Created the strategy, plan, technology and infrastructure needed to build and lead the team that will recruit, hire and retain the entire team from the C Suite down that is required to support the hyper growth of this important and monumental organization.Our founders are two of the earliest Tesla engineers and a professor of Materials Science at Georgia Tech. We are Sila, a next-generation battery materials company. Our mission is to power the world’s transition to clean energy. To create this future, our team is building a better lithium-ion battery from the inside out today. We engineer and manufacture ground-breaking battery materials that significantly increase the energy density of batteries, while reducing their size and weight. The result? Smaller more powerful batteries that can unlock innovation in consumer devices and accelerate the mass adoption of electric cars to eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels. We're tackling one of the biggest challenges of our time every day, and together we're redefining what's possible. Are you ready to be a part of a team committed to changing the world?Our company culture is built on personal growth, mutual trust, inclusiveness, and safety. We are building a world-class materials company, where our team is close, debates are data-driven, and our nerdiest office puppies are named Angstrom, Lumen, and Gadget.

Responsible for leading the substantial hiring effort targeting the best and brightest of the life sciences community including, experts in CDMO, Cell & Gene Therapy, Pharma, Biotechnology, Laboratory, and CGMP manufacturing. We expect to hire over 3,000 team members within the first 30 months.Created the strategy, plan, technology and infrastructure needed to build and lead the team that will recruit, hire and retain the entire team from the C Suite down that is required to support the hyper growth of this important and monumental organization.Discovery Labs and The Center for Breakthrough Medicines is the world's largest Cell and Gene Therapy incubator hub and provider of Contract Development and Manufacturing Operations (CDMO). It provides preclinical through commercial manufacturing of cell and gene therapies and component raw materials. It offers process development, plasmid DNA, viral vectors, cell banking, cell processing, and support testing capabilities all under one roof. The immense $1.1 billion facility is state of the art.

JUUL is the market leader and has been disrupting the industry worldwide since its launch only a few years ago. We have been named the fastest growing company in world history by CNBC. Responsible for developing the strategy and plan and leading all staffing efforts and the teams for the Global Corporate functions and North American Sales teams. Under my team, we are responsible for supporting all teams and the hiring within: FDA Regulatory, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Digital, Legal, Government Affairs, Global Launch Team, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Engineering, Clinical, Science, Research, Strategy, Regulatory Affairs, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Creative, Design, Packaging, and Analytics. Led the global expansion to Canada, United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, France, Japan, China, Korea, Singapore and Israel.

A leading national provider of C-level retained executive search, talent acquisition strategy, executive team assessments, diversity and inclusion, and talent management consulting services. * Led the Retained Executive Search practice and created and oversaw the recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) practice and teams. * Responsible for creating and delivering a unique hybrid of talent management consulting and executive team assessments paired with C-level retained executive search, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) to successfully deliver proven results and winning solutions to many underlying private equity backed portfolio companies, and venture capital backed disruptive start-up and unicorn companies. * Also, responsible for business development and account management of clients including several large private equity firms.

A bleeding edge hyper-growth startup that revolutionized the alternate investment Hedge Fund space and created the first direct to consumer Hedge Fund investment opportunity. Responsible for creating and implementing a complete talent acquisition strategy, plan and team from a blank slate for a hyper-growth startup fast growing alternative investment and hedge fund. • Created and implemented a full recruitment and employer branding initiative. • Created all job descriptions and assisted in developing compensation plans and guidelines within the sales, marketing, and product departments. • Created a direct sourcing and recruiting plan and teams that focused on attracting and recruiting passive candidates and leveraging data and analytics to reduce time-to-fill and increase productivity.

Deloitte Consulting LLP is an organization devoted to excellence in providing professional services in nearly 150 countries, and 135,000 employees worldwide. Deloitte serves more than one-half of the world’s largest companies, public institutions, and successful, fast-growing global growth companies.• Assisted in the creation of the Partner Acquisition Team and developed an internal retained executive search firm focusing solely on recruiting Managing Partners and Partners into Deloitte from the outside.• Responsible for the direct sourcing, recruitment and placement of Managing Partners and Partners for numerous different practices within Deloitte Consulting

Hired by the Global SVP of Talent Acquisition to re-engineer, lead and manage a U.S. based team of 20+ Recruiters that provided Global recruitment and talent acquisition management for the Global Business Travel, Consumer Travel, Finance and Procurement divisions of the organization. Partnered with the key business stakeholders and HR business partners to determine multi-strategy recruitment approaches. Built and implemented a change management team approach, mapping business needs and executing against those needs to assist and strengthen partnerships to improve process/metrics and results. Created a global recruitment strategy for Global Business Travel that aligned with training and operations and aligned to the operational need of the business. Within 6 months, was able to reduce time to fill for executive level positions by 50%. Developed and implemented creative direct sourcing recruitment strategies and implemented AIRS process and strategies within team. Created a global centralization of recruitment efforts and served as a key point of contact for all the regions around the globe to streamline metrics, efficiencies, standardizations, compliance, and global branding. Conducting a gap analysis of the global recruitment process that identified and created a business case to address and identify the critical gaps in the infrastructure and recruitment processes supporting each of the business units.

*Avenue A/ Razorfish at the time of employmentA world leading On-line Advertising and Internet Marketing Company.Built and led a dynamic team supporting the talent acquisition functions across the enterprise including: Executive Leadership Team, Creative Directors, Product Marketing, Brand Marketing, SEO / SEM, Responsible for the transformation and elevation of the Talent Acquisition team, transitioning and mentoring the existing team from order takers and heavy reliance of external agencies to true consultative talent partners and advisors whilst simultaneously created and built an internal sourcing team which allowed us to transition away from using external agencies.

Sr. Director, People & Talent - 2004 -2006Talent Acquisition Management - 2000 - 2006Hyper-growth private equity backed startup that was acquired by Sprint to become the company’s first mobile business, Sprint PCS.Built and developed the overall Talent Acquisition strategies and process including; Recruiting, Workforce Planning, University Relations and Recruiting, Compliance, Employer Branding, Sourcing and Talent Pipeliningfor this Private Equity backed hyper-growth start-up that was acquired 5 years after founding the company by Sprint Telecom to create and establish their Sprint PCS wireless business.• Built the company from day one as part of a 3-member launch team that included myself, the CEO, the VP of Technology & Engineering alongside the board and private equity investors to more than 5,000+ employees and a multi-billion acquisition by Sprint to create what became Sprint PCS.• Grew the company from 3 employees to over 5,000 employees prior to the company’s acquisition by Sprint for multiple Billions of dollars to create Sprint PCS.• Created all Talent Acquisition process, policies, procedures and built and led the entire National Talent Acquisition team.• Responsible for RFP, evaluation, and selection, of HCM, ATS, and associated tools, software and services.