The Strategic Missions and Technologies (SMT) division focuses on next generation technology solutions. The charter of this division is to incubate and support solutions that have tremendous transformative potential. Quantum computing presents a once-in-a-lifetime advancement with the potential to solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges, and we have made significant investments that will accelerate our progress towards building a Microsoft Quantum Machine. Our partnership with the US Federal government is evolving how we work with the public sector, and the innovations driven because of this partnership – from improving and safeguarding critical infrastructure, to FEMA disaster relief, to defense and national security, to space exploration – make our platform and offerings stronger for all our customers. Azure Space and our next generation Space and Telecommunications solutions that we develop for our partner ecosystem have the potential to recast the way telecommunications services are delivered by those partners at a global scale.

Azure Global team’s mission is to grow the business by building software that keeps our enterprise promises of high availability, resiliency, data management, security and compliance across the entire suite of Azure services. We leverage data to derive insights and drive new market opportunities for broader Azure global expansion across new geographies & regions and industries in public & private sectors.

Office 365 is one of the biggest enterprise and consumer online services in the world. The specific group comprises of products like Outlook Services, Exchange, Outlook.com, Hotmail, Calendar, People, Groups, and Mobile Apps.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a complete Relationship Management productivity suite built on a rich, flexible platform. It delivers best user experiences and leverages Microsoft Office to transform the way customers manage their businesses.•Led full life cycle recruiting across the Dynamics 365 engineering organization including global account management of international talent acquisition partners in Czech Republic, Ireland, Switzerland, and India. •Recruited strategic and diverse talent for complex hiring profiles across Dynamics 365 engineering teams in Development, Test, Program Management, Design, Security, and Site Reliability. •Manage the rhythm of business with CVP and leadership team including delivery of our business, talent, and diversity priorities on a monthly and quarterly basis. •Lead talent acquisition’s monthly engagement with finance and business leadership team to deliver headcount and budget reporting to the CVP.•Participate in talent acquisition diversity v-team that contributed insights that helped establish the infrastructure for the global talent acquisition organization. •Involved in site reliability v-team in partnership with HRM’s across the company focusing on the SRE discipline and journey in the company. The primary goal of this team is to help align the discipline across the company, share best practices, discuss business challenges, and aid in the delivery of a role guide. •Recruiter mentoring role; responsibilities include: interviewing, resource alignment, mentoring, and providing leadership to new recruiters.

Windows Azure is an open and flexible cloud platform that enables you to quickly build, deploy and manage applications across a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.•Led full life cycle recruiting and account management efforts across the Commerce Platform team in core engineering disciplines (Development & Test), Technical Operations, Business Operations, and Security Compliance teams. •Previously led recruiting efforts across Windows Azure Group’s (Core Azure, Active Directory, and Azure App. Platform) technical feature teams in both the Program Management and Service Engineering disciplines.•Stretch assignment managing the relationship between Microsoft and HBCUconnect.com (Historically Black Colleges & Universities) in the Cloud & Enterprise Division to align with our diversity recruitment commitments. •Participated and project managed a diversity recruiting event in conjunction with the 2013 National Society of Black Engineers conference in Indianapolis, IN. •Recruited niche engineering talent from targeted key competitors resulting in key “compete” external hires at all levels.

Microsoft's Windows Phone Division (formerly Mobile Communications Business) which includes Windows Phone Engineering is responsible for delivering the software at the heart of Windows Phones and Zune devices, including the user interface, applications, supporting web services, and the operating system. •Lead recruiting efforts across four challenging teams within Windows Phone Services as full lifecycle Staffing Consultant and Account Manager. (Commerce Services, Context and Network Services, Platform and Core Services, and Consumer and Partner Experience Team).•Developed leading-edge methods to attract strategic and diverse talent for complex hiring profiles across all triads in Development, Test, and Program Management.•Contributed to an in depth “future talent needs assessment” in our organization around talent gaps, pivotal roles, attrition, and retention risks with our executive leadership team and HR Business Partners. •Trained hiring managers on OFCCP compliance, diversity recruiting strategies, and best partnering practices.•Crafted, delivered, and negotiated offers, including complex compensation, benefits, and domestic/international relocation packages.

Chameleon Technologies is a technical staffing and professional services company that provides clients with technical staffing solutions that require skilled IT professionals. Chameleon’s technical and executive level staffing services provide contract and direct-hire services support in all technical-related fields. •Helped build the IT department by gathering new leads and building client list (business development).•Recruited for full-time, direct-hire positions locally and nationally for clients such as Microsoft, Expedia, Costco, and Safeco among other clients. •Managed the Microsoft account and relationships under all technical and non-technical categories.•Performed employee relation’s duties for the entire duration of each contractor’s assignment at Microsoft. •Successfully utilize both traditional (job boards, resume databases, etc.) and non-traditional (networking, headhunting, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, etc.) recruiting methods. •Conducted thorough preliminary screening of each candidate with in-person interviews, testing, and review of professional references.•Partnered with clients to qualify orders and fill immediate and strategic hiring requirements.•Managed individual client relationships to help increase profitability, improve return-on-investment and accelerate growth.

Volt is recognized as Microsoft’s only Premier Vendor for contingent staffing; focusing on Software Developers, QA and Support.•Provide full lifecycle recruiting: sourcing, administer technical screens, conduct preliminary interviews, and presenting viable candidates to Microsoft’s hiring managers.•Negotiating direct-labor rates with consultants, and bill rates with managers in accordance to contractual guidelines, while maximizing mark-up, and gross margin while managing to the midpoint expectation.•Implementing creative recruiting strategies for difficult to close candidates such as: multiple CSG/FTE offers, H1B Visa Transfers, relocation from out of state and Microsoft’s Break in Service Policy.•Negotiate a variety of contingent salary ranges and positions such as Senior Program Managers, Project/Product Managers and Business System Analysts.•Recognized as top producing recruiter achieving top amount of dollar spread and awarded the top recruiter incentive on multiple occasions.