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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Houston, Texas, Us

Provide strategic recruiting & consulting services to technology companies for accelerated recruitment of talent in key positions across engineering, sales, marketing, customer services, operations, and manufacturing. > Recruitment services resulting with hiring well over 1000 people including executive staff, managers, and individual contributors across engineering, sales, marketing, customer support, IT, manufacturing> Serving Velo3D, Inc: publicly trading on NYSE; served since 2015 from 10 people to well over 250 people globally.> Serving Continuum Powders Corporation, Serving the Additive Manaufacturing(AM) Industry.> Served Fufil Solutions, robotics systems transforming global food distribution; exceed goal of 50 new hires in under 1 year including placement of the Head of Recruiting.> Served Hinge Health Inc, transform health care for treating musculoskeletal pain.

San Francisco, California, Us

Supported the recruiting needs/requirements of this Hardware Engineering organization. Rapidly ramped up on product knowledge, process, and tools, was able to navigate through a competitive market and identify candidates very quickly. We built a strong rapport with the stakeholders and delivered highly qualified candidates.Hinge Health is pioneering a new standard in advanced motion technology by offering both wearable sensors and computer vision technology to track movement during exercise therapy programs. With access to both technologies, participants get feedback across a wide range of activities and movements, and their care teams have additional opportunities to monitor and personalize care.

Supported recruiting efforts that doubled the work force in one year and delivered on all our recruiting objectives: 100% growth in our engineering headcount that met our business plans, increased diversity including 50% women & diverse ethic individuals across the last +30 hires in engineering, developed formal intern program with 14 engineers from range of universities over this past summer (2021), selection & implementation of a modern applicant tracking systems (ATS) along with improved & automated internal recruiting processes.

Supported the People Resources Department for this leading provider of retail furniture, in the recruitment of technology, sales, operations, distribution and warehousing talent. This included a variety of roles: >Retail Sales-100+ hired, Interior Designers- 50+ hired, Warehouse and Logistics-200+ hired>Technology Support Team- Sr. System Administrator, Security Analyst, Content DeveloperInstructional Designer.

Created strategy, marketing, and implementation plans in healthcare, real estate, fast casual food service, transport optimization and automotive sales industries. Help recruit and train sales and recruiting teams on the use of tools such as Indeed, ZipRecruiter, SalesForce and CareerBuilder. Advise and counsel on strategic initiatives. > Help clients find high caliber talent> Develop marketing materials, sales and HR training videos and contracts> Director for healthcare mergers and acquisitions company- www.trianglehca.com > Devise sales and marketing strategies > Worked with industry leading ATS companies such as Cornerstone and SuccessFactors > Researched and developed new restaurant concept creating $1M in first year revenue> Mentor young adults on career choices and advancement strategies

Northbrook, Illinois, Us

UL PureSafety, the industry's leading provider of comprehensive workforce health and safety solutions, provided innovative software and services that protected the well-being of workers, ensured organizational compliance and peace of mind, and drove measurable business improvement. Headquartered in the Northbrook. Lead a client development sales force responsible for contract renewals and expansion on a $15M base of business for the industry's leading provider of comprehensive workforce health and safety solutions. Areas of focus are the following:>Recruited, trained and improved team of 12 client development professionals>Increased sales over $5M in one year exceeding $20M>Utilized Salesforce.com to focus sales and prioritization effort >Maintained strong renewal rates between 85-90% for 1550 clients>Developed career ladder for team member growth

Founded and managed the sales, marketing and technology partnerships for this start-up SaaS education technology company focused on the primary and secondary school market, Kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) special needs student population. >Incorporated K-12 education holding company to acquire technologies>Researched K-12 special needs market and acquired two software companies>Engineered new online product from industry leading software package>Hired technology team-CIO, CTO and Technology Project Manager>Created a technology partnership in Chennai, India to help buildout a new .NET version of IEP >Accelerated sales $2.3M in twelve months>Won largest state contract in company history($4.8M)

New York, Ny, Us

Helped build the sales and marketing in this early stage start-up Internet technology service organization. Hired and trained a sales force and created proposal process for growth. This company was merged into Razorfish in 2002.>Increased revenue each year from $7M reaching $200M in 2000 >Created culture enhancements - Feedback Friday and iXL University >Successfully integrated sales teams of 28 acquired companies in ’98-‘99>Utilized automated presentation tools for high impact client acquisition>Supported the sales effort in European satellite offices: London, Berlin, Hamburg and Madrid>Part of successful IPO team in June ‘99

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Coordinated the buying, leasing and moving of product, mail and courier packages throughout CNN and all Turner buildings in Atlanta and the US. Managed a staff of over 80 people and created a new customer service mindset that improved department perception within the company. >Co-created Turner's first corporate Intranet, TESN>Reorganized the procurement process and department>Reduced stock inventory by $1.2M>Improved the bidding process creating primary and secondary suppliers>Created team building and customer service training programs

Created new sales channels and managed the marketing & operations for this $5M marketing, advertising and public relations firm. >Increased sales $3M in 12 months.>Acquired new business-to-consumer retail account (Blimpies)>Initiated new culture and client management processes>Expanded the intern program>Guided client targeting and presentation process

Purchase, New York, Us

Accelerated sales while managing store operation and staff motivation for the Kentucky Fried Chicken stores in Georgia and Tennessee. Region encompassed 220 company owned stores and 119 franchised stores (69 franchisees) and generated $127M in revenue. >Responsible for P & L for $127M region>Launched new product (Skinless Chicken) in Nashville market>Recruited, hired and trained District and Multi-Store Managers >Managed large catering business>Supervised the building and upgrading of 20 sites in 12 months>Created motivational programs for team members

Deerfield, Illinois, Us

Corporate Account Executive, WI.1987 – 1990>Signed four new corporate accounts in 12 months>Presented Corporate Program to CEO’s, COO’sNational Accounts Director, WI 1987 – 1990>Negotiated and managed contract>Grew contract sales 10% annually for initial two years Region General Manager, WI 1986 – 1990>Grew sales $21M in 30 months>Achieved lowest DSO in corporate history- 29 days>Received Business Excellence Award (five consecutive years over plan)Sales Manager - AHS Northwest, CA 1985 - 1986>AHSC Sales Manager Margin Improvement Award - 3.1%>Managed highest producing sales force in the USSales Representative - Dietary Products, Minneapolis, MN 1984 -1985>Overachieved quota in first nine months>500% growth versus prior year>Managed five state areaOrder Service Manager, Chicago Region 1983 – 1984>Designed and supported customer service programs for $30M center

Bs, Bachelor Of Science, Finance

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