Otimaria Wooster has over 15 years of experience in human resources and administration roles across various industries. She has led HR functions during mergers, acquisitions, and international expansions. Wooster is proficient in Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian and has worked with multinational teams across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC regions. She has expertise in areas such as organization development, compensation planning, change management, and compliance with regulations.

1. OTIMARIA WOOSTER
111 N. Pompano Beach Blvd, Pompano Beach, FL, 33062 – Mobile 954 609 5334 otiwooster@comcast.net
HUMAN RESOURCES / ADMINISTRATION LEADER – MULTILINGUAL CULTURE - SPANISH / PORTUGESE / ITALIAN
Senior Human Resources Leader with over 15 years of collective Human Resources with solid P&L experience and steady
company tenure. Team focused strategic and hands-on Human Resources Business Partner with effective business
acumen. Proficiency in wide-ranging businesses, aligning all-inclusive needs with locally appropriate solutions,
building strong alliances, developing, implementing, and assessing Human Resources/Administration functions in
accordance with strategic objectives resulting in high performance, process improvement, Organization Development,
Employee, and Labor Relations, margins/ productivity, in high performance, goal-oriented organizational culture
Additional areas of expertise include Organization Impact Analysis Environmental Health and Safety
Leadership Alignment Organizational & Leadership DEV Compensation Plans incl. Exec
Organization Change Mgmt. &Integration THE AMERICAS /EMEA/APAC Project Mgmt. /TQM/Payroll
M&A 10 / Divestiture 1 North, South, Central America HRIS/HRMS/Payroll/Benefits
Fortune 500 Best Practices Lean Transformation AA /OFCCP /JACHO /FDA
Succession Planning/Mentorship Union & Non-Union settings H1B Visa/Green Card/Expats/DOL
Company Sale/ IPO /Star-Up Full Cycle Recruitment & Selection FLSA/FMLA/OSHA/ ADA/EEO
Multi-Site /Country Operations Training, Development & Facilitation Risk and Construction Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
R&D MED Former EndoSonics Corporation Group (Private) Design, Mfg., Engineering Services biotech/medical/environmental
Miami, FL, Americas Latin America Canada, Brazil, Mexico two mergers 1993 - 2002 and 2008 to Present
Vice President, Human Resources serve as a key business partner and strategic advisor.
- Headed /anticipate strategies for human resources capital during two mergers and Company international move
- Built robust talent pipeline resulting in available Human Capital reserves for each job categories, oversees all subcontractors
- Surpass recruiting track record 400+ employees at all levels of the organization, from entry level to executive management team
- Lead negotiator - 5 year labor agreement extension Teamsters
- Introduced world class high potential succession program for key contributors and management positions
- Originated superior Leadership Assessment & Mentorship Programs – Advisor to wide-ranging universities
- Accomplish HRIS / HRMS and all necessary interfaces including payroll, benefits, ADP database that resulted in HR efficiencies,
reduced operational redundancies by 20%
- Challenge high performance team to verify, introduce tools and metrics to build a world class management team and drive
strong culture of accountability, transparency, empowerment and leadership at all levels
- Participation in Board-level compensation and governance/nominating committees
- Leading Succession planning, Security Counsel, and Emergency Response and country employment laws and government
Parkson Corporation Environmental/Biotech Engineering Services, Mfg., Capital equipment for Environmental, Food,
Chemical, Petrochemical and Agricultural industrial markets, biotech, water technology leader, advanced solutions in
wastewater treatment and reuse providing clean water worldwide
Ft. Lauderdale, FL Vernon Hills, IL The Americas, EMEA four acquisitions 2002– 2008
Head of Human Resources / Administration and Quality primary advisor to organization on all HR issues
- Exceled at four post-acquisitions/ business integrations that double the company’s size; led organization design from centralized
To a global matrix organization 29 nationalities represented, eight locations. Built Organization Impact Analysis
- Integrated four HRIS, HRMS systems
- Streamlined Compensation Plan(s)- Hourly, Non-Exempt, Exempt, Executive, Awards, Recognition, Bonus, Merit
