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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca

• Responsible for developing and implementing an overall talent acquisition & employer branding strategy to achieve the most appropriate sourcing, evaluation, and selection of candidates.• Responsible for building a pipeline of early career talent and increasing relationships with colleges/universities.• Develop employer branding strategy to enhance visibility on campuses and increase industry awareness.• Lead and enhance the Operations Leadership Development Program for fresh-out engineers.• Created two campaigns "Meet the Interns" and "Grow with Price" with video for use in recruitment marketing materials.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

SPLICE is an employer branding and talent acquisition agency. We build recruiting and employer branding strategies and programs for stealth and early stage startups, mid-size and global organizations. The industries include; Robotics, AI, ML, Space, E-commerce, Software, Consumer Goods, Fashion, Retail, and other industries.• Fractional Director and Vice President of Talent Acquisition for several clients since inception.• Currently working with multiple clients on contingency and retained searches, primarily in technology, manufacturing, and consumer goods-based organizations. • Establish and develop recruiting functions from the ground up for companies of all sizes, from Fortune 500s to startup organizations.• Develop and implement campus recruiting programs for full-time, co-op, and internship requirements.• Successes include implementing recruiting strategies for clients that have reduced time-to-fill by 43% (on average) and interview-to-hire ratios of 3:1 (on average). • Built employer branding assets and strategy for multiple global clients, in the e-commerce, technology, manufacturing, consumer goods and life sciences space, resulting in an increase in targeted applicants (58%), reduced interview-to-hire ratios (3:1), and enhanced career site traffic and engagement (77%).• Implemented and utilized the following in recruiting and sourcing; Lever, Greenhouse, GEMs, ChatGPT, GitHub, Stack Overflow, LinkedIn, Handshake, Boolean search, CRM Marketing campaigns, networking events, and many additional tools.

Mountain View, Wy, Us

Fractional Head of Talent for two stealth startups• Responsible for building the human resources and recruiting functions for two stealth startups.• Focused on recruiting talent in the areas of engineering leadership, data science, UX/UI, AI/ML engineering and research, software development, sales, and product design.• Created a sourcing pipeline program with startup incubators at UC Berkeley and Stanford.• Established all recruiting metrics, guidelines, and employer branding capabilities, focusing on forecasted growth and impact due to the latest round of funding for both organizations. • Human resources duties include systems selection for various areas, employee engagement and generalist oversight.

Los Altos, California, Us

Worked with Toyota Research Institute to identify PhD level Scientist in the fields of Machine Learning, Robotics, Human-Centric AI, Research Software, Behavioral Science Research, Human Interactive Driving and Artificial Intelligence.• Recruited Ph.D.-level scientists in research-related fields, including Machine Learning, Robotics, Human-Centric AI, Human Interactive Driving, and Artificial Intelligence.• Led the internship initiatives for Ph.D. researchers and scientists from the following colleges: Cornell, Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, UC Berkeley, NYU, MIT, Stanford, and CalTech.• Responsible for sourcing and recruiting scientists within highly competitive fields and markets, competing against Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google (FAANG).• Cultivated strong relationships with company leaders in robotics, machine learning, AI, and behavioral sciences, leading all aspects of recruitment for these specialized areas.

New York, New York, Us

Worked with Flatiron Health to identify underserved minority candidates. Created and executed a sourcing and recruiting plan targeted within technology.• Executed end-to-end recruitment strategies for diverse talent within the healthcare technology sector, based in New York City.• Constructed a database of 3,400+ DEI technical candidates for current and future campaigns.• Developed a diversity and inclusion playbook for recruiting, including sourcing strategies, search strings, applicant messaging, and other recruiting-related activities. • Responsible for employer branding initiatives for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and other minority-serving institutions for engineering talent.• Utilized Lever ATS and GEM CRM for employer branding drip campaigns to engage and retain targeted talent.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Hired while YP was in the rebrand stage to develop the talent acquisition and employer branding function while also leading Executive Search and Campus Relationship.• Led Executive Search activities, successfully hiring new C-level positions (VP, SVP, and higher) nationwide, with a specific focus on technology in Los Angeles, CA, and Atlanta, GA.• Redesigned the career site, increased targeted applicant flow by 28%, and decreased interview to hire from 12:1 to 5:1.• Developed and led all college campus initiatives for the Technology and Sales team, including internship programs, co-ops, and educational programs for Georgia and California high schools interested in STEM and marketing. • Pioneered the employer branding function post acquisition by Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity firm.• Reduced time-to-fill on corporate roles by 52 days and sales roles by 78 days.

