Heather Willson Email & Phone Number

Denver, Colorado, United States

most amazing job! Manage a team of after school enrichment chef instructors where we teach children how to prep and cook global meals. Our classes help build independence, persistence, and confidence in students as they work to create meals, skills which benefit students both in the classroom and at home.By being interdisciplinary—students practice cooking skills while learning cultural, nutritional, linguistic, and geographical information about foods from around the world. Students also practice math skills, seeing scientific concepts at work, and developing an environmental awareness of where real food comes from.

Littleton, Co

Teaching kids how to cook healthy in a pre/after school program.

Denver, Co

David L. and Heather L. Willson own and operate Software Freedom School (SFS). We are not like any other technical training company ~ our purpose is to feed the minds, bodies, and spirits of people at all levels through free software, delicious food, and love. It is our mission to teach the world free software, building a community, where relationships come first, that allows us to better the world and bless all that come into our lives with grace, acceptance, and love. David is the geek who develops SFS’s materials and delivers the experiential training to the students. Heather is the foodie creating delicious and nutritious meals to keep the students alert and well fed. Together, they serve the community in love – following their passions.SFS offers experiential training classes in the realm of free software; such as Linux, Puppet, PostgreSQL, and Nagios to name a few. We celebrate Software Freedom First Saturday at a local hackerspace the first Saturday of every month. We offer Linux Camp in August, encourage geeks of all levels, to join us at Snow Mountain Ranch to learn how to be a successful Linux Systems Administrator and obtain their LPIC1. We also do in-house training for businesses – help their geeks reach their true potential!

Greater Denver Area

As Philippi's Center's Executive Director I am responsible for leading our funding and marketing activities, assisting the Board of Directors in resource development, and to support the development, implementation, and executing the clinical psychotherpay and non-therapy programs and support services. More than Talk Therapy... Why horses?There is just something bigger than life about horses, especially when they interact with humans. They are creatures which live in the here and now, but somehow magically transport our emotions to worlds unknown.Their size, their power under restraint, their grace and beauty, all charm us into a state of awe. They inspire our courage, and help us find a moment of peace when it has eluded us in our hectic lives. They show affection, depend on us, and willingly partner with us for our pleasure, taking on tasks they could not have imagined in the wild. They can unlock our deepest fears and touch our deepest needs. Courtesy of Michael Dawson (owner of the Philippi Center)

Englewood, Co

Create, prepare, and produce commercially sold baked goods, including:Coffee cakes, Scones, Quick breads, Muffins, Cookies, Energy Bars, and GF products.

Greater Denver Area

Supporting the IT Services Team.

Denver, Co

Recruiting partner for the Siemens Enterprise North American Sales Group.

Denver, Co

Allonhill is reinventing the mortgage industry with mortgage due diligence and credit risk management solutions. As a third-party reviewer, our independence, depth of expertise, and approach to due diligence and credit risk management provides clients the highest degree of hands-on oversight and intervention when buying or selling pools, when securitizing loans, or when managing loans and securitizations over time.

Partner with the following business units: Commercial Business Services, Marketing, Engineering, and Technical Operations for Comcast's West Division; including CO, NM, AZ, UT, MN, KS, MO, WI, OR, WA, CA).

tw telecom (Littleton, CO) 2008-2009 Mission: Streamline and improve TA processes enabling the recruiters to work smarter to fill positions faster and with better qualified candidates. Reported to the Director of TA.Process Improvement/Project Management• Recreated and streamlined the following processes: Recruiting (sourcing, recruiting, offer, on-boarding), External Labor, Internship Program, Immigration and Relocation, resulting in a more efficient time to fill, higher quality of applicants, saved over $200,000 in relocation costs, and increased Client/Applicant experience.• Metrics reporting for the TA Department via PeopleSoft. Improved quality of data delivered to the Senior Leaders.• Conducted External Labor Audit for 75 markets to determine capital spend on external labor and how to save the company money.• Revised and published the TA website driving more traffic to the site for internal applicants.Vendor Management• Managed External Labor Vendors, University Relations, Career Fairs, Networking Associations, Immigration (corporate and external counsel) and additional Job Sites providing more effective relationships, decreasing cost of External Laborers, and increasing awareness of networking and sourcing activities to the TA team. Training and Recruiting• Trained and managed TA Coordinator on the new recruiting process (posting positions in PeopleSoft and 3rd party sites, Background Checks, Drug Screen and On boarding) resulting with better efficiencies reducing time to post and number of days to on-board an employee.• Created and delivered Behavioral Based Interview training for a sales selection pilot group resulting in successful hiring manager interviews returning quality feedback to the Sales recruiters, improving the quality of hires.

Mission: Source and place top talent for multiple clients within the Global Sales Organization. Reported to Sr. Recruiting Manager.Strategic Planning•Consult with VPs of Global Sales, GSO, GIS, SI/SP, GSS, NBD and the respective Human Resources Business Partners on hiring strategies and processes, compensation packages and offers decreasing the average time to fill to record low of 52 days therefore increasing the Client and Applicant Experience. •Participated in weekly VP leadership meetings with their respective sales leaders regarding status of open requisitions and anticipated headcount opportunities, which resulted in stronger communication and relationships between TA and the Clients. •Partnered with the Corporate Attorney regarding background check and drug screen policies were appropriately followed. Innovation/Best Practice/Process Improvement•Presented and sold the business case to incorporated sourcers into the recruiting hiring structure, adding value to the organization, decreasing time to fill, and creating better partnerships between the Recruiting Managers and their Client base. •Developed creative sourcing through networking activities (local events, LinkedIn, National Associations, multiple Job Boards, and BrassRing) resulting in a higher quality applicant.Training•Delivered group Career Development training as well as one on one counseling in Resumes writing and Interview technique to GIS employees increasing the hiring of internal applicants for openings.•Drove GIS hiring managers (VP and below) to attend a structured Behavioral Based Interview training. This pilot group allowed for an increase in the effectiveness of the hiring manager’s interviewing and decrease in time to fill.•Strong leadership and change management skills demonstrated to drive interview and career development training sessions for Global Integrated Sales Organization while at Avaya as a result of a proactive need.

Mission: Lead, implement, and drive success for my business clients in their recruiting process and hiring efforts. Reported to the Program Manager. • Program Implementation: Instrumental to the implementation of the new recruiting process within Johns Manville (JM), effective April 2005, with the following business groups: Roofing Systems Group (RSG), Performance Materials , Corporate Development, and Legal. • Process Improvement: Decreased vendor spend in the above clients to less than $30,000 from over $150,000.• Manage the progression of internal and external candidates though the hiring process to ensure compliance with JM policies.

Mission: Recruiting for all Corporate functions as well as Management in the Call Centers. Reported to the Sr. Recruiting Manager. • Process Improvement: Develop recruiting strategies from concept through hire for focus areas that include sources such as mining the Internet, advertising and employee referrals resulting in savings of vendor spend and lower time to fill. • Conduct background checks, reference checks and new hire orientation for new employees at the headquarters.• Corporate Positions: Sales, Marketing, Operations, Human Resources, Information Technology, Accounting and Finance with the following titles: Executive Level (C, VP, Director), Manager Level, and Individual Contributors • Site Level Positions: Operations, Human Resources

EBS is a A Value Added Reseller for Best! Software, offering Abra Suite HRIS and EZ-Products (timekeeping and payroll solutions). In this position I managed existing clients - selling additonal software and services, as well as obtained new clients.