GENE D.

CARESIA
13403 W. 138th Terrace, Overland Park, Kansas 66221 (913) 897-4755 gcfcb
176@westpost.net

SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES EXECUTIVE

Strategic Executive/Executive Mentor/Change Facilitator
Senior Human Resources executive with 20 years experience in all areas of Human
Resources. Aggressive and motivated executive with a passion for maximizing hum
an assets to create superior performance for the organization. Success in Human
Resource department transformation and strategic positioning, reducing Human Re
sources costs, managing vendors, creating high-performing organizations and crea
ting a trusted and respected Human Resources function.
CORE COMPETENCIES
*Performance Management *Compensation and Benefits Design
*Training & Employee Development *Organization Development
*Recruiting *Executive Development
*Labor Relations *Employee Relations
*Employment Law *Talent Management
*Executive Compensation *ESOP Administration

Ferrellgas, Overland Park, Kansas. July 2002 - February 2010

$2.3 billion company that is the #2 distributor of propane in the United States
with over 600 retail locations.
Vice President, Human Resources, February 2006 - February 2010
Director, Human Resources, July 2004 - February 2006.
Director, Employee and Organization Development, July 2002 - July 2004
Senior executive, corporate officer and leader of the Human Resource function fo
r a Fortune 1000 company. First Human Resource executive in the history of Ferr
ellgas to be a member of the company's Executive Committee. Hired by Ferrellgas
to develop and deliver a comprehensive training and development plan to support
large-scale project to change operational and work processes.
*Redefine the delivery and development of Human Resource products and services,
improve customer service, increase delivery speed, and reduce department costs b
y 20%.
*Recruit and reassign Human Resource managers to increase delivery speed and cre
ate a partnership between line managers and Human Resource professionals.
*Design compensation plans at all levels to incent and reward performance.
*Develop technical training, management training and customer service training t
o support successful installation of new operating system in 18 months.
*Architect of a 4 year period (2005 - 2008) where medical and prescription costs
increased each year at a rate that was 50% less than the national average.
*Manage Internal Audit, Real Estate and Facilities functions in addition to lead
ership of Human Resource function.

American Century Investments, Kansas City, Missouri. October 1997 - June 2002.
Financial services firm that specializes in the investment and marketing of mutu
al funds and related products.
Director, Strategic Management and Operations, May 2000 - June 2002
Director, Human Resources, November 1999 - May 2000
Director, Training and Organization Development, October 1997 - November 1999
Human Resources and line manager for a company recognized multiple times as a "B
est Company to Work For" by Fortune magazine. Reduced new employee training tim
e from 7 to 4 weeks, resulting in a multi-million dollar savings to the organiza
tion.
*Design and develop a balanced scorecard of financial, people and operational me
trics to monitor and improve business performance.
*Lead efforts to design and execute an employee engagement survey - creating res
ults and action plans to improve organizational performance.
*Design and administer sales compensation plan for business unit sales team.
*Facilitate creation of business unit strategic plan and creation and reporting
of business unit budget.
*Organization development consultant to investment management teams and corporat
e marketing function.

Utilicorp United, Kansas City, Missouri. August 1994 - October 1997.

Energy services firm and public utility doing business throughout the Midwestern
United States and Canada.
Director, Organization Development, May 1995 - October 1997
Manager, Human Resources, Aquila Energy Company (subsidiary), Omaha, NE, August
1994 - May 1995
Manage Human Resource function for non-regulated subsidiary of company. Creatio
n of corporate-wide management development and performance management process.
Recruited four senior level officers of Aquila that were instrumental in growing
the non-regulated assets of the company.
*Direct all Human Resource functions for Aquila Energy Company.
*Create, implement and administer incentive plans for all employees, including s
enior executives, which created incentives and rewards for superior business per
formance.
*Consolidated performance management process across 11 corporate divisions, resu
lting in significant cost savings and greater ability to assess and transfer emp
loyees throughout the organization.
*Organization Effectiveness consultant to three corporate reengineering teams on
process design, organization design, change management and process measurement.

Amoco Corporation, Chicago, Illinois. May 1989 - August 1994.

Multi-national oil company with 50,000+ employees in offices and locations throu
ghout the world
*Team Lead, Organizational Capability, Houston, Texas. May 1993 - August 1994.
*Labor Relations Consultant, May 1990 - May 1993
*Human Resources Generalist, May 1989 - August 1989
Plant Human Resource Generalist, corporate Labor Relations consultant and labor
contract negotiator and organization development consultant.
*Negotiated union contracts with Teamsters and Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers
(OCAW) unions.
*Develop productivity gain sharing plan and 5-year manpower plan for 800-employe
e plant.
*Develop strategy to gain union commitment for employee involvement process for
5,500 employee organization.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Master of Organization Behavior - Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young U
niversity. April 1990.
*Emphasis: Human Resource Management, Labor Relations and Organization Developm
ent
Bachelor of Science (Cum Laude) - Brigham Young University. August 1988.
Board Member, Employee-Owned S Corporations of America, Washington, DC
Board Member, S-Corporation Association of America, Washington, DC
Board Member, Women's Employment Network, Kansas City, Missouri
Human Resource Executive Program, University of Michigan, July 1999
Strategic Human Resource Planning, University of Michigan, August 2008
Adjunct Professor, Baker University, Overland Park, Kansas