Brian Young Email Address

Vice President Human Resources

Advanced photonics, vision and motion control technologies that deliver extreme precision and performance to advanced manufacturing and medical OEMs.

Accomplished Human Resources Leader with repeated success advancing company strategy by enabling growth with a balance of business operating expertise and Human Resource functional leadership. Expert in M&A, continuous improvement and effective financial management facilitating growth, improving margins and capital utilization. Adept at strategy development, hands on LEAN business process and program design and implementation. Global executive with expansive domestic and int. experience operating in more than 14 countries. Collaborative problem solver with a history of success at all organizational levels including employee, executive and board of directors. Culture: •Establishing cultural norms, company values and leadership behavioral competencies to define the way we work together. •Successfully define the fabric of a companies culture building cohesive teams that are diverse and inclusive, based on trust, commitment, and accountability. Growth through M&A: •Significant involvement supporting more than twenty-five acquisitions including pre-purchase functional due diligence, assessing deal risks/opportunities, defining synergies, planning and executing integration and achieving defined synergy goals. Talent Management: •Implemented global processes for Talent Assessment and IDP utilizing competencies and tools. Led the global assessment, ranking and Board talent review. •Implemented processes to align talent development objectives with key organizational goals. Executive Compensation & Benefits: •Planned and executed a turn-around of the Executive Compensation Plans for Named Executive Officers (NEO) and Corporate Officers improving external assessments by Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) from significant concern to no concern and supportive of programs. •Recognized thought Leader and subject matter expert at controlling medical expense inflation with average annual renewal increases in 2003–2014 at less than 50% of national inflation trend and in many years achieved flat or negative increases compared to expiring budgets. Health Risk Management program received the New England Employer Benefit Council Best Practices Award for 2013.