Terri Francell is a Credentialed Advanced Mediatior with Texas Mediator Credentialing Association.
Terri Francell, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, is an experienced Human Resources Director, Consultant, Leader, Instructor/Trainer, and Mediator. Her ability to communicate effective growth measures and development ideas in these fields allows her to keep companies running smoothly during transitions. Examples include: acquisitions, mergers, union negotiations, as well as industrial and business plants operations, openings and closings.
Leaders and managers rely on Terri’s expertise in recruitment, training, negotiations, and motivating employees. She earned a BBA and MBA in Management from The University of Texas of the Permian Basin (UTPB), where she was published in 2002 as co-author on “Goldratt’s Thinking Process Applied to Union Negotiations,” and later taught Human Resources Management and Business Communication classes.
In her work with a national oilfield-related services company, Terri handled all aspects of human resources needs, including recruiting, onboarding, and retention; due diligence inquiries for mergers and acquisitions; policy and process creation and application; and successful employee integration after acquisitions. She was responsible for employee relations, EEO and employee litigations, whistleblower, and ethics hotline calls, as well as leadership training programs, service award and employee recognition awards programs and more. She led a team of 8-12 trained Field Human Resource Managers and Representatives between 2007 – 2021.
As HR Director, Terri was instrumental in the selection, implementation and successful rollout of Successfactors as an SAP applicant tracking system (ATS) in 2013, adding onboarding in 2019, and total conversion to Workday in 2020 for HRIS, recruiting and onboarding.
Terri is a 2024 Texas Credentialed Advanced Mediator, Texas Mediator Credentialing Association and has over 20 years previous experience in negotiations and meditations as a company representative. She now offers mediation services for business and employee disputes throughout Texas and New Mexico as part of her consulting practice. In July 2024, Terri completed the 30-hour Advanced Family Mediation Training with the Austin Dispute Resolution Center and is now also certified in Family Mediation.
LinkedIn Profile: linkedin.com/in/terrifrancell
Professional Affiliations:
- Member, Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) 2006 – present
- Member, Fort Worth Human Resource Management Association (FWHR), 2013 – present
- HR Committee Member, 2012-2018, Association of Energy Service Companies (AESC); Chair 2016-2018
- Member, Secretary of Board, 2002, President of Board, 2007, Membership Chair, 2011, Permian Basin Society for Human Resource Management (PBSHRM), 1996 – 2013
- Alumni Board, Leadership Odessa
- Board Member, Permian Basin Workforce Development, 2011
- Officer of Retail Merchants Association
- Credit Bureau of Odessa
- Merchants and Professional Bureau