Okaloosa County BOCC — November 4, 2012 — Slavin Management Consultants 1 — reading text

similar to those SMC has outlined in the Cost Proposal section of this proposal (pages 18-19). Prepared for OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA by Slavin Management Consultants — 2012 7  ABILITY OF SMC PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL Robert E. Slavin, President and Director of Executive Recruitment Mr. Slavin is one of the pioneers in public sector and nonprofit executive search. He is among the best known and respected professional recruiters in the business. He has completed more than 650 searches for governmental and not-for-profit executives in all regions of the United States. Mr. Slavin is a frequent speaker before professional groups and he has written many articles for professional journals concerning governmental management. By special invitation, Mr. Slavin assisted the United States Office of Personnel Management to define and set up the Senior Executive Service for the Federal Government. Mr. Slavin began his local government career in 1967. His experience includes twelve years working directly for local governments and it includes seven years as a principal consultant with the government search practice of Korn/Ferry International, the largest private sector search firm in the world. He headed the local government search practices for Mercer/Slavin, Incorporated, Mercer, Slavin & Nevins and Slavin, Nevins and Associates, Inc. Mr. Slavin now heads the executive search practice for Slavin Management Consultants, Incorporated. Clients include state and local governments, nonprofit and private sector businesses all over the United States. His experience includes search assignments for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic’s Organizing Committee. Mr. Slavin's experience and qualifications include organizational analysis, classification and compensation studies and assessment centers and human resource’s systems studies. Before being invited to join Korn/Ferry International, Mr. Slavin served as Assistant City Manager/Director of Human Resources for the City of Beverly Hills, California. While at Beverly Hills, Mr. Slavin conducted many executive level recruitment assignments involving nationwide search and placement. Before joining the City of Beverly Hills, Mr. Slavin was the Assistant Personnel Director for the City of San Leandro, California. Before San Leandro, Mr. Slavin was on the personnel staff of Santa Clara County, California. His assignments included recruitment, classification and selection for the County's Health Department, Medical Center, Transportation Agency, Sheriff's Office, Superintendent of Schools, Fire Marshall, Assessor's Office, Library System and County Recorder's Office. Mr. Slavin received his Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from the University of Santa Clara, and has completed the graduate course work for a Master's degree in Public Administration at California State University at Hayward. Organizations (Current and Past) C American Society for Public Administration C Bay Area Salary Survey Committee C Certified Professional Consultant to Management C Government Finance Officer’s Association C International City/County Management Association C International Personnel Management Association (IPMA) C IPMA - Human Relations Commission C IPMA - Professional Publications Committee C National Forum for Black Public Administrators C Society for Human Resources Management C Southern California Public Labor Relations Council C Southern California Municipal Assistants Randi Frank, SMC Managing Consultant Ms. Randi Frank is an independent local government human resources management consultant based in Wallingford, Connecticut. She is also a Managing Consultant for Slavin Management Consultants. Her varied background includes more than twenty-two years of experience working with and for governments. Prepared for OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA by Slavin Management Consultants — 2012 8  This includes federal, county, and municipal experience. She has experience working as an Assistant Manager, Assistant to the Manager, Budget Analyst, Research Associate and Consultant to governments located in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and the Western regions of the United States. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor’s degree in Urban Affairs from the University of Rhode Island. Ms. Frank is certified as a professional risk manager by the Insurance Institute of America. From her diverse background, Ms. Frank’s has gained first hand experience and in-depth knowledge in a wide-variety of fields and expertise in several areas. These include Human Resources , Risk Management, Grantsmanship, Recycling, General Management and Purchasing. Ms. Frank’s areas of expertise include: Recruitment Compensation and Classification Collective Bargaining AA/EEO, Sexual Harassment, Workplace Violence Employee Wellness Programs Drug free Work Place Programs ADA Human Resources Policies Grantsmanship Safety and Training Purchasing Risk Management Workers’ Compensation Budgeting Recycling Organizations C International City Management Association - Conference Fellow C Connecticut Town & City Manager’s Association - Board Member C International Personnel Management Association C CONPELRA C PRIMA - President, Past-President, Secretary-Treasurer David Krings, ICMA-CM, SMC