NICK VOYVODICH, SPHR

Hollister, CA 95023
nvoyvodich@yahoo.com www.linkedin.com/in/nickvoyvodich 831.594.7325

Profile: Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Strategic HR Planning Organizational Development Change Management HR Generalist

Success transforming HR into strategic partner and driving synergy across decentralized
business structure to meet all operating, organizational, performance, and financial demands.

Expertise in HR strategy, compensation and benefits, labor and employee relations, and
organizational change and design. Balance big picture strategy, HR data, legal regulations, and
people to achieve organizational effectiveness and performance excellence.

Key resource, advisor, and partner to C-suite executives, providing guidance and strategy through
acquisitions, integrations, and reorganizations.

Achieve tremendous results through collaboration with all corporate levels. Innate ability to
bridge the gap and connect with and relate to people; strong knowledge of HR policies, processes,
procedures, and legal statutes and trends.

Decisive leadership, critical thinking, and problem solving competencies with experience refining
HR functions and infrastructures to support business transformation and growth.

Broad based background in Human Resources with rapid career progression in the field. Highly
adaptable to any new environment and consistently received high marks of praise from all performance
reviews.
Nick is that rare HR professional who has broad and deep experience across the business and is the
kind of professional any team would be lucky to acquire. William Schenher, Asst. Treasurer, Fujitsu.

Under Nicks guidance we always solved any personnel issue, his technical expertise and employee
awareness equipped us to manage through any situation no matter how sensitive. Nick always made sure
we had the appropriate balance between business and employee. Kevin Wrenn, Sr. Vice President, Fujitsu.

Core Competencies Include

Corporate Restructuring & Integrations
Employee Retention & Culture Change
Change Management
Program and Project Management
Employee Relations, Engagement & Diversity HR Risk Management & Regulatory Compliance
Staffing, Succession Planning & Mobility
Team Leadership, Training & Collaboration
Compensation & Benefits Programs
HR Metrics, Staff Productivity & Engagement

Professional Experience
DeAnza College Part-Time Instructor (1/2006-Present)
Higher Education Institution
Create instructional materials, lesson plans, and instruct classes in HR Management, Business
Communications, and Introduction to Business.
Average 40 students per course and have current student supplied professor rating of 4.7 out of
5.0.
Fujitsu America, Inc. Lead Senior HR Business Partner (1/2001-2/2015)
Computer Hardware/Software Provider
Supervised HR Business Partner and worked collaboratively to administer a variety of Human Resources
plans and programs for the entire Platform Products Group and the G&A organizations. This included, but

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was not limited to, CFO/CIO, Finance, Accounting, IT, and legal team comprised of in-house corporate
attorneys and immigration staff, SVP of Marketing, and SVP of Strategy with total client group of 700
employees. Created and implemented a number of strategies and initiatives to meet all HR and employee
relations goals and objectives.
Established career development program known as Career Framework; attained a 4 point improvement
in employee engagement survey for Finance/IT Division and advanced initiative into the Platform
Products Group.
Created and implemented new college graduate mentor program for the Platform Products Group that
resulted in increased retention and turnover rate 10% lower than overall company rate; program had
22 recently hired college graduates and received resounding CEO participation and support.
Worked closely with outside legal representation mediating discrimination claim filed by former
employee; saved final resolution amount by $180K within the Software Products Group.
Represented Fujitsu at 4 unemployment appeal mediations with 100% favorable judgment to

company.

Spearheaded an employee centric approach during massive and on-going downsizing of hundreds of
employees that resulted in 100% separation agreement signature completion; successfully managed
downsizing of client organization by over 250 employees in an 18-month period.
Designed and instituted a corporate wide leadership training program for all levels of management (175
managers) that resulted in average attendee satisfaction rate of 4.85 out of 5.0; expanded program
throughout U.S. as sole person in charge with full CEO support and participation in course offerings.
Facilitated 6 classes for the corporate rebranding program called Shaping Tomorrow with You and
received attendee overall rating of 4.5 out of 5.

EARLY ROLES as Senior HR Business Partner, Nortel Networks; HR Manager, Amdahl Corporation; and
Human Resources Senior Education Specialist, Amdahl Corporation.

Education
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
San Jose State University
Certifications:
Senior Professional in Human Resources

Professional Affiliations

Member of Society for Human Resources Management

Computer Specifics

Technically skilled in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint; PeopleSoft, Halogen, and readily adapt to
new programs and technologies.