Every company I've led the talent acquisition for has wanted to increase the number of Veteran hires. The cyclical nature of recruiting investment and hiring needs means that even the best companies struggle with maintaining long term programs. Veterans Launch offers easy to plug in services to corporate recruiting efforts regardless of company size or stage. Our services offer direct connection capabilities to active and former US military talent with unlimited free fte hires available with subscription VLDC + billable hourly VLCS contract options. For active military with an ETS date and Veterans within two years of service transition, Veterans Launch offers VLDC internships that include civilian job training and hands on work experience. For all Veterans with any level or years of experience, Veterans Launch has VLCS, a temp/contract service to help get you to the front of the line for work when companies need people quickly.Together we can expand opportunities for Veterans to reach their full earning and career potential in the civilian world which directly impacts their ability to get better medical care and create wealth.

At Social-Bound our goal is to help people and companies plan, augment, and execute, changes that range from scalability and globalization, to improving culture and leadership. Our down to earth approach is focused on clarity, communication, and driving to exceptional results.Recent Projects:Engagement Leader for Element Science, a Class III wearable defibrillator company. Created GTM talent strategy and led process and system implementation, training, and leadership team development immediately following $145.6 million C round.Engagement Leader of a multi year DEI&B change and program plan in partnership with internal stakeholders, employees, and leadership of a Fortune 500 global technology client. Head of Talent Acquisition/Engagement Manager for iRhythm, a publicly traded, Class II wearable cardiac monitoring device company. Based on accelerated company needs post IPO, developed and led change project for global talent acquisition and employer marketing strategy that resulted in a 100% increase of production within the first year.Head of HR/Engagement Leader for Gong.io, a quickly scaling revenue intelligence platform company. Based on the explosive growth needs, developed talent and recruiting strategies, and provided consultants leading to their $40 million B round.Head of U.S. Talent Operations/Engagement Leader for LeTV (currently LeECO), mobile division expansion into the USA. LeEco is a Chinese company and makes smartphones, entertainment platforms, set-top boxes, and smart TVs.Additional Clients: Inspire Communities, Spire Health, Blackbird.ai, Eraser Labs, Trojan Battery Company, Nextgen, Yelp, Agilone, AECOM, Republic Services, Zee.Aero, MongoDB, Bitwise Asset Management, Path, Strava, Advantage Solutions, RapidAI, Instacart, N3twork, Invoice2go, Presence Learning, Altiscale, Whiterabbit.ai, Mindstrong Health, One Kings Lane, Advantage Solutions, iMetrikus, McGrath RentCorp, Cala Health, Apex Logic, and Avalanche Biotech.

Athletes Launch was the first platform to market with the ability to directly connect all current and former college athletes to sponsorship, endorsement, and job opportunities at the local, national, and international level. Founded and built company through version 1.0 platform and mobile release. The company is now in the very capable hands of Co-Founder, Ben Koné.

Tikatap is a digital ticketing company specifically for high school sports. Prior to the change of control, we developed the product from demo to a fully delivered ticketing app, signed 7 State level exclusive ticketing agreements which included the top three for high school sports, Texas(UIL), Ohio(OHSAA), California(CIF) which were projected to generate 80 million in ticketing revenue, and built a customer support function and Salesforce based CRM infrastructure ready to launch. In addition to managing product development, marketing, sales, customer support, and operations, hands on work also included creation and implementation of corporate equity plan, global tax strategy, U.S. payroll, corporate insurance, and fundraising for expansion.

Global Recruiting Lead for stand alone Partner Solutions (PSO), the technical go to market team within Google. This organization was responsible for 40 to 50% of all revenue annually for Google through content acquisition, mobile and partnership distribution, and syndication. Managed a team of 65+ talent professionals worldwide responsible for technical, operations, college, and leadership recruiting. Brought in by senior leadership on a project to improve and invigorate recruiting production and better globalize sourcing function.

*Responsible for staffing metrics, employer branding and marketing strategies, infrastructure, corporate training, and service delivery worldwide including sites in North America, Europe, and Asia for 2 billion dollar power semiconductor manufacturer *Achieved 3 million dollar cost savings in year one by building internal recruiting support function and competitor research database*Improved fill time worldwide by an average of 45 days*Developed and implemented corporate diversity plans, programs, and communication tools *Advised senior staff on succession planning, Human Resources training plans, leadership development, and employee development strategies*Helped HR managers implement succession planning tools, training, and employee development programs that included job rotation programs, and career planning*Managed college recruiting, internship programs, and PhD recruiting and rotation program

*Built and managed HR and recruiting service departments from scratch including metrics, strategies, programs, training and development, and selection processes enabling the growth of this database applications software company from 165 employees through IPO to over 1,800 worldwide in 18 months*Saved 2.3 million dollars by reducing cost per hire *Responsible for staffing delivery, training and development programs, headcount planning, employment processes, compensation analysis, relocation, diversity programs, and EEO reporting*Facilities were located throughout the U.S., Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Australia, Brazil, and Mexico

*Responsible for staffing delivery, cost per hire, and resource management for two divisions totaling 60% of a 9 billion technology and services company*Performance management of 135 recruiters across all disciplines responsible for more than 3,700 hires annually*Increased individual recruiter and team production by developing and communicating clear metrics and conducting regional training on new tools and techniques quarterly*Recruiting marketing strategies for Internet, print, diversity, college, direct sourcing and research, employee referral program, and lead generation programs