Matthew Pattelli is a Director of Human Resources for Advocate Medical Group, Advocate Physician Partners, and Advocate Dreyer Medical Clinic. He oversees HR functions including talent management, learning, recruitment, benefits, and workforce planning for over 7,000 associates and 5,500 physicians. Pattelli has over 15 years of experience in HR leadership roles with increasing responsibilities at Advocate Health. He holds certifications in human resources and strategic workforce planning.

1. Matthew J. Pattelli (PHR) (CIR) (SWP)
matt.pattelli@advocatehealth.com
Permanent Address:
1144 Spinnaker St Cell: 815-343-1579
Elgin, IL 60123 Work: 630-906-5243
Profile:
An outcome based leader that provides strategic and operational leadership to the
Advocate system with a focus on all functions of HR Management & Operations
Management.
Work History:
February 2014 – Present
Director, Human Resources
Advocate Medical Group
Advocate Physician Partners
Advocate Dreyer Medical Clinic
• February 2014, Advocate Human Resources went through a structure change to
align leadership & reduce costs within HR to gain efficiencies within like
business units to align with the Advocate system 2020 vision.
• My role increased as a result and I became the Regional Director of Human
Resources across Advocate Physician Partners, Advocate Medical Group &
Advocate Dreyer Medical Clinic.
• Responsible for Human Resource Management surrounding Talent, Learning,
Recruitment, Benefits, Metrics, Workforce Planning for 7,000 associates, 1500
employed Physician, 4,500 aligned Physicians across AMG, APP & Dreyer.
July 2013 – February 2014
Advocate Dreyer Medical Center, Aurora, IL
Vice President, Human Resources
• Provide Strategic and operational leadership in Human Resources for Dreyer
Clinic Inc. & Dreyer Medical Group that consists of 5 HR associates responsible
for various aspects of Human Resources.
• Strategize with COO regarding optimization of workforce including structure,
alignment with the system, FTE management, cost management initiatives.
• Developed Talent Management initiatives including High, Solid, Low, leadership
potential & creating a matrix for identification of who is on our bench & when
will they be ready to move up into another role or take on additional
responsibility.
• Identified & implemented benefit plan designs within Dreyer that were approved
by the board and strategically aligned with the Advocate benefits plan designs.
• Facilitate policy alignment with Advocate to reduce variation in policy
interpretation.
• Collaboration with the Executive team to restructure the workforce specifically at
the leadership level.
• Developed and currently implementing a Position Control Review Committee at
Dreyer.

2. • Implemented turnover reduction strategies to reduce turnover within the clinic &
improve retention & engagement.
• Associate satisfaction scores within Dreyer remain at the 93rd
percentile.
2012 – July 2013
Advocate Health Care, Oak Brook, IL
Director, Workforce Planning & Staffing
• Provide strategic & operational leadership to the Advocate system with
responsibilities for staff-level Recruitment, Supplemental Staffing (Pro-Source),
& Career Transitions for 18 Staffing Consultants, 10 Talent Acquisition
Specialists, 2 Pro-Source staff, 1 Admin, and approximately 125 Pro-Source
clinical staff.
• Manage a $3.3 million budget.
• Metrics driven leader with focus on outcomes & strategic plans & tactics to drive
efficiency & quality in our metrics.
• Increased staff productivity by 17% to date, and a 5% improvement in
Recruitment metrics to date.
• Negotiate 30-40 clinical staffing contracts for the system through an RFP process.
• Lead the acquisition/merger HR/Recruitment strategy for Sherman Hospital.
• Implementing a Strategic Workforce Plan for the organization with the goal to
strategically align the organizational strategy with the workforce strategy.
• Collaborated with Sr. Leadership across the system regarding workforce needs &
reduction in force strategies. (Placement rate of 75%)
• Developed a monthly Recruitment dashboard with 14 metrics reported out
monthly to SR HR leaders across Advocate.
2008 - 2012
Advocate Health Care, Oak Brook, IL
Manager, Strategic Staffing
• Co-Managed the centralization of Recruitment via Lean methodologies with a
focus on outcomes & standard processes across the Advocate system.
• Managed a team of 18 Staffing Consultants responsible for staff level
Recruitment across the Advocate System.
• Reduced metrics in the first year by 10%, and by almost 30% in the first 3 years.
• Awarded the Lean Human Capital award for best Healthcare Recruitment
outcomes amongst peers.
• Negotiated 30-40 clinical staffing contracts for the system through an RFP
process.
• Collaborated with Sr. Leadership across the system regarding workforce needs &
reduction in force strategies. (Placement rate of 75%)
• Lead acquisition & merger HR/Recruitment strategies to bring on Condell,
BroMenn & multiple AMG offices
Sept. 2005 - 2008
Advocate Health Care, Lutheran General Hospital - Park Ridge, IL
Senior Recruitment Specialist, Lead Nurse Recruiter & System I.S./I.T. Recruiter
• Lead a team of 3 professional recruiters at Lutheran General Hospital.

