Comprehensive Bio

Christie Hardwick Vianson
Christie Hardwick Vianson is the leader and founder of the “Stepping up with Spirited Christie has over 22 years of experience with Fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations and grass root-organizing efforts. She holds a Masters degree in Organizational Development, is a Senior American Leadership Forum Fellow and a member of the Women's Leadership Board for the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Christie has held executive positions in Change Management, Human Resources and Organizational Efficiency. She is a speaker in a variety of forums and provides life-coaching services to several clients across the United States.

Business Operations
Vice President, Change Management
Vice President, Human Resources – Silicon Graphics Inc.

Key Accomplishments

• Implemented a global enterprise resource planning system within 9 months
  and on budget.
  
  • Saved company $5 million/year in operating costs.
  • Eliminated 32 different ERP systems and integrated 150 applications.
  • Enabled company to have a global view of its operations and a
    single source of truth for reporting.
    
• Researched, designed and implemented company's first Technical Users' Conference.
  
  • Attended by 100 top tier customers.
  • Accomplished in 6 months with 1/5 the budget of similar undertakings.
  • Utilized conference as a springboard for the launch of an official user group
    
• Designed, developed and delivered a community relations strategy and set of programs that resulted in numerous awards and recognition for the company.

• Increased closure rate on new college grads and experienced professionals by helping to position the company's social responsibility as a key differentiator among top candidates.

Principal Consultant – Independent Partnership

Key Accomplishments

• Co-founded a consulting practice, providing organizations with proprietary and tailored training and consulting to improve organizational efficiency.
  
  • Generated repeat business from clients who experienced improvement
  • in employees' ability to run effective meetings, manage their time and
    negotiate to win.

In addition, Christie has held management positions in the area of Human Resources, Organizational Development and Community Relations at Amdahl Corporation , Rolm and Advanced Micro Devices.

Education
Trustee – Fremont Unified School District

Key Accomplishments

• Twice elected with the highest number of votes in both elections.
  (30,000 students, $120 million budget)
  • Successfully led negotiations for two rounds of contract settlement with the teachers union.
  • Chaired board through the deepest cuts in its history, keeping most of the pain out of the classroom.
  • Awarded State Gold Award by the California Teachers Association, rarely bestowed upon recipients outside of the teaching profession.
    

Co-Founder – Fremont Education Foundation
Providing funding to the school district earmarked for retaining their music programs.

Founding Chair – Greatschools.net
A non-profit organization, providing comprehensive on-line guide to public schools nationwide.

Politics
Political Consultant – Tramutola Company

Key Accomplishments

• Provided political campaign consulting services to public service clients.
• Successfully managed seven school district bond campaigns throughout California in one year. Total funds made available to schools for deteriorating facilities exceeded $500 million.
  

Field Director – 1992 Presidential, Senate and Congressional races

Key Accomplishments

• Met "Get out the Vote" target of 58,000 voters
• Exceeded goal of registering 5,000 new voters
• Alameda County was credited with making the difference in
  Senate elections due to these efforts