- Successfully recruited 100+ Hourly/ Non-Exempt/ Exempt employees a four-person executive management team plus
Leadership alignment with 21 succession planning promotions
- Led Work Force planning ( hires / budget ) and all H1B Visas, Green Card petitions, (INS / DOL), Expats as well as ancillary
personnel /outside contractors /BPO’s
- Avoided significant benefit increases and cost by approximately 32% of $1.5M through benefit analysis and negotiations
- Achieved employee support to address business flexes by taking full advantage of time differentials BPO’s China (Hong Kong,
Shenzhen, Shanghai, Suzhou) India / Japan / Dubai
- Led Uninterrupted Training and Development “Best Practices” i.e. identification of single employee knowledge (critical skills)
built cross training for available back-ups --- Secure State Training Grants $591K from ILL, MI, FL and CA $451K
Established robust veterans/ military & retirees recruitment
- Introduced rotational career development “ Technology Leadership Program” (TLP), trained HR Team in conducting due
diligence assessing business flexes, deployment, transfers, organic growth, acquisitions, mergers - Excelled at non-routine
tasks such as: due diligence, ISO certifications (four locations) results on time and within budget, legal, risk management,
business planning, business process, refinement review engagements Canada, Brazil, IL, UAE

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EndoSonics Corporation (Company Sale) - Global design, developer, manufacturer, & services Medical Device
Sacramento, San Diego, CA, AMERICAS, EMEA, APAC HR progressive growth 1 divestiture four acquisitions 1993-2002
Led Human Resources during Due Diligence Process that resulted in Company Sale
- Best Practices Award Motivating & Retaining Employees Chamber of Commerce, PwC, The Sacramento Bee CA
- Built HRD into a professional cost-effective function to respond to 150% customer growth 19 domestic; 15 international
locations growth $201M 1,001 employees to $451M 2501- ISO 9001 Certification training
- Lead negotiator 5 year labor agreement extension IBEW
- Participation in Board-level compensation and governance/nominating committees.
- Leading Succession planning, Security Counsel and Emergency Response
EDUCATION
Graduate Studies, School of Business Administration - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
Plus (40 hours of continuing professional certifications education annually)
Concurrent with B.S; Industrial / Labor Relations
BA; Industrial Psychology / International Labor University Autonomous Sinaloa, México
B.S; Science and Letters Notre Dame College San Jose, Costa Rica
Graduate General Electric -The Manufacturing Management Program (MMP) Manufacturing Engineering
Graduate Phillip Crosby Quality Improvement Management College - Winter Haven, FL
Graduate Instructor Train the Trainer (ESL) Washington DD
Biomedical Engineering Program California State University
Accreditations - Law Room; Labor, Employment, Environment, Benefits, Compensation, Select the Best (DDI,
Arbitration, Appraisals, WMI Management Action, Conflict Resolution Louis Allen, HAY & MIMA compensation,
International Business Studies, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Dr. Stephen Covey, ISO 9000, U.S. FDA, cGMP/
QSR, ISO 22000, 13485, SOP’s, EPA, BPO’s, Value Stream Mapping, 5S, TQM, Green belt Lean , Union avoidance
ASSOCIATIONS
General Electric Alumni
Advisory Board Member-Engineering/Information Systems Program, California State University
Mentor - University CA - Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) Honors Program
Speaker at the National Society of Accountants Washington, D.C, Fairfax, VA
Chair Hispanic Personnel Management, Association (AZTLAN)
Professional Woman Association, theMeatBall / GE Alumni
SHRM, Lean Six Sigma (GE), iSixSigma, Latin America Business Association (LABA), International Human Resources
Management (IHRM), American Society Training Development (ASTD), Pan European HR, Employment Management
Association (EMA), Int’l Habitat for Humanity- Haiti, Costa Rica, Louisiana, Nicaragua, OK, NJ, Philippines, Chile
SOFTWARE SKILLS
HRIS (all necessary interfaces including payroll, benefits, HRMS, ATS), Proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite Programs Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Outlook – Prior SAP, PeopleSoft or large HRIS Oracle /PeopleSoft / Ceridian ADP
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