Sherry Read has over 20 years of industrial experience in finding solutions to business issues using skills in human resources, compensation, statistics, and process improvement.  Since 2000 when she relocated in Singapore, she has focused on the human capital challenges of managing and growing businesses in Asia Pacific.  Since arriving in Shanghai in 2005, Sherry has founded Read Solutions Group – a coaching company – helping people be confident and successful as leaders, particularly in multicultural settings.  She coaches individuals, speaks to professional groups, leads workshops and writes about organizational, leadership and coaching topics.

She started her career as a statistical consultant in a forest products research facility.  After obtaining her masters in statistics, she joined Hewlett Packard with a focus on using total quality control and statistical tools to improve quality of the manufacturing, specification setting and forecasting.  With Hercules Incorporated, Sherry directed the Total Quality Management efforts and planning for quality improvement for a division focused on packaging materials.  She transitioned into compensation through a project on gender pay equality, and rapidly rose to the role of Global Director of Compensation for the specialty chemical company.  With her business focus and problem-solving skills, she took on the challenge of global HR director for a division as it doubled in size through merger. The growth and excitement of Asia beckoned and she relocated to Singapore with regional HR responsibility over 14 countries.  Examples of work that she directed in the region includes post-merger benefits harmonization in Indonesia and Korea, a divisional divestiture involving employment transfers throughout all countries, development of a regional all-employee bonus program, revision of sales incentive plans with a particular focus on the key countries of China, Taiwan, Korea and Indonesia, transferring sales responsibility and associated employees to distributors in SE Asia and Australia, developing compensation structures for JVs and wholly-owned enterprises in China, and regional implementation of SAP HR.  Sherry repatriated after 2 ½ years in Singapore with continued regional responsibility.

Sherry has a BS in Statistics and Biometry from Cornell University, a MS in Statistics from Colorado State University, and a MBA from San Jose State University.  She attended the Human Resources Executive Program at the University of Michigan.  She is active in Shanghai in the American Chamber of Commerce and Expatriate Professional Women’s Society, and stays current with global human resources trends through her membership in the Society for Human Resources and the Human Capital Institute.  Sherry is a Certified Professional Coach through International Coach Academy and a member of the International Coach Federation.