About the Speaker

Lynn A. Bauman
Director, Employee Benefits, Wendy’s International, Inc.

Lynn has over 35 years as a professional in the Human Resources arena with experience in customer focused environments and manufacturing. He joined Wendy’s International, Inc. in 1993 as Director, Employee Benefits responsible for all Enterprise (domestic and international) Health & Welfare and Retirement programs, including all ancillary benefits.  His responsibility also includes strategic planning, development and implementation of Enterprise Benefit programs.

Prior to Wendy's, Lynn was Benefits and Compensation Manager for Sherex Chemical Company (1985 - 1993), a manufacturer of surfactant chemicals used in laundry and soap products and personal home care shampoos. In this position, he was responsible for all Benefit and Compensation programs for both union and non-union manufacturing facilities.    

From 1980 – 1984, he was Personnel Manager for Wyandot, Inc., a popcorn-based snack food manufacturer and raw popcorn processor. As a Personnel Generalist, he was responsible for all Benefits, Compensation, Training, Recruitment and Hiring, Workers Compensation and Labor/Employee Relations for both union and non-union plants.

Lynn began his career in 1970. From then until 1980 he was a Personnel Officer for two different Banking organizations with responsibility for all Personnel Generalist activities. Primary focus at the first organization was to develop, implement and, in essence, start a Personnel Department for a bank that did not have such a discipline.

Lynn holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a major in Personnel Management from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.