Chris Marlin serves as both a Senior Consultant in planning, designing and managing complex large-scale organizational transformation projects and in new business development for EASI·Consult®. Chris has a background as a senior Human Resources leader in the public and private sectors including manufacturing, transportation and business operations/strategy consulting. Chris spent 8 years as the Vice President Human Resources for Western Industries, Inc. a privately held portfolio company comprised of 8 diverse business units with a Fortune 500 customer base. At Western, as a member of the Executive Team, Chris worked on the development of a new competitive business strategy and the restructuring of company operations and functions in achieving a very successful turnaround of sales and profitability. As Assistant Vice President of Human Resources Development and Training at Union Pacific Corporation he was responsible for all technical and management employee development programs. In this role he implemented a new performance analysis system that used analytical data to identify and resolve barriers to performance at the individual, system and organizational level. Chris was Vice President and Principal with Technology Transfer Management (TTM), an international boutique operations and business strategy improvement consulting group based in Paris, France. Prior experiences with Tenneco Automotive and the Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac Group of General Motors included global roles in organizational development, executive and management development, quality and lean manufacturing, new plant startups, HR restructuring, corporate HR functions, labor relations, performance management and corporate university leadership.

Education

• Michigan State University (M.A. Adult Education - Corporate Focus)
• Michigan State University (B.A. Social Work - Counseling Focus)
• Stanford Human Resources Executive Program

Professional Expertise

• HR functional leadership
• Change Management
• Executive and Management Development
• Performance Improvement Strategies
• Competency Development
• Performance Management and Coaching
• Corporate University Leadership
• Global Experiences

Employment

• Expert Advocates in Selection International, LLC (EASI·Consult®)
  Senior Consultant (2008 - present)
• Western Industries, Inc.
  Vice President, Human Resources (1999 - 2007)
• Union Pacific Railroad
  Assistant Vice President, HR Development & Training (1997 - 1999)
• TTM, Inc.
  Vice President & Managing Partner (1996 - 1997)
• Tenneco Automotive Corporation, Inc.
  Director, Human Resources & Training (1991 - 1996)
• Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac Group, General Motors Corporation
  Director, Organizational Planning & Training (1985-1991)
• Oldsmobile
  Manager, Management Development (1983-1985)