Danny Thomas Email & Phone Number

Marble Hill, Ga, Us

Consultant to recruiting departments of medium- to large-size corporations as well as to recruiting firms. My primary focus is on assisting my clients in hiring senior executive talent at the VP-level and above. Engaged by the CHRO at Inform (formerly News Distribution Network) to assist in rebuilding the leadership team following turbulence for this early-stage media technology company. Successfully placed direct reports to the CEO, the CFO and the CHRO as well as several others. For The Weather Channel, successfully recruited the head of new business unit, WeatherFX (which led to successful sale to IBM), Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Information/Technology Officer, EVP of HR, SVP of Partner Solutions and Ad Trade Marketing, VP/GM of weather.com, VP/GM of Mobile, VP of Mid-Market Sales, VP of Accounting and multiple other Sales and Marketing Directors and VPs. Headed staffing for Nokia Siemens Networks LightSquared project. Led a team which was responsible for hiring apx. 150 business leaders, engineers and project managers in six months. Personally developed the recruiting strategy which helped win the bid, hired the recruiting team and executed the strategy.For Aflac, recruited Corporate Officers primarily to lead marketing and sales functions including Chief Sales Officer, VP of National Accounts and Deputy Chief Investment Officer.As part of the Deloitte Consulting - Partner/Director Acquisition Team, my focus was on recruiting very senior level consulting leaders primarily in Strategy & Operations and Human Capital practice areas including Partners in Marketing and Oil & Gas and Director in Executive Compensation.Led all recruiting efforts across the Zyman Group organization, both developing the overarching recruiting strategies and conducting executive search to attract the world’s top marketers to the firm. Hired only top business strategists and marketing consultants. Recruited several former F500 CMOs as industry vertical leaders.

Marble Hill, Ga, Us

Executive Search Consultant Engagements (short contracts and retained searches) include, for:A boutique search firm, performed sourcing and candidate development for two $1M+ cash comp positions for a Big 4 Bank (strict NDA). Landed Head of Data Products top candidate in process.Multi-National logistics company Americold, hired the “financial steward of the company”, the VP Commercial Finance, pleasing a difficult client with each of only two candidates making it through;Activate, a media growth strategy consulting firm recruited Consultants and Engagement Managers;European HealthTech start-up SWORD Health, recruited first US hire as Sales VP to open US market; FinTech giant First Data, recruited SVP Credit Operations, M&A Legal Counsel, VP Independent Sales Organizations Risk Management, VP Clover Product Management, Chief Admin Officer - Credit Risk; $10B global aluminum leader Novelis, recruited GM Global Specialty Products, Leader Global Commercial Strategy Center of Excellence, Director Global Security (Data, Physical, Personnel); Mitsubishi Electric US HQ, recruited Marketing Director, Business Analytics Manager, Technical Training Manager, Systems Solutions Manager, Software Testing Engineer.

London, Gb

Headed recruiting research and sourcing for Hewitt's outsourced recruiting business which filled 50,000+ positions in 2005 for clients including Sun Microsystems, Capgemini, Bank of America, Bank of Montreal/Harris Bank, Prudential, McKesson, Thomson and BP. Led a team of 35 recruiting managers, recruiters and researchers.Was concurrently Practice Leader for The Limited Brands account. Worked as key member of the bid team which won the business and personally designed the staffing strategies and created the deal metrics including pricing model. Led delivery on the account and won renewal from the client.

Founded a consulting firm which grew to 12 associates and provided retained recruitment research, retained search, recruiting strategy development, recruitment process automation and recruitment marketing. Built client base which included: Accenture, Allstate, Answerthink, AT&T, Bank of America, CapGroup, Citysearch, Equant, Georgia Tech, Global Crossing, Management Recruiters International, MCI, Motorola, Quintiles, Raindance Communications, Teligent, The Weather Channel, TRW and Winstar.Led all company operations including selling, banking, hiring, training, marketing, real estate and accounting. Ensured that all client commitments were met and each client was delighted. Developed strategy, consulted with clients, project-managed employees and sub-contractors, recruited executive level positions, ushered resources and aligned staff in fulfillment of all business.

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

Created MCI’s corporate and business unit recruitment strategies. Designed and delivered all recruitment tools, systems and processes, created and executed the corporation’s external recruitment presence through effective use of advertising and marketing tools, developed company’s recruitment intranet/internet website, created and administered all recruitment programs and reporting. Managed a team of up to 65 recruiting managers, recruiters and staff.Developed and delivered training for over 100 recruiters and recruiting managers via Recruiters College and New Recruiter Orientation.Previously, held various HR and recruiting management positions including National Employment Manager for MCI's largest business unit, MCI Business Markets, filling over 5,000 positions per year.