Sandy Springs, Georgia, Us

Case-Mate is a global leader in creating and designing mobile fashion and consistently works with top global designers. I was responsible for all employer branding and talent acquisition. This remains my favorite corporate job.• Grew the talent acquisition & HR department during a startup phase in 6 months.• Led global “people” efforts for North America (US, Canada), South America (Brazil), Europe (Ireland), Australia and Asia (China).• Managed talent acquisition, payroll, employee engagement and other HR functional areas. • Designed a talent community in partnership with 3rd party software to engage and pipeline future talent.• Developed, measured and ensured positive candidate experiences at all engagement points of the talent acquisition process with national recognition via the 2012 Candidate Experience Award from The Talent Board.• Developed relationships with colleges to identify new graduates for internships and co-ops, including the sponsorship of robotics club and bot fighting club in Atlanta.• Built the careers page and responsible for layout, design, strategies and content (video, social, sopy etc...) of the site.• Serve as the Director of Social Engagement for Vaja (luxury brand line) by building all social properties including; Facebook, Twitter, Blog, Pinterest, G+, Instagram and other micro platforms.

Alpharetta, Georgia, Us

Responsible for building and leading the recruiting team from 4 to 12 and then tasked with creating a startup division for Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) called Workforce Solutions. • Built and led the strategies and operations of an 12 member Talent Acquisitions team (directly) and a 4 person outside sales team (indirectly).• Prior to departure was designing a social media community tool which would be utilized to engage retirees and ex-employees for client’s project based requirements.• Developed and managed social media marketing and recruitment branding strategies for the recruiting department.• Responsible for building and leading a startup division for Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), called Workforce Solutions. • Created a new hire program for recruiters and sales with universities and campus organizations.• Developed a training manual for recruiters and led training classes.• Taught recruiting and sourcing techniques to recruiters for identifying hidden talent.

Duluth, Georgia, Us

Hired to build a recruiting team from scratch for a high growth organization. I created the team, processes, technology and everything in between from the ground up (of course with many of my new hires).• Built and led an 15 person team responsible for all global talent acquisition for North America, Southeast Asia, Middle East, and Africa. • Created all talent acquisition processes including; requisition process, formal job descriptions and formalized pipeline for future candidates in niche areas.• Team was responsible for high growth; 200 employees to 600+ in a 12 month period.• Led all talent acquisition marketing efforts to raise awareness of the company brand.• Created companies first talent communities via on-line resources including community groups, newsletters and companies first social media portal (LinkedIn).• Co-developed tracking tool for workforce planning data gathering during period of record growth for overseas and domestic hiring in partnership with the Vice President of Finance.• Maintained on-going relationship with university and Army Career and Alumni Program (ACAP) departments for manufacturing and technical talent.• Created all talent acquisition processes and procedures for newly formed departments, including requisition process, formal job descriptions, sourcing playbook creation, formalized pipeline for future candidates in niche areas.

Newark, Nj, Us

Panasonic Mobile Communications was a mobile device technology company that grew from a 88 person R&D center, to a 500+ person, international, multi-divisional technology development center. • Built and managed the Talent Acquisition and Human Resource delivery team, including leading the immigration team.• Managed all strategic talent acquisition and human resource initiatives including; talent management, global vendor selection & management, immigration, applicant tracking and workforce planning.• Developed and managed the company’s first on-line community to engage mobile developers utilizing Google and Yahoo Groups.• Recruiting for U.S., Canada, Mexico, and South America (Republic of Panama & Brazil)• Created internship, co-op programs. and forged campus relationships with Georgia Tech, Southern Polytechnic State (now Kennesaw State), Clemson, Missouri-Rolla and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.• Manager of all employee relations issues.• Led the Immigration team responsible for 15% of our workforce• Designed global expatriate program including; United States, Japan, China, Czech Republic and United Kingdom.Social Media Note: I was responsible for all recruiting marketing campaigns and designed several on-line communities to engage the mobile community (before "social media"). I currently manage the LinkedIn Panasonic Corporate & Panasonic Mobile alumni page.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Started my career as an executive recruiter concentrating on executive placement ($85k + jobs) in Toledo, OH and assisted in startup operations in Birmingham, AL.• Interviewed candidates, conducted cold calls, pre-screened all candidates and checked references in an independent setting with minimal supervision.• Consultant to clients and candidates regarding career / company goals, salary expectations, relocation issues and job responsibilities.• Recruited on a national basis for all levels of talent (junior engineer to executive management) talent in Engineering, R& D, Software, Hardware, RF, Marketing, Advertising, and other corporate roles.I was an early adopter of job boards and trained other recruiters in their use. I created my own newsletter to keep candidates and people I assisted in their search informed about the market, trends and my jobs.