Kass Husar, MBA

Building Learning Capabilities for Today’s Business Enterprises

www.linkedin.com/in/kasandrahusar khusar@yahoo.com 916.893.9109 Cell

Kass Husar is a global program manager with 15 years experience in learning & development strategy focused on driving enterprise-wide results across multiple geographies. She is a collaborative and results-oriented professional with strong stakeholder influencing capabilities to enable seamless integration

PROFESSIONAL SKILLSET Learning & Development, Educational Course Content Design, Course Creation Cross Functional Team Leadership, Stakeholder Management, Leadership Influencing Executive Leadership Development, Succession Planning, Executive Event Planning Staffing/HR Market Intelligence, Development of future Organizational Core Skill-set Requirements Talent Pipeline Strategy, Recruiting/Hiring/Integration, University and Corporate Partnerships Global Team Ownership, Strategic Planning, Global Team Resource Coordination, External Industry Collaboration Program Management, Project Management, Resource Allocation, Budgeting, Timeline Management Transition Change Management, Budgeting, Human and Financial Resource Allocation and Management Intel University Instructor of Supply Chain Strategy, Business acumen, Knowledge Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

INTEL CORPORATION: 12 years October 2000 - Present

Strategic Global Pipeline Talent 2 yearsRe-engineered Intel supply chain talent pipeline processes to achieve 75% efficiency increase in recruiting & integration to meet current talent needs and forecasted skill-set requirements in technical and non-technical roles

Lead vision and strategy development with continual improvement in respects to future expectations of skills needs across geographies through extensive collaboration with HR and external labor intelligence sources

Spearhead of infrastructure build, resource and capability strategy utilizing LEAN methodologies to ensure effective & efficient processes in tandem with Transition Change Management in technical departments

Build and implement business process infrastructure and budget while aligning and influencing key stakeholders to support hiring oriented key performance Indicators

Utilize divisional volunteers in core business departments to identify candidates, recruit top talent and hire appropriate recent college graduates (RCGs) in target schools

Design, coordinate, execute strategic internship program for business and technical talent in collaboration with partner supply chain organizations, including hiring and integration process standard documentation

Planning, coordination and implementation of RCG strategy to ensure seamless integration into culture and role expectations

Executive Leadership Action Program (Intel LAP) 1.5 yearsDelivered the first Leadership Action Program for 3 global supply chain divisions with 99.98% stakeholder satisfaction, resulting in the inclusion of newly developed acumen curriculum into executive staff level training Achieved planning and execution with process improvement to incorporate intelligence objectives Successfully delivered organizational learning in the ability to spot, anticipate, and capitalize on business

opportunities that impact the top and bottom line Provided an opportunity and platform for executive staff to observe potential new management leaders in a

structured experiential environment

Influenced multiple departments to collectively fund developer resources, form design team and execute content creation. Culminated in 4 week offsite senior management leadership training event held in May of 2010 with new processes adapted by Intel CEO for senior executive staff

Business Acumen Learning & Development 8 years (now in advisory role)Drove intelligence solution from concept phase to a cultural core competency across global operations, resulting in over 1600 sourcing specialists up-skilled with 36% decision quality of procurement contracting: Published author and recognized industry expert

Collaborated with HR and Staffing intelligence sources to obtain and build out raw data, synthesize findings and work with leadership to determine future anticipated skills needs for supply chain positions

Partnered with University of Michigan and Stanford to develop multi-phased Intelligence curriculum including classroom and online methodologies and led team of designers to build content

Coordinated implementation of phased rollout to US, Asia, Europe, Latin America and Russia with robust train-the-trainer strategy hinging on leadership (director/VP) in key instructor roles

Designed and executed Transition Change Management strategy to ensure facilitation of expectation setting with communications and leadership reinforcement of desired behavior

Integrated business acumen and intelligence standards in established business processes such as negotiation plans, strategic sourcing plans, supplier relationship management, supplier quality report cards

Methodically executed plan in phases to facilitate effective movement of organization from Phase 1 to Phase 3.5 in capability of optimal decision making with incorporation of external intelligence and benchmarking

Intel Strategy and Intelligence Exchange (ISIE) 8 years & continuingEstablished Intel as Best-In-Class in global supply chain intelligence capability by positioning the corporation in a leadership role to reap benefits of collective academic and industry innovation Following successful execution in Supply Chain divisions, selected by leadership to spearhead team of multiple

divisions across Intel Corporation to leverage intelligence solution, then expand capability to industry level Created, implemented and continue to lead cross divisional strategy and intelligence informal network centered

around Intel vision to “Compete Through Analytics” Influenced leadership to champion exchange vision and secured executive sponsorship to drive cross-functional

engagement in addressing industry competitive challenges in computing continuum in the marketplace Included product groups, finance, supply chain, information technology and sales & marketing to collaborate and

create network of strategic planning, product roadmap development and intelligence professionals to reduce search costs and increase knowledge transparency

Partnered with industry peers, intelligence associations and academia to bring cutting edge thought leadership to multiple corporations for the purpose of sharing and furthering of industry knowledge

PHILLIP MORRIS COMPANIES: 3 years May 1996 – May 1999Supply Chain Inventory ManagerStreamlined warehouse operations, resulting in a 40% decrease in finished goods processing, 29% reduction in variable costs and 86% decrease in lead time. Managed scheduling for .7M – 1M pounds weekly by coordinating stakeholder needs of sales, 2 corporate offices, 9 distribution centers & 15 production facilities

EDUCATION

INTERNATIONAL MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA and UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA (Austria) June 2000Concentration in Supply Chain Management and International Business

BACHELORS OF SCIENCE, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONUNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC and INSTITUT FUR EUROPAISCHE STUDIEREN (Austria) June 1996 Concentration in Market Research and International Business