James A. Nys, PHR

Jim is the President and Chief Human Resource Management Consultant for Personnel PLUS! Consulting Services, Inc.  He provides assistance in Selection and Recruitment, Performance Appraisal, Personnel Policy Development, EEO/Affirmative Action, Wrongful Discharge and Management Training for a wide variety of businesses throughout the inter-mountain west.

Nys has well over 30 years experience in personnel management working for the State of Montana and, since 1987, as a private consultant. Nys holds a Masters degree from the University of Montana and has, since 1991 taught graduate classes for four different Universities and for several community colleges. He also holds the highest recognition in public speaking awarded by Toastmaster's International and is certified as a “Professional in Human Resources” by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).  He was chosen as  the 1999 Business Education Leader by the Montana State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management. Nys also serves as an expert witness in employment litigation matters.

Nys has served on Boards of Directors for a number of organizations including the Montana Independent Living Project, the Society for Human Resource Management and the Myrna Loy Center for Performing Arts. He is a past Vice President of the Helena Chamber of Commerce.

In 2001, Nys was appointed to two, two-year national leadership position in the Society for Human resource management. He was appointed as a member of the 24 member Legislative Action Committee, the body that represents the Human Resource profession in before Congress and Administrative Agencies. He was also named to the SHRM Research Committee, an organization devoted to conducting research to identify the “best practices” in the Human resource profession. In 2006, he was appointed to the SHRM Consultants National Advisory Committee. He has been Legislative Coordinator for the Montana State Council of SHRM since 1989.

Nys has published several Human Resource related books and articles. Thousands of copies of his book  An Employer’s Guide to Avoiding Wrongful Discharge were distributed to employers around the state by the Montana Chamber of Commerce as part of its efforts to help employers control liability exposure.

Nys retired from the U.S. Navy Reserve in 1988 as an Operations Specialist first class (OS1) after 22 years of service, including 5 with the Montana Army National Guard. During his military career, Nys spent almost 10 years serving as an instructor of various naval subjects including four years as head instructor for the Sea and Air Mariner Program (SAM) that providing basic instruction to newly recruited sailors. Nys served as a military journalist in the Montana Army National Guard. He currently serves as the Vice Division Captain Flotilla Commander for the  Montana U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.

 

. Kristina Loftis

Kristina joined the Personnel Plus! team March 2005. She moved to the Helena area February 2005. She has also resided in Missoula and Bozeman. Kristina attended school at the University of Georgia where she received her undergraduate degree in Social Work.  Since moving to Montana, she has worked with troubled youth in a treatment facility for 4 years. She has since transferred over to the
Human Resource field. She truly enjoys the satisfaction of being able to place people in a job that is a perfect fit for them. She hopes to continue her education and training in the Human Resource field and
eventually get her PHR. In her spare time, Kristina enjoys being outdoors skiing, hiking, or floating the river. She also enjoys spending time with her 3 dogs and cat. She is also a volunteer at the Humane
Society. She and her husband Michael have one child.