Susan is a veteran HR professional and recruiter with strong business acumen.
SUMMARY of RESULTS and EXPERIENCE
- Recruiting of 75 + Executives including: Presidents, VP's of Product Development (R&D), Sales, Marketing & CFO's as well as 100's of Director and individual contributor level candidates in: Sales, Product Management, Marcom, Finance, Software Development, Hardware Development, System Engineering, Bid Management, Professional Services...
- Advising and coaching executive teams on VP, "C" level and Presidential profiles and requirements, compensation plans, stock option and stock ownership plans and employment contracts.
- Start-up Board Member with experience in the full business cycle - multi-million dollar financings, periods of growth and periods of retraction, acquisitions and company closures.
- Culture troubleshooting and improvement to ensure high productivity and low turnover. Previously established a technology culture as Director HR that kept turnover for technology professionals to an unusually low 1%.
- Acquisition due diligence team member: evaluation of overall company value to acquirer, with special focus on the management and technology teams.
- Evaluation of potential company viability: review of 100's of business plans and 100+ meetings with entrepreneurs / founders with focus on: financial viability and requirements, market positioning, business model potential for revenue generation, technological competitive advantage and barrier to entry, share capitalization, team expertise and team completeness.
- Seamless and results oriented performance management system tailoring and implementation.
- Initiating and overseeing Product Development process audits.
- Leadership and Trainer Training given to over 3000 Managers and Trainers.
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CAREER HISTORY
| 2005 - Present |
Susan Read Talent
President |
| 1998 - 2005 |
Gestion TechnoCap - Venture Capital Investment
Vice-President |
| 1992 - 1998 |
Positron
Director, Human Resources |
| 1984 - 1992 |
Readplan Services
President - Human Resources Consultant |
| 1982 - 1984 |
Four Seasons Consulting
Human Resources Consultant |
EDUCATION
| 1994 |
M. Ed. Andragogy (Adult Training), Université de Montréal |
| 1981 |
B.A. Industrial Relations and Economics, McGill University |
| 1978 |
French Immersion course, advanced level, Université de Dijon, France | |
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