Managing Consultant Mr. Krings has 35 years experience at the top levels of state, county, and municipal governments. He is internationally recognized as a state and local government management practitioner and consultant. Mr. Krings has been on the professional staff of governors in both Wisconsin and Arkansas. He served as the County Administrator in Peoria County, (Peoria) Illinois and Hamilton County, (Cincinnati) Ohio. Both Hamilton County and Peoria County received national recognition for innovative, quality management during Mr. Krings’ tenure. Mr. Krings also served as the Assistant Executive Director for Ramsey County (St. Paul) Minnesota. Mr. Krings has a M.A. in Public Policy and Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a BA from Carroll College (Waukesha, Wisconsin). He has also studied at schools in Denmark and Mexico. In 2005 Mr. Krings began his encore career, still in public service, but in a much broader capacity than in prior years. He is the part-time Administrator of Lockland, Ohio. He served as the part-time Advisor to the Mayor in Newtown, Ohio. He has had scores of consulting engagements with local jurisdictions and not- for-profits (largely through TechSolve, a not-for-profit consulting firm). He has been certified as a local government expert in litigation involving local governments. He has been on an advisory board of a company providing inmate telephone services (DC Telesystems). In 2009 he associated with the firm Good Energy to consult with local governments in the provision of cost saving electricity purchasing. He is also a managing consultant for Slavin Management Consultants. Prepared for OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA by Slavin Management Consultants — 2012 9  Highlights from Mr. Krings’ 13 years as Hamilton County Administrator include: Responsible for $2.3 billion budget; Oversaw more than $1 billion in development of Cincinnati riverfront including construction of a new NFL football stadium and a MLB baseball park; Developed small, minority, and female business development program; Governing Magazine and Syracuse University gave Hamilton County fourth highest grade among America’s large urban counties for overall management; Gold Seal for Good E-Governance from National Academy of Public Administration; Top rated web site from National Association of Counties; Numerous Government Finance Officers Association of United States and Canada awards for Distinguished Budget Presentation; and ICMA Center for Performance Measurement Certificate of Distinction; Organizations • ICMA—Past President and Board Member • National Association of County Administrators (NACA)—Past President and Board Member • First person to be President of both ICMA and NACA • Recipient of American Society for Public Administration chapter Good Government Award • Adjunct professor for University of Cincinnati and faculty member of University of Illinois, Community Information and Education Service Paul Wenbert, SMC Western Regional Manager Mr. Wenbert has more than thirty years of professional local government experience including twenty-four years of executive level experience with thirteen of those years as a city manager. Mr. Wenbert joined Slavin Management Consultants in 2007 as Western Regional Manager. He is headquartered in Mesa, Arizona. Most recently, Mr. Wenbert completed seven years of service as Deputy City Manager of Mesa. His career highlights include nine years as City Administrator for Newton, Iowa; four years as Village Manager for Villa Park, Illinois and four years as Assistant City Manager for Ames, Iowa. Early in his career Mr. Wenbert served as an administrative intern for Fort Wayne, Indiana and as an administrative assistant for Mesa, Arizona and Marion, Indiana. Mr. Wenbert earned his Masters in Public Administration degree from Arizona State University and his Bachelor of Science degree From Indiana University. He is also an ICMA Credentialed Manager. His career highlights include: Chaired Keep Maytag In Newton Task Force which facilitated retention of more than 2,000 jobs and addition of 440 jobs and $41 million of investment Instituted Productivity Improvement Programs in Newton, Iowa and Villa Park, Illinois resulting in more than $3 million of savings Negotiated revised 28E agreement with twelve local governments for regional landfill operated by City of Newton and involved in many other intergovernmental relations activities in Newton, Villa Park and Mesa, Arizona Supervised city departments with $470 million budget and 1,100 employees in Mesa, Arizona. Directed $80 million five-year Capital Improvements Program budget in Ames Served as chief negotiator on collective bargaining team for police, fire and blue collar union negotiations in Ames Worked for the City of Mesa during the time period when it was the fastest growing community in the United States and was involved with many growth issues such as infrastructure planning and financing, freeway interchange decisions and allocating resources equitably to newly developed and existing areas of the community Prepared for OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA by Slavin Management Consultants — 2012 10  Designed and administered first personnel and wage classification system for City of Marion, Indiana In all positions enhanced citizen connection to city government through various methods including citizen-based strategic planning, citizen focus groups,