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• Fractional role consisting of strategic planning and hands-on recruiting as the company grows its sites in Santa Fe, NM; Kansas City, MO; and Natrona County, Wyoming

Palo Alto, California, Us

Key.ai believes that your community is your best tool in unlocking your future career goals. In this fractional role, I'm working with top technical talent and connecting them with leading startups and growth companies. If you are looking to make a career change, I'm glad to offer advice and help with intros to those within our partner network.

• Led strategic planning for Natron's $1.4B future manufacturing facility, overseeing growth and recruiting plans for a 1,000+ employee site.• Standardized recruiting processes across three locations as the first recruiting ops lead, creating playbooks for efficient scaling.• Developed and implemented growth strategies during a hiring slowdown, ensuring Natron's future success.

Promoted to a director's role, reporting directly to CEO (eventually Chief People Officer):• Led the growth of Natron Energy from 70 to 215 employees in 2 years, doubling company size in 6 months post fundraise.• Built a talent team from 1 to 7 members, conducted leveling & compensation review for market alignment.• Managed own recruiting pipeline to hire key leadership roles including VP of Supply Chain, VP of Manufacturing Strategy, and Interim CFO.

• Oversaw all recruiting efforts, reducing recruiting budget by 50% and doubling company size to 70 employees• Developed HR standards for employee retention, maintaining attrition rate to 8%, well below industry averages• Attended weekly leadership meetings with the C-Suite, providing reports and updates on all HR developments• Hired key roles such as Corporate Controller, Director of Marketing, and Director of Engineering

San Mateo, California, Us

• Exceeded growth plan by 55%, hiring 25+ employees in 6 months.• Saved over $100K in recruiting spend by hiring 3 contract employees and eliminating recruiting agency spend• Conducted 500+ recruiter interviews, screening for 20 unique job reqs during time of explosive growth after Series B fundraise. • Job ended during a significant company layoff due to obstacles presented by the COVID pandemic (asked to stay as a part-time independent contractor for 2 months post-employment)

Mountain View, California, Us

• Doubled company size in 9 months, hiring 25+ new employees across sales and engineering after a Series A fundraise.• Established a formal recruiting process and implemented ATS system for full lifecycle recruiting.• Decreased recruiting costs by cultivating relationships with agencies and developing internal sourcing channels.• Left on good terms to pursue an MBA (deferred to 2020 class to start my own business)

Mountain View, Ca, Us

I worked with internal teams who need strategic advice and hiring solutions. As a founding member of the Machine Learning Center of Excellence, I have worked alongside a team of program managers, sourcers, and recruiters to serve as a task force to fill needs for special hiring needs within Google.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

I helped organizations adopt G Suite (Gmail, Calendar, Google Drive, etc) and use it to improve their corporate communications. In the nearly three years in this position, I became an expert on "the cloud." I helped over 1,000 organizations revamp their internal communication tools and adopt Google and other related cloud technologies. As an added work responsibility, I worked with local San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits to increase adoption of free Google products. I worked with over two dozen nonprofits, giving them training and guidance on how to improve their IT programs and organizational effectiveness.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

I worked with small business across the U.S., setting up unique advertising opportunities with the Google Offers program. Highlights of my sales accomplishments from this role include: -- Average Quota Attainment of150% and consistently hitting quota for every month not on special projects -- 134 contracts signed for Google Offers over the year (#1 across entire Google division of over 150 sales reps) -- Top Ten Performer in the division in August, December, January, March, April, and May

One of my passions is creative writing. Since my teenage, I have been writing poems, short stories, and book-length projects. My latest book is a nonfiction project entitled "The Good Life Crisis." The book is comprised of interviews on inspiring individuals about their views on "What is the Good Life?" I'm always looking to conduct more interview for future blog posts, so please let me know if you have great advice on "finding the Good Life." My previous three books include a book on religious anecdotes based on my studies at Oxford University and a compilation of inspirational short stories.

I was a founding member of a startup providing water filtration services in India. Aquasi Water provides industrial and commercial water services in key geographies throughout India.

I worked on many volunteer and community service project through a local nonprofit organization. The organization focuses on giving back to the community by organizing food drives, help families find food and clothing, improving living conditions, and assisting the elderly.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Philosophy, Religion, And Ethics

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Certificate Program In Economics

Bachelor, Marketing/Management