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United States

New York, Us

Founding HR executive for 5 healthcare tech portfolio companies and the Venture Capital Studio, spearheading overall people strategy as organization’s chief people leader, establishing all policies, organizational structures, salary bands, and performance management systems. Oversee technical recruiting, onboarding, and strategic cultural initiatives. Serve as strategic advisor to C-suite team, guiding workforce planning, succession planning, employee relations, and learning and development efforts. Implemented cultural engagement process that drove 3-point improvement in engagement and morale. Introduced monthly pulse surveys and engagement council to address employee feedback. Created communication processes and initiatives that ensured employees felt heard and represented. Successfully managed workforce contouring, retaining professionalism while mitigating associated risks and concurrently hiring 80 employees.

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Oversaw large recruiting team of 200+ employees leveraging strategic partnerships to effectively recruit AI/ML talent despite scarcity in talent pool. Served as strategic advisor to senior leadership, collaborating on workforce planning, capacity analysis, and succession planning initiatives throughout organization. Partnered with business leadership to create RAISE program tasked with recruiting external talent for 2-year development program supporting AI efforts.Doubled productivity throughout organization through strategic team restructuring initiative, establishing new operating model to create harmony among cross-functional teams.

Bethesda, Md, Us

Initially hired to define process and establish talent acquisition infrastructure for growing Mission Systems and Training (MST) business unit. Expanded portfolio supporting M&A activity assuming talent leadership of union workforce of 17,000 members, actively engaging with all business leads to coordinate workforce planning, hiring, and capacity-building efforts. Ensured seamless merger with Sikorsky, orchestrating smooth integration, policy alignment, cultural transformation, and strategic workforce planning. Led culture efforts to mitigate attrition and doubled integration team’s size while facilitating development of new department functions including employer brand, metrics, salary structures, and introducing change management initiatives to foster organizational cohesion and growth. Increased diversity representation from 16% to 23% within 2 years despite hiring limitations. Created LMU Days, an invitation-only weekend-long event hosted 4 times/year by Lockheed Martin leadership that targets 25 college students from primarily black and minority colleges. Championed Chapter Next, a program for talented women returning to workforce after 2 or more years.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Hired as key member of leadership team charged with establishing in-house executive search model for large-scale enterprise headquarters cross-country relocation project. Created, developed, and managed team of 15 staffing professionals while implementing cost-effective talent acquisition strategies supporting relocation of 500 national and global employees, spearheading workforce planning, analytics, employee retention initiatives, leadership development, succession planning, process optimization, executive searches, employment branding, redeployment, campus relations, and diversity and military relations efforts. Staffed 350 corporate office positions, primarily at manager, director and vice president level, within 18 months. Hired 83% women or professionals of color at management level and 23% women or professionals of color at director level, elevating organization’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba

Master Of Business Administration - Mba