3. • Have accomplished turnover rates of under 4 %, and vacancy rates of under 2% in
areas such as Nursing, and Allied Health.
• Function as the Lead I.S./I.T. Recruiter for all of Information Systems through-
out Advocate’s 10 hospitals.
• Lead corporate wide Recruitment strategies and train 30 + Recruiters on these
strategies.
• Facilitate in-services to our management team on such things as Diversity
Recruitment, Best Practices, Virtual Edge, and Position Management.
• Led a system-wide Recruitment Best Practices committee focusing on 3
functional areas of Recruitment: Relationships/Communication with
Managers/Departments, Relationships/Communication with qualified Candidates,
and Documentation and workflow throughout the Recruitment Process.
Sept. 2004 - Present
Advocate Health Care, Lutheran General Hospital - Park Ridge, IL
Nurse Recruiter & System I.S./I.T. Recruiter
• Head up the recruitment function for the adult clinical staff in a Level I Trauma
Center.
• Professionally think outside the box when it comes to strategies to implement to
hire and retain professional staff.
• Lead many task forces in the hospital and also in the northwest suburbs when it
comes to identifying staff, and implementing strategies to overcome the
workforce shortage in health care.
• Train other HR staff in issues such as recruitment, retention, and employee
relations.
• Collaborated with 3 Advocate Hospitals and put together a Critical Care Nursing
Conference focusing on Recruiting Critical Care RN’s into Advocate.
Oct. 2003 – Present
Advocate Health Care, Corporate Headquarters – Oak Brook, IL
System I.S. / I.T. Recruiter
• The only System IS / IT Recruiter within Advocate Health Care supporting over
300 I.S. professionals within the organization.
• Responsible for Recruitment strategies & implementation of those strategies for
all of Advocate Health Care’s 200 sites of care.
• Effectively function as a preceptor for new Sourcing Specialist hires and to
mentor/teach tenured Recruiters on recruitment process/workflow or utilization of
technology.
• Developed creative, cost effective sourcing strategies that generate sufficient
numbers of qualified applicants.
• Maximized the efficiency and application of Employ (ATS) on a real-time basis,
demonstrating mastery of the tool and translating its use into minimum time-to-
fill for high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Effectively function as a staffing consultant to cost center managers on such
issues as Employee Relations, Recruitment & Retention, Compensation &
Benefits & Organizational Development.
Nov. 2002 – Oct. 2003
Advocate Health Care, Corporate Headquarters – Oak Brook, IL
Sourcing Specialist

4. • Generated resumes and/or candidates to support the recruitment organization by
engaging in sourcing activities to uncover new potential candidates.
• Developed and implemented comprehensive search strategies in cooperation with
individual recruiters at the operating sites.
• Researched relevant targets in terms of industry participation, geography and/or
function for developing a target list as a basis for candidate name generation.
• Sourced potential candidates within assigned area through cold calling and
networking from the following possible vehicles: Applicant Tracking System
(ATS) – Employ by Deploy Solutions & Resumix, company directories,
industry/professional directories, candidate references and year old candidate
files.
• Responsible for the Recruitment advertising campaign system-wide in
cooperation with Bernard Hodes Group & TMP Worldwide Inc.
August 2001 – Nov 2002
Advocate Health Care, Good Shepherd Hospital - Barrington, IL
Recruitment Assistant - Assisted in Recruitment & Retention initiatives.
• Recruit for 0.0 hour positions.
• Sourced resumes using Resumix.
• Problem solves different situations for associates, such as disciplines, salary and
performance review situations, and retention recovery.
• Analyze turnover data on 3 different scenarios, and report the finding to the H.R.
Director.
• Administered Pre-Employment Test
• Conducted background investigations
• Monitored professional licensure & CPR card validations
• Administered benefits packages
May 2001 - Jan.
Advocate Health Care, Good Shepherd Hospital - Barrington, IL
Recruitment Assistant Internship - Assisted in recruitment & Retention initiatives.
• Administered the everyday duties of a Recruitment Assistant listed above.
• Audited files to be in compliance with the rules and regulations of JCAHO
• Organized review books for JCAHO, a professionally regulated body for Health
Care Organizations
• Hired on as a 0.0 hour Recruitment Assistant in August of 2001 at the end of my
internship, and at the beginning of my last semester of school.
• Employed Full Time as a Recruitment Assistant in January 2002, upon
completion of a Bachelors Degree in Human Resource Management.
Project Management
• Co-lead for the staffing of our centralized HR Shared Services Center (HR Direct)
• Lead the implementation of Self-Service Kiosk stations for HR Direct.
• Lead the Centralization of Recruitment
• Nurse Staffing & Finance Committee
• Strategic Workforce Planning (Advocate-wide)
Education:
Northern Illinois University - DeKalb, IL

5. • Bachelors of Science HR Management
• Major: Human Resource Management
• 3.65 overall G.P.A
• 3.83 major G.P.A
• Deans List
Certifications:
• Certified as a Certified Internet Recruiter (CIR) by Advanced Internet Recruiting
Strategies (AIRS).
• PHR Certification, (Professional Human Resource – SHRM)
• Strategic Workforce Planning Certification (HCI)
Organized Memberships
• Active member of The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
• Held the Publicity Chair for the local Society for Human Resource Management
(SHRM),
• Active member of the Golden Key International Honour Society
• HRMAC

6. • Bachelors of Science HR Management
• Major: Human Resource Management
• 3.65 overall G.P.A
• 3.83 major G.P.A
• Deans List
Certifications:
• Certified as a Certified Internet Recruiter (CIR) by Advanced Internet Recruiting
Strategies (AIRS).
• PHR Certification, (Professional Human Resource – SHRM)
• Strategic Workforce Planning Certification (HCI)
Organized Memberships
• Active member of The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
• Held the Publicity Chair for the local Society for Human Resource Management
(SHRM),
• Active member of the Golden Key International Honour Society
• HRMAC