Awilda Maria Borres
Senior Consultant & Organization Architect
Awilda Borres has over 25 years of experience as a change architect designing and leading large-scale change projects in numerous industries and Fortune 100 companies. Her passion and focus are on processes that lead to sustained gains that actually realize the full benefit of desired changes.
She has held senior positions in Hershey, Merck, Tyco International, and Johnson & Johnson in organization development, talent management, human resources management and labor relations. In these roles she has exercised direct responsibility for implementing global change initiatives, creating succession systems, building communities of practice and developing managers and leaders.
Throughout her career, Awilda has helped organizations, employees, and leaders at all levels to establish new partnerships and introduce changes involving new business models, restructuring organizations, and creating self-directed teams.
She holds certifications in numerous learning system tools and surveys, and possesses a Senior Professional Human Resource (SPHR) certification. Her professional training includes Change Management with Conner Partners and completion of the Gestalt Institute’s Program in Organization and System Design.
She holds a MS in Labor and Industrial Relations from the University of Rhode Island and is currently working on a MBA. Her work has been featured in Total Employee Involvement and At Work: Stories of Tomorrow’s Workplace. She has also been a featured presenter at conferences on the topic of employee engagement, and change agent networks of practice. Awilda is also a board member of the Merck Hispanic Organization and National Hispanic Leadership Institute.