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Virginia Beach, Va, Us

Company Overview: A federal government contractor specializing in acquisition lifecycle support, system engineering, logistics, cybersecurity, program management, and IT support.

Company Overview: Refresh Recruiting was started to address a problem we had when I ran the professional search team at Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge fund. There, we had difficultly finding enough quality recruiting companies to meet the demand for recruiting services. I decided to start Refresh Recruiting to fill that need with a process oriented and data driven recruiting agency.•Created a proprietary 15-step recruiting process, starting from the goals of the organization / hire, continuing to talent pool selection and sourcing, and concluding with closing a candidate which results in a systematic, repeatable method of recruiting.•Built the business from scratch, including predictive and mid-search analytics, candidate outreach strategies, structured interviewing approaches, and new business development.

Company Overview: Start-up, lead generation platform that helped direct-to-consumer marketers expand digital channels and add incremental customers. Operating on a pay-for-performance basis, each client relationship was a bespoke, transparent partnership focusing on acquiring the right types of customers that would drive long-term value for the client.•Grew business from launch to 7-figure annual recurring revenue and profitability within 8 months. •Delivered a 10x average return on client investment within first 12 months of engagement and over 200,000 incremental monthly unique visits to clients’ websites.•Created company’s strategic vision, values, goals, key performance indicators, and analytics.•Built operations processes, including arbitraging content marketing opportunities based on return, tracking full funnel results, writing search engine optimized original content, and testing optimizations.•Designed talent acquisition strategy, set-up applicant tracking system, and recruited team of 6.•Established company intranet, codifying standard methodologies, documenting key client information, recording best practices, and identifying learning opportunities.3S Ventures was housed within Three Ships, a digital marketing holding company. As the co-founder of the business, I partnered with the Three Ships team to apply a new business model to digital advertising. Three Ships was named the 2016 North Carolina Small Business of the Year by Business North Carolina.

Westport, Connecticut, Us

Company Overview: At time of employment, the world’s largest hedge fund with over $170B in assets and 1,500 employees. Bridgewater had produced greater total profits for its investors than any other hedge fund in history.•Completed, with team, over 750 hires companywide including front office, back office, and technical searches.•Increased companywide hiring rate by over 40% (from 335 to 475 people annually) while annualized demand increased by only 5%. Reduced number of unfilled openings by over 70%.•Built team from 7 to 19 direct reports, including 13 program managers and 6 support professionals. Each program manager managed a segment of Bridgewater’s overall recruiting business, including overseeing teams of 3-8 employees, strategy, client engagement, execution, and analytics.•Created dozens of standard operational processes, including best practices when managing a search, meeting with clients, and closing a candidate. Developed 6-week program manager training course.

Westport, Connecticut, Us

•Promoted within 8 months because of exceptional performance.•Created simulation models and predictive analytical tools resulting in 70% reduction in time needed to evaluate entire portfolio of 100+ active searches.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Company Overview: One of the world's leading technology companies specializing in the the design and production of semiconductors.•Selected as 1 of 8 MBA interns in Accelerated Leadership Program, Intel’s most prestigious human capital program to develop future senior executives.•Initiated discussions with external CEO’s to evaluate potential strategic business development transactions.•Received offer to join company full-time after business school

Norfolk, Va, Us

Company Overview: One of the largest full-service real estate companies on the southeastern United States. As of my departure, the company had over 900 employees and had developed over $1B of real estate.•Developed, as member of four-person team including the chairman, $115M, 1.3M square foot Wells Fargo Center, the largest and most complex real estate development in company’s 105-year history.•Completed project $5M under budget and three months ahead of schedule.•Managed development process among contractor, architect, law firm, tenants, accountant, financial investors, and over 25 engineering and consulting companies, comprising a team of over 1,000 people.•Created, with development team, a new architectural icon for the City of Norfolk, Virginia, highlighted by color-changing beacon at the top of the 23-story office tower.•Worked with property management team to set up overall asset management strategy including budgets, forecasts, analyses, and reporting. •Awarded Best Mixed-Use Project in State of Virginia for 2010 by Virginia Business Magazine and Best Office Building Award of Excellence at 2010 regional Excellence in Development Design Awards.•Led sustainability and green building initiatives resulting in LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certification. 1st high-rise building in the region to obtain certification.

Norfolk, Va, Us

•Chaired weekly design and construction coordination meetings of 20 during 27-month construction.•Conceptualized and produced marketing presentations for tenants resulting in $97M of signed leases.•Created and tracked line-by-line the 177 item, $115M budget for Wells Fargo Center; devised custom financial and management reporting methodology with CFO. •Secured many of the required municipal approvals for Wells Fargo Center by working with the City of Norfolk, including economic development, public works, planning, and legal departments.

Norfolk, Va, Us

•Modeled economic impact of the Wells Fargo Center and presented analysis to Norfolk’s director of economic development resulting in city contribution of $67M to project, including infrastructure, parking garages with 1,850 spaces, and 4.6 acres of prime land in downtown Norfolk, VA.•Designed, with development team, master plan for 4.6 acre, 1.3M square foot Wells Fargo Center.

Elmhurst, Illinois, Us

Company Overview: A multi-billion dollar, privately owned, distribution company specializing in next day delivery of over 600,000 items to industrial and commercial customers.•Managed $60M of annual purchases including inventory management strategies for over 40,000 items and implemented new purchasing strategies leading to a 15% reduction in orders processed manually.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor Of Science In Engineering, Electrical Engineering