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Remote, Ohio

Manage book of customers seeking guidance and expertise to propel them to exceptional professional branding, to next career level, to job retirement, to greater education levels, and to increased understanding of economic and corporate landscapes. Earned Global Career Transition Expert Quality Delivery Credential reflecting exceptional results in supporting, guiding, and mentoring candidates and team members.Apply decades of industry knowledge to enlighten professionals in best networking practices and infinite available resources applicable in determining next strategic career move.  Exceed expectations with customers to capitalize on tools, communication, and present work environment with ultimate goal of returning to workforce in starting new business or consulting.  Sustain time-sensitive documents, training, communication, and feedback to maximize customer program requirements.  Provide industry expertise to internal team and candidates into how technology, e.g., AI and software algorithms impact professional documents and online profiles. Explain successful paths to follow in exploiting niche job boards, internal companies’ email format and organizational charts, and social media groups to maximum professional profile in job search.

United States

MEDVACON specializes in ensuring the safety of the drug and device supply chain. Harnessing decades of experience in the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Device industries MEDVACON Life Sciences consultants design and implement Quality Systems to ensure the safe manufacture, holding and distribution of drug products.Mentored and led team of two recruitment and one media professionals supporting recruitment and client relationships in fields of Biologistics, biotechnology, biopharma, pharmaceuticals, food productions, biomedical device engineering, quality assurance, sciences, sales, technology, regulatory affairs, manufacturing, and clinical operations. Oversaw permanent placement division of business through close client contact, continuous economic forecasting, team development, and strategic sourcing techniques.  Established framework of contract and consultant efforts for recruiting team by conducting weekly meetings, reviewing tracking documentation, and conducting coaching events. Managed vendor management systems’ (VMS) access, intake, submissions, candidate disposition, and analytical results. Served as contributor to legal structure and presentation of documents, contracts, job content, and master service agreements to ensure compliance and conformity. Conducted intake sessions with key client hiring professionals to gather operational requirements, define hiring processes, examine corporate structure, and shape organizational details. Researched and pursued nationwide corporation information to identify business development opportunities to drive revenue and establish long-term partnerships. Served as key executive advisor to provide strategic growth planning, continuous corporate branding and marketing, and to capitalize on operational relationships.

Remote - Tx

Proud partner of The FDA Group, professionals driving life science organizations' rapid access to the industry's top consultants, contractors, and candidates. I maximize our resources to optimize each stage of the product lifecycle, from clinical development to commercialization, with a focus in quality assurance, regulatory affairs, and clinical operations.Manage high-volume and time-sensitive employment and recruitment for life science clients to provide top employees in fields of biomedical device engineering, quality assurance, regulatory affairs, medical device, scientific, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and clinical operations.Develop and launch detailed recruiting strategies for challenging Ph.D., scientific, and pharmaceutical professionals.• Collaborate closely with technology executives, operations directors, biostatisticians, and business development professionals to develop and launch key nationwide recruitment initiatives.• Express molecular biological, IVD, medical device, and assay development needs across academic, research, manufacturing, and start-up settings. • Manage daily metrics details, candidate contact, unique passive candidate resources, and complex spreadsheets to provide data to CEO and key stakeholders.

Remote, Texas

Managed high-volume and time-sensitive employment and recruitment guidance for thousands of clients worldwide, reaching satisfaction rate of over 98%.Sustained numerous simultaneous recruitment and HR consultations with global professionals and job seekers, providing them with subject matter expertise in achieving employment and personal marketing goals.• Developed and managed deadline-driven accounts for international and domestic clients; providing employment documentation, online media content, hiring technology, and job force analysis.• Educated global clients in employment, ATS, compensation, EEOC standards, economic forecasts, and company cultures. Exceeded time-sensitive account requirements aligned with top quality standards.• Provided best in class service to global clients by instructing them in understanding economic and corporate impact, negotiating salaries, recruiting methods, and benefits.

