M a r y a n n e B a t t l e s(425) 829-2802

Maryanne.battles@gmail.com

Executive coach, systems thinker and key talent advisor to C-suite executives and leaders focused on driving business outcomes through forward-looking people practices. HR leader with a proven track record of results in Fortune 500, Global Philanthropic and Private Equity organizations.

P r o f e s s i o n a l E x p e r i e n c e RADIANT VISION SYSTEMS, LLC, Redmond, WA 2013- PresentSenior Human Resource Director/Talent Manager: Executive team member leading Radiant Vision System’s people agenda. Report to the CEO for the development and implementation of a global talent strategy focused on growing revenue 30% year-over-year through pioneering people practices. Ownership of Radiant Vision Systems recently was sold to Konica Minolta for a triple-digit million dollar profit achieved in three years. Zemax (a Radiant company) sold for a multi-million profit.

Provided vision and implementation for Radiant’s Global Talent Management programs specifically designed for a private equity company strategy requiring rapid year-over-year revenue growth in preparation of a company sale.

Led major People/Talent processes during quarterly and bi-annual year reviews including talent gap assessment in alignment to organization capability building initiatives and our business plan. Partnered with senior executives and CEO, on developing succession plans and talent pipelines for critical positions including leadership and management roles.

Designed and implemented the company’s rewards and health care benefits philosophy and roll out (including employee demographic analysis), employment branding, a yearly performance management system, onboarding procedures, leadership training and a salary/career architecture leveraged for training and career development.

Spearheaded HR policy development, safety, compliance and HRIS enablement. Initiated accelerated talent development for engineering and sales positions. In-depth profile development for

high-impact Sales leader positions impacting positive revenue projections by 15 million. Led Human Resource due diligence support and integration for the Radiant Vision Systems and Zemax sale

including 401K, healthcare benefit, pay, talent integration and onboarding of Konica Minolta’s leadership.

MB CONSULTING, Redmond, WA 2011-2013MICROSOFT CORPORATION & GRAMEEN FOUNDATION, Redmond/Seattle, WA Talent Management Consultant

Technical Executive Connection (TEC) Recruiting Team –Microsoft’s Executive Recruiting team. Designed and implemented a talent career framework for the Grameen Foundation (a Seattle and Washington,

DC based micro-finance non-profit organization) allowing for compensation bands to be combined with career planning objectives impacting employee development and growth. This included the successful design of supporting research, methodology, interview protocol, qualitative analysis and change management initiatives.

BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, Seattle, WA 2007-2010Human Resource Generalist – Operation Groups (2009-2010)Promoted from Senior Division Recruiting Manager to Human Resource Generalist. Delivered HR strategy for operation groups including: Finance, Real Estate, IT, Government Public Policy and the Chief Executive Office located in Seattle; Washington, DC and London.

Established a partnership of influence and trust with Executives, Directors and Managers which resulted in a successful engagement with the business strategy and positive culture impact. Provided HR infrastructure support for newly opened London office, including talent management, planning and employee support; compensation and benefit roll-out.

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Provided leadership and management coaching; employee training, workforce planning and culture strategy support. Led performance management, compensation strategy and process. Developed and supported change management strategies for Real Estate and IT groups including the largest foundation organization re-structure during my tenure, resulting in cost savings and customer satisfaction results.

Senior Division Talent Acquisition Manager – Operation Groups (2007-2009) Hand-picked by former manager to manage Senior Recruiting Team in rapid hiring, exceeding hiring goal by achieving an additional 124 new hires to initial 220 employee base.

Provided and managed talent acquisition strategy and workforce planning for the highly diverse talent needs across operating groups including: Chief Financial; Legal; Human Resources; Information Technology; Foundation (Corporate) Communications; Public Policy and the Administrative Office.

Established streamlined recruiting approach with emphasis on organization design, talent gap assessment, recruiting profile and candidate market research as well strategy and timeline assessment per position achieving 85% filled positions in 90 days. Managed operation recruiting team budget. Provided competency interviewer training.

Assigned as Executive Recruiter for Foundation’s CEO Team including Senior Leadership roles supporting Melinda Gates, CEO Patty Stonesifer and Bill Gates Senior. Developed and implemented recruitment structure and hiring philosophy.

MICROSOFT CORPORATION, Redmond, WA 1997-2005

Senior Division Talent Acquisition Manager, Bill Gates (Billg) Corporate Groups & R&D (2002–2005)Progressive career in Staffing and Management resulting in a Senior Staffing role for the Billg investment technology and research groups. Managed Senior Recruiting Group associated with Microsoft Research (Corporate R&D) and Chief Technology Officers (CTO) groups. Met or exceeded all hiring goals.

Established consultative partnership with Executives, Directors, Leaders and Managers regarding current and future business strategy, organization design and talent acquisition needs. Developed and implemented 3 year Talent Acquisition plan including diversity hiring needs for Corporate R&D Incubation technology groups managed by Bill Gates.

Managed and coached 5 Recruiter’s executive sourcing and recruitment plans for hard to fill technology positions while managing high volume talent needs.

Partnered with Human Resources on talent and workforce planning including leadership bench development and Corporate R&D intern, fellowship and resident hiring.

Evaluated and aligned recruiting needs, managed recruiting budget, identified staffing goals and objectives Provided competency and behavior based interviewer training.

Division Talent Acquisition Manager, Windows Operating Systems (2001–2002)Provided divisional direction and management to the 8 person Recruiting team impacting the production and delivery of the Windows Operating System product. Surpassed hiring goals.

Revitalized underperforming recruiting team. Analyzed and realigned workload, coached and performance managed recruiters to increase technical sourcing, and sell strategies exceeding the Windows Operating Systems Division yearly hiring goal.

Developed Windows Operating System 3 year Talent Acquisition plan, consulted with technical hiring managers and Directors identifying current and long term talent needs which aligned to business and product strategy.

Provided consultative client support to General Managers, Directors and Managers meeting staffing expectations for time to fill positions and hiring manager feedback.

E d u c a t i o n & T e c h n i c a l S k i l l sLIOS Graduate College of Saybrook University, San Francisco, CA

Master’s Degree in Organization Systems & Leadership: Curriculum includes a focus on leadership development, coaching, training, group facilitation and change management

Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WABachelor of Arts in Clinical Psychology, Minor in Economics

GEOS Language School, Tokushima, JapanConversational Japanese

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Professional Awards: Eastern Washington University Primate Research Internship, Microsoft Recruiting Excellence Award & Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Two Month Sabbatical

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