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TalentSwell is a startup talent search and advisory business offering retained search, contingent search, recruitment strategy and process consulting, team training, and fractional recruiting leadership solutions.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Turning Point Therapeutics, a high-growth public biotechnology company, developed an internal product portfolio of next generation precision oncology therapeutics and garnered multiple FDA fast-track and breakthrough therapy designations. Turning Point Therapeutics was acquired by BMS for $4.1B, one of the 5 largest biotech acquisitions globally in 2022.Built a high-performing team and delivered over 200 hires in 18 months and doubled the size of the organization.Built in-house talent search capabilities and recruited range of critical roles including various SVP, VP, Executive Director and Senior Director roles across Regulatory, Commercial, Chemistry Manufacturing and Controls, Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Research and G&A.Evaluated existing infrastructure and migrated the organization to a more sophisticated recruiting technology stack.Developed more robust practices, processes and programs to meet aggressive headcount growth targets in preparation for FDA approval, commercialization and manufacturing.

San Diego, California, Us

Cortica is a rapidly growing series-D healthcare innovation company with over 2,000 employees across the US. Cortica leverages emerging neuroscience insights, interdisciplinary therapies, virtual and on-site patient care, and its proprietary technology platform to advance health equity and clinical outcomes for neurodiverse pediatric patients.Joined at seed round, served on the founding leadership team, and built a high-performing talent organization and function from zero to one. Built in-house executive search capabilities, collaborated with CEO and CFO on executive compensation packages, and closed critical searches for C-level executives, various Heads and Directors.Rolled out hiring practices that enabled the company to scale the team by more than 10X in 3 years, including nearly 400 hires in 2020.Reported into two C-suite executives (President, CFO), attended board meetings and events, and served as the Head of Talent and interim Head of HR.Led strategic initiative to create Cortica’s vision, mission and core values.Implemented and scaled recruiting systems and infrastructure including Greenhouse Recruiting and Onboarding, Gem CRM, Grayscale SMS platform, Job Bias Decoder, DocuSign offers, CrossChq references and HireRight background checks.Developed employer branding strategy, ran team engagement surveys, built career pages (e.g., corporate career site, LinkedIn, Glassdoor and Indeed career pages), drove employee advocacy and managed feedback loops with the CEO and key stakeholders.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Illumina is a Fortune 1000® biotech company and the leading developer, manufacturer and commercial distributor of DNA sequencing tools, systems and software. Named the World’s Smartest Company by MIT’s Technology Review and one of Time’s Most Influential Companies (I.e., cover story), Illumina’s technologies unlock advancements in genomics, disease research, drug development, vaccine creation, molecular testing and agrigenomics.Built and led global talent operations as Illumina expanded to new markets, democratized access to DNA sequencing, grew revenue from $1.9B to $2.8B and scaled headcount from 3,700 to 6,200, including roughly 2,000 hires in 2016 and 2017. Responsible for talent acquisition planning, roadmap creation, process improvement, talent sourcing team, recruiter training, employer branding, recruitment marketing, vendor management, campus recruiting and the intern program. Developed Illumina’s employee value proposition and led employer branding initiatives that helped Illumina get recognized as #5 on Fortune’s Best Workplaces in BioPharma, #33 on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work and #44 on Glassdoor’s Best CEO's lists.Served as the functional lead for the global migration from Kenexa BrassRing ATS to Workday Recruiting.Tapped to lead 4-person employee experience team responsible for talent management programs including employer branding, employee engagement, DE&I, new hire orientation and employee values awards.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional social network with over a billion professionals worldwide. LinkedIn, recognized as the fastest growing public technology company in the world by Forbes from 2012 through 2014, became a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft in 2016 and now produces more than $15B in annual revenue. Progressed through multiple roles and helped build talent consulting capabilities during a hyper-growth period where LinkedIn rolled out industry changing products, grew revenues from $500M to nearly $3B, and scaled from 2,000 employees to over 9,000. Awarded the 2012 "Global Rookie of the Year Award" for the Global Solutions and Services group (out of over 100 hires). Built global product consulting team responsible for implementing talent solutions with global organizations, advising talent leaders and recruiting teams on talent product strategies, and training recruiters on LinkedIn Recruiter best practices.Led global talent solution implementations and advised talent acquisition leaders at top recruiting organizations including Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, Intel, Salesforce, Oracle and eBay.

Reston, Va, Us

SAIC is a Fortune 500® technology consulting and engineering services firm. After its IPO in late 2006, SAIC went through a 5-year growth and maturation period where revenues climbed from $7.8B in 2006 to $10.8B in 2011. Progressed through a series of roles with increasing responsibility, eventually serving as the Acting Head of the Talent Acquisition COE, for a recruiting organization with nearly 200 team members. Tapped for strategic initiative to redesign the operating model for a global recruiting organization responsible for delivering 12,000 annual hires; new operating model improved capabilities, decision-making, process efficiency, and organizational structure while also delivering $7.5M in annualized savings. Led teams responsible for planning, technology identification, budgeting, recruiter training, vendor management, employer branding and marketing, and employee referral, intern and contingent labor programs. Guided SAIC to become a first adopter of LinkedIn talent solutions and asked to speak at multiple Talent Connect conferences. Implemented Jobs2Web (acquired by SAP) Recruitment Marketing Platform and served on the Customer Advisory Board.

London, Gb

A Global Fortune 500® organization, HSBC is one of the largest banks and financial services companies in the world. Responsible for leadership search efforts within one of HSBC’s fastest growing business line. Led RPO team of Senior Recruiters that excelled in identifying, sourcing and hiring critical Director and above level product and marketing talent.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Dallas, Texas, Us

Hanover, Md, Us