Global Head of Early Career Talent and Emerging Talent Programs for Amazon Web Services. Developed strategy for the program and built team and function from the ground up. Responsible for delivery of thousands of campus hires, interns and graduates, to build high performing, diverse talent pipelines for our rapidly scaling business. Drive long range demand planning across a highly complex global business in close collaboration with HR and Workforce Planning. Responsible for Talent Acquisition Strategy, Brand, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and managing the Intern Experience. Leader for Emerging Talent Pipelines which include our Military and Veteran Hiring Programs, the AWS Technical Apprenticeship Program, and incubation and scaling of new pipelines to source talent and grow our own from within. Leader of a global team of 200 across North America, EMEA, and APJC.

Operated as Chief of Staff for Global Head of TA for AWS and Head of Global Recruiting Operations. Responsible for driving TA strategy, creation of annual plans and goals, and managing core operations for a global TA org of 1000+. Led a range of functions enabling the TA team's success including Employer Brand, Analytics, Business Operations, Learning & Development, AWS Bar Raiser Program, Talent Assessment, Recruiting Coordination/Scheduling Ops and General Program Management (PMO). Grew team of TA professionals from 80 to 200+ across a variety of disciplines. Tapped to spearhead creation of AWS Early Career Talent Program in summer 2019.

My team supports Amazon’s Operations Technology, Supply Chain Optimization Technology, World Wide Customer Service Technology and Prime Now technical teams - these are technical teams that support Amazon’s mission of being earth’s most customer centric company. We build software and services that touch every Amazon customer globally. From innovative solutions for logistics, supply chain optimization and transportation for Amazon’s fulfillment networks to rapidly expanding businesses like Prime Now and Amazon Flex, we build technology that makes the magic of Amazon happen for hundreds of millions of customers around the world every day. Our technology teams are special because whether it’s building something entirely new or inventing new efficiencies for our existing systems, the scale and impact of our technology is big, growing, and we have the opportunity to make a difference for each and every Amazon customer. Plus we are a pretty fun bunch of people. Specifically, I lead multiple teams of recruiting managers, recruiters, and coordinators who are always looking for innovative ways to build relationships with the world's best technical talent. If you are interested in learning more please contact me. We have teams who are hiring all over the world and many sites in North America (Seattle Northern and Southern California, Phoenix, Austin, New York, Vancouver BC and Toronto). I'm also looking for great recruiters and recruiting leaders to help our team grow and deliver for our customers.

I lead a team of senior technical recruiters focusing on hiring senior software engineers for Amazon's Consumer Business. Amazon's Consumer business is the core of Amazon, including our Retail and Seller Services businesses, along with the technology platforms on which Amazon transacts and manages its business, securely. We impact every Amazon customer, every day, protecting customer data and maintaining customer trust. Our recruiting team establishes long term relationships with senior engineers and identifies the best possible opportunities for them within Amazon. Senior software developers are highly valued technical leaders within our engineering teams, and have the opportunity to continue along the technical track or into leadership roles. If you are a senior technical recruiter who seeks to make a significant impact on the success of a business, this is a small, focused team where you can truly make a difference for your customers and candidates. If you're a senior engineer looking potentially considering a new opportunity, we'd love to talk with you and learn more about your interests and expertise.

I currently lead the recruiting team for Amazon's eCommerce Platform (eCP). Our team consists of five distinct engineering organizations that power Amazon.com, including Global Payments Systems, Website Application Platform and Builder Tools, Information Security, eCommerce Platform Services, and Corporate Applications. We are always looking for great talent - some of the positions we hire for include Software Development Engineers, Technical Program Managers, Tech Leaders and Managers, Product Managers, DBAs, Business Intelligence Engineers and Analysts, Oracle Financials and PeopleSoft Analysts and Developers, Security Engineers, and much more. Our teams work on complex technical problems at amazing scale with significant impact on the customer experience. If you're interested in Amazon, I'm happy to help connect you with the right team!

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