Richard Soublet:  

Life After my military obligation, Vietnam Vet (1967-1968), I held several positions with Bay Area organizations providing services for returning Veterans. I worked briefly for the State of California in the Employment Development Department and worked for the National Alliance of Business as a Veterans Representative, finding jobs for veterans in the Bay Area. In 1972, I became a training officer with Wells Fargo Bank. In 1973 the Clorox Company recruited me to become its first Equal Employment Opportunity Officer. In 1975, my wife Kathi and I moved to Chicago where I was assigned as an Employee Relations Manager for the Martin Brower Company, a wholly owned subsidiary fo Clorox. In 1978, I transferred the the Household Products Division of Clorox where I became Administrative Plant Manager for a large Bleach plant on Chicago's south side. In early 1979, I moved into the Labor Relations Department where I spent my next 12 years as a Labor Relations Manager, focusing on keeping operations union free, serving as an arbitration advocate and providing labor and employee relations consultation and advice to manufacturing operations, as well as working on design and redesign of people systems in such operations. In 1991, I accepted an assignment as a Human Resource Manager assigned to Headquarters Operations in Oakland and in 1992 moved back into the Household Products group where I provided services to the Marketing , Sales, Accounting , Finance and Manufacturing Staff organizations in the Household Products group. In 1994, I was attracted by an opportunity with the McKesson Corporation. I began as Director, Human Resources for the McKesson Drug Company based in Walnut Creek. In 1996 I moved onto a mergers and acquisition team responisbile for integrating new businesses into McKesson. ...Expand for more