Larry Burton is a Vice President with Dawson Consulting Group
responsible for recruiting, outplacement and career transition, training and counseling.
He has 30 years of experience in Human Resource Management industries, having held a
variety of assignments in retail, manufacturing, international, engineering and
construction and power industries.
Mr. Burton has worked for numerous Fortune 500 companies including
Bridgestone/Firestone, Revco Drugstores (acquired by CVS) and National Convenience
Stores (acquired by Diamond Shamrock and then Valero) and has consulted with a number
of energy and manufacturing companies. He was also previously Vice President of Matrix
Associates, a Human Resource Consulting firm.
Mr. Burton has extensive background in recruiting starting early in
his career. He performed nationwide college recruiting and has been to most college
campuses in the United States. He was responsible for managing the careers for domestic
and international undergraduate and graduate hires in major Fortune 500 companies. Later
in his career he established his own search firm and performed recruiting assignments for
a wide variety of disciplines for rapidly growing Houston based corporations. In 2000,
he was responsible for successfully completing over 100 search assignments for one of his
clients. He is also familiar with the latest technology in recruiting software and Internet
recruiting databases.
Mr. Burton graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO
with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He is the past President of the University of Missouri
Houston Alumni Chapter and is currently a member of the University of Missouri National
Alumni Board of Directors. In addition, he has served on the Board of Directors for Blue
Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma and the American Red Cross. Professionally he is a member
of the Association of Career Professionals (ACP) and Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
He is active in his local church in several capacities and teaches a Sunday School class weekly. |
