counseling Psychology @ M.Ed, Boston UniversityB.A., Psychology @ B.A., Michigan State University Pete Reno is skilled in:  Analyzing,  Planning,  Persuading,  Problem-solving,  Teaching,  Coaching,  Leading,  Developing,  Innovating, Coaching, Strategy, Executive Coaching, Teaching, Performance Management, Employee Engagement