Mearl Fernandes, Mba Email & Phone Number

Redlands, CA, US

• Managing a portfolio of global partners in various industries to:- Ensure they are aligned with Esri’s objectives & business strategies- Help them keep up with updates in our technology, products, pricing.
• Work across various teams – Operations, Business Sectors, Digital Sales, Professional Services, Events, Communications & Marketing – to deliver a seamless experience for partners in their dealings with Esri.
• Recruit staff for the global partner team - along with their training and induction. - Collaborate with HR’s Training team on the new-hire training, induction & bootcamp content & delivery.

Redlands, CA, US

• Project management - Performance analysis, Pricing updates, Online order system roll-out, Campaign rollouts
• Partner Communications – Newsletters, Salesforce chatter, Compass, Webpages, Partner Portal, Webinars, etc.
• Recruitment & orientation plans for new hires on the team
• Partner recruitment and onboarding - Eligibility, Contracts, Onboarding formalities
• CRM data integrity.
• Recruiting partners to 5 ‘Enablement’ campaigns based on their specialty – Government, Small Business, etc.

Redlands, CA, US

• Event Management - Managing the full spectrum of activities for the 3-day “Imagery @ UC” event at the annual User Conference which draws over 17000 GIS folks from around the world:- Garnering sponsorships (2012.
• Organizing & hosting the pool-side Imagery Social with unique advertising & networking opportunities for partners
• Project Management: Organizing topics, presenters, vendors, audio-visuals, livestream, etc. for the quarterly ‘Imagery Review’ half-day briefing on All-Things-Imagery.
• Coordinating Imagery’s presence (demos, meetings, key-note, product launch, marketing, etc.) in other annual GIS events like the ASPRS, ISPRS, MEAUC, Esri Dev Summit, EPC, etc.
• Managing the weekly status meetings of a “virtual” Imagery team consisting of 400+ staff
• Maintaining a monthly imagery income report for the Director of Imagery – tracking Imagery income from Sales, Professional Services, the Partner Network, sponsors, the Imagery team, etc.

• Recruiting sales personnel for B2B sales to sell Anti-ID theft & Pre-paid Legal plans across USA & Canada.
• Business development through research, marketing and meeting potential clients
• Representing the company in organizing & recruiting at career fairs.
• Maintaining a comprehensive database of resumes, paperwork, training documents, etc.
• Maintaining workflows & training new hires

New York, NY, US

• Recruiting sales, claims, underwriting, customer service, finance & IT staff for Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman & the headquarters in the UAE. Recruited 100+ employees in just 2 months!
• Working on recruitment budgets & the MIS
• Running media Ads, screening response, interviewing potential candidates & negotiating offers.
• Liaising with external recruitment agencies for candidates & interviews.
• Running EBC (Employment, Business & Character) reference checks.
• Supervise an HR team for coordinating various joining & administration formalities- visas, etc.

London, England, GB

• Overseeing paperwork & MIS integrity for the international bank’s 9 HR Outsource agencies to clear annual Business Process Outsourcing audits.
• Recruiting managerial & executive staff (for Credit cards, Personal & Auto loans, Wealth Mgt. & SME Banking) via online/print ads, networking & working with local/ international recruitment agencies.
• Managing scheduled, walk-in & telephonic interviews - updating the database with high-potential CVs.
• Preparing presentations for delivery at inductions, career-fairs & group/DSM meetings.
• Preparing & administering the Recruitment & HR Procedures Manual across 9 DSAs.
• Collaborating with MarComm on the design, layout & text of recruitment ads.

Dubai, AE

• Set-up the office infrastructure/systems/ files & paperwork from scratch when Roly-Pub began!
• Full recruitment cycle activities - hiring & maintaining the MIS for all staff, for immigration formalities, personnel issues, payroll, leave, bonuses, etc.
• Preparing offers, contracts, government approvals & campaign schedules, while recording all municipality approvals, art-work, invoices, checks, receipts, etc.
• PR: networking, reports for clients, media write-ups, etc.
• Editing & designing Ad campaigns, brochures, posters, fliers, banners, etc.

• Recruiting sales, service, technical, admin & customer service staff at all levels.
• Assisting the HR Manager with Trainings, Inductions & Assessment centers.
• Working with the HR Manager on Manpower planning across cost centers, departments & locations, while justifying internal promotions & lateral movements.
• Working on the Organogram for an overall staff of 496, for the Manpower Budget’ 2003.
• Maintaining the personnel MIS – appointments, career progress, leave, disciplinary action & Separations.
• Payroll inputs for salary, incentives, corporate expenses & other calculations.

Dubai, AE

• Business development & Candidate database development.
• Media lead for print/online job vacancy ads.
• Full-cycle recruitment activity – screening resumes, shortlisting, interviews, feedback & invoicing.
• Maintaining ISO standards in paperwork & systems.
• Formulating the recruitment manual for the consultants, training them for improved CS quality.
• Training the recruitment consultants for career fairs (PowerPoint presentations, interview skills, etc.)

B Com, Banking & Finance

Mba, Human Resouces