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Texas, United States

United States

-Led global sourcing teams supporting global technology and corporate functions, spearheading front-end talent sourcing initiatives to attract and engage top-tier professionals for critical and hard-to-fill roles. Developed and executed innovative programs, optimizing talent acquisition processes for enhanced recruitment

United States

-Scaled sourcing team 56% to a team of 25, by establishing strong vendor relationships to manage quick resource scaling and maintain high-quality production to meet the growing business demands.-Partnered with operations to build a centralized hiring model reporting dashboard utilizing data analytics to drive decision-making, effectively measure tech sourcing production, and improve sourcing strategies.-Increased overall tech sourcing diversity sourcing efforts by 50% for candidates submitted within first full fiscal year.-Built brand new processes, trained, and launched sourcing function for pilot enterprise, centralized hiring model for 5–10-year experienced Software Engineers, within 3-week time frame, team delivered 7% over volume goals.

United States

•Managed team of 11, assessed existing skills, retrained team, and held employees accountable for production and adjustment of team talent and resourcing accordingly.•Collaborated with recruitment partners and hiring managers to understand needs and provide talent solutions.

San Diego, California, United States

- Talent Acquisition Sourcing Lead hiring, onboarding and managing talent sourcing teams from scratch, to support top hiring initiatives. -Successfully built TA infrastructure from scratch hiring and leading a team of 13 contract talent sourcers for high visibility supply chain, initiative resulting in the rapid hiring of 240+ transportation professionals within 6 months.- Collaborated on task committees and partnered with TA leaders to strategize, integrate, and optimize the use of TA technology resources like Avature CRM system, while developing talent pipelines and establishing tagging governances for effective functional pool pipelining.- Veteran Programs Governance Committee Member identifying and pushing veteran program opportunities and initiatives across the enterprise. - Led hiring effort of 9 other FTE and contract talent sourcers across global search & insights team.- Successfully partnered with Walmart Connect to bring Walmart advertising in-house via hiring, resulting in improved efficiency and cost savings. This effort contributed to the rapid scaling of Walmart Connect from approximately 25 associates to over 200 within one year, while assisting in the onboarding of a growing talent acquisition team.

Greater San Diego Area

-Partnered with business and recruiters to support hiring needs across multiple disciplines, including Tech and G&A, sourcing both technical and non-technical skill sets through creative strategies and innovative tools.-Leveraged LinkedIn Recruiter, Swoop, Chrome Plug-ins such as Connectifier, Lusha, HireTual, and the new Gr8 People Applicant Tracking System to source and track candidates, ensuring efficient and effective recruitment processes.

La Jolla, Ca

Managed end-to-end recruitment, screening, and placement of highly skilled technical professionals in IT and software development, leveraging proprietary CRM candidate databases, LinkedIn Recruiter, networking events(PMI, Agile Groups, Product Management MeetUps, Info Sec MeetUps, etc.), and other innovative sourcing methods.

La Jolla, Ca

A Transition Institute for Navy SEALS and Special Operators.

San Diego, Ca

Sales and catering management for community events ranging from San Diego Mayoral Speeches, corporate events, concerts, festivals, religious events, large birthday parties, anniversaries, etc. Events ranged from groups of fifteen to over 1000. Managed events from ideation to execution including event layouts, catering orders, vendor management, security staff, entertainment coordination, etc.

Carlsbad, Ca

San Diego, Ca

On-boarding of client assets on video-marketing SaaS platform and optimizing client campaigns. Leveraged client feedback to create product backlog items for development team to incorporate in future application functionality.

San Diego, Ca

(Part-time while completing undergrad.)Assisting company CEO with setting up and maintaining client Pay-Per-Click campaigns leveraging Google Adwords.

Vista, Ca

(Part-time contract while completing undergrad.)

Sorrento Mesa, Ca

(Part-time while completing undergrad.)