As a member of the Talent Acquisition team, I provide thought leadership and support on the company’s talent acquisition needs. Currently leading the firm’s internship program, which includes recruiting, developing and executing skill building and industry knowledge programming. In addition, I lead the execution of National Campus Recruiting Program, identifying, and developing diversity recruiting strategies at all levels, as well as leading the partnership of diverse actuary associations.Other areas of responsibility include:• Full cycle recruiting of various organizational roles and collaborate with HR Business Partners.• Member of national team that updated the firm’s diversity sourcing, updated the interview processes to mitigate unconscious bias, and developed strategies to improve recruiting outcomes.• Developed recruiting metrics reports and tools for the firm’s leadership to track all recruiting outcomes.• Co-lead on the creation and maintenance of the firm’s tool measuring recruiting demographics.• Job board vendor management, to include developing strategies to improve utilization, and outcomes. • Lead on Taleo and Oracle Business Intelligence® reporting, creating, and providing management recruiting, demographics and diversity sourcing reports.

Provide national leadership on developing strategies and execution of all diversity talent acquisition and talent management. Lead team of 10 professionals that develop and manage nearly 200 university relationships, training of over 5000 diverse candidates for corporate interviews, and fit management of candidates for nearly 200 corporate and governmental partners. Lead efforts to identify and cultivate more diverse STEM applicants for growing developmental opportunities.• Successfully scaled up pool of STEM diverse intern talent placement by 12% in 5 years.• Successfully scaled up pool of STEM candidate pool of diverse talent to 47%.

Led the development and management of the strategic direction of diverse talent acquisition for the enterprise. Led a team of professionals who managed key university relationships and preparation of pool of diverse candidates for placement with corporate and government partners across the country. • Provided business continuity support at the regional level for 4 regions.• Supported key national partnership relationship management that ensured diverse pool of candidates were identified, trained and coached to meet the developmental opportunities available. • Led CEO initiatives to identify and cultivate a larger pool of diverse STEM applicants for opportunities.• Led STEM recruiting initiatives and successfully secured STEM recruiting funding of $25,000 each year for 3 years.• Collaborated with IT to develop system reports and online application improvements to improve candidate experience.• Scaled up diverse pool of rising college seniors to 47% of new interns, meeting partner needs.

• Led Talent Acquisition and Management Department. • Provided pool of diverse talent and fit management services to leaders. • Partnered with the organization’s leadership on identifying and preparing students for placement. • Led corporate interview readiness programs, talent acquisition and management services for candidates. • Oversaw applicant intake process, supervised 6 national recruiters and 6 operations coordinators. • Provided ongoing data analysis of talent pool.

Led operations in New England, which covered Rockland &Westchester Counties in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts• Served as the national key account manager to 4 of the organization’s largest partners, all Fortune 100 companies, constituting 18% of the all placements. • Coordinated talent acquisition requests for diverse talent.• Provided fit management and coaching, with the 30 managers who served these partners throughout the country.• Managed and coached 9 staff on recruitment, partner management, and intern coaching and mentoring.• Achieved regional operational profit and loss, averaging better than budget operations results.• Worked with board of directors, consisting of presidents, vice presidents and partners of Fortune 100 companies and largest regional partners to develop business plans and operational strategies to meet regional operating goals.• Developed procedure to execute an improved diverse talent matching process to increase fulfillment of talent requests.• Initiated integration of operations and customer relationship management for the 3 offices to ensure uniformity of processes and services across the region, including merger into regional structure.

• Managed affiliate with a budget of $750,000, which included 2 staff members who serviced 38 corporate partners meeting their diversity talent needs in 4 counties across New York and Connecticut.• Managed business development process, resulting in 21 new corporate partners in 3 years, with over $84,000 in revenues.• Initiated process improvements of affiliate operations, including recruitment, fit management and board development.• Facilitated career training and development workshops for students and staff. Including resume writing, interview skills and other corporate readiness topics.

A video conferencing solutions provider, offering management and monitoring services, maintenance and support services, including equipment and network solutions, custom AV rooms, project management, and installation.Director of Vendor Relations and Administration• Formalized existing vendor relationships and improved purchasing terms.• Formalized relationships and new reseller agreements with existing vendors. • Negotiated and improved purchasing terms with vendors by 11%. • Established service support and negotiated reseller agreements with manufacturers of audio visual equipment.• Served as liaison between purchasing department and vendors. • Monitored contractor licenses, customer contracts and office leases.Director of Operations and Business Development – Systems Integration Division• Established processes and procedures and oversaw operations.• Oversaw 3 project managers and 60 projects per month contributing $8 million in revenues.• Introduced project managers to proactive measures that ensured customer satisfaction, successful installations, and coached them through problem resolution. • Assisted with the transition of an acquired systems integration company.

Managing Director: Upstate New York, Inc.; Syracuse, NY 1997 – 2000Manager: Fairfield-Westchester Counties, Inc.; Stamford, CT 1992 – 1997