1. Richard A.Valentine
Selected Accomplishments
• Coordinated the successful establishment of the Asia Pacific Operation of GE’s Power Systems
Sales and Service Business through key organization and staffing initiatives.
• Implemented a commercial sales support structure and designed a measurement and reward
system that enhanced productivity and reduced cost.
• Developed and implemented expatriate policies for a $7B global business.
• Designed and delivered a successful Expatriate Selection and Orientation Program.
• Directed the closure and or divestiture of several international businesses and one domestic
business unit dealing successfully with all employment and public relations issues.
• Served as Human Resource Manager for several GE business units providing leadership and
direction over services including labor, environmental health and safety, professional relations,
compensation and benefits, career development and staffing, training, and expatriate
administration.
• Successfully completed due diligence for the acquisition of several businesses incorporated into
the GE organization.
• Instrumental in the design, implementation and ongoing performance of a global program that
addresses the total medical/safety/security issues of short and long term expatriates.
Professional Skills
Organization & Staffing Labor Relations & Negotiations
Assessment & Selection Competency Modeling
Motivation, Measurement & Reward Systems Career Development
Expatriate Selection & Orientation Compensation, Orientation & Repatriation
Significant Awards
• Several Management and one CEO award for significant contributions to business results.
Career History
• 1962 to 1996 - General Electric Company, Human Resource Management. (Consumer
Electronics, Aerospace, Transportation, Industrial, Power Systems)
Areas supported included Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Manufacturing, and
Engineering.
• 1961 to 1962 - Dun & Bradstreet (Credit investigation concentrating on a financial evaluation of
a business for the development of a credit rating.)
Education
• 1957 - 1961 LeMoyne College-Bachelor of Science Industrial Relations-Syracuse NY
Outside Activities
• Represented GE business in Corporate Constituent Relations Program at the Federal
Government level.
• Expatriate Council Member dealing with policy formation and application for all US and third
country national employees for a Top Fortune 50 Corporation.
• Voting member of the GE Foundation dealing with the distribution of funds on a global basis
for needy social organizations and educational institutions.
• Key member of a corporate team that designed and implemented a global recruiting strategy for
recruiting entry level college graduates for technical and leadership positions.