AARON M.

VARUOLO
286 VISTA CIRCLE, NORTH OLMSTED, OHIO, 44070 440-590-2965 amvaru ! "#ma$!%& m SKILL SET SUMMARY: * 7 years progressive experience in: Management Consulting, Organizational Development, Total Quality Management, and Leadership * xpert in improving operational e!!ectiveness and streamlining process !lo"s, implementing cost reduction solutions "hile ensuring product #uality, and integrating lean tools "ithin organizations * Certi!ications in $ix $igma %&lac' &elt( and )ro*ect Management PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Project Consultant, Pearson PLC

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Westlake, Ohio March 2012- Present Managing pro*ects "ith cross+!unctional teams in identi!ying opportunities and creating solutions to improve ,uman -esources processes, resulting in company pro!it margins .eing increased sta.lishing a Leadership culture "hich !ocuses on applying creativity to pro.lem solving, striving !or continuous improvement in process e!!iciency and the development o! employee s'ill sets /mplemented the &est )ractices on Teaming and Leadership, serving as learning tools !or the development o! management s'ills on decision ma'ing and the reduction o! interdepartmental pro.lem solving cycle times /ntegrated a 012 3eed.ac' )er!ormance Management $ystem that esta.lishes clear *o. responsi.ilities !or positions, limiting the need !or management direction, and reducing #ueue times !or achieving employee delivera.les Created programs that identi!y and re"ard high per!ormers to .olster employee motivation and morale

Management Consultant, Renoir Group Dakota Gasi ication Plant-North Dakota

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No!e"#er 2010- Dece"#er 2011

$upervised a -esource Management 4ction Team in eliminating .ottlenec's in production process !lo"s and reducing "or' order delays and variances /mplemented a &ac'log Monitoring $ystem !or trac'ing delays, esta.lishing a more e!!icient process !or Maintenance and Operations "or' order completion, and management corrective action procedures )iloted a %5 day x 62 hour( "or' schedule reducing do"n time !or machinery, increasing production .y 67 percent Designed a 8$upervisor 4uditing $ystem,9 resulting in an operational productivity increase o! :2 percent Developed a 8Center o! xcellence9 !or s'ill trans!er, training, and succession planning "ithin the organization 4ligned the organizational structure .y changing employee roles and esta.lishing a ne" *o. position hierarchy

People Solutions Specialist, Alexander Proudfoot $a oken% Platin&" Mine-'o&th A rica No!e"#er 200(- No!e"#er 2010
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/ntegrated value+stream mapping into .usiness strategy !ormulation to eliminate .ottlenec's and create more e!!icient material !lo" in the mining process Conducted training sessions !or supervisors on implementing the use o! $hort+/nterval Controls to accomplish mining goals and measure daily platinum outputs Designed training materials !or teaching 4ctive Management &ehaviors to supervisors, creating ne" procedures to direct and manage employees more e!!ectively Developed 8&ehavioral Models9 !or *o. positions, esta.lishing a ne" system !or conducting per!ormance appraisals Led the communication strategy and mar'eting campaign !or organizational pro*ect promotion Devised &usiness -evie"s as research and analysis tools !or !inding opportunities "ith potential client organizations

Organizational De elopment Specialist, !"omson #inancial Ne) *ork, N* No!e"#er 200+- Ma, 200* * * *

)romoted a 8;aizen9 culture "ithin the organization !ocusing on maintaining product #uality and process improvement during the merger and ac#uisition .et"een Thomson 3inancial and -euters Led !ocus groups and structured intervie"s to assess Thomson 3inancial<s climate= and implemented programs to !oster a colla.orative culture that provided more recognition "ith an employee re"ard system /mproved recruitment and selection processes, e!!iciently on.oarding ne" employees to the organization Conducted *o. analysis to update employee roles and responsi.ilities that served as criteria !or per!ormance management appraisals

EDUCATION: Colum$ia %ni ersit&' (e) *or+, (* Masters, Or%ani.ational Ps,cholo%, O"io %ni ersit&' At"ens, O, $achelors, Ps,cholo%, Minor, $&siness GPA /.0 GPA /.0 1&ne 200( 1&ne 200+