Kathy Benson, M.A. Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Responsible for recruiting, onboarding, compensation, performance management, compliance, offboarding, employee development, employee engagement, diversity, and organizational design.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Ashburn, Va

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Mclean, Virginia, United States

MetiStream™ (www.metistream.com) helps healthcare organizations maximize the use of their data assets to improve patient outcomes, decrease risks and accelerate healthcare discoveries. Ember™, our SaaS-based interactive healthcare analytics platform, uses advanced AI, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and machine learning to enrich and unify all healthcare data types, from clinical, claims, and genomics. With our AI-enabled case search, registry augmentation, and risk predictions, we can tap into that 80% of unstructured data to boost quality and increase revenue.Deeply engaged and connected with the big data community, we are also the Founders and organizers of the Washington DC Area Apache Spark Interactive and AI and Big Data Healthcare Meetups with over 5000 members.

Falls Church, Va

Responsible for fast-paced, full life-cycle IT recruiting. Worked in close partnership with all levels of management, including CIO, to fill openings in IT Operations, Business Applications, and Cybersecurity (including difficult-to-fill positions in Oracle Cloud ERP) with high-caliber hires. Focused efforts resulted in over $8 million in savings.• Managed full life-cycle recruitment for 20-40 requisitions simultaneously, resulting in 4-10 hires per month. This included developing job postings, creative sourcing, screening/interviewing, building relationships with candidates and management throughout interviewing, hiring and on-boarding process, and weekly management reporting.• Routinely met with management to identify/clarify hiring specifications, ensure accurate and detailed job descriptions, and develop compelling job postings to attract candidates.• Conducted detailed, up-to-date compensation analyses to ensure competitive positioning in market while maintaining internal equity.• Spearheaded and redirected a variety of search techniques based on data analysis of recruiting efforts, including LinkedIn, DICE, Indeed, IT Hiring Events, Glassdoor, Meetups, employee referrals, user groups, H1B visas, etc.• Ensured fair and consistent HR and management practices for entire hiring process and employee relations.• Collaborated with all levels of management to create IT Internship Program.

Reston, Virginia, United States

Responsible for full life-cycle recruiting and employee relations for satellite office in Reston. Worked directly with senior technical executive of office and direct management to continuously improve recruiting processes and ensure high-quality hires, including DevOps Engineers, Xamarin developers, Business Analysts, Program Managers, Sr. Project Managers, C and Unix Engineers.• Partnered with senior management to translate business needs into actionable recruiting initiatives.• Managed full life-cycle recruitment process for 10-15 requisitions, simultaneously resulting in 4-5 hires per month. This included creating postings, sourcing, screening/interviewing, and building relationships to hire high-quality candidates.• Routinely met with management to identify/clarify hiring specifications, ensure accurate and detailed job descriptions, and develop compelling job postings to attract candidates.• Spearheaded and redirected a variety of search techniques based on data analysis of recruiting efforts, including LinkedIn, DICE, Indeed, Glassdoor, referrals, and meetups.• Ensured fair and consistent HR and management practices for entire hiring process and employee relations.• Mediated/facilitated conflict resolution for management/employee issues. • Created new on-boarding process for new employees, incorporating needs from all teams.

Reston, Virginia, United States

Responsible for full life-cycle recruiting and employee relations for companies. Positions included technical, management, and administrative roles. America Online, Inc. (AOL) and Price Waterhouse Coopers were largest clients. Worked directly with senior business partners and HR management to continuously improve processes. Consistently exceeded recruiting and employee relations expectations of companies during explosive growth period and highly competitive environment. • Managed full life-cycle recruitment process for 25-30 requisitions simultaneously resulting in 1-2 hires per week. This included creating postings, sourcing, screening, managing applicant tracking and reference checking. • Routinely met with management to identify/clarify hiring specifications, ensure accurate and detailed job descriptions, and develop compelling job postings to attract candidates.• Ensured fair and consistent HR and management practices for entire hiring process and employee relations.• Mediated/facilitated conflict resolution for employee issues and guided management through performance reviews.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Responsible for full life-cycle recruiting for management change positions. Worked directly with senior level management to ensure results and exceeding expectations.

Mclean, Va

• Promoted to fulfill a broad range of HR functions, specializing in recruiting employees, overseeing disciplinary action and managing HR records while resolving management/employee conflicts, guiding performance-related issues, meeting legal requirements, and creating/fostering an environment boosting employee morale.• Led team of 4 HR Generalists, including a remote employee at call center in Florida, to meet recruiting and employee relations objectives.• Worked in partnership with HR Director to create, implement, and manage improved HR strategies, services, and programs to support workforce.• Partnered with senior executives to meet their recruiting and employee relations business needs, including IT, management, finance, sales/business development, and administration. • Managed full life-cycle recruiting including recruitment strategy, candidate selection, compensation recommendations and offer presentation.• Spearheaded first job-fair at spinoff company and successfully hired several employees as a result.• Advised management on complex employment law issues to resolve issues fairly and consistently.• Coached managers to increase communications, clarify expectations and improve performance.• Worked directly with General Counsel to insulate company from legal risk.• Devised creative and cost-effective incentive and morale boosting programs, including an employee recognition program to improve employee retention rate.• Worked with management to create consistent and fair HR policies and procedures.• Prepared reports and gave presentations to senior management and the HR team.• Administered compensation program to sales employees.

Falls Church, Va

Served as computer trainer for company. Assessed, designed, developed and delivered training at all levels of staff, including Senators and Congressmen for both US Senate and US House of Representatives in DC and district offices.• Planned, organized and developed training materials that met specific needs for new hires and existing customers. • Conducted classroom and field training for new hires and existing customers.• Provided technical and customer service support both on-site and over the phone to customers.• Acted as intermediary between end users and software development teams identifying opportunities for improving software, systems and users’ skill level.• Monitor training expenses to meet department budgets.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Human Resources Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Business Administration, Cum Laude