ADI is a $3.4B global wholesale distributor of Security, Audio Visual and Low Voltage products for licensed contractors. As part of the transition from RPO to an In-House TA team, designed and executed global recruitment strategies allowing the organization to hire top talent in North America, EMEA and LATAM. Position eliminated due to corporate restructuring.

As part of relocation to Florida, took a 15-month sabbatical to focus on relocation efforts and wedding. Dedicated time to personal and professional growth and worked on contract Recruiting and Career Coaching engagements.

Led a 120-member team across North America, Europe, LATAM, Southeast Asia and India averaging 10,000 hires (exempt and non-exempt) per year. Key member of the People Operations leadership team, providing vision, planning and management for the global corporate recruiting team. Partnered with HRIS on ATS migration from Jobvite to Workday, including the creation of dashboarding through PowerBI.

Led a 75-member team comprised of talent acquisition professionals across North America, EMEA, and APAC regions, while driving strategic planning, communication, and leadership with key stakeholders. Enabled scalability to quickly deploy and reduce the number of resources to support client demand; built and managed the “Talent Ready Team” of 25 project-based recruiters. Responsible for driving strategic planning, communication, and leadership with key stakeholders to deliver best in class internal recruitment services for Korn Ferry’s accounts globally.

Directed talent acquisition strategies to align to business objectives. Additionally, managed day-to-day operations of the North American recruiting team while supporting global recruiting teams in the Philippines, India, and Spain. Reduced time-to-approval more than 2 weeks by revising the requisition and promotion approval process. Played a key role in Merger & Acquisition (M&A) strategy for acquired employees, ensuring a positive experience for everyone impacted; achieved a greater than 90% acceptance rate.

Recruited to rebuild the talent acquisition team and implement recruitment best practices across the organization. Increased efficiencies and reduced time to fill by more than 30%; developed and rolled out a proprietary ATS within the first 6 months, including reporting capabilities to measure Key Performance Indicators (KPI).Improved overall interview and hiring effectiveness by developing and implementing new manager interview and hiring training.Boosted accuracy of data by 65% by managing Affirmative Action (AAP) initiatives, including vendor selection, data capture, and collection. Delivered a 40% YOY increase in applicants by partnering with marketing and IT to create a new employer brand for the company.

Key member of the NA Retained Search leadership team, driving initiatives to increase profitability for the practice. Grew the practice from 6 to 82 employees and played a significant role in supporting 60% YOY revenue growth; maintained close involvement in hiring and onboarding all new team members.Increased referral business 80% by developing performance management metrics and dashboard reporting to ensure consistent service delivery and quality across North America operations.Decreased time-to-fill from 120 days to less than 90 days by creating a best-in-class dedicated research, sourcing, and recruiting function, including a summer internship program and partnership with offshore resources.

Developed operations model for start up recruitment firm focused on the outsourcing sector and managed key client relationship with a $1B global IT services firm. Partnered with business unit leaders for multi-national corporations to hire Executive level, client facing teams. Determined and implemented "best practices" for sales and operations. Hired, trained and managed recruitment team, contractors and vendors.

Charged with developing newly created position designed to gather market intelligence by establishing relationships with the business community to understand business climate and employment needs of employers and recruiters. Established partnerships with 150+ employers integrating company resources into recruiting strategies, resulting in increased job leads for client base. Developed and delivered training on search topics, best practices in working with recruiters, and effective utilization of web based job search tools including databases and research resources.

Co-Founder and Director of start-up national consulting and recruiting firm focused on integrating individuals with disabilities, mature workers and other untapped sources of labor into corporations. Wrote business plan including creating corporate brand, vision, mission and operating strategy and participated in funding strategy, resulting in a $5M venture capital investment. Developed and implemented sales, operations and human resource processes and hired staff, establishing Dallas regional office.

Developed and delivered all recruiting, sales and management training and development programs for over 500 staff employees. Key contributor to executive management in the re-engineering, development and design of new national sales, recruitment and delivery process. Recruited technical professionals and developed relationships with corporate clients, ensuring all information technology staffing solution needs were met. Created training and development programs for new Resource Managers in such areas as recruiting, interviewing and employee management.