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ZT Systems partners with you to collaboratively design hyperscale compute and storage solutions based on your unique value criteria. Instead of limiting you to a catalog or roadmap, we develop a set of evolving platform building blocks that balance technology leadership, cost efficiency and supply diversity. The resulting solutions are best fit to your unique workload, performance and operating cost requirements – and free from nonessential functionality and add-ons. Similarly, optional logistics and service solutions are tailored to match specific requirements and compliment customer resources.Founded in 1994, and headquartered in Secaucus, New Jersey, ZT Systems is a private company ensuring complete confidentiality for our customers. We combine the scale needed to support the largest customers with the agility of a focused, efficiently-structured organization. This means we can act quickly to do what’s necessary – no bureaucracy or competing priorities, no limitations in expertise or scale.

Institute a high-performance culture by aligning talent acquisition and retention with business strategies including headcount planning, talent management, total rewards and organizational health.- Implement Ultipro HRIS/ATS with new human capital metrics and analytics tools for delivering actionable insights to business leaders, spurring data-driven decision making on human factors- Drive employee engagement and retention by introducing career ladders program involving training, skill building, and workforce development and offering employees a clear path to advancement- Lead partnership with community colleges and county commissioner to create workforce development curriculum offering current and future employees class-based / hands-on training.- Execute comprehensive recruiting plans, filling 300+ positions supporting aggressive growth. Deliver on the company’s promise to achieve diversity goals across underrepresented groups- Developed and Implemented an on-boarding program to standardize the content across all sites

Human Resource Leader for global HDD, SSD and Consumer data storage businesses; supported new and emerging business; 1,700 employees; $15B revenue. Responsible for executive recruiting and leading 8 recruiters supporting Go-to-Market and G&A functions for Sales, Marketing, Legal, IT and Finance. - Manage post M&A integration of recruiting and workforce planning.- Established 2 development centers in India including hiring, workforce and succession planning, and talent management as part of the company’s objectives to expand globally- Guided business through hyper-growth by restructuring hiring process around agility and speed- Drove change management initiatives during periods of turbulence and uncertainty, helping team leaders align new leadership standards and behavioral practices with desired organizational culture

Strategic HRBP for Seagate’s finance, Go-to-Market and sales organization; supported 8 executives; 600 employees; $3.4B revenue. Oversaw annual compensation planning, performance reviews and succession planning. Collaborated with senior business leaders to develop and execute strategies designed to facilitate change, drive performance, and improve productivity and organizational behavior.- Created development plans for hi-potentials and addressed compensation issues for below market employees. Achieved 93% retention of key employees and marked improvement in 50+ low performers- Transformed Finance’s culture from “Governance” to “Guidance”, spurring collaboration + transparency- Minimized legal risk through tracking, reporting and taking corrective action of EEOC, Affirmative Action and immigration compliance activities- Created a culture of safety, communication and collaboration by handling employee relations cases-- junior to VP level—in a transparent, methodical way, from initial investigation to disciplinary action

Executive recruiter for Seagate’s Global Executive team. Owned external hiring and promotions for 100+ member executive team. Helped shape the organization’s direction as member of the TA leadership team. - Hired 80% of VP’s and up, including the current CIO, CLO, CFO, and SVP of Go to Market- Created a succession plan for the top talent at Seagate - external mapping of talent to the current roles- Developed and implemented an on-boarding program specialized for the executive population to include 30, 60, and 90-day check ins- Created and led “SWAT” team of hi-potential recruiters to address project hiring and hard to fill openings

Led business development effort for a mid-tier staffing agency (Sunrise Systems). Built from zero to profitable organization.- Responsible for recruiting and interviewing of Sales and Marketing Professionals.- Directed weekly sales meetings for a 10 member sales organization regarding goal-setting, monthly projections, profits, product knowledge, advanced sales techniques and customer service issues.- Converted the sales team to a metrics driven organization.- Initiated direct sales to CEO-level clients.- Conducted monthly one-on-one manager meetings regarding personal performance, attitude, growth, analysis and product mix.- Team-Training of new Sales Professionals including cold-calling, sales calls, phone-training, sales presentations, closing techniques and referral generation.

Supported all of the hiring needs for Seagate's Bloomington site. R&D, Quality Operations, Quality Software, Information Technology, Equipment Engineering.- Mentored 2 recruiters and 2 coordinators and distributed work load for the site.- Cultivated and maintained relationships with key colleges and schools. Identify strong programs and participate in job fairs, information sessions and association meetings

Supported all of the hiring needs for Quality Systems, Quality Operations, Quality Software, Information Technology, Equipment Engineering, and Marketing.- Built partnerships with applicable professional organizations as well as develop a strong network of external recruiters

Recruit for technical consultants (SAP, Oracle, .net, infrastructure, Project Managers, Practice Managers). Lead recruiter for the Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Wausau offices.

Recruit for technical consultants (.net, infrastructure, Project Managers, Practice Managers).

Recruit for Property Development (IT for the Construction and Building Services, Architecture and Engineering).

Recruited technical and creative consultants for all offices, including international.