Remote, Texas

Cognosante is dedicated to providing deep expertise in areas including health insurance marketplaces, healthcare standards, informatics and Medicaid enterprise systems, we apply an innovative, integrated approach to solving the challenges of health reform.For this company, I served as lead consulting recruiter driving full life cycle recruiting for high-profile Medicaid IT solutions partner to human services, state health agencies, and internal clients ensuring ease of accessibility for military and government personnel. Lead consultant driving full life cycle recruiting for high-profile Medicaid IT solutions partner to human services, state health agencies, and internal clients ensuring ease of accessibility for military and government personnel. Key leader producing scalable plans for career development, hiring processes, and skills coaching through high volume of senior technical recruitment strategies and in satisfying stringent obligations fueling recent win of Department of Veterans Affairs IT platform contract.• Managed internal and external client intake to determine requirements for Cloud, AWS, Azure, Dynamics CRM, and additional technology platforms developed and managed by architects, engineers, testers, quality analysts, and specialists.• Partnered closely with government managers, external vendors, and military personnel to oversee veteran job fairs, contractual bids, sensitive hiring needs, and service level agreements.• Established team process to streamline group sourcing, onboarding, negotiating, and administering crucial and time-sensitive information to attract and hire key passive and senior technical professionals.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Selected as interim team lead to manage process development and results for specific high-profile projects in engineering, technical, mechanical, and manufacturing process improvement and staffing for challenging geographic areas and highly-specialized positions.Built, launched, and analyzed ROI on full scope of blitz recruiting project single-handedly to prepare North American hiring managers for interviewing selected candidates scheduled within less than three days. • Ensured OFCCP compliance and Affirmative Action in establishing recruiting practices aligned with defense contractors' needs and manufacturing expectations.• Designed and improved recruiting initiatives and processes by posting, monitoring, sourcing, negotiating, hiring, compensation analysis, and relocation program creation.• Managed every aspect of nationwide recruitment blitz campaigns for IT, finance, manufacturing, software, pharmaceutical, chemical, engineering, and corporate disciplines to onboarding.• Consulted with multiple teams to drive company branding, online presence, virtual career fairs, web interview, analytics, and KPI and ROI reporting for LinkedIn seats, PPC campaigns, and job postings.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Lead HR and talent acquisition manager overseeing implementation of inaugural Affirmative Action, Diversity, EEOC, and OFCCP standards not previously in place, and led benefits' transitions in vacation tracking, long-term disability programs, and FMLA.Managed recruitment, onboarding, HR, and sourcing efforts for all computer and science disciplines of global employees; and directed all vendor, third-party, and agency management and partnerships.• Collaborated with executives to build defense and academic contract details for Oak Ridge National Laboratory, DoD, Department of Education, Lockheed Martin, National Weather Service, and DoJ.• Established and monitored nationwide campus recruiting programs and on-site campus events, and led UltiPro from iCIMS applicant tracking system platform integrations.• Spearheaded virtual career fairs and veteran’s web-based hiring campaigns aligned with EEOC recent initiatives to strengthen veteran hiring.• Authored and maintained social media and sourcing campaigns with resultative reporting, and HR team building activities, communications, email blasts, and online marketing.

United States

Supervised four-member global RPO project team dedicated to deadline-driven scopes developed for international implementation of Taleo/Oracle systems for IBM clients Mondelez, Air Canada, and American Airlines under $10M budget.• Designed, tested, cut-away, and launched HR Cloud environment with security level, administrative clearance, and real-time data access.• Drove time-sensitive configuration, testing, and interface meetings and deadlines.• Executed global meetings between teams at crucial checkpoints, conduct follow up and communication of project activities and plan deliverables.• Maintained online communication portals and ascertain risks elements to remain on target, and led documentation with team leads for accurate follow up.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Law

Served as Academic Affairs Chairperson on campus, facilitating pro bono legal consultations to students and faculty at Winona State.

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), General Studies