Full Biography for Robert G. "Bob" Beardsley

Candidate for
Governing Board Member; North Orange County Community College District; Trustee Area 3

Robert G. Beardsley 21100 Foxhollow Drive Yorba Linda, CA 92686 Home Phone: (714) 779-2299 Business Phone: (714) 385-5586 Fax: (714) 385-5444 E-mail: RGBeards@aol.com _______________________________________________________________________

Profile: Energetic, enthusiastic and decisive leader with over thirty years of proven organizational effectiveness expertise. Successful team builder, problem solver, innovator, strategic thinker, change manager, and developer of business leaders.

Professional Experian (Formally TRW Information Systems And Services) Experience: 505 City Parkway West Senior Training And Development Consultant (4/94) 1994 -- Present Orange, CA 92668

Director, Human Resources (2/96) Director, Organizational Development (9/96)

Consultant to senior management on strategic planning and organizational, executive and employee development. Designed and delivered human resource initiatives and learning opportunities to support strategic business objectives. Provided Human Resource Management support throughout the business.

Key Accomplishments:

-- Designed and installed team based models resulting in division, department, and team restructuring/performance improvement initiatives.

-- Led the successful transition of seven unaffiliated training departments into a collaborative center of excellence, supporting TRW/Experian as a learning center.

-- Designed and facilitated a process involving all management resulting in aligned personal and professional development initiatives.

-- Provided employee relations and change management planning as Director, Human Resources during the sale of TRW IS&S from TRW, Inc. to the privately owned Experian.

-- Introduced and cascaded the Balanced Scorecard© strategic planning tool throughout Experian.

-- Designed and implemented the Executive Succession and Development process.

-- Designed and administered the Employee Opinion process.

1990 -- 1994 Performex -- Senior Consultant

110 Newport Center Dr.
Newport Beach, CA 92660
(714) 759-1928

Human Resource Development consultant to Fortune 500 companies specializing in executive development, organizational and management development, team learning, total quality management, strategic planning and performance-based management.

Key Accomplishments

-- Designed and facilitated the successful transition of a major oil company to a team based structure.

-- Designed and delivered a comprehensive development process for one of the largest international entertainment and communications companies involving three divisions and over 250 professionals.

-- Installed a total quality system supporting the 400% growth of a middle-sized electronics firm.

-- Personal consultant to over one hundred fortune 500 executives.

1979 -- 1990 Nestle' USA -- Corporate Manager Of Training And Development

800 North Brand Blvd.
Glendale, CA 91202
(818) 549-6000

Managed the training and development functions company wide. Responsibilities included five direct reports, forty-eight indirect reports, and annual budgets exceeding twelve million dollars. Designed and delivered processes supporting, production, sales, marketing, engineering, finance and staff groups.

Key Accomplishments

-- Provided strategic planning and organizational design support for the transition of a public United States company (Carnation Co.) to a wholly owned division of the world's largest international food manufacturer (Nestle' Inc.).

-- Designed and implemented a complete participative management model involving 3,000 employees, 18 locations and three divisions.

-- Created, delivered and managed a comprehensive multi-level set of technical, professional, administrative, management and executive development programs.

-- Managed the staffing function, including college relations, interns, job profiling, interviewing process and employee assimilation for six divisions.

1973 -- 1979 North Orange County Regional Occupational Program -- Program Information Specialist

Developed training materials, identified personnel requirements and delivered vocational training projects throughout Orange County, CA. Planned and presented in-house management development programs. Created and managed community relations programs.

1971 -- 1975 Yorba Linda YMCA -- Executive Director

Total responsibility for the creation and administration of a full-functioning YMCA branch. Managed financial development, annual operating budgets exceeding four million dollars, a professional staff of twenty-seven and a volunteer staff of seventy-five.

1968 -- 1971 Walt Disney Productions -- Training Specialist

Developed and delivered skill training for Disney and franchise employees. Trained and supervised in-park instructors. Designed employee orientation, guest relations, and customer service programs including The University of Disneyland "Walt Disney Traditions" and "The Disney Way" orientation programs.

Education: MAEd Education Administration Standard Teaching Credential

1979, Redlands University, Redlands, CA
Bachelor of Arts Business Communication
1975, University of California at Los Angeles, CA 1970, Cal-State University at Fullerton, CA

Vocational Teaching Credential
1977, UCLA

Associate of Arts
1968, Fullerton Community College, Fullerton, CA