Laura Barton Email & Phone Number

Columbia, Sc, Us

• Attract, identify, and place IT and non-IT talent in contract, right to hire, and direct hire positions with enterprise companies nationally. • Industries include Insurance, Financial Services/Banking, Pharmaceutical, Hospitality, Media and Entertainment, Healthcare, Management Consultant, etc.• Build relationships and partner with candidates from initial conversation and throughout assignment to ensure they are placed with a company/in a position where their expectations are met/exceeded, and they can thrive.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

• Attract, identify, and place IT talent in contract, contract to hire, and direct hire positions with prominent companies in the Southeast. • Industries include Financial Services/Banking, Healthcare, Insurance, State/City Government, Arms, security, and aerospace, Insurance, etc.• Involved in direct conversations with hiring managers to determine underlying needs and goals of fulfilling open roles. Open dialogue and collaboration to mitigate future obstacles in relation to compensation, location, skillset.• Build relationships and partner with candidates from initial conversation and throughout assignment to ensure they are placed with a company/in a position where their expectations are met/exceeded, and they can thrive.

Irmo, Sc

• Responsible for increasing work load from current clients and attracting new business from potential clients. • Represented company by organizing and attending conferences, networking events, and organization specific events. • Led weekly business development meetings internally which included creating weekly reporting of financials and case load to ensure monthly and yearly goals were met/exceeded. • Responsible for finding, testing, and determining appropriate third-party CRM software to fit business model. • Oversaw the creation and customization of UI fields specific to cases, clients, companies, and marketing, permissions, and security settings.• Responsible for data migration from legacy CRM system, testing of functionality, company-wide, implementation, and creation of training manual/user training.• System administration and maintenance for all changes required to ClaritySoft post implementation: UI creation and modification, permissions/security access, troubleshooting.

Columbia, Sc

• Customized third-party project management software, Siterra (Accruent product), to accommodate overall firm processes, procedures, and workflow by collaborating with multiple positions and cross-functional teams within the firm and software vendor. Software incorporated document storage, task management, vendor details, and reports. • Involved in data migration of legacy system, testing of functionality, firm-wide implementation, and creation of user manual/training.• System administration and maintenance for all changes required to Siterra/Accruent post implementation: workflow creation and modification, UI creation and modification, permissions/security access, troubleshooting.• Attended Wireless Infrastructure Association (formally PCIA) in Florida to market to nationwide tower companies: American Tower, Crown Castle, and SBA Communications.

Albany, Ny

• Pioneered company-wide, centralized site used to oversee scheduling, attendance, and delinquency of internal trainings for 10+ functional groups in accordance to regulatory requirements.• Integral in the creation of data-aggregation website specifications for enhancements beneficial to 1,100+ employees across the country and 12,000+ clients. Coordinated and presented in-person, 5-day training to over 120 associates. • Coordinated, scheduled, and booked travel for multiple weekly client seminars and one-on-one counseling sessions across the country for 20 speakers.• Created statistical reporting system for seminar programs, utilized by multiple departments for marketing and determination of pricing through Microsoft Excel.

Columbia, Sc

- Reconciled daily cash transactions and prepared bank deposits.- Responsible for accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll for 50+ employees. - Acted as interim membership director, including marketing materials, club tours, recruitment, and special events.

Camden, Sc

- Performed extensive marketing research for 11,000+ companies using the internet, telephone, database, print and email.- 99% accuracy rate in inputting almost 10,000 entries into CRM.- Provided detailed recommendations for system improvements to supervisors and management to drive efficiency.