Daniel E.

Rick
Littleton, CO 80127 Danrick100@gmail.com (720) 210-7230

Professional Qualifications:
 Results-driven professional with a comprehensive background in Instructional, Work Systems
and Hiring Process Designs and Implementations, Human Resource Processes, and Organizational
Development with 20 years of diverse experience across broad-based Human Resource
competencies.
 Highly capable and versatile leader, able to oversee multiple, concurrent and senior-level
projects. Proactive and conceptual leader able to inspire, motivate, lead and mentor employees.
Demonstrated line operation experience implementing world-class best practices.
 Proven initiative, drive and creativity. Recognized ability to deliver learning systems programs,
identify performance gaps and implement corrective performance processes in support of world-class
operations.
 Demonstrated ability to create standards, systems and processes for business to improve its
bottom-line performance. Demonstrates exceptional organizational and curriculum development,
presentation and training program design skills.
 Highly-experienced in operations leadership that engages and empowers the workforce in
systems and processes that deliver exceptional business results.

Education:
Master of Business Administration, (M.B.A.), Averett University.

Bachelor of Science in Education, (B.S. in Ed.), Secondary Education Teaching Certificate,

Northern Illinois University.

Professional Experience:
Red Rocks Community College – Lakewood, CO 2008 – Present
Adjunct Faculty – Develop and teach undergraduate business courses.
 College Courses including: Corporate Social Responsibility/Business Ethics, Introduction to Business,
Business Survival Skills, Leadership, and Industrial Problem Solving.
 Business Problem Solving and Troubleshooting course specifically designed for Suncor Energy.

Mesa Oak Consulting, Inc. – Littleton, CO

2006 – Present Consultant - Assist companies to achieve business results through people.
 Facilitated senior leaders of Tropicana in an evaluation of a high-performance team design.
 Developed an Industrial Maintenance Curriculum consisting of for Red Rocks Community College.
 Project Managed a Colorado Sector Renewable Energy Planning Grant.
 Developed Career Changing Skills/Interviewing Skills Workshops for Red Rocks Community College.
 Developed and implemented a high-performance team design at Flakeboard, Ltd. Albany, OR.

Coors Brewing Company – Golden, CO & Shenandoah, VA 1999 –

2007 Director of Organizational Development - Instrumental in transitioning this organization from
entitlement to results based focus.
 Created and implemented an organizational roadmap for high performance – world-class work systems at
the Coors Brewing Company.
  Facilitated Senior Leadership at the Golden and Shenandoah Breweries in developing strategies and
implementation plans for the work systems organizational roadmap.
 Created and deployed a curriculum for building internal capability for Teams Development within both
Coors breweries. This involved the design, and delivery, of both leadership and workforce interventions.
 Managed a Learning and Systems Development department that was responsible for developing and
delivering effective learning and systems processes to both brewery locations at Coors.
 Designed and implemented a Behavioral Assessment Process that was part of the Coors workforce hiring
process. Developed and delivered the annual Behavioral Assessor Training for those participating as
Assessors in the Behavioral Assessment.
 Successfully field-tested the high performance organizational roadmap by being placed in two leadership
positions in manufacturing. Was placed in charge of the Can Packaging operation in the Golden Brewery
that had twenty teams and 250 salaried and hourly personnel. Was also placed in charge of the Returnable
Bottle operation at the Shenandoah Brewery. The processes implemented, with both leadership and
workforce, proved successful in increasing productivity and reducing operational costs.

PDS, INC. – Clearwater, FL 1995 - 1999

Vice President – Expanded the organization’s focus into the global community.
 Traveled internationally and domestically assisting executive leadership in strategizing the
organization’s future and identifying steps to achieve the desired change.
 Provided comprehensive consultative services for clients in manufacturing, service, and government
sectors that created organizational transformational change. These services included organizational
readiness assessments, designing team-based organizations, human resources system design, and
curriculum development to support the organization’s vision and values. These services were completed in
both unionized and non-unionized environments, as well as office and manufacturing floor settings.
 Created and designed the Team Based Selection™ process, a comprehensive hiring process, for
several companies including Owens-Illinois.

Miller Brewing Company (SAB Miller) – Trenton, OH 1991 - 1995

Organizational Development Manager – Instrumental in developing and implementing a

transformational work system design that led to this plant becoming the lowest cost producer in the
U.S. Beer Industry.
 Provided guidance to the Plant Manager and his Staff on organizational design, management, team
roles, and personnel development issues.
 Facilitated critical plant issues such as the development of the pay for skills system and
organizational effectiveness processes, as well as team and interpersonal conflict situations.
 Participated in collective bargaining with the United Automobile Workers for the facility, which is truly
one of the most revolutionary agreements in the world.
 Designed and implemented instructional programs and training for maturing teams.

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