Workforce Development
- Our consultant has a breadth and depth of Workforce Development knowledge. He has served in Workforce Development at many levels, including -
- Organizational Effectiveness Consultant where he coached and mentored new Employment Connection Regional Directors and Administrators, Project Managed statewide projects, including the Leadership Development Academy
- Northwest Regional Director for Employment Security Department's Employment Connections Division where he lead strategic planning, performance management, regional budgeting and staffing, change management and other efforts
- Area Director for Snohomish County; Received accolades from Governor's staff for "courage presenting at GMAP"
- WorkSource Administrator for Everett, receiving multiple state and national awards for team and DOL best practices
- Special Projects Manager where he built the Employment and Training unit from $zero to over $3,000,000 annual funding in two years
- Youth Employment and Training supervisor where he received 4 Department of Labor awards for building best practice programs
- Employment and Training Case Manager and Assessment Specialist for two separate non-profit agencies
- Activity and Vocational Specialist for a non-profit agency in the Mental Health field
- Recreation Coordinator for a City Parks and Recreation Department.
- Executive Committee member for multiple Workforce Development Councils.
- Chaired several advisory committees.
Workforce Development programs he has expertise with -
- WIOA
- WorkSource
- Trade Act
- Dislocated Worker
- Rapid Response
- Veterans, Disabled Veterans, and Homeless Veterans programs
- Low-Income Adult
- Disadvantaged Youth, In-school and Out-of-school youth programs
- National Emergency Grants
- National Dislocated Worker Emergency Grants
- Reentry
- Summer Youth Employment and Training
- WorkFirst
- Juvenile/Youth Offender projects
- Work Experience programs
- On-The-Job Training
- Customized and Individual Skills Training programs
- Labor Exchange
- Front end of Unemployment and Reemployment services
- Infrastructure Funding Agreements, Career Services, Individualized Career Services
He is certified as a-
- Prosci Change Manager
- Respectful Workplace trainer
- Adventures in Attitudes trainer.
- He has also taken and trained leaders on a magnitude of leadership trainings/concepts.
He will use his knowledge, skills, abilities, competencies and values of humility, respect, courage, inclusion, integrity, and a collective wisdom approach... to work with leadership in developing a tailored plan to meet any workforce challenges or initiatives he can effectively contribute to meeting/delivering/implementing.