Aaron Wilson Resume
Aaron Wilson Resume
Aaron Wilson Resume
WILSON
303-522-6272 www.aaronbwilson.com [email protected] www.linkedin.com/aaronblairwilson
BUSINESS CONSULTANT
Cooperative Development Colleague Strategist Analyst Listener Emotionally Intelligent
Ability to enter organizations and identify business needs, plan and execute strategies and implement or improve processes. Skilled in leveraging talent delivering change within a business. Logically and intuitively recognize issues and find solutions. Organizational Assessment & Design Transition Change Management Business Process Improvement System Implementation Enterprise-Wide Change Management Project Management Talent Management & Engagement Strategic Planning & Execution
Highlights
Cooperative Development Colleague Overcame organizational inertia by rallying stakeholder support for change. Applied BPM methodology to improve quality and timeliness of customer service interactions including planning for and implementing CRM software resulting in improved crossfunctional client service execution reducing process inefficiencies by 90%. Attentive and engaged introspectively, fostering mutual intellectual humility and built authentic, quality relationships across hierarchical structure. Shaped strategies and harnessed buy-in that improved capabilities and drove solutions for customers. Planned and executed strategies that re-organized clients business system and raised staff commitment and skill in support of new system that achieved $360K+ reduction in multi-year labor costs by cutting inconsistencies and improving documentation. Collected and analyzed data of embedded inefficiencies that caused operational breakdown such as identifying a process improvement opportunity that decreased process cycle time by 67% after deploying CRM automation tools and training. Listened across entire organization to identify core elements of business operations and targeted points of pain. Won acceptance of profit model strategy that was the catalyst for motivating top-down change focused on turning around prolonged negative cash flow.
Emotionally Intelligent
Strategist
Analyst
Listener
CAREER PROGRESSION
JOHNSON SAUER LEGAL GROUP, Denver, Colorado, 2012-2013 Oversaw organizational assessment to diagnose negative employee engagement. Assessment results reprioritized role to focus on building successful process alignment of service support infrastructure with profit centers that drove cash volume, improved customer service and enhanced employee relations. BUSINESS CONSULTANT Directed people-centric change initiatives targeting organizational effectiveness, operations and process improvement. Applied flexible and adaptable skills while managing projects that restored fiscal strength, improved accountability and motivated grassroots participation in transitional change efforts. Planned and executed assessment and design strategy applying PDSA, talent strategy, and transition change management strategy. Unlocked efficiency gains via technology and defined new operational and execution strategy. Reduced leadership resistance to change by coaching and delivering data-driven organizational assessment that identified operations and process deficiencies, causing negative employee engagement. Repaired process structures using PDSA methodology for accounting unit that drove 60%+ increase in net cash position over 12 months amidst 51% staff turnover. Decreased operational costs by 12% per annum through accounting unit infrastructure efficiency gains achieved through institutionalized CRM platform; aligned new operating and process structures for unit with creative talent management initiatives. Achieved 14.74% increase in collected-to-billable ratio within 6 months by executing operations excellence strategy includes goal of automating 95% of key collections operations. Trained staff on new systems aimed at combating cash flow issues. Continued on Page 2
Diagnosed one process workflow for accounting unit by collecting and analyzing data involving on-the-job stakeholder stressors and gaps, which led to 40% decrease in cost through implementation of streamlined, automated web-based payment interface. Diminished lack of trust, fear and resentment that impaired talent ability to accelerate speed of cash collection by overseeing transitional change management process that included coaching making culture development the strategic imperative. Reduced employee turnover by 43% over 12 months and increased employee engagement through building on-going partnerships with business units, resulting in achieving process improvement goals and fostering a performance driven culture. Identified gaps in Total Rewards strategy by planning and delivering restructured benefits package that improved psychological safety of staff. Presented reports and won leadership support achieving wider benefit offerings with 10% annual savings.
EDUCATION
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (M.B.A.), DURHAM BUSINESS SCHOOL (U.K.), 2012 MASTER OF HR AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, 2010