In my current role, I provide strategic Talent Acquisition leadership and guidance across multiple key areas at Avanade. My focus areas include North America Engineering Hubs, the Global Talent Acquisition Services team in Buenos Aires, the Canada Region, our Early Talent program, and Avanade X.I am dedicated to driving Avanade’s success and connecting with top talent.

May 2023–April 2024• Global Test Lead collaborating on UAT test plans, demonstrating organizational and prioritization skills for a globally dispersed team of 65 members• Key point of contact for collecting feedback, resolving issues, and ensuring stakeholder management and communication of progress to Project Review Board• First point of escalation to resolve issues for Area Pod Test Leads across APAC, UKI, NAApril 2022 - Present• Demonstrated expertise in localization and alignment during the change network kickoff for North America• Served as the Area SME, assessing readiness for the CRM upgrade and providing ongoing support for North America

Talent Acquisition lead for North America supporting Data & AI, Candidate Engagement and Avanade X business workstreams. Areas of Scope:• Recruitment and sourcing: Developing and executing effective strategies and models for hiring the right talent• Team management: Building and leading teams to achieve results and growth• Inclusion and diversity: Devising and executing recruitment strategies that drive diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace• Career guidance: Providing performance feedback and promotion recommendations to help employees advance in their careers• Market analysis: Conducting data-driven research to inform recruitment and staffing decisions and measure their impact• Trusted Advisor: Executive Collaboration (Global Executives, Regional Capability Directors, Practice Leads/Solution Area Leads/Workforce Planning) to achieve monthly/yearly hiring targets to support practice growth across North America• Strategic Partner: Establishes and executes Recruitment Strategy that maps back and supports the overall business approach• Change Agent: Support and understanding of all strategic processes / priorities / alignment changes• Out of the box thinker: Strength and creativity in developing sourcing plans to meet workforce plan growth targets, in partnership with the Business- utilizing tools and resources available to accelerate productivity• Domain Knowledge: Understand market and competitive landscape and possesses firm insight on challenges/complexities of hiring niche skills in a competitive market climate

• Collaborated with sales and marketing departments to support business objectives and client acquisition• Participated in industry organization and trade shows to gather competitive and industry intelligence• Partnered with business teams and IT personnel to align project goals with business strategy and define project milestones• Sold services work for large, multi-billion dollar strategic client accounts• Identified and pursued valuable business opportunities to generate new company revenue and improve bottom line profit• Developed and executed strategic initiatives to implement key changes and improvements in business development and sales programs• Defined and integrated roles, responsibilities and processes for business team and data management organization• Fostered and facilitated relationships with Microsoft, Accenture, and clients to lift sales and uncover new business opportunities in existing client accounts• Created vision and provided leadership for targeting larger prospects• Developed short-term and long-term sales objectives and strategic plans to meet market needs

Overseeing all recruiting for the Southeast Region with Avanade. Currently looking for talented individuals with skills in technologies like: Digital, Mobile and Cloud for full-time opportunities.

At Avanade, business and technology consulting isn't just your career…it's your passion. And that means more than just working with new innovations. It means using technology to solve business problems in ways that make a real difference to you, your customers, and the world.At Avanade, we:• Are passionate about pushing the limits of Microsoft technologies to help our customers achieve their goals• Thrive on open dialogue and debate. We share best practices and solve problems through teamwork.• Are committed to growth - as an organization and for each individual.

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The mission statement of CIC is to provide our clients with the highest quality of information technology (IT) professionals with technical excellence in programming, analysis, design, development and management.