Senior human resources business partner and change agent with extensive experience in delivering cost effective, leading edge, human resources practices to Fortune 50 companies in the energy and food industries. Highly experienced in all functional areas of HR with strong emphasis in proactive and preventive employee and labor relations. Experienced in leading employee safety and security, salary / hourly payroll and learning and development programs. Internal Champion driving continuous improvement and world class HR practices that are focused to fully engage and maximize the talents of employees. Successful providing leadership and counsel to the management team for optimizing organizational design and effectiveness, work process improvement, create a work environment free from accident and injuries, improves teamwork, increases productivity and reduces cost resulting in sustained organizational growth, profitability and competive advantage.

Director, Human Resources @ From January 2012 to Present (4 years) Director, Marketing and Sales @ From January 2009 to January 2012 (3 years 1 month) Manager, Labor/Employee Relations @ From January 2007 to January 2010 (3 years 1 month) HR/Labor /Employee Relations Manager @ From 1979 to 2007 (28 years)

MBA @ Clark UniversityContinuous Improvement Process, Statistical Process Control @ Crosby Quality CollegeBA @ University of Massachusetts, AmherstWorcester Academy John Penny is skilled in: Employee Relations, Labor Relations, Organization Design, Talent Management, Employee Engagement, Employment Law, Leadership Development, Succession Planning, PeopleSoft, Employee Benefits, Diversity & Inclusion, Talent Acquisition, Organizational Development, Performance Management, Organizational Design